Tollie's Game Room

Wednesday, December 23, 2020

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*[04:50 UTC-5]*[Yesterday's Sim&Solitaire Results]*

<[24/7 Games.com]>

Spades: five games played consisting of a total of 47 hands played..[1] seven hands played:"we" 559 pts. + 9 bags + set once + 3 made nil bids:[vs]:"they" 177 pts. + 7 bags + set twice..[2] fourteen hands played:"we" 558 pts. + 8 bags + set thrice + 1 made nil bid:[vs]:"they" 479 pts. + 9 bags + set thrice..["we" started in a big hole when partner failed it's part of the bid on first two hands..9th hand..a 15 bid..both "sides" set..10th hand..a 14 bid.."they" set]..[3] eleven hands played:"we" 572 pts. + 12 bags [-100 pts.] + set once + 1 made nil bid:[vs]:"they" 289 pts. + 9 bags + set thrice..[4] seven hands played:"we" 505 pts.+ 5 bags + set once + 2 made nil bids:[vs]:"they" 300 pts. + 10 bags [-100 pts.] + set once..[5] nine hands played:"we" 612 pts. + 12 bags [-100 pts.] + 2 made nil bids:[vs]:"they" 378 pts. + 8 bags + set twice....

<[World of Solitaire]>

Aces Up[relaxed]: failed to clear any of the three games played[best[40/48[2x]]]..

Eight Off[relaxed]: cleared all of the three games played[52/52]..one game was cleared:[in]:[01:58]:w/97 moves..

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]: only cleared one of the three games played[104/104]..the game that was cleared was cleared on the 2nd of the 3 allowable turns thru the deck

Josephine[relaxed]: cleared all of the three games played[104/104]..one of the games was cleared on the 1st of the two allowable turns thru the deck..

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

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]..

<[Just Solitaire]>

Clock: cleared both of the two games played:[in]:[01:31]&[01:50]:..

Crescent: three games played..[1] 75/104 w/2 of the 8 foundation piles completed..[2] 98/104 w/6 of the 8 foundation piles completed..[3] 101/104 w/6 of the 8 foundation piles completed....

Freecell: cleared both of the two games played:[in]:[04:15]&[04:51]:..

Labyrinth: 1 game played consisting of 2 hands played..cleared the 2nd hand[52/52]..216 total points for the game....

*[07:26 UTC-5]*[Today's Live Game Results]*

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Pokerist: As i sit here trying to make sense of the day I am farmisht..somehow I'm up 40K$ I can's account for..I did go up level but in the past there's been no reward for..??..anyways..1 table..2&/1$ blinds..40$ buy-in.."normal play clock"..set for nine..played ranged from a more or less "friendly game" to a kamikaze shoot-out..when I checked "Quests" this morning one was "Win with a high card"..dang I thought..probably not going to get that one..only one hand "heads up"..yup..won with a pocket Ace..[shrugs]..most of the session I found myself in a meeting of the "Arab League"..5 or 6 of the players were commenting in Arabic..I recognize it..just don't understand it..and the play was a kamikaze fest..and most hands were with 8 or 9 at the table..ergo..deployed "cash-out" tactic..played only quality pockets and held my own as it were..but did take a few bad beats..lost Trips three different times..to a full boat once & a "kicker" the other two times & a full-boat to Quads..oy vey..but also won three on runner/runner..2 flushes & a straight..although not my preferred style of play actually enjoyed the challenge..decided to extend after the hour..played twice to the "button"..[I've decided to change avatars on a daily basis..at some point I might post a "rouges gallery" in the footer]..waved bye-bye to the table and made my exit..ergo..<{stats}>..[please note: today's stats reflect both yesterday's late play and this morning's session]..100 minutes played..121 hands played..49.6 seconds/hand..17 winners..1 for every 7.12 hands played.."Current Bank" now stands@1,202,107$.."Up:" +90,078$("Daily Bonus:"+3K$.."Quests(3/3):"+6K$.."Achievements("Poker Player II:"+40K$.."Hunter:"+10K$..&.."????:"+40K$.."Tables(2):+1,078$).."Total Hands Played Played: 2011..up one level now@ the 9th level..../....

Poker: took a quick 30 minute session at a 2$/1$ blinds table..40$ buy-in.."normal play clock"..set for five..most hands with four or five at the table..kamikaze poker".."cash-out" tactic deployed wasn't catching..but did on the last hand I played made a straight for "Straight II" for 52K..so the 105$ I left on the table is just "chomp change"..will count in tomorrows stats....[15:38 UTC-5]....

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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