[12:15 UTC-4]
[+76*F....sunny....East winds @7 mph.]
   It had been my original intent to leave the roulette that would be playable just after mid-night....that was before a long conversation with the guy who lives across the hall....and seeing I got  back to my rooms just before mid-night....made no sense not to stay up a little later and take the spin....105'K....
   Logged on at @06:50 took the drop....at time I've taken 3 so far today....all@21'K....no ads....on a 1K/.5K table w/ my /usual 125K max-buy-in....I've been trying think of the proper description for the table....the best I can come up with is the table was  "break room or coffee brake table"....players would pop in....play 10 hands or less and usually exit....win or lose on an all-in....almost nobody was there even long enough for me to click their avatar to see their stats....or get any feel for their style of play....pure chaos reigned....
   I won a bunch of hands but most were of the blind/small/decent pot variety....some of my better hands were washed away by the flood of the river....and got beat by runner-runner a few times....just my re-occurring nightmare....most times decent pockets....paid the price of a small raise to see the flop....either missed it completely, got a small piece, or got rivered....dang....best hand of the night was playing an Ace/Five suited....flopped the wheel....one played made a small raise...after the flop...smooth call....turn a blank....raised again....I re-raise the minimum....he called....another raise on the river....i re-raised again....he folded....rats....just too many blinds....and too many missed flops....ergo....90 minutes played....127 hands played...42.5 seconds/hand....23 winners....1 out of every 5.5 hands....but couldn't catch the right hand at the right time....[no slots]
[12:35 UTC-4]
[On Facebook]
"Fall Spades": three games played....[1]....7 hands played....last hand a 14 bid, "they" set...."we" 508 pts. + 8 bags....vs...."they" 95 pts. + 5 bags + 1 failed nil bid....[2]....12 hands played...."we" 545 pts. + 15 bags [-100 pts.] + set once....vs...."they" 82 pts. + 2 bags + set six times....[3]....11 hands played...."we" 505 pts. + 15 bags [-100 pts.] + set once + 1 made nil bid....vs...."they" 156 pts. + 6 bags + set four times....
[you play the game with your partner and "they" which are computer generated players....I refer to my partner as AI....Artificial Idiot....during the last game AI bids 3 tricks....takes....1...."we" set....a couple of hands later....AI bids 1 trick....takes 5...."we" bag [-100 pts.]....both time "we" were in range to "go out".....but besides that....or rather in spite of that....I enjoy the game.]
[14:00 UTC-4]
[On Just Solitaire]
1] Clock: cleared both games played today....40/40....in:[00:01:53]&[00:02:20]....
2] Sea Towers: cleared both games played today....52/52....in:[00:03:10]&[00:06:12[multiple uses of both re-set & undo]]....
3] Labyrinth: failed to clear any of the ten games played today....
4] Crescent: four games played today....best....102/104 w/ 7 of the 8 foundation piles completed....
[16:05 UTC-4]
[On World Of Solitaire]
1] Aces Up[relaxed]: failed to clear any of the three games played today....best....46/48....
2] Eight Off[relaxed]: only cleared two of the three games played today....52/52....
3] Fan[relaxed]: cleared all of the three games played today....52/52....
4] Josephine[relaxed] cleared all of the three games played today....104/104....one of the three games was cleared on the first turn through the deck....
5] Klondike[relaxed][double][turn 1]: cleared all of the three games played today....104/104....
6] Tri-Peaks[hidden]: only cleared two of the three games played today....52/52....
