[14:49 UTC-4]
[+73*F....rain....winds: w/s/w@4 mph....humidity: 82%....barometer: 29.95"\/]
   @06:06 logged on to play some Poker....took a drop that was ready....watched an ad....."42'K house money....and immediately tried to find a "chair" at a 1K/.5K table and then a 200/100 table....no joy....
   @06:07 tied a 2K/1K table....got the whirling message....so logged off the site....logged right  back on and took a "seat" with my 250'K max-buy-in....a table of 4 players....virtually no delay & a short table....on a weekend....after the experiences of the last few weeks hard to believe....
   I must have "sat down" right after a massive battle....because two of the other players had about 1'M chips between them....and the 3rd had 125'K....so the next 20 hands or so turned into a showdown between the two....one got busted and the other left and after a couple of hands heads up....again a 4 handed game....from there until I left....never more that 5 players or less than 3....
   I did manage to win a few small blind pots....but the pace of play was quick....just too many blinds and missed flops....during this time a player arrived who randomly would splash the pots with huge bets....and sometimes  he had a hand and some times the pot was won by high card....and I stayed away from getting involve....I was down right around 25'K +/-.....small blind Queen/Four suited....saw the flop for just a call of the big blind....and flopped trip Fours.....the aforementioned player [he was on the button] raise 100'K....one look at the board and there was little there that  could beat me so I put him on "trying to buy the pot'....called....turn was a blank....he went all in....looked at the board still pretty sure I had him beat and called....pot was right around 300'K....river put three to a flush on the board but the trips held up....he didn't even have a pair....it had been an Ace bet....won a few more hands....no major pots....but twice rivered straights and once a house....so the river wasn't out to drown me today....[pause....drops to be attended too]....ergo....61 minutes played....90 hands played....15 winners....1 out of every 6 hands....left with an extra
$137,650$....[no slots]....
[15:00 UTC-4]
[On Facebook]
Fall Spades: four games played today....
1] 11 hands played...."we" 565 pts. + 5 bags + set twice + 1 made nil bid.[vs]."they" 260 pts. + 10 bags [-100 pts.] + set twice + 1 failed nil bid....
2] 7 hands played...."we" 519 pts. + 9 bags + 1 made nil bid.[vs]."they" 265 pts. + 5 bags + set twice + 1 made nil bid....
3] 8 hands played...."we" 550 pts. + 10 bags [-100 pts.] + 1 made nil bid.[vs]."they" 154 pts. + 4 bags + set twice + 1 failed nil bid....
4] 7 hands played...."we" 508 pts. + 8 bags + 1 made nil bid.[vs]."they" 23 pts. + 3 bags + set three times.....[5th hand was a 14 bid...."they" set....
[15:18 UTC-4]
[On Just Solitaire]
Sea Towers: cleared the three games played today[52/52]:[in]:[00:03:24]~[00:03:24]&[00:04:03]....[the first two games' times aren't a misprint....but although different games just took the same amount of time]
Clock: cleared the three games played today[40/40]:[in]:[00:01:39]~[00:01:50]&[00:01:53]....
Crescent: three games played today....game one....will never be mentioned again.....game two....67/102/~104/104 w/all 8 foundation piles completed before the last shuffle....at this point I thought about "resting on my laurels" [link].....but decided to play one more game....35/55/82/~104/104 with all 8 foundation piles completed.....and with two cleared games in a row....I did indeed decided to "rest on my laurels'.....well at  least until tomorrow....
[15:34 UTC-4]
[On World of Solitaire]
Aces Up[relaxed]: only cleared one of the three games played today[48/48]....
Eight off[relaxed]: only cleared two of the three games played today[52/51]....
Fan[relaxed]: cleared all of the three games played today[52/52]....
Fort: failed to clear any of the three games played today[best:[70/104]....
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[turn 1]: only cleared one of the three games played today[52/52]....
Klondike[relaxed][double][turn 1]: cleared all of the three games played today[104/104]....
