[07:12 UTC-5]
[+36*F/+27*F/Tonight's Lo:+26*F/winter mix/winds:south@15/humidity:85%/barometer:29.94"\/]..
[Today's MadTrollie's Playlist[s]:..[Chant].."LP-Classical-Beethoven".."Tyrol/folk".."Pop"..]....
[Last Night]
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Spades: Saturday I played 3 games and 35 hands..but last night..five games played and 36 hands played..[shaking his old grey head]..
[1] seven hands played:"we" 506 pts. + 6 bags + 1 made nil bid:[vs]:"they" 104 pts. + 4 bags + set three times..
[2] seven hands played:"we" 552 pts. + 2 bags + 1 made nil bid:[vs]:"they" 314 pts. + 14 bags [-100 pts.] + 1 made nil bid..
[3] six games played:"we" 545 pts. + 5 bags + 1 made nil bid:[vs]:"they" -44 pts. + 6 bags + set once + 1 failed nil bid..
[4] seven hands played:"we" 533 pts. + 3 bags + 1 made nil bid:[vs]:"they" 260 pts. + 10 bags [-100 pts.]..
[5] nine hands played:"we" 514 pts. + 4 bags:[vs]:"they" 142 pts. + 12 bags [-100 pts.] + set once + 1 failed nil bid..[9th hand..14 bid.."they" set]....
[World of Solitaire]
Aces Up[relaxed]: failed to clear either of the two games[best:[37/48]]]..
Eight Off[relaxed]: cleared both of the two games played[52/52]..
Fan[relaxed]: cleared both of the two games played[52/52]..one of the games was cleared by moving only Kings to open spaces..
Fort[relaxed]: only cleared one of the two games played[104/104]..
Josephine[relaxed]: cleared both of the two games played[104/104]..
Klondike[turn 1]: only cleared one of the two games played[52/52]..
Klondike[relaxed][double][turn 1]: cleared both of the two games played[104/104]..
Tr-Peaks[hidden]: cleared both of the two games played[52/52]..
[[note]: a much better day than of late..12 clears/4 fails..picked up first victory image on level 30]..
[07:36 UTC-5]
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Poker:[05:29]..overslept..spun the wheel..110'K..and got right on a 1K/.5K table took my "chair" at what was now a table of four..and put my 125K-max-buy-in on the felt..during the session..a few hands heads up..and as many as five players at the table..but for the most part was a three or four handed game..and loose play prevailed..three or four times you'd see a player "run" a hot streak to 200K+..a few hands later be out the door penniless..one in particular..knew what he was doing..he'd splash the pot after the river on almost every..he was trying to buy pots..when I see that I don't look for the winning hand..a look to see what the splasher had..200K+ one hand..three hands later out the door busted..just never caught a hand to catch him with..and there in a nut shell is my day..except for one rivered full boat..never made more than two pair..and except for twice one of the two was a board pair..once I flopped four to a straight..a flush..and three to a straight flush..and the turn and river "thumbed their noses"[link] at me..and except for that full boat..if I did hit the flop..I'd either miss or get a tiny piece..not my day..but kept getting pocket cards were I see a min-pre-flop-raise thinking I've got to  eventually hit a flop..foolishly..did win enough small/blind pots to achieve the 10K+ mission..but that's all that can be said of my day at the tables..ergo..47 minutes played..79 hands played..a blistering 35.7 seconds/hand..12 winners..1 out of every 6.59 hands played..left 34,250$ on the table..[no slots]..
[09:06 UTC-5]
[Just Solitaire]
"Sea Towers": cleared two games today[52/52]:[in]:[03:01]&[03:04]..
"Clock": cleared two games today[40/40]:[in]:[01:45]&[01:25[with a slight assist from auto-play]..
"Crescent": only one game played..57/80/92/~102/104 w/7 of the 8 foundation piles completed....
