Tollie's Game Room

Sunday, March 14, 2021

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*[04:18 UTC-4]*[Yesterday's Sim&Solitaire Results]*

<[24/7 Games.com]>

Spades: three games played consisting of a total of 30 hands played..[1] eleven hands played:"we" 546 pts. + 6 bags + set twice + 2 made nil bids:[vs]:"they" 294 pts. + 14 bags [-100 pts.] + set twice..[2] six hands played:"we" 523 pts. + 3 bags + 1 made nil bid:[vs]:"they" 3 pts. + 13 bags [-100 pts.] + set once + 1 failed nil bid..[3] thirteen hands played:"we" 501 pts. + 11 bags [-100 pts.] + set twice + 2 made nil bids + 1 made blind nil bid + 2 failed nil bids:[vs]:"they" 498 pts. + 18 bags [-100 pts.] + set twice + 1 failed nil bid..[a very wild/close one.."we's" 2 sets & 2 failed nil bids courtesy of my computer generated partner]....

<{Just Solitaire]>

Alternation[option 2]: cleared the two games played:[104/104]:[in]:[11:25]&[10:57]:..

Clock: cleared the two games played:[52/52]:[in]:[01:29]&[01:43]:..

Crescent: two games played..[2] 68/104 w/0 of the 8 foundation piles completed..[1] 87/104 w/3 of the 8 foundation piles completed..

Freecell: cleared the two games played:[52/52]:[in]:[04:28]&[03:32]:...

<[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]..one game was cleared by only moving Kings to empty tableau rows..

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

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

Klondike[turn 1]: cleared all of the three games played[52/52]..two of the games were cleared on the 1st turn thru the deck..

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

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

*[06:27 UTC-4]*[Today's Live Game Results]*

<[Facebook]>

Pokerist: no :PM:session played..:AM:session:..I must admit I approach a weekend session with some trepidation..checked the "Daily Quests".."Play 15 hands".."Win w/2-pair or lower 4x" & "Win w/a full-house or higher"..and with the difficulty I had yesterday making the full-house for yesterday's "Quests"..didn't improve my mood..decided on a five clock speed table with five chairs..2$/1$ blinds..all buy-ins were 20$..but did leave the money on the table after a win a couple of times..the style was simple..all-in all-the-time..I made the full-house on the 15th hand I'd played..(2 "Quests" complete and a huge sigh of relief)..needed only one more 2-pair or lower for the 3rd "Quest" (had already won three pots..twice with a pair & a 2-pair)..2 hands later..won with a pair..all three "Daily Quests"(checked off) & on my way to the "button" won another pot..a nice one..from the "small"..all "Daily Quests" completed..I "waved bye-bye" to the other players..and ran to the lobby..ergo..<:{stats}:>..12 minutes played..19 hands played..37.9 sec/hd..9 pots won..1 for every 2.1 hands played..44.4% quality hands(a set of Tens..a straight..a flush & the house).."Current Bank:" 6.784,778$.."Up:" +39,352$.."Daily Bonus:" +12K$.."Daily Quests(3/3):" +27K$.."Table(1):" +352$).."Total Hands Played:" 12,829..18th "Level(n/c)"..../....

*[[From the Tables]:.."Pokerist"..I decided even though I was in the middle of one of the "hottest streaks" I've had in quite a while I'd already completed the "Daily Quests" & I've seen both by observation & personal experience how quickly "hot streaks" can turn ice cold..and despite the shortness of the session concluded that my best course of action was to "call it quits".."Sim&Solitaire"..didn't play near as many games as/usual but off-line concerns took precedence]*

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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