[13:30 UTC-4]
[+77+F....sunny....winds west@10 mph....humidity 55%....barometric pressure: falling]
[forecast: tomorrow fair....then the next 3 days rain/T-storms]
   Decided to stay up and take the drop [a double] last night and again took another this morning when logged on to play my /usual morning session of Poker....a good thing there were doubles as it turned out I would need the  84'K "house money"....
   Got right on a 1K/.5K blind table with my 125K max-buy-in @05:29.....table varied from a few hands "heads up" to was many as a six handed game....but most of the time was a table of 4 or 5 players....your all to typical styles made an appearance....pot pushers, any two cards and a few raids by kamikaze....
   For most of the session while I was catching a decent amount of good looks in the pocket....the board was again not my friend most of the time....caught pocket pairs 4 different times....but never made "trips".....as follows....2's,3's,4's & 8's....not pocket Aces to be sure but I have won many hands on trips from a lower pair....even a couple of "quads".....but no such luck....right before I left....2 new players arrived....a tournament style player and continuation bets....and a kamikaze....a quick look at the clock....was coming up on 50 minutes played....and decided to play to the button and exit....was on the button....50 minutes were up....looking at Ace/Queen suited....and decided to play one last hand....in hindsight should have left....was up a little at the time....flopped an Ace high straight....blanked on the turn....the Ten paired on the river....pot pusher went all in....I called....his pocket cards were a pair of Kings and built a house....an I took a sizable hit....but I decided that after being rivered....and with the style present on the board to take the beating and flee....ergo....50 minutes played....61 hands played....49.2 second hands....9 wins....one for every 6.8 hands played....left 49,300$ on the table....[no slots]....
[13:50 UTC-4]
[On Facebook]
'Fall Spades": four games played:....[1]....9 hands played...."we" 513 pts. + 13 bags [-100 pts.].... vs...."they" -16 pts. + 4 bags + set once + 1 failed nil bid....[2]....8 hands played...."we" 565 pts + 5 bags + 1 made nil bid....vs...."they" 121 pts. + 11 bags [-100 pts.] + set once + 1 failed nil bids....[3]....5 hands played...."we" 444 pts + 4 bags....vs...."they" -245 pts. + 5 bags + set twice + 1 made nil bid + 3 failed nil bids [after two hands "they" after a failed nil bid and a set were at -199 pts....if "they" hadn't made 1 bag on the failed nil bid there would have gone out backwards after 2 hands]....[4]....7 hands played...."we" 533 pts. + 3 bags + set once + 2 made nil bids....vs...."they" -72 pts. + 2 bags + set twice + 1 failed nil bid....
[14:10 UTC-4]
[On Just Solitaire]
"Clock": 5 games played and cleared[40/40]....in:[00:01:49]'[00:01:40]'[00:02:20]'[00:01:43]&[00:01:35]....
"Sea Towers": 5 games played and cleared[52/52]....in:[00:03:45]'[00:04:31]'[00:04:05]'[00:04:21]
&[00:05:45]....last game no re-sets but I think I busted the undo function....
"Crescent": five games played....all games in the 50's, 60's and 70's /104....just five very unfriendly tableaux [just found out what the plural form of tableau was....thanx Google]....best of the five [a relative term]....78/104 w/3 of the 8 foundation piles completed....
[16:10 UTC-4]
[On World of Solitaire]
"Aces Up"[relaxed]: failed to clear any of the three games played today[best:40/48]....
"Eight Off"[relaxed]: cleared all of the three 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]....one of the three games was cleared on the first turn through the deck....
"Klondike"[relaxed][double][turn 1]: cleared all of the three games played today[104/104]
"Tri-Peaks": only cleared one of the three games played today[52/52]....