Tri-Peaks[hidden]: cleared all three of the games played today[52/52]....
[20:56 UTC-4]
[From the Tables]
   Blackjack 21: didn't play a hand today....just picked up drops and a roulette for 400$....up 1,500$....Current Bank: 640,560$....Video Poker Live: yesterday it took only 6 spins to get 3 "Big Wins [straight or better to get the 1'M chip bonus....today 39 spins....2 straights and a flush....drops and daily bonus....up 11'M chips....Current bank: 1,482'M chips....
[21:03 UTC-4]
[Day's End Poker]
Total Bank: 339.3'M / Net Gain Today: 536.65'K / Drops[7]&Roulette[1]: 399'K /
Table[1]: 137,650$ / Hands Played Today: 90 / Total Hands Played: 36,500 /
[[note]: 7 drops@42's w/ads. & 1 roulette spin@105'K /

[13:38 UTC-4]
[+76*F....cloudy....winds: northeast@5 mph....humidity: 69%....barometer: 29.98" \/]
[the rain predicted for today....is now forecaster for early morning and afternoon and evening tomorrow....]
   Logged on @05:39 this morning and took a drop for 21'K....tried to find a table both at the 200/100 blind table & my preferred 1K/.5K blind table....off to check FB and play some "Fall Spades"....
   Back at it at just before @05:51....tried for both the aforementioned tables with no luck....and then a 2K/1K table and on the 2nd try got on a 2K/1K table with a max-250'K-buy-in....not my first choice but I wanted to play....8 handed game....at first not too chaotic....won a couple of hands early on....but that soon changed....a rookie [less than 100 hands played]....and a player with right a round 2K hands played tried and succeeded in recreating the "Gun Fight at OK corral" poker style....and drew many of the players into the havoc....almost every hand there were multiple all-ins....and the bodies of busted players were all around....eventually after at one point both of them were over 400K in winnings....they ended up buried on "Boothill"....[aka: they busted out]....in their wake....another player on a hot streak accumulated in access of 1'M chips....and started pushing his "weight" around....and I rode into the sunset....but first....won a nice pot on a rivered two pair, another on a turned nut flush....split a pot on a full house....basically broke even on that one....and a decent pot on a turned King high straight....but for the most part just "sat on the front porch of the saloon" and watched the chaos....ergo....75 minutes played....53 hands played....81.82 seconds/hand....4 winners....1 out of every 13&1/4 hands....left with 16,050 extra....plus another 600$ from a 1 for 5 go at the one armed bandit....
[13:49 UTC-4]
[On Facebook]
Facebook: three games plated today....
1] 9 hands played...."we" 505 pts. + 15 bags [-100 pts.].[vs]."they" 271 pts. + 1 bag + set three times + 2 made nil bids....
2] 7 hands played...."we" 528 pts. + 8 bags + 1 made nil bid.[vs]."they" 30 pts. + 10 bags [-100 pts.] + set once + 1 failed nil bid....
3] 9 hands played...."we" 534 pts. + 14 bags [-100 pts.] + 1 made nil bid.[vs]."they" 132 pts. + 2 bags + set four times....[hand four was a 14 bid hand...."they" set]
[14:02 UTC-4]
[On Just Solitaire]
Sea Towers: cleared the three games played today[52/52]:[in]:[00:03:23]~[00:04:23]&[00:04:27]....
Clock: cleared the three games played today[40/40]:[in]:[00:01:58]~[00:02:37]&[00:01:50]....
Crescent: three games played today....the second game will not be mentioned every again....the first and third games both ended with the same results but were quite different how they reached the results....1st game....44/49/102/~104/104 w/ all 8 foundation piles completed....3rd game....74/78/88/
~104/104 w/ all of the 8 foundation piles completed....
[14:13 UTC-4]
[On World of Solitaire]
Aces Up[relaxed]: failed to clear any of the three games played today[best[46/48]....
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]....
Fort: failed to clear any of the three games played today[best[64/104]....
