[11:28 UTC-4]
[+48*F....sunny....winds: east@7 mph....humidity: 65%....barometer: 30:47 \/ ]
[We had the first frost of Autumn overnight, rain is predicted for late after noon Sunday and continuing through Monday evening]
[Now Playing: "24/7 Classical Music Live Radio" [link]]
[05:03]....an earlier than /usual start this morning....actually awoke about 04:00....rolled over and after failing to go back to sleep....gave up and logged on to play some Poker....no ad and took the awaiting drop for 22'K....[since then have taken another drop for 22'K and a roulette spin for 198'K...and if I don't pull  a klutz move like yesterday should get 4 more drops & another crack at the roulette wheel] after a brief pause to fill out the start bank/hands amounts on my session worksheet....off to find a table....and ran into the same access problems that have be plaguing me for the last few days....after several attempts....found a chair at a 2K/1K table....250'K max-buy-in in hand....[05:06]....took my "seat" at a table 4....[I'm total farmisht at why the delay and then a short table....makes no sense to me]....at first not a bad table....some pre-flop craziness....there were two players who would splash the pot if they had any pocket pair of a singleton Ace....plus an any two carder....did catch a lot of hands but a few....but unfortunately never when there was any real action and most were small/blind decent pots....but managed to stay with in the limits of my "22'K house money"....so decided to stay....the hour was approaching....and just before that a couple of major league pot pushers had arrived....and I was in the small blind Three/Five suited....got in for a call....flopped 4 to a straight....called small continuation bets post-flop and after the turn....rivered the 3-7 straight....big bet....no flush....no board pair....so I called....figuring a straight would win the pot....and was right....problem was the winning  straight was a 4-8 straight....nuts....hour was up and I made my exit....ergo....60 minutes played....79 hands played....45.6 seconds/hand....12 wins....1 out of every 6.6 hands....left 106,614$ on the table....[no slots]....and given a similar situation I'd make the same call all over again....because next time the raiser might be holding 2 pair....may play again....
[11:56 UTC-4]
[On "24/7 Games.com"]
Bridge: one rubber played:"we" 2 games won [1090 pts.]:[vs]:"they" 0 games won [290 pts.]
Spades: four games played....
1] eleven hands played:"we" 530 pts. + 10 bags [-100 pts.] + set once + 1 made nil bid:[vs]:"they" 116 pts. + 16 bags [-100 pts.] + set once + 1 made nil bid & 1 failed nil bid....
2] seven hands played:"we" 558 pts. + 8 bags + 2 made nil bids:[vs]:"they" 86 pts. + 6 bags + set three times....[1st hand a 14 bid...."they" set....
3] seven hands played:"we" 538 pts. + 8 bags:[vs]:"they" -13 pts. + 7 bags + set three times....
4] nine hands played:"we" 574 pts. + 14 bags [-100 pts.] + 2 made nil bids:[vs]:"they" 201 pts. + 1 bag + set three times....
[15:01 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]: only cleared two 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:[76/104]]....the other two games were both 75/104....and all three games....if I could have moved the next card in the wall all three would have most likely cleared....just didn't get the right card....
Klondike[turn 1]: only cleared two of the three games played today[52/52]....
Klondike[relaxed][double][turn 1]: cleared all of the three games played today[104/104]....
Tri-Peak[relaxed]: only cleared two of the three games played today[52/52]....
[15:48 UTC-4]
[On "Just Solitaire"]
Clock: cleared three games today[40/40]:[in]:[02:26]~[01:56]&[02:33]....
Crescent: three games played today....first game was quite good....and things went down from there....[1st game]....92/104 w/6 of the 8 foundation piles completed....the other two....what other two....
Sea Towers: cleared three games today[52/52]:[in]:[04:41]~[03:44]&[05:31]....last game I got stuck...realized that I should have done things in a different order....so used re-set started over and cleared the game....