[20:15 UTC-4]
[Day's End Poker]
Total Bank: 317.7'M / Net Gain Today: 307.7'K / Drops[8]&Roulette[1]: 378'K /
Table[1]: -49,300$ / Hands Played Today: 61 / Total Hands Played: 33,642 /
[[note:1] 2 drops@42'K w/ads.[1 last night & first 1 this AM]& 6 drops@21 w/ads & 1 roulette spin@147]
[[note:2] as luck would have it BBC America is showing my fav episode of the original Star Trek series "City on the Edge of Forever".....@22:30....and I have a roulette spin @ 22:39.....well since I'm going to be up  anyways....probably will hit bottom of the wheel but get a head start on tomorrow]

[13:30 UTC-4]
[+74*F.....mostly cloudy....wind w/n/w@7....humidity 62%....barometric pressure: on the rise]
    Went to bed earlier than usual and didn't take a late drop after closing the "books" for the day....so the drop that was waiting for me this AM [42'K w/ad.] was my only "house money" for the day....but it got me  thinking unless you have exchanged real money for game faux money/chips....and I have no idea if anyone has very done that....I  haven't....and never would....I played a game a few years ago called "Blogshares" and did pay for the prime member ship....because it gave one a tactical advantage....basic a limited number of moves in 24 hrs. and prime unlimited moves....that makes sense....but except for that possibility all the money is or was "house money"....
   Logged on to a 1K/.5K table with my 125K] max-buy-in....@06.07....no delay in getting a table....most of the  session....a short one for me....will explain later....a five handed game....your usual any to carders, pot pushers and a few hands of "My pairs' bigger that yours'" but for the first few hands a decent table....hand my 10K+ mission long before the 16 hands played banner appeared....didn't catch a whole lot of hands....generally good pocket cards and an unfriendly board....but of the  5 winners I had 1-two pair[flopped]....2-trips....once Queens and the other Jacks [both flopped]....&....two straights [only one was flopped] the one that I didn't flop....flopped 4 to a straight. and 3 to a flush....made the straight on the turn and 4 to the flush....although decent pots no real big pots....then we had a "table captain" arrive....well maybe a "table master chief"....actually caught him with the Jacks....would have stayed but that a tournament style player with 60K+ hands played....didn't pre-flop raise on every hand but if he did it was always 4K.....and after the flop a 4K continuation bet, and the turn....next hand repeat....looked at the clock, and his stats....figured he was there for the long haul and the chances of him changing his style were slim and none and slim had just bought a ticket for the Greyhound bus which was leaving town....and I left with him....ergo....30 minutes played....38 hands played....48.65 seconds/hand....5 winners....1 every 7.6 hands....down only 6,900$....no slots....
[13:40 UTC-4]
[On Facebook]
"Fall Spades": four games played....[1]....6 hands played...."we" 528 pts. + 8 bags + 2 made nil bids....vs...."they" 243 pts. + 3 bags + set once....[2]....4 hands played...."we" 269 pts. + 9 bags....vs...."they" -259 pts. + 1 bag + set three times + 1 failed nil bid....[3]....7 hands played...."we" 540 pts. + 10 bags + 2 made nil bids....vs...."they" -65 pts. + 5 bags + set three times + 1  failed nil bid....[4]....8 hands played...."we" 506 + 6 bags....vs...."they" 56 pts. + 6 bags + set three times....
[13:45 UTC-4]
[On Just Solitaire]
"Clock": cleared the 4 games played today[40/40]....in:[00:01:54]'[00:01:49]'[00:02:02]&[00:01:53].
"Sea Towers": cleared the 4 games played today[52/52]....in:[00:02:45]'[00:04:30]'[00:03:44]&
[00:04:46]....the last game was maybe the best one I played today....several times I had all four waste spots filled in order to get a card I could move....one re-set and I wore the undo button out....but cleared the board....
"Crescent": four games played today....no clears but four solid games....79/104 w/2 foundation piles completed....87/104 w/4 foundation pile completed........a 92/104 & a 94/104 both w/ 5 of the 8 foundation piles completed....
[14:00 UTC-4]
[On World of Solitaire]
"Aces Up"[relaxed]: failed to clear any of the four games played today....best game....43/48[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....one of the four games was cleared on the first turn through the deck....
"Klondike"[relaxed][double][turn 1]: cleared all of the four games played today....104/104....
"Tri-Peaks": cleared all of the four games played today....52/52....
[[note]: current stats: 6404 games played....3811 wins....61.07%]
[20:55 UTC-4]
[Day's End Poker]
Total Bank: 317.4'M / Net Gain Today: 581.1'K / Drops[6]&Roulette[2]: 588'K /
Table[1]: -6,900$ / Hands Played Today: 38 / Total Hands Played: 33,581 /
[[note:1]: 6 drops@42'K w/ads. & 2 roulette spins: 1@147'K & 1@189'K /
[[note:2]: I have a drop later tonight just past 23:00 which I'm planning on taking....that  is if I don't doze off at the keyboard....tomorrow is a one roulette spin day....cant do anything to change that....but if I take a drop tonight....and if nothing delays me 7 drops+1 roulette tomorrow....first chips Tuesday will be a roulette....which will set the schedule for 2 roulette spins for 2 or 3 days....]