Josephine[relaxed]: cleared all of the three games played today[104/104]....
Klondike[turn 1]: only cleared one of the three games played today[52/52]....
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....
[20:13 UTC-4]
{Also On Facebook]
    Only played 8 hands of Blackjack 21 today....4'W/3'L/1'P....but because I was varying my bets in increments of 10$....ended up 50$ ahead....hit the roulette wheel twice for 400$....up 1,950$ on the day....Current Bank: 637,160$....Video Poker Live....because the "Big Win" bonus re-sets about 11:00 local time it hit it twice today....first time in 6 spins with a....full house/straight/straight....and later took a little longer but made 2 straights and a flush....plus the daily and hourly bonuses....up 12'M chips....Current Bank: 1,171'M chips....
[20:34 UTC-4]
[Day's End Poker]
Total Bank: 338.8'M / Net Gain Today: 310.5'K / Drops[6]&Roulette[2]: 294'K /
Table[1]&Slots[5]: +16.450$ / Hands Played Today: 53 / Total Hands Played: 36,410 /
[[note]: 6 drops@21'K s/ads. & 2 roulette spins: 1@105 & 1@63 /

[15:02 UTC-4]
[+78*F....fair.....winds: north@4....humidity: 37%....barometer: 30.00" \/....rain predicted starting around 21:00 tonight  through the daylight hours tomorrow....T-storms possible]
   @05:32....logged in to play some Poker....took a drop.....watched an ad....well actual it played and I ignored it....but it doubled the drop....42'K "house money".....and immediately started the tactic that had worked yesterday....alternating between trying to get on a 1K/.5K table and a 200/100 table....no joy....check FB....play some Fall Spades and several tries with no results....
   @06:37....after one last failed attempt at both tables [65 minutes having elapsed]....tried a 2K/1K table and got right on a table, and a five handed game....should I have tried that earlier....probably but I a crusty old codger who's stuck in my ways.....anyways....except right at the end  of the session was a really decent table....very little pre-flop nonsense....and if there was a raise it was maybe 2.5'K at most....but I just wasn't getting a whole lot of good looks in the hole....and what few I got missed the flop or a couple times had four to a straight or flush post flop and very unfriendly turns or rivers....4 handed at this point....King/Five Suited in Spades....in the big blind....first to act pre-flop bet 2.5'K...decided to call....flop and I was four to a King high flush....again the 2.5 raise and  again I called....and danged if the turn wasn't the Ace of Spades....check....2.5 raise....smooth call....river put 4 to a flush on the board....but the board never paired....so I had the "nuts"....check....8'K raise....and I min-re-raised [2.5K].....I found out later he had made the flush as well....player went all-in....I covered and it was briefly a 3 handed game....won 3 more pots....all small/blind pots....and a big time pot pusher arrived. big pre-flop bets....saw my stake shrinking and took my leave....ergo....29 minutes played....40 hands played....43.5 seconds/hand....4 wins....1 out of every 10 hands played....when I did the math to check my winnings....I double check the results....I've been playing far too much Poker....because my first re-action to  the results was "dang I've got an open-ended straight draw"....left with an extra 3,456$....[no slots]....
[15:15 UTC-4]
[On FaceBook]
Fall Spades: three games played today....
1] 10 hands played...."we" 535 pts. + 5 bags + set twice + 2 made nil bids + 1 failed nil bid.[vs]."they" 121 pts + 1 bag + set once....[hand six was a 14 bid hand...."they" set]....
2] 9 hands played...."we" 453 pts. + 13 bags [-100 pts.].[vs]."they" -205 pts. + 5 bags + set three times + 3 failed nil bids....[hand nine was a 14 bid handed...."they" set]....
3] 12 hands played....a wild one....&....a close one...."we" 515 pts. + 15 bags [-100 pts.] + set twice + 1 made nil bid.[vs]."they" 487 pts. + 7 bags + set 3 times + 1 made nil bid....[hand nine...."they" made a nil bid....but failed to make the regular bid....& we bagged][hand 12...."they" were ahead at this point and I made a nil bid for the win]
[15:29 UTC-4]
[On World of Solitaire]
Aces Up[relaxed] only cleared on of the two games played today[48/48]....
