[15:10 UTC-4]
[+87+F....sunny....w/s/w@7 mph....relative humidity 47%]
   Got another late start tis morning....had intended to not take a late drop and get some sleep....but got involved with a problem on the FB group I'm a moderator on....not only took the drop but it was well after 23:00 before I got to bed....
   Never took a "chair" to play some Poker until 06:54....a 1K/.5K blind table with 125'K max-buy-in....and again descended to one of the lower reaches of the abyss....all the usual gathering of suspects....kamikaze, dive bombers, any to carders, would be table captains....an several rounds of "my pair is bigger than yours'".....and I wasn't catching good hole cards very often and one I did one of three things happen....[1] the price to see the flop was just too high or to continue after the flop...[2] paid to see the flop and missed completely....[3] hit the flop and you could hear crickets but no chips hitting the felt....I did manage to win more hands than the other day....but nothing greater than a decent pot....mostly small/blind pots....wild table anywhere from heads up to 6 handed....flopped a full house....Sevens full of Aces....but tried to get some action with min-bets....and all I got were calls....flopped four to a straight, four to a flush....four to a straight flush....Ace high made the flush but the missing card a Jack never came....again not real action....did make a 50/50 call when the price was right....but got rivered....just too many blinds and paying to see and miss the flop....ergo....66 minutes played....97 hands played....40.8 seconds/hand....11 winners....1 out of every....8.2 hands....left 45,284$ on the table....
[15:25 UTC-4]
[On Facebook]
'Fall Spades": three games played today....[1]....7 hands played...."we" 548 pts. + 8 bags + 1 made nil bid....vs...."they" 4 pts. + 4 bags + set four times [last hand "they" set on a 14 bid hand]....[2]....12 hands played....partner failed to make its' part of the bid 3 times...."we" 528 pts. + 8 bags + set three times + 2 made nil bids....vs...."they" 427 pts. + 17 bags [-100 pts.] + set three times....[3]....11 hands played...my partner the AI [artificial idiot] failed it's part of the bid twice & failed a nil bid...."they" 568 pts. + 8 bags + set twice + 1 made nil bid....vs...."we" 537 pts. + 17 bags [-100 pts.[when it wasn't failing to make its' bid....he was making bags by under bidding its' hand....oy vey]] + set twice + 3 made nil bids [mine] + 1 failed nil bid [its]....[end rant]....
[15:35 UTC-4]
[On Just Solitaire]
"Clock": cleared all three games played today....40/40....in:[00:01:51]~[00:01:41]&[00:01:58]...........
"Sea Towers": cleared all three games played today....52/52....in:[00:03:49]~[00:03:41]&[00:02:39]..
[[note] pretty much  the best run of games I've had on both games....a couple of undos....no resets....&....auto-play never engaged....
[15:50 UTC-4]
[On World of Solitaire]
"Aces Up[relaxed]": failed to  clear any of the three games played today....best....45/48....
"Eight Off[relaxed]" cleared all of the there games played today....52/52....
"Fan[relaxed]" cleared all of the three games played today....52/52....
"Josephine[relaxed]": cleared all of the three games played today....104/104....
"Klondike[relaxed][double][turn 1]": cleared all of the three games played today....104/104....
"Tri-Peaks[hidden]": only cleared one of the three games played today....52/52....
[[note] didn't play as many games today as/usual....due to both a late start on the day....a longer walk than usual....and so issues again on the FB group I'm a moderator on....
[21:50 UTC-4]
[Day's End Poker]
Total Bank: 314.6'M / Net Gain Today: 521.7'K / Drops[7]&Roulette[2]: 567'K /
Table[1]: -45,284$ / Hands Played Today: 97 / Total Hands Played: 33,178 /
[[note]: 7 drops@21'K s/ads. & 2 roulette spins: 1@105'K & 1@315'K ]

[12:40 UTC-4]
[+77*F....sunny....winds west@6 mph....relative humidity 56%]
   I had taken a drop just after 22:00 last night, and when to bed....actually the earliest in a few days....but never awoke until  after 06:30....last start to the tables except when the tables are full
   Pickup the drop that was waiting when I logged on both it and the one last night were with ads. and logged on to a table from one of the lowest realms of the abyss.... at least from my POV....
