Tollie's Game Room

Saturday, November 14, 2020

*[05:18 UTC-5]*[+40*F_cloudy_winds out of the west/north/west@10 mph_humidity:64%_barometer:30.09"/\_ today's hi/lo:+42*F/+27*F_Sunday's hi/lol:+49*F/+38*F..rain to begin about 08:00 and continue thru Monday morning..winds out of the west/north/west in excess of 20 mph with gusts to 40 mph expected]*[Today on MadTrollie:[Bach];[Telemann];[

*[Yesterday's Sim&Solitaire Results]*<[24/7 Games.com]>..Spades: five games played consisting of a total of 47 hands played..[1] eleven hands played:"we" 549 pts. + 9 bags + set twice:[vs]:"they" 128 pts. + 8 bags + set thrice + 2 failed nil bids..[2] seven hands played:"we" 525 pts. + 5 bags + 1 made nil bid:[vs]:"they" 128 pts. + 8 bags + set twice..[6th hand..a 14 bid.."they" set]..[3] nine hands played:"we" 511 pts. + 11 bags [-100 pts.]:[vs]:"they" 164 pts. + 4 bags + set thrice..[4] nine hands played:"we" 578 pts. + 8 bags + set once + 1 made nil bid:[vs]:"they" 246 pts. + 6 bags + set once + 1 made nil bid..[5] ten hands played:"we" 537 pts. + 7 bags + set twice + 1 made nil bid:[vs]:"they" 240 pts. + 10 bags [-100 pts.] + 1 failed nil bid..[3rd hand..a 14 bid.."we(p)" set..8th hand..a double nil bid "we(I)" made the nil bid.."they" failed the nil bid.."we(p)" failed the "cover" bid]....Hearts: three games played..[1] a 3 pt win..[2] made a successful "moon shot" on the 6th hand on way to a 1 pt. win..[3] an 8 pt. hand....<[Just Solitaire]>..Crescent: four games played..[1] 51/104 w/0 of the 8 foundation piles completed..[4] 54/104 w/0 of the 8 foundation piles completed..[2] 68/104 w/1 of the 8 foundation piles completed..[3] 96/104 w/4 of the 8 foundation piles completed..[[notes]: a weird set of four games..one good one and then there were the others..the weird thing was that all of the three started out decent..all three were 30+ cards in the foundation before the first shuffle..and the then just went nowhere]....<[World of Solitaire]>..Aces Up;[relaxed]: failed to clear any of the three games played[best:[47/48]:]..Eight Off;[relaxed]: cleared all of the three games played[52/52]..Fan;[relaxed]: cleared all of the three games played[52/52]..one of the games was cleared by moving only Kings to open tableau rows..Fort;[relaxed]: only cleared one of the three games played[104/104]..Josephine;[relaxed]: cleared all of the three games played[104/104]..Klondike;[turn 1]: failed to clear any of the three games played[best:[14/52]:]..Seahaven Towers;[relaxed]: cleared all of the three games played[52/52]..Tri-Peaks;[hidden]: only cleared one of the three games played[52/52]..[[notes]: 14 clears/10 fails..now all of the victory images gained on the 26th level..[4th time thru the levels]....

*[11:36 UTC-5]*[Today's Live Game Results]*<[Facebook]>..Video Poker Live: played two rounds of tournament play..today's game was "Joker's Wild"..basically didn't hit much of anything..only netted 75'K-coins for the 2 rounds..but git what I played for..32% towards the 2x modifier..7 hands@50K-coins/hand on the "Tens or Better" machine..3 pairs & a 2-pair dropped 100K-coins but if you factor in the 75'K-coins from the tournament rounds..just 25K-coins down..100K-coin "Happy Bonus" & a spin of the "Jackpot Wheel" for 100'K-coins.."Current Bank" now stands@130.38'M-coins.."Cash Rank:" 6th..../....

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(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