Eight Off[relaxed] cleared both of the games played today[52/52]....
Fan[relaxed] cleared both of the games played today[52/52]....
Fort: only cleared one of the two games played today[104/104]....
Josephine[relaxed]: cleared both of the games played today[104/104]....one of the two games was cleared on the first turn through the deck....
Klondike[turn 1]: only cleared one of the two games played today[52/52]....
Klondike[relaxed][double][turn 1]: cleared both of the games played today[104/104]....
Tri-Peaks[hidden]: failed to clear either of the games played today[best:[50/52]....
[15:46 UTC-4]
[On Just Solitaire]
[[note] re-set[~][undo[*]]
Sea Towers: cleared five games today[52/52]:[in]:[00:03:44]'[00:03:50]'[00:03:37]'[00:04:54*]&[00:06:21~*]....I thought I saw the solution right off....got stuck....but saw another way....re-set....had two possible moves....took the wrong one first....multiple un-dos....but finally cleared it....
Clock: cleared five games today[40/40]:[in]:[00:01:43]'[00:02:03]'[00:02:24]'[00:02:26]&[00:01:25]
Crescent: five games played today....four of which shall never be mentioned again....but....4th game played....101/104 w/ 7 of the 8 foundation piles completed....
[20:37 UTC-4]
[Also on Facebook]
   Didn't play any hands on Blackjack 21 today....other things intervened....took 8 drops & 1 roulette [400$] Bank up 2K to 637,210$....Video Poker Live....played just enough hands to pick up the 1'M chip bonus....drops + daily bonus up 9'M chips to 1.459'M chips....
[20:42 UTC-4]
[Day's End Poker]
Total Bank: 338.5'M / Net Gain Today: 444.5'K / Drops[7]&Roulette[1]: 147'K /
Table[1]: +3,456$ / Hands Played Today: 40 / Total Hands Played: 36,357 /
[[note]: 7 drops@42'K w/ads. + 1 roulette spin@147'K /
[[note:2]: have made a few minor adjustments to the layout today....moved & added a couple of items]

[10:50 UTC-4]
[+70*F....sunny....winds: n/n/e@7 mph....humidity: 62%....barometer: 29.91"/\]
   More of a typical start time this morning....logged on @05:43.....had a drop waiting....21'K...no ad.....immediately tried to log on to either a 1K/.5K blind table....or a 200/100 blind table....thinking if I missed on the  former....I could at least play 16 hands on the 200/100 table....get the mission....and get the 2x clock started....no joy either table....and off to check FB....play some "Fall Spades" and take drops on "Blackjack 21" & "Video Poker Live"
  @06:02....tried again....1K/.5K....no joy....but success getting on a crazy 200/100 blind table w/ my 25K max-buy-in....8 handed....well at least most of the time....quite a few comings and goings....and more than one spinning hour glass....although few pre-flop all-ins....they were quite common almost every other hand after the flop, turn or river....played ultra-tight....but paid to see a couple of flops and a turn or two....just never caught the right hand....ergo....19 minutes played....17 hands played....67+ seconds per hand....no wins....left 2,200 on the table....but left with the 16 hands played mission....and the 2x clock is running....and immediately started trying to find a 1K/.5K table @06:26.....no joy....
   @06:52....over an hour after my first attempts....took a "chair" at a 1K/.5K table....with my 125K max-buy-in....again a table of 8 players....pretty much the same crazy play....except if anything more rounds of "My pairs bigger than Yours'".....and a one or two of those were won on high card....but most of the craziness was after the flop....unless a player was on "tilt" or had a pocket pair or Ace....one of the two hands I won on a turned two pair was IIRC the only blind pot that anyone made in the whole time I played....but before that....Nine/Five suited.....small blind....got to see the flop with just a call of the big blind....probably would have folded if there had been a raise....flopped 2 pair....and turned the house....and  decent pot....but just too many calls and missed flops....ergo....60 minutes played....50 hands played....72 seconds/hand....2 wins....left 18,650$ on the table....picked up 600$ from a 1/5 run at slots....spent the better part of the 21'K "house money....but got the 2x clock and the chip....about the chip....hit roulette for 63'K.....bottom of the wheel....oy vey....