[12:00 UTC-4]
[+75*F....sunny....winds south/west@12 mph.....relative humidity 56%....barometric pressure: falling....possible scattered T-storms starting mid-evening until early morning tomorrow]
   Was a very interesting morning....since the next drop/roulette wasn't until just after midnight I decided to let it waited until the next day....logged on to play some Poker@06:19....when I got to the "lobby" there was the roulette spin waiting.....so "house money" wasn't an issue this morning....I hit for 840'K....
   As is my custom....a 1K/.5K table with my typical 125'K max buy in....and immediately realized I had got there just in time to witness a very typical, and very common "end of the session death match"....and when it ended what emerged a very decent table....average players at the table was five....very little pre-flop nonsense....except for the occasional appearance of "an any to carder"....and even then only a min-raise....or the occasional "Ace bet"....or "Pocket Pair bet"....I've played too many hands not to recognize that....only two problems....didn't really catch as well as I would have liked....but then I never do....and even if you had a big hand....there was no money on the table....most of the revolving door of players stacks were in the  30'K to 60K" buy-in range....made trips five times....one straight....one full house....and the biggest pot I made....and big is a relative term....was on a pair....not that I cared....I was enjoying playing small ball....but everyone  including me loves taking a huge pot....to my immediate left was a player who had had over 150'K....lost 2 big hands in a-row....and was down to under 25'K....I'm to the right of the button....called the blind....the player to my left....now on "full tilt" goes all-in pre-flop....now normally I'd fold....hate calling all-ins....unless I have trips or better....which of course since it was pre-flop I didn't have....but the rest of the table folds and I'm last to act....oops....I forgot to mention I was looking at pocket A/A....and they held up....ergo....60 minutes played....77 hands....46.75 seconds/hand....22 hands played....1 out of every 5.13 hands played....left with an extra 3,134$....not a huge gain....but a very enjoyable session of what I love....small ball....trapping poker....
[12:15 UTC-4]
[On Facebook]
"Fall Spades": four games played....[1]....7 hands played...."we" 557 pts. + 7 bags + 1 made nil bids....vs...."they" 124 pts. + 4 + set twice....["they" set on a 14 bid hand]....[2]....8 hands played...."we" 525 pts. + 15 bags [-100 pts.] + 1 made nil bid....vs...."they" 73 pts. + 3 bags + 1 made nil bid....[3]....7 hands played...."we" 514 pts. + 14 bags [-100 pts.] + 2 made nil bids....vs...."they" 55 pts. + 5 bags + set three times....[4]....6 hands played...."we" 445 pts. + 5 bags + set once + 1 made nil....
[12:25 UTC-4]
[On Just Solitaire]
"Clock": cleared all of the four games played today[40/40]....in:[00:02:06],[00:01:47],[00:01:58]&
[00:01:42]....
"Sea Towers": cleared all of the four games played today[52/52]....[00:03:23],[00:03:58].[00:02:56]
&[00:02:56]....
"Crescent": four games played....three were average at best....best[?]....34/43/50/~84/104 w/ 4 of the 8 foundation piles completed....
[15:40 UTC-4]
[On the World of Solitaire]
"Aces Up"[relaxed]: failed to clear any of the four games played today....best score....45/48....
"Eight Off"[relaxed]: cleared all of the four games played today....52/52....
"Fan"{relaxed]: cleared all of the four games played today....52/52....
"Josephine"[relaxed]: cleared all of the four games played today....104/104....
"Klondike"[relaxed][double][turn 1]: cleared all of the four games played today....104/104....
"Tri-Peaks"[hidden]: only cleared two of the four games played today....52/52....
