[14:18 UTC-4]
[+80*F....sunny....winds: southwest@11 mph....humidity: 37%....barometer: 29.95" \/ ]
   As the next drop last night was after 01:00....never even gave a thought to taking it then....picked up it when I logged on this morning....watched an ad....42'K "house money"....
   Logged on to take a "chair" at a 1K/.5K table @06:04....with 125K max-buy-in....[[note]....shutting down and logging back in apparently has no effect on the password gremlin....it's simply appears eight hours after the last time you entered it....just will have to deal with that]
   the typical fluid table from heads up to as many as 6 players at ant given time and changing frequently....all the usual cast of characters made an appearance....any two carders....pot pushers...tournament style....a kamikaze or two....and some dive  bombers....but check that all....not a table captain in sight until the very end of the session....but a couple that stood out....saw one that was constantly tipping the dealer....sometimes during the play of a hand he was in on....first of all I just don't do it....just can't see the point....particularly because the  "house" takes a cut of every pot....still can't figure that one out....and as far as I can tell tipping the deal gives you no advantage....and if it did....than I'd be mega-ticked-off....and probably find somewhere else to play....second....an experienced player 10K+ hands played [I like to get a "feel" for the other  players and always click  on their avatar to see their stats]....either folded....even when in the big blind  and  he could see the flop for a check....[never have understood why peeps do that....you've already paid....so see the flop]....or....he would go all-in pre-flop....was very  annoying....I had pockets I'd like to have played....but I never call a pre-flop all-in unless I have the raiser covered and have a pair of Jacks or better in the hole....after he left after busting out 2 or 3 times....the table for me went cold....a mega-pot pusher arrived....and I took my leave....ergo....50 minutes played....77 hands played....a blistering 38.96 seconds/hand....16 winners....1 every 4.81 hands [most winners were early in the session]....left with an extra 3.572 from the table and another 1,400$ from a 3 for 9 turn at the slots....
[15:35 UTC-4]
[On Facebook]
Fall Spades: five games played today:
[1] 7 hands played...."we" 599 pts. + 9 bags + 1 made nil bid.[vs]."they" 245 pts. + 5 bags + set twice + 1 made nil bid....
[2] 7 hands played...."we" 527 pts. + 7 bags + set once + 2 made nil bids.[vs]."they" 286 pts. + 6 bags + set once....
[3] 6 hands played...."we" 574 pts. + 4 bags + 1 made nil bid.[vs]."they" -3 pts. + 7 bags + set once + 1 failed nil bid....
[4] 7 hands played...."we" 556 pts. + 6 bags + 1 made nil bid.[vs]."they" 274 pts. + 4 bags + set once....
[5] 7 hands played...."we" 504 pts. + 4 bags.[vs]."they" -17 pts + 3 bags + set three times....[hands 1 and 5 were 14 bid hands...."they" set both times....]
[16:11 UTC-4]
[On World of Solitaire]
Aces Up[relaxed]: failed to clear any of the four games played today[best:[46/48]....
Eight Off[relaxed]: cleared all of the four games played today[52/522]....
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[hidden]: cleared all of the four games played today[52/52]....
[18:20 UTC-4]
[On Just Solitaire]
Crescent: four games played today....one gave forever forgotten....3 decent games....best of the rest....86/104 w/4 of the 8 foundation piles complete....
Clock: cleared the six games played today[40/40].......in:[00:02:14][00:01:31][00:01:46][00:02:07]
[00:01:29]&[00:01:30].....
Sea Towers: cleared the 6 games played today[52/52]..in:[00:03:59][00:04:02][00:04:01]
[00:04:02][00:02:25]&[00:02:36]...
[20:40 UTC-4]
[Day's End Poker]
Total Bank: 328.7'M / Net Gain Today: 572'K / Drops[8]&Roulette[1]: 567'K /
Table[1]&Slots[9]: 4,972$ / Hands Played Today: 77 / Total Hands Played: 35,758 /
[[note]: 5 drops@42'K & 2 drops@21'K & 1 roulette spin@315'K /

[13:08 UTC-4]
[+77*F....sunny....winds: north@6....humidity: 42%....barometer: 29.99" \/ ]
   I did stay up and take the late drop last night and with  the drop I took first thing this AM before looking for a "chair" at a table that gave me 42'K "house money"....[both were without ads.]