[11:02 UTC-4]
[On Facebook]
"Fall Spades": four games played today....
1] 6 hands played...."we" 509 pts. + 9 bags + 2 made nil bids.[vs]."they" 105 pts. + 5 bags + set twice....
2] 8 hands played...."we" 542 pts. + 12 bags [-100 pts.] + 1 made nil bid.[vs]."they" 153 pts. + 3 bags + set once + 1 made nil bid + 1 failed nil bid....
3] 9 hands played...."we" 533 pts. + 13 bags [-100 pts.] + 1 made nil bid.[vs]."they" 53 pts. + 3 bags + set three times....
4] 9 hands played...."we" 512 pts. + 12 bags [-100 pts.].[vs]."they" -23 pts. + 7 bags + set three times + 1 failed nil bid....
[13:01 UTC-4]
[On Just Solitaire]
"Sea Towers": cleared five games today[52/52]:[in]:[00:04:03]'[00:04:12]'[00:03:50]'[00:03:43]&[00:04:09]....
"Clock": cleared five games today[40/40]:[in]:[00:02:43]'[00:02:25]'[00:02:37]'[00:02:36]&[00:02:09]....
"Crescent": five games played today....the first four games played ranged from awful to actually quite good....but enough about those....5th game played....29/82/~/104/104 with all of the 8 foundation piles completed....another one done before the last shuffle....
[15:30 UTC-4]
[On World of Solitaire]
"Aces Up"[relaxed]: failed to clear either of the games played today[best:[47/48]....
"Eight Off"[relaxed]: cleared both of the games played today[52/52]....
"Fan"[relaxed]: cleared both of the games played today[52/52]....
"Fort": failed to clear either of the games played today[best:[64/104]....
"Josephine"[relaxed]: cleared both of the games played today[104/104]....
"Klondike"[turn 1]: cleared both of the games played today[52/52]....
"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]: "Fort" is a new game both on "World of Solitaire" and to me.....have never seen it before....much less played it....a double deck game....and a difficult one....don't know how much I'll play it....but at least until I clear it once....]
[20:24 UTC-4]
[Also on Facebook]
   Only picked up 500$ on two roulette spins on Blackjack 21....3'W/5'L/2'P....but broke even because I varied my bets....Bank Now: 633,810$ up 1.5'K from yesterday....Video Poker Live.....not a productive day on slots....only made 2 straights but I have to mid-day tomorrow to get a 3rd straight or better for the bonus.....Bank Now: 1,450 million chips....up 8'M from yesterday....
[20:30 UTC-4]
[Day's End Poker]
Total Bank: 338'M / Net Gain Today: 378.8'K / Drops[6]&Roulette[2]: 399'K /
Tables[2]&Slots[5]: -20,050$ / Hands Played Today: 67 / Total Hands Played: 36,317 /
[[note]: 3 drops@21 s/ads. & 3 drops@42 w/ads. & 2 roulette spins: 1@63'K & 1@147'K]

[14:47 UTC-4]
[+81*F....partly cloudy....winds: n/n/w@7 mph....humidity: 48%....barometer: 29.77 \/]
   Logged on to Poker a little later than usual....@06:23....because of the fact that a missed a drop time yesterday....there was a late drop early enough for me to take....and add to that there was a roulette spin waiting when I logged on....hit 3rd best amount for 189'K + the 42'K drop from last night....231'K "house money" and the search for a table continues....didn't try any other tables than the 1K/.5K or the 200/100.....but had no luck at first....off to play some "Fall Spades" and take some drops on Blackjack 21 and Video Poker Live....
