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Thursday, December 17, 2020

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*[05:56 UTC-5]*[Yesterday's Sim&Solitaire Results]*

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Spades: five games played consisting of the total of 43 hands played..[1] seven hands played:"we" 537 pts. + 7 bags + 1 made nil bid;[vs]:"they" 257 pts. + 7 bags + set once + 1 failed nil bid..[2] twelve hands played:"we" 523 pts. + 13 bags [-100 pts.] + set twice + 1 made nil bid:[vs]:"they" 242 pts + 12 bags. [-100 pts.] + set twice + 1 failed nil bid..[3] ten hands played:"we" 544 pts. + 14 bags [-100 pts.] + set once + 2 made nil bids:{vs}:"they" 88 pts. + 8 bags + set four times..[4] 518 pts. + 8 bags + 2 made nil bids:[vs]:"they" 33 pts. + 3 bags + set twice..[5th hand..a 14 bid.."they" set..[5] nine hands played:"we" 502 pts. + 12 bags [-100 pts.] + set once + 3 made nil bids:[vs]:"they" 55 pts. + 5 bags + set four times....

<[Just Solitaire]>

Clock: cleared both of the two games played in:[01:26]&[01:21]:..

Crescent: four games played..[4] 74/104 w/2 of the 8 foundation piles completed..[1] 79/104 w/2 of the 8 foundation piles completed..[3] 87/104 w/3 of the 8 foundation piles completed..[2] 97/104 w/6 of the 8 foundation piles completed..

Freecell: cleared both of the two games played in:[04:17]&[05:36]:..a very difficultly lay of cards in the tableau..

Labyrinth: one game played consisting of one hands played..208 pts. scored..a clear..why continue..??..

Poker Solitaire: two games played..[1] 112 pts...[2] 172 pts..first decent lay of cards in the deck in awhile..decided to leave well enough alone....

<[World of Solitaire]>

Aces Up[relaxed]: only cleared one of the three games played[48/48]..first clear in 9 days and 26 games played on this very difficult game..

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

Fan[relaxed]: cleared all of the three games played[52/52]..one game was cleared by only moving Kings to open tableau rows..

Fort[relaxed: cleared all of the three games played[104/104]..

Josephine[[relaxed]: cleared all of the three games played[104/104]..

Klondike[turn 1]: only cleared one 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]: 20 clears & 4 fails..a clear on all eight games..now 2 of the 5 victory images achieved on the 33rd level..[4th time thru the levels]....

[[From the Tables]:"Sims&Solitaire"..one of my better days across the board]....

*[]*[Today's Live Game Results]*

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Pokerist: A wild 65 minute session at the table this morning..1 table..2$/1$ blinds..40$ buy-in_"sloe clock speed"..set for nine..briefly a three or four handed game..however most hands were with seven to nine players..and except for the "short" table were a friendly game was played..the rest of the time it was "Kamikaze Central"..now I prefer to play a small ball_slow play_trapping style..but after the lull of the friendly game and the return of the kamikaze I decided to join the ranks of the "Dive-bombers"....IF..I had reasonable pockets..and caught some hands & if I won a decent pot I'd cash-out and rejoin the game with a 40$ stack..well I caught some hands..of my 7 pots won..all were very decent pots..and all quality hands..but only got 2 of the three "Quests" for the day..one was "win with a straight" never made one..[shrugs]..but made two sets..both Kings..one flush..2 full boats..and once quad-Aces..three visits from old Anna Kounikova..the old A/K..let me down once..the others..one on a set of Kings..won the pot with the Ace kicker..and the other..A/K flopped a set of Aces..and turned the quads..on the other hands..I lost count of how many all-ins I made..10+ for sure..and admit to chasing a straight with any 2 cards close enough to need three board cards for a straight..no joy..hour was up..played to the button and left..ergo..<{stats}>..65 minutes played..57 hands played..73.6 seconds/hand..(yawn)..7 winners..1 out of every 7.6 hands played.."Current Bank" now stands@ 903,177$.."Up:" +6.851$ from yesterday("Daily Bonus:" + 5K$.."Quests(2/3)" + 1.5K$.."Table:" +351$..[no achievements gained..8th Level(up 1 from yesterday)..../....

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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)

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( 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