[20:23 UTC-5]
[Day's End Poker]
Total Bank: 485.5'M / Net Gain Today: 581.8'K / Drops[6]&Roulette[2]: 616'K /
Table[1]: -34,250$ / Hands Played Today: 79 / Total Hands Played: 52,793 /
[[note]: 2 drops@44'K & 4 drops@22'K & 2 roulette spins: 1@110'K & 1@330'K]

[07:30 UTC-5]
[0*F/-10*F-windchill/Hi/Lo:+32*F/+27*F/winds:east@5 mph/humidity:75%/barometer:30.47"/\]..
[Monday's Hi/Lo:+36*F/+26*F]..[snow/winter mix forecast for 22:00 tonight thru 14:00 Monday]..
[MadTrollie's Playlist for Today:.."Chant".."The Mix"..]....
[Last Night]
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"Poker":[21:25]..because I had lost my WiFi for 5+ hours..had a late drop which I decided to take after posting "Day's End"..the dang pendent ad. again..but "44'K house money'....
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"Spades": only three games played yesterday..35 hands played..
[1] eleven hands played:"we" 572 pts. + 12 bags [-100 pts.]:[vs]:"they" 74 pts. + 4 bags + set four times + 1 made nil bid + 1 failed nil bid..[10th hand..14 bid.."they" set..
[2] eleven hands played:"we" 534 pts. + 14 bags [-100 pts.] + set once:[vs]:"they" 54 pts. + 4 bags + set twice + 2 failed nil bids..
[3] thirteen hands played:"we" 528 pts. + 18 bags [-100 pts.] + set twice + 1 made nil bid:[vs]:"they"
-25 pts. + 15 bags [-100 pts.] + set twice + 2 failed nil bids..[8th hand.."we"set..partner bid 4 tricks..
took zero..ziltch..oy vey]....
[World of Solitaire]
"Aces Up"[relaxed]: failed to clear either of the two games played yesterday[best:[37/48[2x]]]..
"Eight Off"[relaxed]: cleared both of the two games played yesterday[52/52]..
"Fan"[relaxed]: cleared both of the two games played yesterday[52/52]..one of the games was cleared with only moving Kings to open spaces..
"Fort"[relaxed]: failed to clear either of the two games played yesterday[best:[67/104]]..
"Josephine"[relaxed]: cleared both of the two games played yesterday[104/104]..
"Klondike"[turn 1]: failed to clear either of the two games played yesterday[best:[18/52]..
"Klondike"[relaxed][double][turn 1]: cleared both of the two games played yesterday[104/104]..
"Tri-Peaks"[hidden]: only cleared one of the two games played yesterday[52/52]..
[[note]: another NTG day..9 clears/7 fails..still haven't "cracked" into level 30]....
[08:33 UTC-5]
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"Poker":[05:00]..logged on to play some Poker..took the awaiting drop /ad. for 44'K..and rather than try immediately for a table..had some on & off line things to attended to..besides I was anticipating a delay in table access because of yesterday..[05:30]..my access concerns were justified..several attempts..and side trips..[06:11]]..finally a 2K/1K blind table and had brought my 250K-max-buy-in..to a four handed game..with two monster stack..one 900K +/- and the other 1.3'M +/-....now realizing that I had already "run over a hour off the clock..ultra-tight mode..play your 16 hands..get the 10K+ mission if possible..and then run..well even before I hand played 16 hands I had managed 2 blind pots and the 10K+ mission..and the two big stacks departed on back to back hands..and over the next couple of hands table average "settled down" to a four or five handed game..and with the new players came a pot-pusher/any-two carder/pocket Ace or any pair splasher..all rolled in to one irritating player..what I should have done was leave at 16 hands..but decided to stay and play..only won one more blind pot..was going to play to the button..but the arrival of a kamikaze hastened my retreat..ergo..25 minutes played..34 hands played..42.12 seconds/hand..3 blind mice..oops pots..1 out of every 11.33..hands played..left 30'K on the table..nine slot goes..1.3'K..net loss: 28,700$..later..[07:48]..another pendent add..another 44'K....