[22:10 UTC-4]
[Day's End Poker]
Total Bank: 295.1'M / Net Gain Today: 414.4'K / Drops[7]&Roulette[2]: 441'K /
Table[1]: -26,563$ / Hands Played Today: 127 / Total Hands Played: 31,534 /
[[note]: 5 drops@21'K s/ads.[1st 5 drops of the day]& 2 drops@42'K w/ads. & 2 roulette spins: 1@105'K & 1@147'K]

[14:10 UTC-4]
[+71....partly cloudy....winds n/n/w @ 3 mph ]
   Had an unexpected  start to the day....logged on to Poker....took a drop that was waiting @06:41....and then tried to take a "chair" at a 1K/.5K table with no luck....preceded to check emails....Facebook....played some solitaire....but tried again from time to time with the same negative results....@07:44 after another failure....tried a 2K/1K table and got a "seat" [250'K max-buy-in in tow....and for the entirety of the session a very chaotic table....anywhere from 3 handed up to briefly 6 handed....and no recognizable pattern....no pre-flop raise one hand and a pre-flop all-in the next and everything in between....a mix of rooks and very experienced "tournament style"  players....a couple of "an two carders" and even a few visits by kamikaze....just a wild ride....and has become routine for me....was catching good looks in the pocket cards I was dealt....but missed far more flops than I hit....did I win a bunch of pots....yup....but with except for 3 pots....all were with 2 pair or less....and all small to decent in size....only made 3 "hands" the entire time....that is to say trips or better....a turned a straight....a river a full house....and....
   I was in one of the blinds....looking at King/Nine suited....a 5K pre-flop raise to my  right....wanted to take a look so called....flop King/King/????....[honestly don't remember anything other than the 2 Kings]....first to act....check....a 5K continuation bet....and a smooth call....did want to scare anyone away....turn....the last King....I'm a trapper....check....another 5K continuation bet....another smooth call....a river Ace....and the  raise made a sizable raise this time....again I didn't want to scare him off so re-raise the minimum....I knew he was beat....looking at the board....no possibility of a straight flush and even if he had pocket Aces....the best he could have as Aces over Kings full....[he only hand one Ace]....and so a game of "My pairs bigger than Your's" or rather "My monster is bigger".....he was down to about 25K and I expected an all-in which didn't happen....I think he probably thought we'd split the pot....just called my last re-raise....[the downside to this wild ride was the excitement triggered my old nemesis....essential tremors....[see link in left sidebar]....and I was shaking so bad I could barely control the mouse.....but the win was worth it....ergo....93 minutes played....104 hands played....53.7 seconds per hand....17 winners....1 every 6.1 hands....left with an extra 63,532$ [no slots][just hit the wheel for 189'K]
[14:25 UTC-4]
{On Facebook]
"Fall Spades": two games played;....[1]....18 hands played...."we" 513 pts. + 23 bags [-200 pts.] + set three times....vs...."they" 399 pts. + 19 bags [-100 pts.] + set five times + 1 failed nil bid....a truly ugly one....[2]....8 hands played...."we" 528 pts. + 8 bags + set once + 1 made nil....vs...."they" 438 pts. + 8 bags + set once....
[14:30 UTC-4]
[On Just Solitaire]
1] Clock: cleared both games played today....in:[00:01:53]&[00:01:45]....
2] Sea Towers: cleared both games played today....in:[00:03:26]&[00:05:15]....
3] three games played....one which will never be mentioned again and....89/104 w/3 completed foundation piles....&....98/104 w/ 6 of the 8 foundation plies completed....
[15:35 UTC-4]
[On World Of Solitaire]
1] Aces Up[relaxed]: failed to clear any of the three games played today....best 42/48....
2] Eight Off[relaxed]: cleared all of the three games played today....52/52....
3] Fan[relaxed]: cleared all three of the games played today....52/52....
4] Josephine[relaxed]: only cleared two of the three games played today....104/104....
5] Klondike[relaxed][double][turn 1]: cleared all of the three games played today....104/104....
6] Tri-Peaks[hidden]: only cleared two of the three games played today....52/52....