[20:08 UTC-4]
[Day's End Poker]
Total Bank: 377.4'K / Net Gain Today: 355.4'K / Drops[6]&Roulette[2]: 462'K /
Table[1]: -106,614$ / Hands Played Today: 79 / Total Hands Played: 41733 /
[[note]: 5 drops@22 s/ads. & 1 drop@44 w/ad. & 2 roulette spins: 1@198'K & 1@110'K /

[+46*F....cloudy....winds: n/n/w@10....humidity: 79*....barometer: 30.25 /\ ]
[we're under the first "frost/freeze"' warning  of the season overnight tonight]
[12:31 UTC-4]
[On "Face Book"]
Poker; Stayed up and took a drop w/ad. last night and added to that the awaiting drop this AM [also w/ad.] @05:43.....and again with the problem of finding a table....tried several times in quick succession with no luck, 200/100, 1K/.5K & 2K/1K blind tables....@05:53.....found a "chair" at 1 2K/1K table with  my 250'K max-buy-in....just like yesterday was expecting a full table....and landed on a table of four.....except for a couple hands heads up....it yo-yo-ed from 3 to 6 handed almost every hand.....but at first was a pretty stable 4 handed game....some pre flop nonsense but usually a 5K pre-flop raise....at that table basically a min-raise....and was up a little....and then a new players arrived 50K min-buy-in....now at some point in the hand if not pre-flop then later his 50K was in the pot almost every hand....and if the won a hand....he'd pre-flop raise at least 50K and most of the time would bet the rest at some point....I lost count of how many times he busted out....and popped right back in....but with was at least 5 or 6 times....and unfortunately do to his style....he created a pair of big stacks....who also were also splashing the pot in what seemed to me to be randomly....more often than not the pot was won by a pair and a kicker....and least a couple of the big pots were won with "High Card".....and it seemed like the few times I had pocket cards good enough and the pre-flop raise was reasonable I'd miss the flop....I might have won a couple of the hands if I hand been willing to put most if not all my chips in the pot hoping the miracle card came on the river....but would have lost more than I won....just can't play that way....it's just not me....the hour was approaching and I was just a few hands away from playing a 100 hands....but most of the "88'K house money " was in somebody else's stack....and no hope of table calming down....so I was gone....ergo....60 minutes played....90 hands played....40 seconds/hand....7 wins....1 out of every 12.9 hands played....left 79,400 on the table....[no slots]....
Blackjack 21: over the last couple of days collected 2,300 chips [4 drops@200 & 1 roulette@1,500] so decided to play a few hands....bets varying from 3@300 and 2@600....3 wins/1 loss/1 push....was 1,200 ahead and decided to quit while I was ahead....
[12:51 UTC-4]
[On "24/7 Games.com"]
Bridge: one rudder played:"we" 2 games won [1000 pts.]:[vs]:"they" 0 games won [240 pts.]
Spades: four games played:....
1] eight hands played:"we" 500 pts. + 10 bags [-100 pts] + 1 made nil bid:[vs]:"they" 268 pts. + 8 bags + set once....
2] ten hands played:"we" 523 pts. +13 bags [-100 pts.] + 1 made nil bid + 1 failed nil bid:[vs]:"they" 176 pts. + 6 bags + set three times + 1 failed nil bid....
3] seven hands played:"we" 528 pts. + 8 bags:[vs]:"they" 156 pts. + 6 bags + 1 failed nil bid....
4] seven hands played:"we" 506 pts. + 6 bags:[vs]:"they" 255 pts. + 5 bags + set once....[7th hand... a 14 bid...."they" set....
[14:08 UTC-4]
[On "World of Solitaire"]
Aces Up[relaxed]: failed to clear any of the four games played today[best:[47/48]]....
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]....
Fort: only cleared two of the four games played today[104/104]....this is a quite unique game....it different from any other solitaire game I've played....if you're into solitaire it's a game you  have to try at least once....but make sure you read the rules "carefully".....
