Tollie's Game Room

Monday, November 16, 2020

*[05:31 UTC-5]*[+40*F_light rain_winds out of the northwest@21 mph_humidity:80%_barometer:29.87"/\_today's hi/lo:+42*F/+31*F_sunrise:07:00/sunset:16:38_Tuesday's hi/lo:+38*F/+18*F_partly cloudy_winds out of the northwest@12 mph]*[Today om MadTrollie;[Medieval];[

*[From the Tables]*..Video Poker Live: I logged on to take the first bonuses of the day@:[04:18]: and was greeted by an announcement that the game was shutting down as/of:[12:00]: on November 23rd..and another game bites the dust..I probably will continue to play until the "bitter end" or until I have another game to play..../....

*[Yesterdays Sim/Solitaire Results]*<[24/7 Games.com]>..Spades: five games played consisting of a total of 50 hands played..[1] ten hands played:"we" 564 pts. + 14 bags [-100 pts. + 1 made nil bid:[vs]:"they" 37 pts. + 7 bags + set thrice + 1 failed nil bid..[2] fourteen hands played:"we" 531 pts. + 11 bags [-100 pts.] + set twice + 1 made nil bids:[vs]:"they" 328 pts. + 18 bags [-100 pts.] + set twice..[3] eight hands played:"we" 548 pts. + 8 bags:[vs]:"they" 286 pts. + 6 bags + set twice +1 made nil bid..[4] eleven hands played:"we" 513 pts. + 13 bags [-100 pts.] + set once:[vs]:"they" 277 pts. + 7 bags + set twice + 1 failed nil bid..[5] nine hands played:"we" 578 pts. + 8 bags + set once + 1 made nil bid:]vs]:"they" 149 pts. + 9 bags + set thrice + 1 failed nil bid....Hearts: four games played..[1] survived an opponent's "moon shot" on the second hand on way to a 35 pt. win..[2] survived an opponent's "moon shot" on the last hand on way to a 35 pt. win..[3] a 5 pt. win..[4] a close one..a 16 pt. win by 8 pts....<[Just Solitaire]>..Crescent: six games played..[6] 55/104 w/0 of the 8 foundation piles completed..[1] 73/104 w/1 of the 8 foundation piles completed..[5] 74/104 w/2 of the 8 foundation piles completed..[3] 84/104 w/5 of the 8 foundation piles completed..[4] 97/104 w/6 of the 8 foundation piles completed..[2] 98/104 w/6 of the 8 foundation piles completed..<[World of Solitaire]>..Aces Up;[relaxed]: only cleared one of the three games played[48/48]..first clear in six days and 18 hands played..Eight Off;[relaxed]: cleared all of the three games played[52/52]..one game was cleared in:[01:49]:w/83 moves & one game was cleared in:[01:31]:w/83 moves..Fan;[relaxed]: cleared all of the three games played[52/52]..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]: cleared all of the three games played[52/52]..Seahaven Towers;[relaxed]: cleared all of the three games played[52/52]..Tri-Peaks;[hidden]: only cleared two of the three games played[52/52]..[[notes]: 19 clears/5 fails..now have 2 of the 5 victory images on the 28th level,,[4th time thru the levels]....

*[11:15 UTC-5]]*[Today's Live Game Results]*<[Facebook]>..Video Poker Live:..when I left last night I was ranked 6th..this morning 5th..I'm guessing that the "fallout" from the announcement will be the some of the players will go to the top machines and bet the max until the money is gone..not me..except maybe the last day..the typical run of two tournament games to earn the 32% towards the 2x modifier..picked up an additional 150K-coins as well..7 hands@50K-coins/hand..only made a pair of Queens..& two 2 pair of Queens..aka: quad-Queens for 1,250'K-coins..got the 2x modifier and netted an extra 950'K-coins..a 50K-coin spin of the Jackpot Wheel..and 17 tries at the bonuses.."Current Bank" now stands@136.21'M-coins..../....

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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