Tollie's Game Room

Thursday, December 10, 2020

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Spades: five games played consisting of a total of 53 hands played..[1] seven hands played:"we" 546 pts. + 6 bags + 1 made nil bid.:[vs]:"they" 217 pts. + 7 bags + set once..[2] sixteen hands played:"we" 543 pts. + 13 bags [-100 pts] + set four times + 2 made nil bids:[vs]:"they" 428 pts. + 18 bags [-100 pts.] + set thrice..[3] seven hands played:"we" 527 pts. + 7 bags + set once + 2 made nil bids:[vs]:"they" 267 pts. + 7 bags + set twice + 1 made nil bid..[4] four teen hands played:"we" 502 pts. + 22 bags [-200 pts.] + set once:[vs]:"they" 258 pts. + 8 bags + set thrice..[5] nine hands played:"we" 578 pts. + 8 bags:[vs]:"they" 259 pts. + 9 bags + set once + 1 failed nil bid....

<[Just Solitaire]>

Clock: cleared both of the two games played in:[01:48]&[02:41]:....

Crescent: only two games played..[1] 98/104 w/5 of the 8 foundation piles completed..[2] 104/104 w/all of the 8 foundation piles completed..[[note]:..played the first two games..both very good and decided to rest on my laurels]....

Freecell: cleared both of the two games played in:[03:51]&[03:57]:..[[note]: as the above two very good games]....

Labyrinth: one game played consisting of a total of ten hands played..no clears on this very difficult game to clear..scored 495 pts. for the game..

Poker Solitaire: four games played..[3] 77 pts...[1] 94 pts...[4] 112 pts..[2] 126 pts...[[note]: this game depends greatly on what 25 of the 52 cards appear and in what order..today..it stunk..]....

[[note]: my sore..stiff..damaged hands were bothering me today more that is/usual..added Labyrinth which is easy on the hands]....

<[World Of Solitaire]>

Aces up[relaxed]: failed to clear any of the three games played[best[45/48]..

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]..one games was cleared on the 2nd of the 3 allowable turns thru the deck..

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]: only cleared one of the three games played[52/52]....

*[08:04 UTC-5]*[Today's Live Game Results]*

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Pokerist:[05:50]:..logged on to play my daily 60 minutes+ of poker..as/always a 2$/1$ table..set for five.."slow play clock"..the/usual 40$ buy-in..but in reality it felt like 2 tables..first 40 minutes..never more then four at the table..and with comings and goings..most hands were with three or "heads up" and way more "heads up" than/usual and more than I've played in one session for quite sometime..except for the occasional splash of the pot pre-flop with a pocket Ace or pair..and a couple of brief attacks by kamikaze..it was a friendly game..only small/blind pots..and was yo-yoing one side or the other of my buy-in..last minutes caught a couple of nice hands..halfway decent pots..and got marginally ahead and stayed ahead for the rest of the session..last 20 minutes..the script flipped..enter..kamikaze..pot-pushers..continuation bettors..and an ersatz table captain..had been playing a little looser for me..playing more hands..but immediately switch to ultra tight mode and just played quality pockets..and made some pots..but most just halfway decent or small..and played smart..and avoided a big beat..and and only went all-in once..when you flop four to the "nut flush"..turn it..and get raised all in you call..no board pairs..but the hour was approaching..played to the button..was about to leave..but as lookin' at Queen/Jack of Clubs..saw the flop for a 2$ raise over the big..missed the flop..waved bye-bye and exited..ergo..:{stats}:..61 minutes played..114 hands played..a jaw-dropping 32.1 seconds/hand..17 winners..1 out of every 6.7 hands played.."Current Bank" now stands@ 627,375$.."Up" +37,049(+"Daily Bonus:" +5K$.."Quests:" +4K$.."Achievements..Pairs III:" +28K$..&.."Table:" +49$.."Total Hands Played:" 1,114..../....

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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