   Logged on to a table @05:57....the  usual 1K/.5K blind table with my 125K max-buy-in....on weekends I never know quite what to expect....being  "told" that the tables are full and an extend delay to get a seat....or a table of 7+ players....actually I like the full or nearly full table....few trips through the blinds....I just play good hole cards....and it fits my "slow play/trapping style....and to my great surprise I for a few brief moments on a table with just me and  the dealer....soon became one hand heads up and then a table of three....with a pot pusher and a player who called every thing....oy vey....that lasted for a few hands and the pusher busted the follower....after that most of the rest of the session was a four/five table....and after a few attempts at big raises every hand pre-flop....the pusher got the message that the rest of us had no interest in playing that style....and he change his  tactics....after that most hands you could see the flop for a call of the big blind....
   I had immediately gone into "ultra-tight" mode....and only played good hole cards....and won a few small/blind pots....and the occasional decent pot....did get rivered a few times but never lost a substantial pot....but won a few as well....half of my winners were on trips or better....even made quads Fours....on the last hand I played....but since three of the Fours were on the board just got a few calls and only I know I made Quads because everybody folded rather that call my min-raise after the river....with the exception of a few hands here and there....was a prefect table for me....and I can't complain for once about not catching.....all was prefect except....never won a big pot....ergo....70 minutes played....106 hands....39.62 seconds/hand....22 hands....1 out of 4.82 hands....left with a extra 42,313$....[no slots]
[13:21 UTC-4]
[On Facebook]
Fall Spades: four games played today....
[1] 7 hands played...."we" 579 pts. + 9 bags + 1 made nil bid.[vs]."they" 51 pts. + 1 bag + set three times....
[2] 6 hands played...."we" 516 pts. + 6 bags + 1 made nil bid.[vs]."they" -44 pts. + 6 bags + set once + 1 failed nil bid....
[3] 13 hands played...."we" 506 pts. + 16 bags [-100 pts.] + set twice.[vs]."they" + 26 pts. + 6 bags + set four times + 1 failed nil bid....[hand 13 was a 14 bid...."they" set]....
[4] 7 hands played...."we" 507 pts. + 7 bags + set once + 2 made nil bids.[4]."they" 94 pts. + 4 bags + set twice + 1 failed nil bid....
[15:00 UTC-4]
[On Just Solitaire]
Clock: cleared the three games played today[40/40]....in:[00:01:26]'[00:01:53]&[00:01:39]....
Sea Towers: cleared the three games played today[52/52]....in:[00:03:02]'[00:04:29]&[00:03:43]....
Crescent: three games played today....none worth every mentioning again....
[15:09 UTC-4]
[On World of Solitaire]
Aces Up[relaxed]: failed to clear any of the three games played today[best:[36/48]....
Eight Off[relaxed]: only cleared two of the three games played today[52/52]....
Fan[relaxed]: cleared all of the three games played today[52/52]....
Josephine[relaxed]: cleared all of the three games played today[104/104]....
Klondike[relaxed][double][turn 1]: cleared all of the three games played today[104/104]....
Tri-Peaks[hidden]: only cleared two of the three games played today[52/52]....
[21:29 UTC-4]
[Day's End Poker]
Total Bank: 328.1'M / Net Gain Today: 483.3'K / Drops[7]&Roulette[2]: 441'K /
Table[1]: +42,313$ / Hands Played Today: 106 / Total Hands Played: 35,575 /
[[note]: 3 drops@21'K s/ads. & 4 drops@42'K w/ads. & 2 roulette spins: 1@147'K & 1@147'K]
[[From the Tables]....didn't play as many solitaire games as I usually do and the majority were played last night after I "closed the books".....but  it wasn't my fault....BBC America aired 10.5 straight hours of Bond....James Bond movies....and rather than tilt the flat-screen so I could watch from my computer desk....I sat in my recliner and watched the action.....again another day of getting low numbers on the roulette wheel....dang....next drop on the other side of mid-night so it will be taken before play tomorrow AM]....