Josephine[relaxed]: cleared all of the four games played today[104/104]....
Klondike[turn 1]: only cleared two of the for games played today[52/52]....
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]....
[16:15 UTC-4]
[On "Just Solitaire"]
Clock: four games cleared today[40/40]:[in]:[02:16]~[01:50]~[01:55]&[01:59]....
Crescent four games played today....3 fizzles....&....86/104 w/ 4 of the 8 foundation piles completed..
Sea Towers: four games cleared today[52/52]:[in]:[04:22]~[03:38]~[03:36]&[02:35]....one fairly complicated....two pretty typical....and the last....an easy one....
[20:39 UTC-4]
[Day's End Poker]
Total Bank: 377'M / Net Gain Today: 536.6'K / Drops[7]&Roulette[1]: 616'K /
Table[1]: -79,400$ / Hands Played Today: 90 / Total Hands Played: 41,654 /
[[note]: 6 drops@44'K w/ads. & 1 drop@22'K s/ad. & 1 roulette spin@330'K /
[From:"The Tables": Poker: Sometimes I can be a real dummkopf....I stayed up late to take a drop last night....then today got distracted a couple of times and missed drop times and ended up so ended up with 7 drops + 1 roulette spin instead of 8 + 1....I bugged by the recent deal with access to tables....maybe will have to shelve the 100 hands per day idea....and just go out get the 16 hand mission and the 10K+ if possible and make my escape....hopefully whatever the problem is will get ironed out....but  the weekends coming....????....

[07:20 UTC-4]
[+43*F....partly cloudy....winds: northeast@10....humidity: 84%....barometer: 30.16" /\ ]
[Now Playing: a folk/rock mix off Youtube....featuring "Simon & Garfunkel" [link]]
[@05:19]....logged on to play some Poker as/is my custom....took the awaiting drop [s/ad.] for 22'K and went looking for a table....my preferred 1K/.5K blind table and as it's been the situation of late got the "table is full" response....but I wanted to play....besides if I can get my 16 hands played mission early....I can get the 2x clock started and taken advantage of the extra drops/roulette spin[s]....so despite the experience of yesterday....got on a 2K/1K table....w/ a max-buy-in of 250'K....a four handed game....a couple hands at both three handed and "heads" up....when I sat down 2 big stack and the other player 250'K+/-.....and the biggest stack was a big time pot pusher....so I went into ultra-tight mode [3'x]....one hand....big blind to my right....Eight/Nine suited....but decided to fold....pot pusher splashed the pot....two calls....a pair of Queens on the flop....again he splashed the pot....and the big blind re-raised....[my first thought was Big Blind made trips]....Queen on the turn [dang big blind got quads]....and the pot pusher kept pushing....I was surprised he did go all in....big blind was the other big stack....sure enough the big blind had quads....[check the pot-pushers stats....he had over 20K+ hands played]....couldn't believe he didn't see that coming....or maybe he didn't care....he went on "tilt" and was gone....I flopped trip Threes won a nice pot....and a small pot on a pair....but the new big stack was making pre-flop or post flop min-raises but with his stack there were 11'K....I looked at my stack....the fact that I was up marginally....and the fact that there was little chance for the table to settle down to a place where I had a reasonable chance of having any success....besides I had both 16 hands played & 10K+ missions in hand....plus the beating I took yesterday and decided that the only reasonable course of action was to take my leave.....ergo....15 minutes played....21 hands played....42.9 seconds/hand....2 wins....1 out of 10.5 hands played....left with 4,650$ I hadn't brung with me....and my sanity intact....[no slots]....may try it again later....
[07:26 UTC-4]
[On "24/7 Games.com]
Spades: three games played....
1] nine games played:"we" 525 pts. + 15 bags [-100 pts.] + 1 made nil bid:[vs]:"they" 296 pts. + 6 bags + set twice....