[21:20 UTC-4]
[Day's End Poker]
Total Bank: 316.8'M / Net Gain Today: 1,116.3'K / Drops[6[&Roulette[2]: 1,113'K /
Table[1]: +3,314$ / Hands Played Today: 77 / Total Hands Played: 33,543 /
[[note]: 4 drops@21'K s/ads.[1st 4 of the day]& 2 drops@42'K & 2 roulette spins: 1@840'K & 1@105'K]

[12:25 UTC-4]
[+68*F....cloudy....winds w/n/w@4 mph....relative humidity 91%....barometric pressure rising]
   Was up late again last night....hadn't intended to but another problem on the FB groups I'm a mod on....picked up a double drop before in retired....
   Got a late start this morning....logged on almost an hour later then yesterday....picked up another double drop....giving me 84'K...."house money".....1K/.5K table....and 125" max-buy-in...."sat down" and for the first several hand was a spectator to a "end of session death match".....after that with the exception of a few raids by kamikaze....a general decent table....what raises there were pre-flop were usually min-raises....except form time to time a large raise or even an all-in.....let's face it....I've got 33'K+ hands "under my belt".....a player who as just been calling the blinds or maybe a min-raise....does that....I think....Ace, pocket pair, maybe suited connectors or two high cards....and unless I have great pocket cards....a quick fold on my part....
   For the most part I just wasn't catching....had good looks in the pocket....paid to play....and an unfriendly board....and when I did get a good hand....all you could hear were "crickets chirping"....not chips hitting the felt....I had played 84 minutes.....average a 4 or 5 handed game....due to the blinds....and paying to see the flop....only to miss....had lost almost all  of my "house money"....looking at a Queen/Nine suited.....on the button....with an any to carder on my right....who min-raised from the small blind....flop and he starts increasing the bet on every turn found out later he had flopped two pair....he didn't know to later I had flopped a Queen high straight....bet enough after the river to put me all-in...a quick look....no flush possible....no board pair....a call and a nice pot that got me back almost to my 125'K start stack....won a few small pots after that....never got quite back to even....but the appearance of another kamikaze....and I was gone....ergo....105 minutes played....147 hands played....42.9 seconds/hand....22 winners....i out of every 6.7 hands played....left 14,388 on the table....no slots....
[13:40 UTC-4]
[On Facebook]
"Fall Spades": four games played....[1]....13 hands played...."we" 528 pts. + 18 bags [-100 pts.] + set three times + 2 made nil bids....vs...."they" 344 pts. + 14 bags [-100 pts.] + set once + 1 failed nil bid....[2]....6 hands played...."we" 509 pts. + 9 bags....vs...."they" 113 pts. + 3 bags + set twice....[3]....9 hands played...."we" 542 pts. + 12 bags [-100 pts.] + 1 made nil bid....vs...."they" 167 pts. + 7 bags + set three times + 1 made nil....[4]....12 hands played....first three hands....partner's nil made....partner failed to make his part of the bid....&....partner failed his bid again....and we were in big trouble for the first 6 hands....over the last six...."they" did make a nil bid and we bagged.....but "they" were set four times....ergo...."we" 515 pts. + 15 bags [-100 pts.] + 1 made nil bid....vs...."they" 356 pts. + 6 bags + set four times + 1 made nil bid....
[14:00 UTC-4]
[On Just Solitaire]
"Clock": cleared all 4 of the games played today[40/40]....in:[00:01:32]~[00:01:46]~[00:01:55]&
[00:01:22[assisted by auto-play]....
"Sea Towers": cleared all 4 of the games played today[52/52]....in[00:03:23]~[00:04:28]~[00:03:45]
&[00:03:55]....
"Crescent": four games played today....three were average at best....but all had at least 2 foundation piles completed....best game....30/49/63/~104/104 w/ all of the * foundation piles completed....
[15:50 UTC-4]
[On World of Solitaire]
"Aces Up"[relaxed]: only cleared one of the four games played today....48/48....
"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....one  of the four games was cleared on the first turn through the deck....
"Klondike"[relaxed][double][turn 1]: cleared all off the four games played today....104/104....
"Tri-Peaks"[relaxed]: cleared all of the four games played today....52/52....