[10:59 UTC-5]
[Just Solitaire]
"Sea Towers": cleared two games today[52/52]:[in]:[04:27]&[03:21]..one complicated..one typical..
"Clock": cleared two games today[40/40]:[in]:[01:16]&[01:17]..two easy ones..
"Crescent": three games played today..[listed in order played]..[I should have quit after the first one].
[1] 22/65/85/~92/104 w/4 of the 8 foundation piles completed..
[2] 24/37/61/~61/104 w/0 of the 8 foundation piles completed..
[3] 30/43/50/~74/104 w/1 of the 8 foundation piles completed..
[20:15 UTC-5]
[Day's End Poker]
Total Bank: 464.9'M / Net Gain Today: 433.3'K / Drops[8]&Roulette[1]: 462'K /
Table[1]&Slots[9]: -28.700'$ / Hands Played Today: 34 / Total Hands Played: 52,714 /
[[note]: 8 drops@44'K & 1 roulette spin@110'K]

[07:01 UTC-5]
[-7*F/fair/winds:w/n/w@1/Today's Hi/Lo:+13+F/+5*F/sunny/humidity:100%/barometer:30.06"/\]..
[Sunday's Hi/Lo:+33*F/+28*F/mostly cloudy]..[Monday/Tuesday/snow in the forecast]....
[Today's MadTrollie's Playlist.."Chant".."Best of: Brahms".."Pop"..]....
[Yesterday]
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Spades: four games played..35 hands played..
[1] eight hands played:"we" 537 pts. + 7 bags:[vs]:"they" 205 pts. + 5 bags + set once + 1 failed nil bid..
[2] sixteen hands played:"we" 515 pts. + 25 bags [-200 pts.] + set once[P] + 2 failed nil bids[P]:[vs]:"they" 359 pts. + 9 bags + set four times + 1 failed nil bid..[a wild and crazy one]..
[3] four hands played:"we" 276 pts. + 6 bags:[vs]:"they" -237 pts. + 3 bags + set three times + 1 failed nil bid..[a "classic" "they" implode game]..
[4] seven hands played:"we" 544 pts. + 4 bags + set once[M] + 2 made nil bids[P]:[vs]:"they" 449 pts. + 9 bags + set once + 2 made nil bids + 1 failed nil bid..[2nd hand..double nil bids..both "sides" made nil..[[note]: all told..10 nil bids in the 4 games..none were mine..4 made/6 failed]....
[World of Solitaire]
Aces Up[relaxed]: failed to clear either of the two games played[best:[40/48]]..
Eight Off[relaxed]: cleared both of the two games played[52/52]..
Fan[relaxed]: cleared both of the two games played[52/52]..
Fort[relaxed]: failed to clear either of the two games played[best:[90/104]]..
Josephine[relaxed]: cleared both of the two games played[104/104]..
Klondike[turn 1]: failed to clear either of the two games played[best:[7/52]]..
Klondike[relaxed[double][turn 1]: cleared both of the two games played[104/104]..
Tri-peaks[hidden]: failed to clear either of the two games played[best:[50/52[2x]]..
[[note]..obviously I've had better days on "World of Solitaire"..8 clears/8 fails..just caught to crazy tableaux &/or..very unfriendly card orders in the decks..oy vey]....
