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Sunday, January 31, 2021

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*[06:01 UTC-5]*[Yesterday's Sim&Solitaire Results]*

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Hearts: four games played consisting of a total of 32 hands played..[1] eight hands played:"we" 541 pts. + 11 bags [-100 pts.] + 1 made nil bid:[vs]:"they" 58 pts. + 2 bags + set five times..[2] nine hands played:"we" 557 pts. + 7 bags:[vs]:"they" 97 pts. + 7 bags + set thrice..[8th hand..a 15 bid.."they" set..[3] eight hands played:"we" 546 pts. + 6 bags:[vs]:"they" 137 pts. + 7 bags + set thrice + 1 made nil bid.,[2] seven hands played:"we" 577 pts + 7 bags + set once + 2 made nil bids:[vs]:"they" 185 pts. + 5 bags + set twice..[4th hand..a 14 bid.."they" set....

<[Just Solitaire]>

Clock: cleared the two games played:[in]:[01:22]&[01:23]:..

Crescent: four games played..[1] 69/104 w/0 of the 8 foundation piles completed..[3] 71/104 w/2 of the 8 foundation piles completed..[4] 100/104 w/7 of the 8 foundation piles completed..[2] 104/104 w/all of the 8 foundation piles completed..

Freecell: cleared the two games played:[in]:[03:52]&[02:27]:..the 2nd game got an assist from auto-play..

<[World of Solitaire]>

Aces Up[relaxed]: failed to clear any of the three games played[best[43/48]]..

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 game 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 game was cleared on the 1st of the 2 allowable turns thru the deck..

Klondike[turn 1]: cleared all 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/96 moves..

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

*[]*[Today's Live Game Results]*

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Pokerist: PM:session..fast speed five table..2$/1$ blinds..varying buy-ins but mostly 20$..if it wasn't the kamikaze it was the pot-pushing ersatz "table captain" pushing the pot..oy vey..after "sitting out" and folding a couple of times..was alone..a player arrived..went all-in on the first two hands and I left..normal speed nine table..2$/1$ blinds..varying buy-ins..on any given hand it could be anything from friendly..thru varying stages of aggression..many bouts of "My pair's bigger than Yours' is"..to a full blow kamikaze fest..loose play reigned..and most times when I saw the reveal..I'd shake my old grey head trying to figure out why a couple players were even in the pot in the first place..??..any ways..wasn't catching..but managed to win enough pots to finish marginally ahead..AM:session..a normal speed table of nine..2$/1$ blinds..varying blinds..again..pretty much a carbon copy of last night's session..including unfortunately my inability to catch a hand..well except for straights..of nine pots won..four were with straight..on one had an Ace/Queen suited and flopped the Ace high straight..one of the other turned a "Wheel"..and of course straights weren't part of a "Daily Quest".."Win 320K$ non tournament".."Win with a 2-pair twice"(check) ..and on the last hand I played..pocket Five..flopped a Five..rivered the set & checked off "Win with 3 of a kind"..next hand folded from the "button" "waved bye-bye" to the table & ran to the lobby..(dang..almost forgot..when I sat down at the table got a banner telling me I had achieved "Poker Player III" status).. ergo..<:{stats}}:>..141 minutes played..152 hands played..55.6 sec./hd "Pace of Play"..19 winners..1 out of exactly every 8 hands played.."Current Bank" now stands@3,293.1"K$.."UP:"+224,946$("Daily Bonus:" +12K$_"Quests(2/3):"+12K$_"Achievements:"+200K$_"Tables(3):"-37$9(PM:+49$/AM:-86$))_"Total Hands Played" now stands@8.101_15th "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