Tollie's Game Room

Thursday, March 4, 2021

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*[05:34 UTC-5]*[Yesterday's Sim&Solitaire Results]*

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Hearts: just the one game played..a 7 pt. win..Spades: three games played consisting of a total of 27 hands played..[1] eight hands played:"we" 617 pts. + 7 bags + 1 made nil bid:[vs]:"they" 214 pts. + 4 bags + set once +1 failed nil bid..[2] twelve hands played:"we" 542 pts. + 12 bags [-100 pts.] + set once + 1 made & 1 failed nil bid:[vs]:"they" 388 pts. + 8 bags + set thrice + 1 made nil bid..[a close game.."they" set on the last hand]..[3] seven hands played:"we" 510 pts. + 10 bags [-100 pts..] + 1 made nil bid:[vs]:"they" 83 pts. + 3 bags + set thrice....

<[Just Solitaire]>

Clock: cleared the three games played:[in]:[01:26]:01:13]&[01:43]:..

Crescent: three games played..[2] 59/104 w/2 of the 8 foundation piles completed..[1] 88/104 w/4 of the 8 foundation piles completed..[3] 97/104 w/7 of the 8 foundation piles completed..

Freecell: cleared the three games played:[in]:[04:40]:[03:35]&[03:10]:....

<[World of Solitaire]>

Aces Up[relaxed]: only cleared one of the three games played[48/48]..first game cleared in 10 days & 30 games played on this difficult game..

Eight Off[relaxed]: cleared all of the three games played[52/52]..one game was cleared:[in]:[01:54]:w/88 moves..

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

Fort[relaxed]: failed to clear any of the three games played[best[82/104[2x]]..

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]: only cleared two of the three games played[52/52]..

Seahaven Towers[relaxed]: cleared all of the three games played[52/52]..one game was cleared:[in]:[01:45]:w/87 moves..

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

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

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Pokerist:..PM:session:..2$/1$ blinds..varying buy-ins..fast play clock..five chairs..for the first part of the session a friendly game with some occasional aggressive play..and then the kamikazes arrived..but for all save the last few hands there was one constant..I flat wasn't "catching" and when I did make a decent hand more often than not another player made a better hand..but towards the end of the session finally started "catching" and left with 13$ I hadn't brung with me..AM:session:..2$/1$ blinds..varying buy-ins.. fast play clock..nine chairs..if you didn't like the style of play..wait a few hands it would change..and not always for the better..a mix of any-two-carding..pot-pushing..pocket Ace or any pair betting..several strong raids by the kamikazes..and a few bouts of "My pairs bigger than Yours' is"..before play as/always checked the "Daily Quests".."Play 15 hands"(check).."Win with a pair or lower 2x"..first two pots I won were with a pair(check) & "Win with a flush or higher 3x"..now that took just over an hour..oy vey..made three flushes for wins..made another that was beat by a better flush..[shrugs]..also made a full house that was beaten by a better full-house..an "Epic Fail"..and a banner came down informing me that I had just completed "Epic Fail II" & its' 600'K$ bonus..for most of the session was down at times over 100$ but in the last ten minutes or so started "catching" a little better and ended up ahead at the table...and way ahead with the bonuses collected..a good day..made the last flush in the "big"..folded a playable hand in the "small"..folded from the button.."waving bye-bye" to the table..left to claim my bonuses..ergo..

<:{stats}:>..(as/always combined totals from PM/AM sessions)..164 minutes played..192 minutes played.. "pace of play:" 51.25 sec./hd...43 winners..1 for every 4.47 hands played.."Current Bank:" 6,011,841.. "Up:" +634,213$("Daily Bonus:" +5K$.."Daily Quests(3/3):" 29'K$.."Achievements:" +600'K$.."Tables(2):" +213$(PM: +13$/AM: +200$)).."Total Hands Played:" 11,862..18th "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