Tollie's Game Room

Tuesday, January 19, 2021

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*[05:18 UTC-5]*[Yesterday's Sim&Solitaire Results]*

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Spades: four games played consisting of a total of 41 hands played..[1] twelve hands played:"they" 509 pts. + 9 bags + set four times + 2 made nil bids:[vs]:"we" 460 pts. + 10 bags [-100 pts.] + set thrice + 1 made nil bid..[the "bags" got "us"]..[2] twelve hands played:"we" 524 pts. + 14 bags [-100 pts.] + 1 made & 1 failed nil bids:[vs]:"they" 355 pts. + 5 bags + set four times + 1 made nil bid..[3] ten hands played:"we" 525 pts. + 15 bags [-100 pts.] + set once + 2 made nil bids:[vs]:"they" 207 pts. + 7 bags + set four times..[4] six hands played:"we" 527 pts. + 7 bags + 1 made nil bid:[vs]:"they" 194 pts. + 4 bags + 2 made nil bids....

<[Just Solitaire]>

Clock: cleared both of the two games played[52/52]:[in]:[01:49]&[01:56]:..

Crescent: four games played..[4] 43/104 w/0 of the 8 foundation piles completed..[2] 84/104 w/3 of the 8 foundation piles completed..[3] 84/104 w/4 of the 8 foundation piles completed..[1] 92/104 w/4 of the 8 foundation piles completed..

Freecell: cleared both of the two games played[52/52]:[in]:[02:56]&[03:53]:..

Labyrinth: one game played consisting of eight hands played..cleared the 8th hand..529 total points....

<[World of Solitaire]>

Aces Up[relaxed]: failed to clear any of the three games played[best[46/48]]..

Eight Off[relaxed]: cleared all of the three games played[52/52]..one game was cleared:[in]:01:51]:w/91 moves..

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

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 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 two of the three games played[52/52]..

*[07:21 UTC-5]*[Today's Live Game Results]:

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Pokerist: PM session..didn't have any "Quests" to play for but had some extra time and nothin' on the "old boob tube" worth my time..ergo..five chairs..2$/1$ blinds.."normal play clock"..40$ & 20$ buy-ins..for the first part of the session was a friendly howbeit aggressive game..a succession of "rooks"..any-two-carders "in training"..tried to stay out of the way and only play quality hands..their betting was so erratic it was impossible to get any kind of a "read" on them..then came the kamikaze..reduced buy-in to 20$ and only played quality pockets & went all-in..was up a little..the hour was approaching..and had decided to book-it..and then a weird thing happened.."heads up"..I call..other disappears..no value hand..reappears ..1 call..disappears again..no value hand..yup and ditto once more..and a banner dropped informing me I'd completed the "Achievement".."No Value II"..then I disappeared..AM session..nine chairs..2$/1$ blinds.."normal play clock"..and again varying buy-ins..40$..20$..and a couple of 30$..and again a "rook" ..crazy erratic betting..and I caught a couple of big hands at the right time and found myself in a rare position.."high stack" on the table..and then the "rook" took a trip to the "dark-side" & morphed into a kamikaze..dang..cashed out and return with a 20$ buy-in...but still hands "Quests" to complete.."Win Two hands" got that one early.."Win Twice w/2-pair"..got one right off..looking for the 2nd..and "Win with a Full House"..hadn't come close..so played a little more aggressively than/usual with the kamikaze..about 35 minutes in made a Full-House"..check..just the last 2-pair to go..finally made the 2-pair.."waved bye-bye" to the table..[I glanced at the clock..1 hour played]..made my exit..ergo..<:{stats}:>..150 minutes played ..166 hands played..54.2 seconds/hand..31 winners..1 for every 5.4 hands/played.."Current Bank" now stands@2,760.3'K$.."Up:"+23,831$.."Daily Bonus:"+2K$.."Quests(3/3):"+18K$.."Achievements:"+3.5K$ .."Tables[2]:"+331$(PM:+81$ & AM:+250$)).."Total Hands Played" now stands@5.961..still stuck on the 14th "Level"..../....

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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)

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( 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