   1K/.5K table....with my 125K max-buy-in....to begin with there was a extend bout of an "end of session death match".....did manage win a couple of blind pots in a couple of brief lulls....both with just a pair....little did I know that those would turn out to be the only two hands I won in the entire session....
   as the death was drawing to a close [at that point a 4 handed game]....arriving at the tale were a roving gang of big time pot-pushers....the chaos continued I assume after I left....my only real mistake was holding out the slim hope of "getting a hand in edge-wise" and getting my 10K+ mission....which I never did....
   Add to all of the above....I just wasn't catching many good looks in the hole....and when I did more often than not....the price to pay to see the flop was just to dang rich for my tastes....
   the majority of my losses were on one hand... had an Ace/Ten....and only a 5K pre-flop raise....called....flopped 2 pair....Aces/Tens....another raise this time 25'K....called....King on the turn and a guy bets enough to put me all-in....I had put him on a pocket Ace....[and was right]....maybe he had King as well....couldn't pull the trigger....folded....and just to spite me the river was the third Ten....dang....he didn't have the King....but won the hand on a Pair of Aces and the board pair of tens....I've been beat too  many time on the river to except that the miracle card would be mine....I've been burnt too many times on 50/50 calls....just not my day....ergo....40 minutes played....48 hands played....50 seconds/hand....2 wins....1 every 24 hands.....left 68,350 on the table.....[no slots]
[13:05 UTC-4]
[On Facebook]
"Fall Spades" three games played today:....and a crazy bunch of games they were....[1]....8 hands played...."we" 568 pts. + 8 bags + 1 made nil bid + 1 failed nil bid....vs...."they" 286 pts. + 16 bags [-100 pts.] + 1 made nil bid + 1 failed nil bid....[2]....11 hands played....after the first two hands in which my "partner" failed to make his part of the bid....both times...."we's" score was -150 pts...."we" 576 pts. + 6 bags + set twice + 1 made nil bid....vs...."they" 266 pts. + 6 bags + set twice + 1 failed nil bid....[3]....10 hands played....tightest game of the lot....close until "they" bagged on the last hand...."we" 519 pts. + 9 bags + set once....vs...."they" 330 pts. + 10 bags [-100 pts.] + set once.....
[13:25 UTC-4]
[On Just Solitaire]
"Clock": cleared all of the five games played today.....40/40....in:[00:01:46]~[00:01:21]~[00:01:37]~[00:01:38]&[00:01:31]....one of the best five games in a row "run" I've had in awhile....
"Sea Towers": cleared all of the five games played today....52/52....in:[00:03:54]~[00:05:55]~[00:03:33]~[00:04:22]&[00:04:39]....
"Crescent": three games played....but what three games....43/56/75/~96/104 w/ 4 of the 8 foundation piles completed....61/83/95/~102/104 w/ 7 of the 8 foundation piles completed....&....43/56/73/~104/104 w/ all 8 foundation piles completed....three really good games so decided to quit while I was ahead....
[19:00 UTC-4]
[On World of Solitaire]
"Aces Up[relaxed]": cleared one of the two games played today....48/48....
"Eight Off[relaxed]": cleared both of the games played today....5252....
"Fan[relaxed]": cleared both of the games played today.....52/52....
"Josephine[relaxed]" cleared both of the games played today....104/104....
"Klondike[relaxed][double][turn 1]": cleared both of the games played today....104/104....
"Tri-Peaks[hidden]": cleared both of the games played today....52/52....
[[note]: I got a visit this afternoon from a nephew and his family who I haven't see for a couple of years [they live in California] and are back for a visit....so World of Solitaire which I generally play in the afternoon....was basically ignored for today....hence the low number of games played]
[20:55 UTC-4]
[Day's End Poker]
Total Bank: 314'M / Net Gain Today: 499'K / Drops[6]&Roulette[1]: 567'K /
Table[1]: -68,350$ / Hands Played Today: 46 / Total Hands Played: 33,078 /
[[note:1]: 6 drops@42'K w/ads. & 1 roulette spin@315'K /
[[note:2]: due to the unexpected but much enjoyed visit from my nephew and his family I missed a drop that I had planned too take and count in today's total....will probably take it later tonight but will count it in tomorrows tally....]