[[note]: It doesn't happen often but caught a game of Josephine I couldn't clear....checked the stats....I've played exactly 1300 games and lost only 30....but I do hate losing]
[22:45 UTC-4]
[Day's End Poker]
Total Bank: 294.7'M / Net Gain Today: 504.5'K / Drops[7]&Roulette[1] /
Table[1] +63.532$ / Hands Played Today: 104 / Total Hands Played: 31,407 /
[[note:1]: 2 drops@21'K s/ads.& 5 drops@42'K w/ads.& 1 roulette spin@189'K]
[[note:2]: I had set the timing for today so as to start tomorrow with a  roulette spin....but because of the delay in getting a table....I needed to waited delay posting until I had take the last of the 4 drops in the typical cycle]

[09:50 UTC-4]
[+58*F....cloudy....winds n/n/e @9 mph]
[[Note] probably will not play as much as/usual today....probably will take the afternoon off....USA vs. Chile in the woman's World Cup at 12:00 on FOX....and then starting @13:30 [probably will miss the first bit]....AMC has the uncut versions of The Godfather I & II back to back]
   When I went to log-on and play some Poker this morning....didn't get what I expected....with it being the weekend.....I figured delays on getting a table and then probably a table of 7 or 8....got right on a table first try @06:09.....the usual 1K/.5'K blinds.....and me with my 125K max-buy-in....and although it varied with the comings and going except for a few hands was a 3 to 5 handed game....for the first maybe 35 minutes it was a table with out any real discernible pattern....on any given hand anything pre-flop from a call of the blinds to an all-in....same after the flop. turn & river....at about the 35 minute mark....for the next several hands pure chaos....multiple all-ins on every hand....but when the dust settled a "Table Captain" emerged with more often than not....5K pre-flop raise....
   I had been catching decent pocket cards all session....and more often than not would call the raise to see the flop....and did win some hands....but the game turned on two hands....I flopped trips twice....the Nines went down when the river put 3 to a straight on the board....guy to my right made the straight....and the Kings lost to a flush....after the flop....one Heart on the board....after the turn...2 Hearts....anybody want to guess what suit the river was....or what another guy to my right had in the hole....oy vey....ergo....70 minutes played....94 hands played....44.7 seconds/hand....14 winners....1 out of every 6.7 hands....left 43,688 on the table....rats....[[no slots] couple the pace of play and with decent pockets was "in" more hands]
[10:00 UTC-4]
[On Facebook]
"Fall Spades': three games played today....[1]....8 hands played...."we" 518 pts. + 8 bags....vs...."they" 98 pts. + 8 bags + set twice + 1 failed nil....[2]....10 hands played...."we" 507 pts. + 7 bags + set once....vs...."they" 293 pts. + 3 bags + set twice....[3]....11 hands played...."we" were behind the whole game....until "they" were set on the last two hands...."we" 559 pts. + 19 bags [-100 pts.] + set once + one made nil bid...."they" 376 pts. + 6 bags + set four times + 1 made nil bid....
[10:10 UTC-4]
[On Just Solitaire]
1] Clock: cleared the only game played today....40/40....in:[00:02:00]....
2] Sea Towers: cleared the only game played today....52/52....in:[00:06:32][multiple usage of both the "re-set"&"un-do" functions]....
3] Labyrinth: cleared one of the five games played today....52/52....
4] Crescent: three games played today....best game....97/104 w/ 5 of the 8 foundation piles completed....
[15:00 UTC-4]
[On World of Solitaire]
1] Aces Up[relaxed]: cleared one of the four games played today....48/48....
2] Eight Off[relaxed]: cleared all of the four games played today....52/52....
3] Fan[relaxed]: cleared all of the four games played today....52/52....
4] Josephine[relaxed]: cleared all of the four games played today....104/104....one of the four games was cleared on the first turn through the deck
5] Klondike[relaxed][double][turn 1]: cleared all of the four games played today....104/104....
6] Tri-Peaks[hidden]: cleared all of the four games played today....52/52....
[21:10 UTC-4]
[Day's End Poker]
Total Bank: 294.2'M / Net Gain Today: 817.3 / Drops[6]&Roulette:[2]: 861'K /
Table[1]: -43,688$ / Hands Played Today: 94 / Total Hands Played: 31,293 /
[[Note]: 1 drop@21'K w/ad [first of the day]& 5 drops@42'K & 2 roulette spins @315'K each]

[11:30 UTC-4]
[+71+F....sunny....winds s/s/w @ 19 mph]
[rain expected mid afternoon today through early morning tomorrow....then fog.....then nice weather for the early next week]
   Got kind of a late start  this morning....had a very restless night....logged on @06:50....took the drop waiting for me....[because of the restless night had taken the roulette spin @00:43....no ad...[see yesterday's post]....tried both 1000/500 blind & 2K/1K blind tables....no joy....went to check email....Facebook....came back @07:05 and got on a 1000/500 blind table....with my usual 125K max-buy-in....actually not bad for a weekend.....