[14:56 UTC-4]
[+82*F....fair....winds: w/s/w@11 mph....humidity: 29.95 \/ ]
   Because the last drop of the day was just after 23:00 and if I stayed up to take it I could start today with a roulette spin....which is what I did....took the drop [42'K with ad.]....and the roulette spin first thing before I looked for a table....and....dang....hit the wheel for the bottom of the mark 63'K....do have a second spin coming next up....with a chip....but with my luck of late....or rather my lack of there of will probably it another 63'K....and the I got for achieving  the 10K+ mission....
   Logged  on to a 1K/.5K table @05:40....with  the usual 125K max-buy-in....and 105'K "house money"....which today I needed it....
   As usual for a weekend table it was insane....anywhere from a few hands of heads up....up to a 7 handed game....and an assorted group....constantly in flux of....any-two-carders....pot pushers....would be table captains....a kamikaze or two....and most of the table willing to play the role of dive bomber when another player went all-in....also several players who after losing a big pot went on "tilt"
   I actually won a few more pots than the other day....but never caught the right hand at the right moment....and had a bunch of decent hole cards....had to pay a raise to see the flop....which I almost always missed....one hand drove me nuts....Eight/Seven suited....flopped 4 to a straight....4 to a flush...and 4 to the straight  flush....and the turn and river were no help....nuts....
   Flopped a Jack high straight....river put for to the straight on the board....split pot....another Queen/Jack suited....turn and river put another Queen and Jack in the mix....Queen came on the river and  sure enough another player had a Queen in  the pocket and another split pot.....just too many blinds, too many calls of raise only to find an unfriendly board....never really lost or won a big pot....just not my best day....ergo....122 minutes played....160 hands....45.75 seconds/hand....25 winners....1 out of every 6.4 hands....left 70,322 on the table....[no slots]....
[15:15 UTC-4]
[On Facebook]
"Fall Spades" four games played today....
[1] 7 hands played...."we" 656 pts. + 6 bags + 2 made nil bid.[vs]."they" 178 pts. + 8 bags + set 3 times + 1 made nil bid [game had two 14 bid hands...."they" set both hands]....
[2[ 6 hands played....it doesn't happen often but it does happen...."they" 517 pts. + 7 bags + 2 made nil bids.[vs]."we" 464 pts + 4 bags + 1 made nil....
[3] 9 hands played...."we" 552 pts. + 12 bags [-100 pts.].[vs]."they" 243 pts. + 3 bags + set twice....
[4] 7 hands played....hand 2....."we" made a nil bid and "they" were set....hand 6...."we" made a nil bid and "they" set and "we" bagged...."we" 524 pts. + 14 bags [-100 pts.] + 2 made nil bids.[vs]."they" 54 pts. + 4 bags + set twice....
[15:23 UTC-4]
[On World of Solitaire]
"Aces Up"[relaxed]: failed to clear any of the four games played today[best:[46/48]....
"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]....
[16:11 UTC-4]
[On Just Solitaire]
"Clock": four games cleared today[40/40]....in:[00:01:34]'[00:01:18]'[00:01:38]&[00:01:42]....
"Sea Towers": four games cleared today[52/52]....in:[00:03:18]'[00:03:53]'[00:03:53]&[00:03:23]....[[note] the fact that games 2 and 3 have identical times is not a misprint....different lay of cards in the two tableaux....but just identical times to clear them]....
"Crescent": four games played today....one was just awful....2 were in the 60's/104 w/ 1 or 2 completed foundation piles....&....98/104 w/ 7 of the 8 foundation piles completed....
[20:45 UTC-4]
[Day's End Poker]
Total Bank: 327.6'M / Net Gain Today: 349.7'K /Drops[7]&Roulette[2]: 420'K /
Table[1] -70,322$ / Hands Played Today: 169 / Total Hands Played: 35,575 /
[[note]: 3 drops@42'K w/ads. & 4 drops@21 s/ads. & 2 roulette spins: 1@63'K & 1@ 147'K]
[From the Tables]....not a great day of Poker....the late drop today is at 22:48....a combination of the 05:40 start time and the effect that the 2 hours plus I played has on the 2x clock....now if I can only hit occasionally the top half of the wheel.....during this evening's play after I posted the results for "Fall Spades" 1 won my 2600'TH game....

