Tollie's Game Room

Sunday, December 13, 2020

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*[05:22 UTC-5]*[[Yesterday's Sim&Solitaire Results]*

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Spades: five games played consisting of a total of 40 hands played..[1] seven hands played:"'we" 507 p;ts. + 7 bags:[vs]:"they" 74 pts. + 4 bags + set twice..[2] eleven hands played:"we" 636 pts. + 16 bags [-100 pts.] + set once + 1 made nil bid:[vs]:"they" 225 pts. + 5 bags + set four times..[3] eight hands played:"we" 508 pts. + 8 bags + set once + 1 made nil bid:[vs]:"they" 26 pts. + 6 bags + set twice + 1 failed nil bid..[8th hand..a 14 bid.."they" set]..[4] eight hands played:"we" 182 pts. + 12 bags [-100 pts.] + et twice:[vs]:"they" -236 pts. + 6 bags + set for the 6-pack..[7th hand..a 15 bid.."they" set & "we(p)" set..one of the weirder games I've played in awhile]..[5] six hands played:"we" 537 pts. + 7 bags + 1 made nil bid:[vs]:"they" 157 pts. + 7 bags + set twice....

Hearts: two games played..[1] made a successful "moon shot" on the 3rd hand & survived an opponent's "moon shot" on the 8th hand on way to a 36 pt. win..[2] blocked an opponent's "moon shot" & survived an opponent's "moon shot" on the last hand on way to a 39 pt. win....

<[World of Solitaire]>

Aces Up[relaxed]: failed to clear any of the three games played[best[44/48[2x]]]..

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

Seahaven Towers[relaxed]: cleared all of the three games played[52/52]..one game was cleared in:[01:59]:w/89 moves & another in:[01:44]:w/84 moves..

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

[[notes]: 16 clears & 8 fails..now 2 of the 5 victory images achieved on the 33rd level..[4th time thru the levels]....

<[Just Solitaire]>

Clock: cleared the two games played in:[01:52]&[01:43]:....

Crescent: three games played..[3] 66/104 w/0 of the 8 foundation piles completed..[1] 86/104 w/5 of the 8 foundation piles completed..[2] 93/104 w/5 of the 8 foundation piles completed....

Freecell: cleared the only game played in:[03:59]:....

Labyrinth: one game played consisting of five hands played..cleared the last hand.."Total Pts.:" 547....

Poker Solitaire: four games played..[3] 70 pts...[1] 88 pts..[4] 92 pts...[2] 98 pts...all for games just ridiculously bad lay of the cards....

[[note]: due to a late start to the day and other concerns that took priority..did play as many games on "Just Solitaire" as/usual]....

*[07:18 UTC-5]*[Today's Live Game Results]*

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Pokerist: off to the morning session of poker..as/usual..a 2$/1$ binds table..40$ buy-in..no bust-out but a couple of auto-re-fills..table set for nine.."slow play clock"..a couple of hands with three players & a couple with nine..most hands with five to seven players..no true kamikaze although there were a lot of pocket pre-flop splashes of the pot including all-ins..with a singleton Ace/any pair/any paint..some pot pushing..but by-in-large a decent table..first 25 minutes or so was getting decent looks in the pocket quite a few times and couldn't hit a flop..middle 10 minutes or so went on a "hot streak" and picked up all three "Quest" & two "Achievements"..last 25 minutes or so didn't get as many good pocket cards as previously except for the hand before I waved bye-bye and left the table..pocket Sevens..board paired with Jacks on the flop & I rivered the third Seven..played one more hand and left from the button..ergo..<{stats}>..64 minutes played..61 hands played..63 seconds/hand..11 pots(including two split pots)..1 for every 5.4 hands played.."Current Bank" now stands@ 708,537$.."Up:" 58,473$(+12K$ "Daily Bonus" + 3.5K$ "Daily Quests" + 43K$ "Achievements"("Quest Master II" & "Straight I").."Total Hands Played" now stands@ 1,319..7th Level(n/c)..../....

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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