[09:45 UTC-4]
[+68*F....sunny....winds east@2 mph....relative humidity 63%....forecast hi-temp in the lower 80's]
   Got up and logged on @05:15 this AM....that's on the early side even for me....1K/.5K table with my 125K max-buy-in.....only to find for a few seconds it was me and the dealer....one other arrived....a pot pushing any two carder....heads up....a huge opening bet....a quick fold....another player....this time only a min-raise from the pot pusher....Seven/Three suited....flopped two pair....a larger raise....a quick look at the board....a smooth call....turn was another Three & built a house....another raise...another smooth call....an Eight on the river....a big raise....a quick does he have a Seven/Eight or  a pair of Eights....what the hey....call and a nice pot....very next hand....this time a min raise pre-flop....and I called....looking at a Jack/Nine suited....flopped two pair again....this time only a min-raise....and a call....turn a blank....min raise....call....river a blank....decent raise....a call and another nice pot....and then the ice descended on the table....a few decent pockets....but an unfriendly board...eventual the any-two carder left....only to be replaced by a bunch of tournament style players....from a two/three handed game....numbers peaked at 6 players....average a four/five table....and at least a min raise almost every hand....followed by continuation bets....did win 4 other pots....all small pots....and might have won a couple more....except for the game freezing on me 4 times....I kept getting the "reconnecting" icon....but it was obvious that play had continued so had to be my WiFi connection....but the real last straw was when it happened when I had pocket "anti-aircraft".....[aka pocket Aces]....another "reconnecting" and the next thing I saw was the deal for the next hand....decided it was time to flee....[pause....a spin of the wheel....315'K.....now where was I....what was I doing....and WHY!!!....]....ergo....35 minutes played....56 hands played....37.5 seconds/hand...6 winners....1 for every 9.33 hands played....escaped with an extra 16,875$....and with that pace of play....no slots....
[09:55 UTC-4]
[On Facebook]
"Fall Spades": four games played....[1]....6 hand played...."we" 566 pts. + 6 bags + set once + 3 made nil bids....vs...."they" 367 pts. + 7 bags + 1 made nil bid....[2]....10 hands played...."we" 561 pts. + 11 bags [-100 pts.]....vs...."they" 113 pts. + 3 bags + set four times....[3]....8 hands played...."we" 504 pts. + 4 bags....vs...."they" 141 pts. + 11 bags [-100 pts.] + set twice [one 14 bid game "they" set]....[4]....8 hands played...."we" 512 pts. + 12 bags [-100 pts.] + 1 made nil bid....vs...."they" 43 pts. + 3 bags + set three times....
[10:10 UTC-4]
[On Just Solitaire]
"Clock": cleared the five games played today....40/40....in:[00:02:30]~[00:02:38]~[00:02:11]~[00:01:59]&[00:00:58[again a very easy lay of the cards in the tableau....and auto-play went nuts]]
"Sea Towers": cleared the five games played today....52/52....in:[00:04:34]~[00:04:10]~[00:04:01]~
[00:04:04]&[00:03:39]....
"Crescent": five games played today....three that deserve no other mention....but two games....44/47/50/....95/104 w/ 5 of the 8 foundation piles completed....&....43/101/102/....104/104 w/ all 8 of the foundation piles completed....two wild games....on one 45 cards to the foundation piles after the last shuffle....on the other 58 cards to the foundation piles after the first shuffle....
[16:15 UTC-4]
[On World of Solitaire]
"Aces Up"[relaxed]: failed to clear any of the four games played today....best....45/48....
"Eight Off"[relaxed]: cleared all of the four games played today....52/52....
"Fan"[relaxed]: cleared all of the four games played today....52/52....
"Josephine"[relaxed]: cleared all of the four games played today....104/104....
"Klondike"[relaxed][double][turn 1]: cleared all of the four games played today....104/104....
"Tri-Peaks"[hidden]: only cleared three of the four games played today....52/52...