   When I took my "chair" it was a table of eight and remained so for the entire session....with the exception of a few hands here and there when peeps left....either voluntarily....or by busting out and it might take a couple of hands to fill back up to a table of 8....and what a table it was....a few hands with little or no "action".....but many more hands....at some point in the hand at least one player was all in....no real pattern to the play....other than a bunch of players letting loose on the weekend and throwing chips around....and I thought I had caught the right hand at the right time....Pocket Kings....King/Jack/??? on the flop....Jack on the turn....and at that precise moment "Murphy's Law" [link] went into action....I was on the button and the game froze....I got the "re-connecting" blurb....by the time I got back on....I had missed my turn and the game had auto-folded me....&%$#!!....and quite a large pot....which I would have won.....with what was on the board the house was the "nuts"....I wasn't going anywhere....at least that's what I thought....which reminds me of what was once said about Murphy...."he was an optimist".....only won four pots the entire session....on a 2 pair, a straight, and 2 full houses....but the pot that got away....would have been the diff between being in the "black and not the red"....ergo....65 minutes played....52 hands played....75 seconds/hand....4 winners....1 out of every 13 hands [did I mention I wasn't catching]....left 21,500$ on the table....but took 1,700$ with 5 out of nine wins on slots....
[12:45 UTC-4]
[On Facebook]
"Fall Spades": three games played today....[1]....8 hands played....2nd hand was a double nil bid...."they" set...."we" made...."we" 502 pts. +12 bags [-100 pts.] + set once + 2 made nil bids....vs...."they" 66 pts. + 6 bags + set twice + 1 failed nil bid....[2]....6 hands played.....both hands 4 and 5 were 14 bids...."they" set both times...."we" 516 pts. + 6 bags + 2 made nil bids....vs...."they" 5 pts. + 5 bags + set three times....[3].....7 hands played.....2nd hand was a 15 bid...."they set"...."we" 569 pts. + 9 bags + 1 made nil bid....vs...."they" -49 pts. + 1 bag + set three times + 1 failed nil bid....
[13:00 UTC-4]
[On Just Solitaire]
1] Clock: cleared the three games played today....40/40....in:[00:02:37],[00:02:45]&[00:02:13}....
2] Sea Towers: cleared the three games played today....52/52....in:[00:04:37],[[00:05:23][both the re-set & undo functions were used]]&[00:03:28]....
3] Labyrinth: failed to clear any of the twenty games played today....
4] Crescent: three games played today....[1]....88/104 w/4 completed foundation  piles....[2]....93/104 w/5 completed foundation piles....[3]....97/104 w/5 completed foundation piles....no clears but a decent day none the less....
[15:20 UTC-4]
[On World of Solitaire]
1] Aces Up[relaxed]: failed to clear any of the three games played  today....best....43/48....
2] Eight Off[relaxed]: cleared all three of the games played today....52/52....
3] Fan[relaxed]: cleared all three of the games played today....52/52....
4] Josephine[relaxed]: cleared all three of the games played today....104/104....one of the three games was cleared on the first turn through the deck....
5] Klondike[relaxed][double][turn 1]: cleared all three of the games played today....104/104....
6] Tri-Peaks[hidden]: cleared all three games played today....52/52....
[21:55 UTC-4]
[Day's End Poker]
Total Bank: 293.4'M / Net Gain Today: 547.2'K / Drops[7]&Roulette: 567'K ]
Table[1]&Slots[9] -19,800'K / Hands Played Today: 52 / Total Hands Played: 31,199 /
[[note]: 5 drops@21'K s/ads. & 2 drops@42'K w/ads. & 2 roulette spins@189'K [each]]

[10:05 UTC-4]
[+51*F....cloudy....southwest winds @17 mph....]
