Tollie's Game Room

Friday, December 25, 2020

*[04:17 UTC-5]*[+57*F/+25*(overnight lo:+25*F)_rain_winds from the south@7 mph_humidity:89% _barometer:29.29"\/_Saturday's hi/lo:+52*F/+26*F_winds from the s/s/w@14_humidity:90%__rain to continue thru 13:00 this afternoon_changing to snow thru 22:00 Saturday..We are under a "Lake Effect Snow Warning" from 19:00 today thru 10:00 Sunday]*

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

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Hearts: four games played..[1] blocked an opponent's "moon shot" & made a "moon shot" oh the last hand on way to a messy 22 pt. win..[2] caught the Queen of Spades on the 3rd hand..a 21 pt. win..[3] blocked an opponent's "moon shot" on way to a 13 pt. win..[4] blocked an opponents "moon shot" & made a "moon shot" on the last hand for a 5 pt. win..

Spades: four games played consisting of a total of 44 hands played..[1] fifteen hands played:"we" 527 pts. + 17 bags [-100 pts.] + set thrice + 1 made & 1 failed nil bids:[vs]:"they" 362 pts. + 12 bags [-100 pts.] + set thrice..[2] nine hands played:"we" 552 pts. + 12 bags [-100 pts.]:[vs]:"they" 183 pts. + 3 bags + set thrice..[3] ten hands played:"we" 569 pts. + 9 bags + set twice + 2 made nil bids:[vs]:"they" 143 pts. + 13 bags [-100 pts.] + set twice + 1 failed nil bid..[4] ten hands played:"we" 538 pts. + 18 bags:[vs]:"they" 193 pts. + 3 bags + set twice + 1 made nil bid....

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Aces Up[relaxed]: failed to clear any of the three games played[best[37/48[2x]]]..

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

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

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

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

Klondike[turn 1]: failed to clear any of the three games played[best[15/52]]..

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]:[02:00]&[02:02]:..

Crescent: four games played..[4] 77/104 w/1 of the 8 foundation piles completed..[1] 78/104 w/3 of the 8 foundation piles completed..93/104 w/5 of the 8 foundation piles completed..[2] 101/104 w/6 of the 8 foundation piles completed..

Freecell: cleared both of the two games played:[in]:[04:20]&[03:35]..

Labyrinth: one game played consisting of six hands played..cleared the 6th hand[52/52]..493 total points for the game....

*[07:47 UTC-5]*[Today's Live Game Results]*

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Pokerist: a very interesting session..at times a "friendly"game..at times a "kamikaze fest" and at times something in between..1 table..(although I was interrupted by a "critical error" reloaded and was returned to the same table..??..]..as/always a 2$/1$ table..40$ buy-in.."slow play clock"..set for nine..play varied from a three handed game..which a couple of times ending with only two to the river..up to a full table but most hands were with 6 to 8 players..and styles varied wildly..and there was some "targeting"..ergo.. "cash-out" tactic deployed..extended session..of my 14 winners..8 were quality hands..one set..three full boats..and four flushes..1 runner & 1 runner-runner..both of which were by the courtesy of Anna Kounikova..the old A/K..once suited..once not..was chancing the only "Quest" I hadn't achieved.."Win with a Straight"..never got there..[shrugs]..the hour long past..missed a straight for the last time..got to the button..waved bye-bye to the table..and wandered off..[[note] did pickup three new "friends" today..all requests were from players at the table with me..I will only accept request from peeps at the table I'm at..with the only exception an "elite" player]..ergo..<{stats}>..114 minutes played..97 hands played..70.5 seconds/hand..14 winners..1 for every 6.93 hands played.."Current Bank" now stands@1,275.6'K$ .."Up:"+9,451$("Daily Bonus:"+7K$.."Quests(2/3):"+1.5K$.."Table:"+951$).."Total Hands Played" now stands@2,254..10th."Level(up 1)"..../....

Pokerist:[Take Two]..a 2$/1$ table..40$ buy-in.."fast play clock"..set for nine..at first a friendly game but then the kamikaze arrived and chaos reigned..I'd gone out for a second session with the sole purpose of making a straight..the only one of the "Daily Quests" I had failed to complete earlier..took me 42 minutes and I dropped 366$ on the table..and then there was a board straight..and the whole table divvied up the pot and I claimed my 3K$ for a completed "Quest"..wave bye-bye to the table and fled..[will include this evenings play in tomorrows stats]....[16:32 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