2] twelve hands played:"we" 549 pts. + 9 bags + set three times + 2 made nil bids:[vs]:"they" 360 pts + 20 bags [-100 pts.] + set once....[I made twp nil bids....both times partner failed to make the regular bid....plus one time failed to make his share of the  bid]
3] eight hands played:"we" 548 pts. + 8 bags + 1 made nil bid:[vs]:"they" 448 pts. + 8 bags....[a close one until the last hand....both sides could have won....I made a nil bid on the last hand]
Bridge: one rubber played:"we" 2 games won [1860 pts.]:[vs]:"they" 0 games won [300 pts.]....
[11:40 UTC-4]
[Poker:"Poker Take Two]....
   Decided to play Poker again....couldn't get on a 1K/.5K table....on a whim tried a 200/100 blind table....got a table right off....expecting a full table "free-for-all" and I made it a three handed game playing small ball poker....which lasted until a fairly aggressive player arrived and then a rook [less than 100 hands played]....he was super-aggressive and unfortunately was catching....I was up a little before....and did leave a little on the table....got my 100 hands for the day....and left....ergo duo....45 minutes played....79 hands played....34.2 seconds/hand....15 wins....1 out of every 5.3 hands played...left 1,255$....[no slots]....still shaking my old grey head trying to figure out why I couldn't get on a 1K/.5K table but found a 200/100 blind table of three players....????....
[15:23 UTC-4]
[On "World Of Solitaire"]
Aces Up[relaxed]: failed to clear any of the three games played today[best:[46/48]]....
Eight Off[relaxed]: cleared all of the three games played today[52/52]....
Fan[relaxed]: cleared all of the three games played today[52/52]....
Fort: failed to clear any of the three games played today[best:[80/104]]....
Josephine[relaxed]: cleared all of the three games played today[104/104]....one of the three games was cleared on the first turn through the deck....
Klondike[turn 1]: only cleared two of the three games played today[52/52]....
Klondike[relaxed][double][turn 1]: cleared all of the three games played today[104/104]....
Tri-Peaks[hidden]: cleared all of the three games played today[52/52]....
[15:42 UTC-4]
[On "Just Solitaire"]
Clock: cleared two games today[40/40]:[in]:[01:44]&]01:35]....
Crescent: two games played today....best game....89/104 w/5 of the 8 foundation piles completed....
Sea Towers: cleared two games today[52/52]:[in]:[03:03]&[03:24]....
[19:52 UTC-4]
[Day's End Poker]
Total Bank: 376.5'M / Net Gain Today: 487.4'K / Drops[6]&Roulette[2]: 484'K /
Tables[2]: 3,395$ / Hands Played Today: 100 / Total Hands Played: 41,564 /
[[note:1]: 2 drops@22'K s/ads. & 4 drops@44'K w/ads. & 2 roulette spins: 1@154'K & 1@110'K /
[[note:2]:"Poker": because of several factors....the early start time and the fact that I only played 15 minutes before leaving the first table and claiming the 16 hands played mission....I have the opportunity to that another drop around 22:30 this evening....still need to decide what I'll do but if i do stay up to take it, it will be counted in tomorrows "Day's End Poker".... 

[15:59 UTC-4]
[+53*F....cloudy....winds: n/n/e@12 mph....humidity: 83%....barometer: 29.96" /\]
[rain stopped mid-morning clear through tomorrow until mid-after noon than rain continuing overnight]
    Logged in play some Poker @05:39....and took the roulette spin I had hoped top take yesterday....but lost 2 hours of playing time to a WiFi outage....hit the wheel for "198'K house money"....until I run my "Day's End Poker" numbers and post after the day's play....it's all there to be used and risked....nut on the other hand it's been a very long time since I ended the day "poor" in game money than I began it....
   Again with the "table is full" and so again....@05:44 to play was forced to move up to a 2K/1K blind table with as always a  max-buy-in....in  this case 250'K....Now yesterday I was at a table that was more conducive to my style of play....to day's table was not....for most of the session it was a den of pot-pushers and any-two-carders....and if there were any kamikaze or dive bombers they just would have or did blend into the general insanity that reigned supreme....