[07:31 UTC-5]
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Spades:[04:51]..logged on to play some poker..spun the wheel and hit 2nd from the bottom for 110'K..at least in wasn't 66'K..and I didn't "waste" a chip..off to find a 1K/.5K blind table..and after 35 minutes of repeated tries..a little Crescent/"The Farthest Side/e-mails..gave up and tried for a 2K/1K blind table..250K-max-buy-in..just observing the hand in progress when I "sat" down..I made a foursome..2 big stack..and a pot-pusher among..in the small blind..pocket Ladies..paid the extra[5K total] flopped the 3rd Sister..but just one more at the river..and I had my 10K+ mission..but right after me we picked up an any-two-carder..and my first re-action..well first after an oy vey..was to play 16 hands get the 16 hands played mission..make my exit..and get the clock started..but I did manage to win a small pot here and there..and 16 hands banner appeared..looked at the time I'd played..did the math [I always do the math]..and figured if I just stayed out of the way..and took a shot with the right hand..there was a "game" advantage..if I played 25 minutes + the 35 minute delay [pause..a single drop..22']..it would give me a nice "buffer" if I missed a drop by a little [which I just did by 2 minutes..anyhow..button to my left..big blind to my right..[5 handed then]..clock read 25 minutes played..and exited stage left..ergo..25 minutes played..30 hands played..50 second/hand..4 winners..1 out of every 7.5 hands played..did leave 12,950$ on the table..but had both missions in hand..[no slots]....
[09:35 UTC-5]
[Just Solitaire]
Sea Towers: two games cleared today[52/52]:[vs]:[03:02]&[03:14]..
Clock: two games cleared today[40/40]:[vs]:[01:41]&[01:51]..
Crescent: three games played today..[listed in order played]..
[1] 38/46/54/~80/104 w/2 of the 8 foundation piles completed..
[2] 31/49/71/~88/104 w/2 of the 8 foundation piles completed..
[3] 58/74/86/~96/104 w/5 of the 8 foundation piles completed..
[19:12 UTC-5]
[Day's End Poker]
Total Bank: 484.5'K / Net Gain Today: 251.1'K / Drops[4]&Roulette[2]: 264'K /
Table[1]: -12,750$ / Hands Played Today: 30 / Total Hands Played: 52,680 /
[[note]: 4 drops@22'K & 2 roulette spins: 1@110'K & 1@66'K]
{From the Table]: had taken a drop about 11:30..just after 12:00 lost my WiFi..apparently the provider had an issue and it was out all over locally..lost about 5-1/2 hours and 2 drops..dang..next drop is at 21:30 +/-..past my normal sack-time..may take it..may not..either way it's tomorrows business]..

[06:47 UTC-5]
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[Today's MadTrollie's Playlist.."Chant".."LP-Classical "Messiah part 1"".."LP-Pop-"Herb Alpert"]..
[Yesterday]
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Spades: four games played yesterday..35 hands played..
[1] eight hands played:"we" 535 pts. + 15 bags [-100 pts.] + 1 made nil bid:[vs]:"they" -36 pts. + 4 bags + set four times..
[2] eight hands played:"we" 527 pts. + 7 bags:[vs]:"they" 158 pts. + 8 bags + set twice..
[3] ten hands played:"we" 535 pts. + 15 bags [-100 pts.]:[vs]:"they" 412 pts. + 2 bags + set twice..[a weird game..except for the 2 sets.."they" had the better hands..made 9 tricks once..a few others were "they" got the "lion's share" of the points..
[4] eight hands played:"we" 509 pts. + 9 bags + set once:[vs]:"they" -4 pts. + 6 bags + set twice + 2 failed nil bids..["they's" 2 failed nil bids..were on the 7th & 8th hands]....
[World of Solitaire]
Aces up[relaxed]: failed to clear either of the two games played yesterday[best:[40/48]]..
Eight Off[relaxed]: cleared both of the two games played yesterday[52/52]..
Fan[relaxed]: cleared both of the two games played yesterday[52/52]..
Fort[relaxed]: cleared both of the two games played yesterday[104/104]..one games was cleared on the 2nd of three allowable turns through the deck..
Josephine[relaxed]: cleared both of the two games played yesterday[104/104]..
Klondike[turn 1]: failed to clear either of the two games played yesterday[best:[21/52]]..
Klondike[relaxed][double][turn 1]: cleared both of the two games played yesterday[104/104]..
Tri-Peaks[hidden]: only cleared one of the two games played yesterday[52/52]..