[15:05 UTC-4]
[+81*F....sunny....w/s/w@6 mph....humidity: 36% barometer: 30.10" \/ ]
   Again with the chance of a late drop last night....and again decided to pass on it....but it was waiting for me this morning....watched a ad. and picked up 42'K "house money".....again used the tactic described in  yesterdays post....have tamed the password gremlin....or rather know how to avoid interruption while playing a live game....
   The usual 1K/.5K table with the usual 125K max-buy-in....table varied from a couple hands head to head to as many as six....but the greater part of the session varied between a 3 to 5 handed game....but the table was in  an almost constant state of flux....with  most of the players playing just a few hands and then departing....more often than not with an all-in or huge pre-flop bet....
   There seemed to  always be at least a couple of any-two-carders or tournament style players so to see a flop for just a call of the blinds was rare indeed....but most of the time just a min-raise pre-flop....but the Ace and/or pair in the pocket usually caused a substantial pre-flop bump....
   And for a change I was catching some nice hands at the right time....well except once....but later on that one....even caught a friendly turn or river card and won some 50/50 calls....well except once...and had built up a nice increase in my 125K buy-in.....
   If I'm down or right around my buy-in in my stack I tend to play tight to ultra tight and avoid 50/50 calls....but when I'm up....then I will loosen up a little and take a shot at a 50/50 call....had been getting away with it for the entire session....well until I had pocket Threes and flopped the trips....there had been pre-flop and then continuation bets after every phase....3 to a straight came on the river and a decent size raise....if it had been an all-in I probably would have fold....but took a chance and lost to a straight....glances at the time....just over an hour....and decided as I was still up for the session, although modestly to take my leave....ergo....62 minutes played....94 hands played ....39.57 seconds/hand....22 winners....1 out of every 4.27....
 hands....[no slots]....
[15:33 UTC-4]
[On Facebook]
"Fall Spades: four games played today....
[1] 9 hands played...."we" 511 pts. + 11 bags [-100 pts.].[vs]."they" 358 pts. + 8 bags + set once....
[2] 7 hands played...."we" 539 pts. + 9 bags + set once + 1 made nil bid.[vs]."they" 94 pts. + 4 bags + set four times + 1 made nil bid....[there were two 14 bid hands...."they" were set both hands]....
[3] 7 hands played...."we" 539 pts. + 9 bags + 1 made nil bid.[vs]."they" -117 pts. + 3 bags + set three times + 1 failed nil bid....[there was one 14 bid hand...."they" set....
[4] 10 hands played...."we" 549 pts. + 9 bags + set twice + 1 made nil bid.[vs]."they" 236 pts. + 6 bags + set twice....
[15:41 UTC-4]
[On World of Solitaire]
"Aces Up"[relaxed]: failed to clear any of the four games played today[best:[44/48]....
"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 of the four games played today[104/104]....
"Klondike"[hidden]: only cleared two of the four games played today[52/52]....
[18:50 UTC-4]
[On Just Solitaire]
"Clock": cleared four games today[40/40]....in:[00:01:30]'[00:01:43]'[00:01:40]&[00:01:25]....
"Sea Towers": cleared four games today[52/52]....in:[00:03:35]'[00:04:15]'[00:03:41]'[00:03:55]....
"Crescent": four games played today....one never to be mentioned again....89/104 w/ 4 completed foundation piles....93/104 w/ 6 completed foundation piles....&....103/104 with 7 of the 8 foundation piles completed....
[20:44 UTC-4]
[Day's End Poker]
Total Bank: 327.3'M / Net Gain Today: 484.8 / Drops[7]&Roulette[1]: 463'K /
Table[1]: +1,814$ / Hands Played Today: 94 / Total Hands Played: 35,415 /
[[note]: 7 drops@42'K w/ads. & 1 roulette spin@189'K]

[13:10 UTC]
[+77*F.....sunny....winds north@6 mph....humidity 34%....barometer: 30.15" ~ ]
   Well I think I've solved the password problem....I shut down this morning....logged right back in and within a minute or so got the blurb to enter the password....didn't stay up to get the last drop of the day....took it before taking my "chair" a a 1K/.5K blind table with may 125K max-buy-in....[42'K of the buy-in was "house money"]....
