Tollie's Game Room

Sunday, December 26, 2021

<*[18:01 UTC-5+12/23/21]*[Yesterday's Sim&Solitaire Results]*[On MT-Today's Playlist]*

<[24/7 Games\.com]>

<Spades:..five games played consisting of a total of 36 hands played..

[1] ten hands played:"we" 523 pts. + 13 bags[-100 pts.] + set once + 1 made nil bid<>"they" 200 pts, + 10 bags[-100 pts.] + set thrice + 1 made nil bid..

[2] seven hands played:'we" 544 pts. + 4 bags + 1 made nil bid<>"they" 399 pts. + 9 bags..

[3] seven hands played:"we" 544 pts. + 4 bags + 1 made nil bid<>"they" 266 pts. + 6 bags + 1 made nil bid..

[4] six hands played:"we" 505 pts. + 5 bags + 1 made nil bid<>"they" 85 pts. + 5 bags + set twice..

[5] six hands played:"we" 507 pts. + 7 bags + 1 made nil bid<>"they" 266 pts. + 6 bags + set once + 1 made nil bid....

[[From the Tables]:.."we's" scores for the 2nd & 3rd games are not a typo]....

<[Just Solitaire]>

<Crescent: 6 games played..[listed in worst to best order]..

[1] 72/104 w/2 of the eight foundation piles completed..

[6] 76/104 w/3 of the eight foundation piles completed..

[4] 87/104 w/5 of the eight foundation piles completed..

[3] 98/104 w/5 of the eight foundation piles completed..

[5] 104/104 w/all of the eight foundation piles completed..before the last shuffle..

[2] 104/104 w/all of the eight foundation piles completed..before the second shuffle....

[[From the Tables]:..a very good day..one clear in the 3rd of the allowable 4 phases & one clear in the 2nd of the 4 allowable phases & the "worst" result was an "average" one]....

<[World of Solitaire]>

<Aces Up[relaxed]: failed to clear any of the three games played[best[42/48]]..

<Eight Off[relaxed]: cleared all of the three games played[52/52]..an other nasty one which took:[11.39] & 150 moves to clear..

<Fan[relaxed]: cleared all of the three games played[52/52]..2 games were cleared by only mov-ing 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]: only cleared one of the three games played[52/52]..

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

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

[[From the Tables]:..19 clears & 5 failed_3 new victory images gained_now 3 of the 5 images gained on the 18th level..../....

*[05:38 UTC-5]*[Today's Live Game Results]*

<:{stats}:>2$/1$ blinds>250 buy-in>6 chairs>64 mpld_71 hpld_7 pots_3 w/qhds_1/10+ p/hpld_

"Bank:" 85.869$_"Up:" +2,490$("FCs:" +2.5K$_"Tables(1):" -10$)_"Quality Hands Made:" 2 sets & 1 flush_"Split-Pots:' 0_"Pace of Play"..54 secs/hd..play varied from a 2 to a 6-handed game..very little in the way of "clock-burning"_"Total Hands Played:" 2,222_"Folds:" 70%_5th "Level(n/c)"_ "Also Appearing" "JC2" "MC" "Lady R" & what would a session on "Replay Poker" be with out a couple of visits by the "Devil"_[[From the Tables].. a tad of an early start just before 04:00..the usual offline morning rituals dealt with & off to check emails & the 2 FB groups where I'm either a mod or an admin..little shaking & as/always next stop is for my AM swim in a "Duck Pond"..as/ always pocketed the awaiting 2.5K$ "house money" & found a set very quickly on a table with a reasonably low average port size..(my preference is to play "small ball" poker..ergo..low stakes tables & a prefer the 6 chair tables)..(1st hand@:[04:20]:)..for the first part of the session play was friendly with just an occasional occurrence of aggressive play..a small pre-flop raise..some con-tinuation bets & a smallish raise post turn or flop..later half of the session was marked by the short visits by a couple of pot-pushers & there were occasional spurts of pot-splashing & a couple of large pots were played for..but those I watched from the "cheap seats"..one look at the pots/hands played stat will tell you Ye Olde MadTrollie flat wasn't catching..the only reason I was able to stay within "shouting distance" of my buy-in was that I played ultra-tight & 3 of the 10 pots were a little more than small\/blind pots..the best one was against a pot-pusher..I'd flopped a pair of Bullets (one "in-the-hole")..a blank board..he kept pushing..I kept calling..I won the pot..he didn't even have a pair..[scratches his old grey head]..well I guess as they might have said back in the day.. "different strokes for different folks"[link]..anyways hour had past..got to the "button"..Ace/Five suited..missed the flop..folded to a continuation bet & wandered off to the "lobby"....

....[06:16 UTC-5]..../...,

*[06:32 UTC-5]*[From under the Bridge]*

....a very typical 24 hours of play on "Sim&Solitaire"..just another day at the "office"..have had better days on "Reply Poker"..[[note]: I always have a couple of "drafts" ahead on my "Sim&Soli-taire" play..have played a couple of extra sets..so I can "take the day off" as it were..just play poker & have an awaiting draft..well Wilbur..I pulled a klutz move the other day and used one out of sequence..ergo..[[From the Tables]: on ":World of Solitaire"..oy vey]..../....

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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)

(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