[20:20 UTC-4]
[Day's End Poker]
Total Bank: 313.5'M / Net Gain Today: 898.9'K / Drops[7]&Roulette[2]: 882'K /
Table[1]: +16,875$ / Hands Played Today: 56 / Total Hands Played: 33,030 /
[[note:1]: 2 drops@21'K s/ads.[1st 2 drops of the day]& 5 drops@42'K w/ads.& 2 roulette spins@315'K [each]]
[[note:2]: because of the earlier then normal start....have a drop just after 22:00 tonight....It's my intention to take it....but to count it in tomorrows total....]

[13:45 UTC-4]
[+74*F....sunny....north winds@8 mph....relative humidity 46%]
[first posting a little late today....took some time away to watch the USA women's national team beat Netherlands 2:0 for the World Cup]
   "sat down" done @06:10 at a 1K/.5K table....by enlarge a decent table....not a lot of pre-flop action....but there were two big stacks at the table....one 500+K....and the other 1'M+....and although I was getting go looks in the hole....just wasn't hitting the flop....and what was worse got to hands and big pots....and eventually my whole buy-in....washed away by the river.....just one of those days....first hit I took was on a high 2 pair....Kings & Jacks to a rivered trip Fours and the one that sent me packing....lost trip Jacks when the river put 3 to a straight on the board....the player [1'M+] was playing tight but....with the way the session was going....decided to take the shot....anyways....I'd decided to leave after that hand win or lose....and it's not like it's the rent money....but there are days....and then there are days you'd like to forget....haven't yet....but I will
....ergo....30 minutes played....33 hands played....54.6 seconds/hand....3 winners....1 out of every 11 hands....down 125K....but did manage to get both 16 hands & 10K+ missions achieved and claimed...had taken a drop last night....and the one waiting for me this AM....and a roulette spin for 105'K....plus 3 more drops since....so the loss has been covered....but....[no slots]....
[14:00 UTC-4]
[On Facebook]
Fall Spades: four games played today....[1st]....11 hands played....game had to 14 bids...."we" made one, and went set on the other...."we" 506 pts. + 6 bags + set once + 1 failed nil bid...."they" 286 pts. + 6 bags + set 3 times....[2nd]....8 hands played...."we" 520 pts. + 10 bags [-100 pts.] + 1 made nil bid....vs...."they" 295 pts. + 5 bags + set once....[3rd]....6 hands played....another 14 bid...."they" set...."we" 312 pts. + 12 bags [-100 pts.]....vs...."they" -208 pts. + 2 bags + set four times + 1 failed nil....[last hand...."they" set...."we" bagged [-100 pts.] but got the win]....[4th]....7 hands played...."we" 517 pts. + 7 bags + 1 made nil bid...."they" 275 pts. + 5 bags + set once....
[14:15 UTC-4]
[On Just Solitaire]
Clock: cleared all of the five games played today....40/40....in:[00:02:06]~[00:02:00]~[00:02:28]-[00:02:39]&[00:02:11]....last three games a couple of resets and undos....
Sea Towers: cleared all of the five games played today....52/52....in:[00:05:02]~[00:04:22]~[00:04:56]~[00:04:11]&[00:02:39]....no resets but many undos during the first four games....none needed on the fifth....
Crescent: five games played today....two games mediocre at best....two games decent....both in the 80's/104 and one w/2 and one w/3 foundation piles completed....best game....45/79/95/~96/104 w/5 of the 8 foundation piles completed....
[15:20 UTC-4
[On World of Solitaire]
Aces Up[relaxed]: failed to clear any of the four games played today....best game....45/48[2x]....
Eight Off[relaxed]: cleared all of the four games played today....52/52....
Fan[relaxed]: cleared all of the four games played today....52/52....
Josephine[relaxed]: cleared all of the four games played today....104/104....
Klondike[relaxed][double][turn 1]: cleared all of the four games played today....104/104....
Tri-Peaks[hidden]: only cleared three of the four games played today....52/52....
