Tollie's Game Room

Sunday, December 20, 2020

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*[Today on MadTrollie:[Bach];[Best of Wagner];]*

*[]*[Yesterday's Sim&Solitaire Results]*

<[24/7 Games.com]>

Hearts: three games played..[1] survived an opponent's "moon shot" on way to a 28 pt. win..by 6 pts..[2] just a little messy 11 pt. win..[3] a 5 pt. win..

Spades: five games consisting of a total of 42 hands played..[2] ten hands played:"we" 526 pts. + 6 bags + set twice + 2 made nil bids:[vs]:"they" 421 pts. + 11 bags [-100 pts.] + set once..[2] six hands played:"we" 539 pts. + 9 bags + set once + 2 made nil bids:[vs]:"they" 166 pts. + 6 bags + set twice..[3] 539 pts. + 9 bags:[vs]:"they" 27 pts. + 7 bags + set thrice..[4] ten hands played:"we:" 503 pts. + 13 bags [-100 pts.] + set once + 1 made nil bid:[vs]:"they" 294 pts. + 4 bags + set twice..[5] seven hands played:"we" 526 pts. + 6 bags + set once + 2 made nil bids:[vs]:"they" 457 pts. + 7 bags + set once + 2 made nil bids..{two close ones..[1]&[5]..that came done to the last hand..1st game was closer then the score.."they" were set on the last hand]....

<[World of Solitaire]>

Aces Up[relaxed]: failed to clear any of the three games played[best[46/48]..

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]..

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

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

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

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

[[notes]: 17 clears & 7 fails..now 3 of the five victory images achieved on the 34th level..[4th time thru the levels]....

<[Just Solitaire]>

Clock: cleared both of the two games played:[in]:[01:32]&[01:46]:..

Crescent: three rather disappointing games played..[1] 58/104 w/1 of the 8 foundation piles completed..[1] 60/104 w/0 of the 8 foundation piles completed..[3] 77/104 w/2 of the 8 foundation piles completed....

Freecell: cleared both of the two games played:[in]:[03:31]&[03:11]..

Labyrinth: one game played consisting of nine hands played..hand nine was cleared[52/52]..total score for the game: 317 pts.....

*[06:17 UTC-5]*[Today's Sim & Solitaire Results]*

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Pokerist:..because of my plans for the day I altered my usual routine and logged on to play poker an hour earlier than is/usual..1 table..2$/1$ blinds..40$ buy-in.."slow play clock"..set for nine players..number of players varied from three to a full table of nine..and with the comings & goings varied almost every hand..but usually a five to seven handed game..there is a good reason why I've selected "The Best of Wagner" to listen to while posting because this gimpy_grumpy_old codger who prefers to play a small ball_slow play_trapping style found himself at a table in one of the lowest dungeons in the lowest regions of the Abyss where pure "Kamikaze "Poker"" was the word of the day..[[note]: "Poker" was placed in quotes because what was played only vaguely resembles actual Poker]..very few hands indeed where half of the table was all-in..and most hands at least one or two pre-flop..and in the midst of this chaos I just wasn't getting very many "good looks" in the pocket..in all the hands I played..only had one look at pocket pairs..and got no help from the board..did manage a couple of winners but not enough to cover my bust-outs..but when I got a "good look" and wanted to see the flop..I just clicked "call all" because I knew I'd have to be all-in to see it..another thing that made play difficult..there was another player..avatar a old fashion_ethnic St. Nick_who "ran the clock" on almost every hand..and almost always either went all-in or folded..??..anyways I took a beating at the table and dropped the most $s that I have in my play on this site on the tables..but last hand I played..(folded from the button..folded and wave bye-bye on the next}..had a pocket King/seven suited..paired the Seven on the flop..and rivered the set..completed the three "Quest" & the "Three of a Kind II" I've been chasing..so table-wise..a bad day..but game-wise..not bad atall..ergo..:{stats}:..60 minutes played..65 minutes played..55.4 seconds/hand..4 winners..1 out of every 16.25 hands played.."Current Bank" now stands@ 1,075.1'K$.."Up:" +67,028$("Daily Bonus:" +12K$.."Quests(3/3):" +3.5K$.."Achievements(Three of a Kind II):" +52K$.."Table:" -472$)..../....

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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