   Seemed like every time I caught pocket cards and paid the pre-flop raise to see the flop I came up empty....and the times I decided to fold....I'd would have made a hand....but that's the random nature of the game....one of the several hands I lost for a big pot was when my rivered full house was beat by rivered Quads....I made a house had a pocket pair...the other guy had a pocket Queen....dang....but that in a nut shell is how the day went....
   Hindsight being 20/20....what I should have done once the table went bonkers about mid way through my session....I already had my 10K+ mission completed....I should have turned tail and ran....but I didn't....ergo....92 minutes played....143 hands played....38.6 seconds/hand....[table size from heads up to 6 players]....17 winners....1 out of every 8.4 hands....left 139,500$ on the table....[no slots....at that pace of play no time to even think about slots]
[[note]: ran into another glitch today when one of the ads. frozen had to log out/log in....watch the same dang ad. this time no problem....
[16:09 UTC-4]
[On "24/7 Games.com]
Spades: three games played....
1] nine hands played:"we" 573 pts. + 13 bags [-100 pts.] + 1 made nil bid:[vs]:"they" 54 pts. + 4 bags + set four times....
2] seven hands played:"we" 505 pts + 5 bags + 1 made nil bid:[vs]:"they" 279 + 9 bags + set once....[2nd hand....14 bid...."they" set]....
3] nine hands played:"we" 527 pts. + 7 bags + set once + 1 made nil bid:[vs]:"they" 405 pts. + 5 bags + set once....[1st hand....14 bid...."they" set]....
Bridge: one rubber played:"we" 2 games won [980 pts.]:[vs]:"they" 0 games won [210 pts.]
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[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]....
Fort: only cleared one of the four games played today[104/104]....
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[turn 1]: failed to clear any of the four games played today[best:[14/52]....
Klondike[relaxed][double][turn 1]: only cleared three of the four games played today[104/104]....
Tri-Peaks[hidden]: only cleared three of the four games played today[52/52]....
[16:53 UTC-4]
[On "Just Solitaire"]
Clock: four games cleared today[40/40]:[in]:[01:53]~[02:18]~[02:05]&[01:58]....
Crescent; four games played today....one well I've already forgotten [I wish]....one average....one decent....best of the rest....28/54/76/~97/104 with 6 of the 8 foundation piles completed....
Sea Towers: four games cleared today[52/52]:[in]:[03:28]~[03:25]~[04:12]&[04:18]....
[[note]: I make no bones about the fact that I "cherry pick" the games I  play for all three of the above games....on Clock & Sea Tower I only pick those games that through experience I know I can clear....on Crescent I only pick those games I think I can get at least an average result [in the 70's/104]....and sometimes I'm wrong....