[20:40 UTC-4]
[Day's End Poker]
Total Bank: 312.6'M / Net Gain Today: 274'K / Drops[7]&Roulette[2] 399'K /
Table[1] -125'K / Hands Played Today: 33 / Total Hands Played: 32,974 /
[[note] 2 drops@42'K w/ads.[first 2 drops of the day]& 5 drops@21'K s/ads.& 2 roulette spins@105'K per/spin /

[11:50 UTC-4]
[+77*F....cloudy....winds w/s/w@10 mph....relative humidity 87%]
[rain and scattered T-storms in the forecast....a little rain....but no T-storms so far]
   another start on the early side this morning....decided not to take the late roulette spin last night so it was waiting for me this AM so took it before I found a table....hit the wheel for 840'K....didn't have a 2x chip....
   Logged on to play some Poker @05:30....1K/.5K blind table with the /usual 125K max-buy-in....was a three hand game when I arrived....but as/usual with almost any table a very fluid table at times as many as 6 players....all the way down to heads up....but got right on a table....none of the usual weekend delays....at times a decent table....with little pre-flop raises....and if they occurred they were min-raises....and at times there were a large amount of chips hitting the  felt pre-flop....only one visit by a kamikaze....all-in pre-flop....lost the hand and was never seen again....a couple of any-to-carders past through....and several  hands of "My pair is bigger then yours''.....that is to say just your typical weekend table....
  Hit for trips the first hand I played....small pot....but with in three hands hand my 10K+ mission in tow....and  with in 10 minutes....had the 16 hands played mission as well....mostly a 3 handed game at that point....was up and then the hand....flopped 4 to a straight....4 to a flush....4 to a straight flush....made the straight on the turn....Jack high....river was a blank....big bet to my right and I called....he had made a straight as well....only his was Queen high....and my stack took a substantial hit I never recovered from....later checked the clock and decided it was about time to leave....5 handed looking at a Seven/Three suited in Diamonds....first to act....big blind blind to my immediate right....usually I'd fold that hand if not in the blinds....but because I planned to exit off the button....called....even called a min-raise....flopped two pair....and the 3rd Seven on the river....nice pot but not near enough....ergo....60 minuted played....80 hands played....45 seconds/hand....14 winners....1 out of every 5.7 hands....left 38,225 on the table....[no slots]....
[12:00 UTC-4]
[On Facebook]
Fall Spades: three hands played....[1st]....eight hands played...."we" 533 pts. + 3 bags + set three time + 3 made nil bids....[ 2 of the "sets" were when one partner made the nil bid but the other failed the regular bid]....vs...."they" 375 pts. + 15 bags [-100 pts.] + set once ["set" was on the last hand of a tight game]....[2nd]....eight hands played...."we" 543 pts. + 13 bags [-100 pts] + set once + 2 made nil bids....vs...."they" 98 pts. + 8 bags + set three times + 1 made nil bid + 1 failed nil bid....[3rd]....eight hands played...."we" 632 pts. + 12 bags [-100 pts.] + 2 made nil bids....vs...."they" 392 pts. + 2 bags + set once + 1 made nil bid....
[12:15 UTC-4]
[On Just Solitaire]
1] Clock: cleared all of the four games played today....40/40....in:[00:02:15]~[00:02:07]~[00:01:46]~[00:01:37]
2] Sea Towers: cleared all of the four games played today...52/52....in:[00:03:21]~[00:03:24]~[00:03:41]~[00:04:55~[several uses of the un-do function]]....
3] Crescent: four games played today....first three were average at best....[4th]....37/64/78/~100/104 w/ 7 of the * foundation piles completed....
[14:55 UTC-4]
[On World of Solitaire]
1] Aces Up[relaxed]: only 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....
5] Klondike[relaxed][double][turn 1]: cleared all of the four games played today....104/104....
6] Tri-Peaks[hidden]: only cleared two of the four games played today....52/52....
[20:40 UTC-4]
[Day's End Poker]
Total Bank: 312.4'M / Net Gain Today: 1,201'K / Drops[6]&Roulette[2]: 1,239'K /
Table[1] -38,225$ / Hands Played Today: 80 / Total Hands Played: 32,941 /
[[note] 6 drops@42'K w/ ads.& 2 roulette spins: 1@147'K & 1@840'K /