[[note]: as of last night I had achieved all of the victory images on level 29..first time through level 29 was the last level..since then 3 new levels have been added....
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Video Poker Live & Blackjack 21]: I had intended to leave these two alone for awhile..but have had some extra time..winter weather has keep me in my rooms..and I will in all probability continue to "look in"..on them a couple of times a day..take some drops..play a few hands/spins..but only occasionally post any results....
[07:30 UTC-5]
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Poker:[04:55]..an earlier start then of late..that dang pendent add..again!!..can't wait for 2/14 to be here and gone.."44'K house money"..a 7 drop/1 roulette spin day..and for the first time the delay wasn't off-lines issues but the simple fact that I  couldn't find a table..[05:09]..1K/.5K blind table..125K-max-buy-in..and took a "chair"..now a five handed game..and again caught the end of an "end of session death match"..had seen the 16 hands played banner before I actually got to play a hand..after that was over..just a wild..crazy..loose play table evolved..I was getting some decent looks in the pocket..even willing to pay a min-raise to see the flop..or the turn..and just save once..missed the flop..or get a small piece..and except once lost what halfway decent hands I had to a rivered card..did manage one winner on a flopped pair of Cowboys that held up..and enough to pickup the 10K+ mission..but the "straw that broke the proverbial camels back" came when I paid a min-raise from the big blind..Ace/Five suited..and flopped the wheel..[no flush draw]..paid a 5K raise to see the turn..turn paired the Five..an all-in in front of me..dang..I "knew" the dude had a Six..a reluctant fold..I was wrong..he didn't just have a pocket Six..he had the Seven as well..and the house money was gone..no relief insight..so I booked from the next button..ergo..30 minutes played..40 hands played..45 seconds/hand..1 winner..left 45,550 on the table..[no slots]....[dummkopf..klutz..oy vey..went to pickup a drop..and guess who forgot to claim the 16 hands mission and start the 2x clock for drops/roulette..dang..[wanders off shaking his old grey head]..[and the "hits" just keep coming]..
[09:39 UTC-5]
[Just Solitaire]
Sea Towers: two games cleared today[52/52]:[in]:[02:16]&[03:27]..game on one of the fastest I've cleared without an assist from auto-play..
Clock: two games cleared today[40/40]:[in]:[02:43]&[01:44[with a minor assist from auto-play]..1st game..extremely complicated tableau..
Crescent: two games played today..[listed in order played..
1] 31/59/67/~86/104 w/3 of the 8 foundation piles completed..
2] 101/102/~104/104 w/all of the 8 foundation piles completed..before the last shuffle..I've always thought that a first turn clear was possible..close but no cigar..dang..thinking about it..there was a way I could have done it in two phases but not one..
[20:43 UTC-5]
[Day's End Poker]
Total Bank: 484.3'M / Net Gain Today: 416.5'K / Drops[7]&Roulette[1]: 462'K /
Table[1]: -45,550$ / Hands Played Today: 40 / Total Hands Played: 52,650 /
[[note]: 5 drops@44'K & 2 drops@22'K & 1 roulette spin@198'K /

[06:42 UTC-5]
[+23*F/+13*F:w/wind chill/tonight's Lo:+29*F/snow/winds:e/n/e@9..humidity: 87%..barometer:..
29.80"\/..snow/winter mix thru Friday PM..5 to 9 inches of snow + 1/10" of ice possible]....
[Today MadTrollie is listening to:.."Chant".."Tyrol/folk..Pop..[The Mix.."Jazz..]....
[Last Night]
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Spades: four games played yesterday..34 hands played..
[1] eight hands played:"we" 507 pts. + 7 bags + 1 made nil bid:[vs]:"they" 286 pts. + 6 bags + set once..
[2] eleven hands played:"we" 555 pts. + 15 bags [-100 pts.] + set once:[vs]:"they" -33 pts. + 7 bags + set five times + 1 failed nil bid..