   06:54....got on a 1K/.5K blind table with the /usual 125K max-buy-in.....an 8 handed game....the usual comings and goings but most hands were 8 handed.....I try [emphasis on try] to play smart, ultra-tight poker at least until I get a read on the board....landed in the small blind....a big pre-flop bet and I had ziltch and folded.....and same deal for the next few hands....checking stats and watching play....generally if there was a pre-flop raise it was a min-raise....and no true kamikaze....some pre-flop all-ins but usual from a player who just lost a big pot and went on "tilt" or had pocket pairs....some big pots....but no blind pots....and I did call a few raises to see the flop....only to miss it entirely or catch bottom pair....until....in the small blind with Six/Three suited....only had to call the blind to see the flop and called....dang if the flop wasn't Three/Three/Six....and now was when I love any two carders....won a nice pot....a couple of hands later....pocket Tens....flop had the third Ten....a couple seats to my left was another "slow play trapper"....who raised 1.5'K....who I immediately put on 2 pair.....after the river no board pairs....no straight or flush possible....a raise of 17'K....rest of the board folded and I called....another decent pot....player had flopped the 2 pair....looked at  the time....played to the button and left....ergo....40 minutes played....34 hands played....70+ seconds/hand....only the two winners....but....left with an extra 32,275$....both missions....no slots....
[15:18 UTC-4]
[On Facebook]
Fall Spades: four games played today....
1] 8 hands played...."we" 507 pts. + 7 bags + set once + 2 made nil bids.[vs]."they" 358 pts. + 8 bags + set once....
2] 11 hands played...."we" 566 pts. + 16 bags [-100 pts.] + set once + 1 made nil bid.[vs]."they" -23 pts. + 7 bags + set four times + 1 failed nil bid....
3] 10 hands played...."we" 504 pts. + 14 bags [-100 pts.] + set once + 1 made nil bid.[vs]."they" 120 pts. + 10 bags [-100 pts.] + set three times....
4] 11 hands played...."we" 503 pts. + 13 bags [-100 pts. ] + set twice + 1 made nil bid.[vs]."they" 86 pts. + 6 bags + set six times + 1 made nil bid....
[15:27 UTC-4]
[On Just Solitaire]
Sea Towers: cleared four games played today:[in]:[00:03:08]'[00:03:58]'[00:03:11]&[00:03:02]....
Clock: cleared four games played today:[in]:[00:01:38]'[00:01:44]'[00:02:12]&[00:01:40]....
Crescent: four games played today....first two games were mediocre/average at best.....then....94/104 with 5 of the 8 foundation piles completed....&....102/104 w/ 7 of the 8 foundation piles completed...
[16:19 UTC-4]
[On World of Solitaire]
Aces Up[relaxed]: failed to clear either of the games played today[best[45/48]....
Eight Off[relaxed]: only cleared one of the two games played today[52/52]....
Fan{relaxed]: cleared both of the games played today[52/52]....
Josephine[relaxed]: cleared both of the games played today[104/104]....
Klondike[turn 1]: cleared both of the games played today[52/52]....
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]....
[21:20 UTC-4]
[Also on Facebook]
   "Blackjack 21" played 11 hands....5'W/5'L/1'P....up 3.5'K on drops and a 2'K spin on the wheel...."Video Poker Live" played enough hands [do every kept count] to get 3 "Big Wins"....2 straights and a flush....to collect a 1 million chips bonus....that and daily bonus and drops up 9 million chips....
[21:14 UTC-4]
[Day's End Poker]
Total Bank: 337.7'M / Net Gain Today: 767.3'K / Drops[7]&Roulette[2]: 735'K /
Table[1]: +32,275$ / Hands Played Today: 34 / Total Hands Played: 35,250 /
[[note]: 4 drops@42'K w/ads. & 3 drops@21'K s/ads. & 2 roulette spins: 1@189'K & 1@315'K]