Tollie's Game Room

Saturday, November 7, 2020

*[05:35 UTC-5]*[+56*F_clear_winds out of the s/s/w@9 mph_today's high/low:+64*F/+49*F_ humidity:62%_barometer:30.19"/\]*]Today on MadTrollie:[Bach];[Vivaldi];[Pop]:]*

*[From the Tables]:..as/of:[05:00]..Poker is still down and now Blackjack-21 is down as well..../....[[note]: didn't play as many games [sims/solitaire) as/usual..BBC America was airing the first three Bond movies]..../....as/of:[10:24] both "Poker"&"Blackjack 21" are still down.../....as/of:[19:11]..still down..??..../....

*[Yesterdays Sims&Solitaire Results]*<[24/7 Games.com]>..Spades: four games played consisting of a total of 35 hands played..[1] eleven hands played:"we" 539 pts. + 9 bags + set once + 1 made nil bid:[vs]:"they" 345 pts. + 5 bags + set thrice + 1 made nil bid..[4th hand.."we" set..just sloppy play on my part]..[2] seven hands played:"we" 508 pts. + 8 bags + 2 made nil bids:[vs]:"they" 163 pts. + 3 bags + set thrice..[3] six hands played:"we" 532 pts. + 2 bags + 2 made nil bids:[vs]:"they" 339 pts. + 9 bags + set twice..[4] eleven hands played:"we" 542 pts. + 12 bags [-100 pts.] + set once:[vs]:"they" -14 pts. + 6 bags + set four times + 1 failed nil bid..[10th hand..a 14 bid.."they" set]....<[Just Solitaire]>..Crescent: four games played..[3] 79/104 w/2 of the 8 foundation piles completed..[5] 85/104 w/4 of the 8 foundation piles completed..[1] 102/104 w/7 of the 8 foundation piles completed..[2] 102/104 w/7 of the 8 foundation piles completed..[6] 102/104 w/2 of the 8 foundation piles completed..[4] 104/104 w/all of the 8 foundation piles completed..[[notes] one of the better sets of games I've had in quite sometime..the three 102/104 w/7 were different games but suffered the same fate..an Ace showing with a Deuce under it..after the last shuffle]....<[World of Solitaire]>..Aces Up[relaxed: failed to clear any of the three games played[best[39/48]:]..Eight Off[relaxed]: cleared all of the three games played today[52/52]..one of the games was cleared in:[01:52]:w/87 moves..Fan[relaxed]: cleared all of the three games played today[52/52]..Fort[relaxed]: only cleared two of the three games played today[104/104 ]..Josephine[relaxed]: cleared all of the three games played today[104/104]..Klondike[turn 1]: only cleared two of the three games played today[52/52]..Seahaven Towers[relaxed]: cleared all of the three games played today[52/52]..Tri-Peaks[relaxed]: only cleared one of the three games played today[52/52]..[[notes]: a decent 17 clears/7 fails..now have achieved all five of the victory images on the 24th level..[[forth time through the levels]..../....

*[10:45 UTC-5]*[Today's Live Game Results]*..<[Facebook]>..Video Poker Live: not one of my better runs for the 2x modifier for bonuses..as/usual 10 hands@50K-coins/hand on the "Tens or Better" machine..got the modifier but only made two pairs and one 2-pair..dropped 300K-coins..had an odd 40K-coins..most hands@10K-coins..took me ten hands to lose it..and added a couple of percentage points in my quest for the next level..a 100K-coin "Happy Bonus" & a 120K-coin "Jackpot Wheel" spin..according to the current ranking I'm in 6th place.."Current Bank" now stands@114.5'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