[3] seven hands played:"we" 449 pts. + 9 bags:[vs]:"they" -209 pts. + 1 bag + set four times + 1 failed nil bid..[4th hand..14 bid.."they" set..5th hand..14 bid.."they" set]..
[4] eight hands played;"we" 577 pts. + 1 made nil bid:[vs]:"they" 537 pts. + 7 bags + 1 made nil bid..[a nail biter..6th hand.."they" made a nil bid..last hand.."we" made a nil bid]....
[World of Solitaire]
Aces Up[relaxed]: failed to clear either of the two games played yesterday[best:[40/48]]..
Eight Off[relaxed]: cleared both of the three games played yesterday[52/52]..
Fan[relaxed]: cleared both of the three games played yesterday[52/52]..one of the games was cleared with only moving Kings to open spaces..
Fort[relaxed]: only cleared one of the three games played yesterday[104/104]..
Josephine[relaxed]: cleared both of the three games played yesterday[104/104]..
Klondike[turn 1]: only cleared one of the three games played yesterday[52/52]..
Klondike[relaxed][double][turn 1]: cleared both of the three games played yesterday[104/104]..
Tri-Peaks[hidden]: cleared both of the three games played yesterday[52/52]..
[07:14 UTC-5]
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Poker:[05:02]..another day..another early morning trip to the tables..a single drop for 22'K..next up a roulette spin..min-66'K..the /usual off-line issue..[05:06]..as is my custom..1K/.5K table w/ my always max-buy-in..125K..but the table was a tad glitchy..first thing observed was there was a "chair" taken by a player who wasn't really there..apparently caught in the "Matrix"..see it before both here and at the "sister game" Blackjack 21..but not recently here..and then I played one hand and the 16 hands played banner appeared..??..not counting the ever present non-player..was a table that varied from three to six players..walked into another "end of session death match"..but the table never really settled down after that was over and all the participants had left..multiple all-ins or splashes when a player had a pocket Ace.."any" pair or in one case Queen/Jack unsuited..and more often than not..that players hand was "cracked"..least 1 forget the usual array of pot pushing..pot- splashing..any two carders..throw in a kamikaze or two..and of course the usual gaggle of coffee breakers..oy vey..seems that every time I did have playable pocket cards..I either got blow off the hand by pre-flop nonsense or either missed the flop..or just caught a small piece..did catch a runner/runner flush and turn a King high straight..and on a board were chips were flying on almost ever hand..both times first to act..I min-raised..and everyone ran away..dang..but by enlarge just wasn't catching..was coming up on 40 minutes played..decided to play to the button one more time..and just to put a cap on the day..in the small blind Ace/King suited [Spades]..the flop..all Black..yup..all Clubs..and no straight draw..left from the button..ergo..44 minutes plated..50 hands played..52.8 seconds/hand..5 winners..one every 10 hands..left 25,050 on the table..[no slots[used them all yesterday]..[roulette in a few minutes]..[UPDATE[07:26]..hit the wheel[w/chip] 1,760"K]..
[09:17 UTC-5]
[Just Solitaire]
Sea Towers: two games cleared today[52/52]:[in]:[03:34]&[03:20]..
Clock: two games cleared today[40/04]:in]:[01:21]&[01:31]..
Crescent: two games played today..[listed in order played]
[1] 34/45/57/~59/104 w/1 of the 8 foundation piles completed..
[2] 37/60/91/~97/104 w/5 of the 8 foundation piles completed..
[19:46 UTC-5]
[Day's End Poker]
Total Bank: 483.8'M / Net Gain Today: 2,857'K / Drops[6]&Roulette[2]: 2,882'K /
Table[1]: -25,050$ / Hands Played Today: 50 / Total Hands Played: 52,610 /
[[note]: 1 drop@22'K & 5 drops@44'K & 2 roulette spins: 1@1,760'K[w/chip] & 1@880[s/chip]....