[22:10 UTC-4]
[Day's End Poker]
Total Bank: 315.7'M / Net Gain Today: 342.6'K / Drops[8]&Roulette[1]: 357'K /
Table[1]: -14,388$ / Hands Played Today: 147 / Total Hands Played: 33,466 /
[[note]: 4 drops@42'K w/ads.[1st 4 of the day]& 4 drops@21'K & 1 roulette spin@105'K]

[10:15 UTC-4]
{+77*F....mostly cloudy....winds south@7 mph....relative humidity 77%....barometric pressure is falling....rain as stopped but....T-storms predicted for mid-afternoon through tomorrow AM....oy vey]
   With the weather being such as it is....decided to play at least an hour of Poker this morning....logged on @05:56 to a 1K/.5K blind table....with my 125K max-buy-in.....and took my "chair" at the table....and a very fluid table it was....any where from heads up to a 7 handed game....first hand I flopped 2 pair Queens and Tens....won a decent pot....and never won another until I had played just under 40 minutes....during that time a long with the "any to carders", pot pushers, and a table captain....a very extended raid by a very persistent kamikaze....actually a kamikaze isn't the problem....if one attacks....and the table consistently folds....he/she will get the message and either leave or change style....the problem is the  dive bombers who join in.....after he left the table was calm for a while and i caught some decent cards and won a few pots....and then the "any two carders" and pot pushers return....and the "Oh I have an Ace in the hole...all-in-ers".....and I was almost out of "house money".....let me  explain....I "walked" in to the lobby this morning....watch an ad....was "handed" 42'K....house money....84 minutes into the session....button to my immediate left....looking at Ace/Two suited....called the big blind....a min-bet from the button....I called....flopped trip Two's....button bets 10K....I called....turn a blank...button about 25'K....a quick look at the board....and the fact I had top kicker....call....did I every say I loved the river....well probably not....but river an Ace.....and my typical full house....low over high....button another big raise which nearly put me all in....a quick call....and a very nice pot....soon after the table changed again....very little pre-flop nonsense....fit my style to a "T"....and I won a few more pots....but what a wild and crazy ride....oh forgot to mention the appearance of something you don't see too often....a player who was using the auto-top-off function....ergo....124 minutes....144 hands played [or a gross of hands[sorry but I'm old-school]....51.7 seconds per hand....19 winners....1 out of every 7.6 hands....left with an extra 75,750$....no slots....
[10:25 UTC-4]
[On Facebook]
'Fall Spades": four games played today....[1]....4 hands played...."we" 354 pts. + 4 bags....vs...."they" -210 pts. + set three times [once on a 15 bid] + 1 failed nil bid....[2]....8 hands played...."we" 501 pts. + 11 bags [-100 pts]....vs...."they" 181 pts. + 1 bag + set five times + 1 made nil bid + 1 failed nil bid....[3]....7 hands played...."we" 557 pts. + 7 bags + 1 made nil bid....vs...."they" 246 pts. + 6 bags + set twice + 1 made nil bid....[4]....9 hands played...."we" 531 pts. + 11 bags [-100 pts.] + 1 made nil bid....vs...."they" 178 pts. + 8 bags + set twice + 1 failed nil bid....
[10:40 UTC-4]
[On Just Solitaire]
"Clock": cleared all 4 games played[40/40]..../in:[00:01:55]'[00:01:47]'[00:01:42]&[00:01:41]
"Sea Towers": cleared all 4 games played[52/52]....in:[00:03:19]'[00:03:43]'[00:03:31]&[00:03:58]
[[note[: as/usual some "cherry picking" was involved....]
"Crescent" four games played today....two were barely mediocre....one was a solid mid 80's....&....23/50/89/~98/104 w/ 6 of the 8 foundation piles completed....
[15:25 UTC-4]
[On the World of Solitaire]
"Aces Up"[relaxed]: failed to clear any of the three games played today....best....43/48[2x]....
"Eight Off"[relaxed]: cleared all of the three games played today....52/52....
"Fan"[relaxed]: cleared all of the three games played today....52/52....
"Josephine"[relaxed]: cleared all of the three games played today....104/104....one of the three games was cleared on the first turn through the deck....
"Klondike"[relaxed][double][turn 1]: cleared all of the three games played today....104/104....
"Tri-Peaks"[hidden]: cleared all of the three games played today....52/52....
[21:30 UTC-4]
[Day's End Poker]
Total Bank: 315.4'M / Net Gain Today: 789.8'K / Drops[6]&Roulette[2]: 714'K /
Table[1]: +75,750$ / Hands Played Today: 144 / Total Hands Played: 33.319 /
[[note]: 6 drops@42'K w/ads. & 2 roulette spins: 1@315'K & 1@147'K /