[ after all the hype about rain from today through Monday....current forecast is for PM showers tomorrow and rain Sunday....did the weatherman just "bluff" called]
   Started out just like most days....logged on to a 1000/500 blind table....w/ my max-but in of 125'K...@06:16....now lately at least during the week that would put me at a 3 or 4 handed game....but today a table of 6....and except for a couple of hands was a 5 or 6 handed game through out....with a couple of big stacks....the biggest was around 500'K....and he was not afraid to use it....not every hand....but if he was in the hand....some pretty big raises....won one pot early when there was not action on that hand....made trip Kings on the river....one in the hole....another in the flop....made a min raise....got one call....and then the big stack aka. table captain....started "throwing his weight around".....I was playing very cautiously but was catching decent pockets but just not hitting the flops....was down about 5'K....Queen/Nine suited....big blind....Cap't makes a min raise pre-flop....had to see the flop...called....flop made it four to the straight....but would need runner-runner for flush....Cap't continuation bet....called....turn....no flush card but made the Queen high straight....river a blank....I was first to act and made a min raise....Cap't a big raise....and with my call a pot around 170'K....not sure how much....but before the hand I had 120'K and after  just over 200'K [I'm sure the "house" took it's usual 5%]....never did take another decent pot the entire session....Just caught the right hand at the right time....and the Captain....dude went "on tilt".....all-in on almost every hand and in just a few hands had busted out....back with 125'K....and a couple of hands later....busted again....back again....fold....and gone....with the quick return[s] had to have had auto-re-buy on....I see a lot of peeps do that....lose a big pot and than try to get it right back....seldom works....although I was getting good looks at pocket cards all day....and had to pay a min-raise to see the flop....really never caught a great hand again....ergo....61 minutes played....66 hands played....55.5 seconds/hand [a very comfortable pace]....8 winners....1 out of every 8.25 hands....left with an extra 33,588$ I didn't have at the start....[no slots]
[10:15 UTC-4]
[On Facebook]
Fall Spades: three hands played today....[1] 10 hands played...."we" 522 pts. + 12 bags [-100 pts.] + set once + 2 made nil bids + 1 failed nil bid....vs...."they" -52 pts. + 8 bags + set 4 times....[2]....8 hands played...."we" 513 pts. + 13 bags [-100 pts.] + 2 made nil bids....vs...."they" 258 pts. + 8 bags + set twice....[3]....4 hands played...."we" 306 pts. + 6 bags....vs...."they" -249 pts. + 1 bag + set twice + 2 failed nils....
[12:40 UTC-4]
[On Just Solitaire]
1] Clock: cleared both of the games played today....40/40....in:[00:01:32]&[00:02:05]....
2] Sea Towers: cleared both of the games played today....52/52....in:[00:03:07]&[00:04:19]....
3] Labyrinth: cleared one of the five games played today....52/52....
4] Crescent: five games played today....one in the 60's/104....three in the 80's/104, two w/4 completed foundation piles & 1 with 5.....best game....96/104 w/ 4 of the 8 foundation piles completed....
[15:52 UTC-4]
[On World of Solitaire]
1] Aces Up[relaxed]: Failed to clear any of the three games played today....best....47/48....
2] Eight Off[relaxed]: cleared all three of the games plated today....52/52....
3] Fan[relaxed: cleared all three of the games played today....52/52....
4] Josephine[relaxed]: cleared all of the three games played today....104/104....one of the three games was cleared on the first turn through the deck....
5] Klondike[relaxed][double][turn 1]: cleared all of the three games played today....104/104....
6] Tri-Peaks[hidden]: only cleared one of the three games played today....52/52....
[21:15 UTC-4]
[Day's End Poker]
Total Bank: 292.8'M / Net Gain Today: 2,001.6'K / Drops[7]&Roulette[1]: 1,974'K /
Table[1]: +33,568$ / Hands Played Today: 66 / Total Hands Played: 31,147 /
[[note:1]: 7 drops@42'K w/ads. & 1 roulette spin@1,680'K w/ chip]
[[note:2]: when I took the roulette spin.....an ad appeared....first time I've seen that....didn't effect the value as I hit "top of the mark" and had a 2x chip....don't know whether or not if it was an anomaly or if it will happen again....have a roulette spin next....no chip....but probably won't take it until tomorrow morning....]
[[note:3]: added "on tilt to the right side bar which required me to tinker with the layout]