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Sunday, November 29, 2020

*[04:13 UTC-5]*[+38*F/+31*F(w/windchill)_today's hi/lo:+47*F/+39*F_mostly cloudy_winds out of the southwest@10_humidity:72%_barometer:30.03"~]*[Today on MadTrollie];[Telemann];[Bach];

*[04:56 UTC-5]*[Yesterday's Sim&Solitaire Results]*

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Spades: five games played consisting of a total of 41 hands played..[1] eight hands played:"we" 641 pts. + 11 bags [100 pts.] + set once + 3 made nil bids:[vs]:"they" 293 pts. + 13 bags [-100 pts.] + set twice + 1 made nil bid..[2] eight hands played:"we" 555 pts. + 5 bags + set once + 1 made nil bid:[vs]:"they" 288 pts. + 8 bags + set twice..[3] ten hands played:"we" 526 pts. + 16 bags [-100 pts.]:[vs]:"they" 324 pts. + 4 bags + set twice + 1 made nil bid..[4] eight hands played:"we" 569 pts. + 9 bags:[vs]:"they" 382 pts. + 8 bags + set twice + 2 made nil bids..[5] seven hands played:"we" 529 pts. 9 bags + 1 made nil bid:[vs]:"they" 274 pts. + 4 bags....

Hearts: two games played..[1] a 6 pt. win..[2] a very wild messy game..blocked an opponent's "moon shot" and twice caught the Queen of Spades on the 7th & 9th hand on way to a 75 pt 2nd place finish by 3 pts....

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Crescent: two games played..[1] 59/104 w/1 of the 8 foundation piles completed..[2] 97/104 w/7 of the 8 foundation piles completed....

<[World of Solitaire]>

Aces Up[relaxed]: only cleared one of the three games played[48/48]..first win in 7 days and 22 hands played

Eight Off[relaxed]: cleared all of the three games played[52/52]..

Fan[relaxed]: cleared all of the three games played[52/52]..

Fort[relaxed]: only cleared two of the three games played[104/104]..one game was cleared on the 2nd of the 3 allowable turns thru the deck..

Josephine[relaxed]: cleared all of the three games played[104/104]..one game was cleared on the 1st of the 2 allowable turns thru the deck..

Klondike[turn 1]: cleared all of the three games played[52/52]..

Seahaven Towers[relaxed]: cleared all of the three games played[52/52]..

Tri-Peaks[hidden]: cleared all of the three games played[52/52]..

[[notes]: a good day across the board..21 clears & 3 fails..have completed all five victory images on the 30th level..[4th time thru the levels]....

*[06:48 UTC-5]*[Today's Live Game Results]*

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Pokerist: played for just over an hour..same table throughout..although did bust out a couple of times when good hands got beat by better..lost a flopped straight to a runner-runner flush..and trips to a runner-runner straight..[shrugs]..2$/1$ blinds..40$ buy-in..have pretty well settled on the fact that for me that is where I intend to play most if not all of my play..a nine player table..also my preference..a few hands with three players but most hands with six or seven at the table..just a few brief raids by kamikazes but pocket Ace/any pair/any paint splashes of the pot were common..also a couple of different ersatz table captains appeared..but generally speaking a decent table..but I had an ongoing problem.. when I did get decent hole cards..either couldn't hit the flop..or folded to a raise I wasn't prepared to call..or a couple of times got beat by a better hand..(as mentioned above).. that's not to say I didn't win a few pots..and made a few hands that scored me four different "quests" and with them a bunch of K$..as to the table I really don't pay the ups and downs no mind..but my best guess is another pretty much break-even-day..which is okay with me..started the day ranked 3rd..am presently ranked 5th..a couple of "big winners" [1'M$+] appeared on the leader board..but if what has happened before in my short stay on this site..they are liable to disappear with the suddenness as the appeared.. I've adopted the "tortoise" approach to the game..slow and steady maybe doesn't always win the race..but it's the style that I find comfortable..ergo..:{stats}:..61 minutes played..61 hands played..basically broke even at the table but with the daily bonus + "quest bonuses" netted an additional +41,385$.."Total Hands" how stands@445 & "Total Bank" now stands@306,140$..4th "Level"..5th "Rank"..../....:[06:57]: as I speculated above..the 1M$ "babies" have vanished as quickly as they appeared..and at least as/of right now..I'm Ranked #1...../....

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{Please Note:2}

(Both the Poker and Blackjack 21, that are mentioned in this blog are games by "Super Happy Fun Time)

(This is just commentary on my journeys around online gaming, truth be told with few exceptions I play mostly solitaire games.....the two notable exception at present is a "free" poker site and a "free" blackjack site....please note.......no real money changes hands....just faux game money)

(comments reviewed before posting )

( my only association with any of the games I have listed links for or mentioned here is because I play the games....the opinions are my own)

(This is my logbook if you will of my play...it's mostly for me....but if it helps anyone then that's okay too)

(I tend to post sometimes several times a day.....rather then start a new post.....I just edit the existing post and tack on to it....I generally post for the last time during the day between 20:00 UTC-5 & 21:30 UTC-5)

Glossary of Terms Spades

A game: made up of several hands, collect 500 points and you win....you can also win regardless of you're score if your opponents score -200 points or more

Bags: if you as a team take more tricks then you bid, you get 1 bag for each trick over, collect 10 and you lose 100 points

Bid: before a hand is played, based on the cards you hold, now many tricks you can win

Hand: players play one card each high card in suit takes the hand unless a trump is played and then high trump wins the hand, 13 tricks per hand

Lay of the cards: how the cards are dealt on any given hand

Nil Bid: a bid of nil......your intent to not take a trick in a hand, +100 points if you succeed, -100 points if you take even 1 trick

Over bid hand: there are 13 tricks per hand.....if the bids total 14 or more....one team will go back...maybe both

Set: a team failures to make their bid, their lose 10 points for each bid example team total bid was 7, team took 6 or less tricks....you lose 70 points.....also referred to as "going in the hole" or "going back"

Suits: Spades, Clubs, Diamonds, Hearts

Trick: one round of play in a hand

Trump: in Spades, the spades are always trump, beats everything except a higher trump, can only be played if you don't have the suit lead..must be played if trump is lead.....trump can't be lead until a player trumps in....

Trumping In: playing a trump on a trick when you are out of that suit....but it's the players choice...unless trump is lead...

We/They: as in any partners card game one of the possible names for the 2 teams....I've seen "us" & "them".....and a few others i can't mention here

Glossary of Terms Solitaire

Auto-play: when the next series of moves is obvious, the game may automatically do them.{aka: auto-fill}....

Foundation: where you're trying to more the cards to.....move them all and you win

DECK: from which cards are turned over one at a time

Relaxed: a change in the rules from the standard game to make it play easier..varies from game to game..

Re-Set/Undo: both Just Solitaire and World of Solitaire games have both a re-set and an undo option....re-set takes the game back to the start....undo will remove one move at a time....both can be useful to try other options....

Tableau: where the cards to be moved start the hand