[20:49 UTC-4]
[Day's End Poker]
Total Bank: 376'M / Net Gain Today: 1,994.5'K / Drops[6]&Drops[2]: 2,134'K /
Table[1]: -139,500$ / Hands Played Today: 143 / Total Hands Played: 41,464 /
[[note]: 2 drops@44'K w/ads. & 4 drops@22'K s/ads. & 2 roulette spins: 1@198'K & 1@ 1,760'K /

[14:20 UTC-4]
[+80*F....fair....winds: southwest@12 mph....humidity: 67%....barometer: 29.87" \/ ]
   @05:12 logged on to play some Poker....picked up the awaiting drop....a double for 44'K....and couldn't get a chair at my preferred 1K/.5K table....tried a few more times and @05:27....gave up and found a chair at a 2K/1K table with my 250'K max-buy-in....after yesterday and the difficulty getting a seat at a table I expected a table of 7 or 8 players....what I got was a table for a majority of the session was 3 to 5 player....a couple hands "heads up" and a couple with 6 at the table....experience varied my a players with just a couple of 100 hands to one with 100K+ hands....and no discernible style of play a blind pot one hand....and the whole table....except me....all-in on another....pot size from blind pots to one pot of 750K....there would be a sizable pot on the table and the winning hand could be anything between one that was won with a full boat, and one won by a high card....but with a lot of comings and goings....it wasn't uncommon to get stuck in  the blinds got 3 or 4 straight hands....never actually lost a pot....but didn't win many....I was down a bunch and won one at 100K +/- so at least the blind raccoon got a snack....on the button....King/Jack suited....small pre-flop raise and I called....flopped the two pair....a big raise....I hand top to pair mage the call....but now heads up....he kept pushing and I kept calling....and I won the pot....he had an Eight in the hole....and there was an Eight in the flop....he kept pushing on just that pair....with 2 over cards....I just don't get it....never did quite get back to my buy in....but didn't use up the "44'K house money either....ergo....106 minutes played....138 hands played....46.1 seconds/hand....15 winners....1 out of every 9.2 hands played....left 27,900$ on the table....[no slots]
   Just after 08:00 tried to log-on to pick up a drop that was just about due....I had played some Spades....went to the lobby to get a couple of things from breakfast buffet....so I had been off-line for about 15 minutes....no WiFi....it had been raining and a bit of thunder earlier while I was playing Poker but it had stopped....no idea what happened but never got back online to get the drop until 12:14....[pause to pickup a drop]....so instead of the 6 drops & 2 roulette spins I would have gotten....it will be 6 drops and 1 roulette spin....oh well....also with the loss of the 2 hours online play on the....other games  will be truncated....
[14:37 UTC-4]
[On "24/7 Games.com"]
Spades; three games played [all before  the loss of WiFi]
1] eight hands played:"we" 518 pts. + 8 bags + 2 made nil bids:[vs]:"they" 389 pts. + 9 bags + set once....
2] eight hands played: "we" 609 pts. + 9 bags + set once + 2 made nil bid's:[vs]:"they" 498 pts. + 8 bags + set once + 1 made nil bid....[1st hand....my nil made & partner failed to make the regular bid....4th hand...."they" made a nil bid and  failed the regular bid....was close until the last hand....either side could win....my nil bid made....]
3] seven hands played:"we" 607 pts. + 7 bags + 2 made nil bids:[vs]:"they" 102 pts. + 12 bags [-100 pts.] + set once + 1 made nil bid....
Bridge: one rubber played:"we" 2 games won [1190 pts.]:[vs]:"they" 1 game won [1060 pts.]....
[15:35 UTC-4]
[On "World of Solitaire"]
Aces Up[relaxed]: failed to clear either of the two games played today[best[46/48]]....
Eight Off[relaxed]: cleared both of the two games played today[52/52]....
Fan[relaxed]: cleared both of the two games played today[52/52]....
Fort: failed to clear either of the two games played today[best[68/104]]....
Josephine[relaxed]: cleared both of the two 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 tow games played today[104/104]....
Tri-Peaks[hidden]: only cleared one of the two games played today[52/52]....
[16:08 UTC-4]
[On "Just Solitaire"]
Clock: three games cleared today[40/40]:[in]:[01:38]~[01:42]&[01:50]....
Crescent: three games played today: two which are not worthy of further mention and....104/104 w/ all of the 8 foundation piles completed....
Sea  Towers: three games cleared today[52/52]:[in]:[03:21]~[03:50]&[05:29]....the last game was extremely complicated....tried several different solutions....re-set was not used but undo was several times....
[20:34 UTC-4]
[Day's End Poker"
Total Bank: 374'M / Net Gain Today: 390.1'K / Drops[6]Roulette[1]: 418'K /
Table[1]: -27,900$ / Hands Played Today: 138 / Total Hand Played: 41,321 /
[[note]: 6 drops@44 w/ads. & 1 roulette spin@154'K /