   When I took my place found myself at a table with a player who was playing a tournament style....almost every hands a pre-flop a raise of the blinds to 4K....and then after each phase usual a 3'K raise....when he left then the min-raise any two carders arrived....a day when big pots were common....but you have to be catching to take advantage....and for most of the day....I just wasn't....oh I won a few small/blind pots....but for the greater part of the day just wasn't catching....and the river did me wrong on one hand....flopped a full house....became a heads up situation....other guy makes a big bet after the river....odds say the worse that could happen was a split pot....didn't count on the river giving him a better house....oy vey....
   Probably would have lost the "house money" plus would have had to withdraw funds from the "bank" except for one hand played before I saw the 16  hands played banner....
   In the small blind....with pocket Threes....and the aforementioned player raise to 4'K....pocket pair....even Threes deserves a look at the flop....I called....don't remember what the other two cards were but one of them was a Three....a continuation bet....1 called....turn put 3 to a straight on the board.....raise and a call....river paired the board....looked at the board....at best he had two pair or the straight....he made a big raise....and I called....and a big winner....I netted about 70'K.....and after that just a few small/blind pots....to many blinds....and calls of pre-flop raises only to missed the flop...or get turned or rivered....but 1 big hand at the right time....ergo....76 minutes played....101 hands....45.2 seconds per hand....14 winners.....1 out of every 7.2 hands.....average a 4 or 5 handed game.....left with an extra 12,200$.....however.....went 3 for 4 at slots.....and took away 15,900....won 15,300 on one spin....[[note] just got passworded again....8 hours since the first time....I think I've got the schedule]
[13:25 UTC-4]
[On Facebook]
"Fall Spades": four hands played today....
[1] 12 hands played...."we" 507 pts. + 17 bags [-100 pts. + set twice + 2 made nil bid.{vs}."they" -78 pts. + 12  bags [-100 pts.] + set five times + 1 made nil bid + 1 failed nil bid....
[2] 8 hands played...."we" 538 pts. + 8 bags.{vs}."they" 96 pts. + 6 bags + set twice + 1 failed nil bid.
[3] 6 hands played...."we" 579 pts. + 9 bags + 2 made nil bids.{vs}."they" 308 pts. + 8 bags + set once....
[4]11 hands played...."we" 526 pts. + 16 bags [-100 pts.] + set three times + 3 made nil bids.{vs}."they" 263 pts. + 13 bags [-100 pts.] + set three times + 1 made nil bid + 1 failed nil bid....
[13:40 UTC-4]
[On Just Solitaire]
[[note]: (*) reset]
"Clock": cleared four games today....in:[00:02:00]'[00:01:45]'{00:01:35]&[00:01:27]....
"Sea Towers": cleared four games today....in:[00:05:20(*)]'[00:04:00]'[00:03:18]&[00:04:28]....
"Crescent": four games played today....two of which will never be mentioned again....86/104 w/ 2 of the 8 foundation piles completed....&....98/104 w/ 5 of the 8 foundation plies completed....
[17:12 UTC-4]
[On World of Solitaire]
"Aces Up"[relaxed]: failed too clear any of the three games played today[best:[43/48]....
"Eight Off"[relaxed]: cleared all three of the 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 three games played today[104/104]....
"Tri-Peaks"[hidden]: cleared all of the 3 games played today[52/52]....
[20:29 UTC-4]
[Day's End Poker]
Total Bank: 326.8'M / Net Gain Today: 679.1'K / Drops[6]&Roulette[2]: 651'K /
Table[1]&Slots[4]: 28,100$ / Hands Played Today: 101 / Total Hands Played: 35,321 /
[[note] 1 drop@42'K w/ad. [1st] & 5 drops@21'K s/ads. & 2 roulette spins: 1@315'K & 1@189'K]