(07:11 UTC-4)
   Despite the fact that it's the weekend, got right on a 200/100 blind table, looks like the game fixed the access problem (knock wood)....whether what I observed was caused by kamikaze, and dive bombers, pot pushing, a table captain, or "my pair is bigger than your pair" was impossible to determine, all were present and quite active....although it did subside a little.....the chaos did return from time to time....but I could have cared less....sure I had wished for a table where I could actually play some hands my way....but I was playing....well sort of....and it was the weekend....and although the mayhem which I observed happens quite often especially on a 200/100 blind table....it is more common on the weekend....I did manage to win a small pot despite the melee.....but mission accomplished....15 hands played....but got credit for the 16+ hands played mission....have give up trying to figure out exactly why but as long as I get the 2x clock, frankly I don't care....left 1,440 at the table....cost of getting the mission....
(09:11 UTC-4)
   First run Blackjack 21....first 5 hands.....2 wins/2 losses/1 push....10 minutes....14 hands....4 wins....1 blackjack....1 push....dealer busts....down 25$....lost a couple of 19's and 20's to 20's or 21's....haven't decided about what if anything to do about it but first 5 hands may or may not be an indicator of what is to come....?....
   First two games of Crescent this morning....not dogs....not fizzles....just run of the mill....an 84/104  w/ 5 completed foundation piles....& a 76/104 w/ 3 completed foundation piles....
(I'm considering a layout change here....whether at total redo or just some tinkering with the present one can say as of yet)
(10:27 UTC-4)
   First game of Fall Spades, first 6 hands no set on either side....we took a lead when "WE" made a 10 bid to "THEY'S" 2 bid.....7 hand....I bid 2 on a hand if I hadn't had 4 trumps with the 9 & 8 I would have gone nil....also had a King of Diamonds....but could have got around that....total bid was 13/13....and already got my 2 tricks by trumping in on Heart leads....never had any and had dumped the King on another Heart trick....played my lowest Club....2 players played off and the last "THEY"....played under neath giving me the trick....later played a higher Club which was trumped by my partner...."WE" bid 4 and made 5...."THEY" bid 9 and made 8....and went back....the game was over but for the shouting....I don't understand how the computer plays....but it does tend to give away tricks....play under a lead when it has a winner....that it needs for a trick....?....I guess I'm just giving a computer game to much credit....
(11:03 UTC-4)
   Second trip to Blackjack 21....first 5 hands....1 win, 5 losses....last hand of the 5....dealer is show 2....I have paired Jacks....split....a 14 & a 15....dealer hit to 17....easy as that....10 minutes....16 hands....8 winners....1 blackjack....2 pushes....9 dealer busts....up 25$....
(11:30 UTC-4)
   Third trip to Blackjack 21....first 5 hands....lost the first 3 hands....4th hand Blackjack....5th hand winner on dealer bust....11 minutes played....20 hands....12 wins....4 blackjacks....7 dealer busts....up 70$....for a change I got some really good cards....bunch of 20's....and won all of those hands....I haven't changed the way I play my hands....but it seems to be working (knock wood)....Two more games of Crescent....not great scores but 2 completed foundation piles in one game, and 1 in the other....
(have decided that for the time being, no major changes on this blog....maybe just a little tweaking here and there)
(17:14 UTC-4)
   Fourth trip to a Blackjack 21 table....2 wins....3 losses....both wins on dealer busts....11 minutes played....20 hands....short table, a couple of hands just me and the dealer....9 wins....1 blackjack....1 other 21....2 pushes....7 dealer busts....up 15$....remember I rarely bet more then 10$/hand....and never hit on 12 or higher....I adhere to a self imposed "no bust" policy....
   A couple of just average games of Crescent....and a couple of the quite usual crazy games of Fall Spades....both winners....but both "WE" took a ride on the bag express with my partner driving the train....
(19:12 UTC-4)
   (The Mad Trollie wanders in total farmisht) Trip number 5 to the Blackjack 21 tables....there was  a player at the table when I "sat down" who is dealt 20, and hit....busts....very next hand same scenario....oy vey....maybe there should be instructions....where was I.....16 minutes played....25 hands....12 wins....2 blackjacks....1 push....7 dealer busts....up 20$....Now I've be considering the idea that if you look at the first 5 hands that it may be an indicator of how play will go....either this session was an anomaly or the idea is shaky at best....first 5 hands....4 wins....4 dealer busts....in the last 20 hands....only 8 wins and 3 dealer bust....I guess it's back to the drawing board....sorry obsolete reference....Finally Crescent game 7....no clear, but a decent game 90/104 with 5 completed foundation piles....
(20:56 UTC-4)
   I didn't play Poker after the first table....I'm all to familiar with weekend tables....and didn't want to dive in to the pool so to speak....and besides wasn't in the mood....chances of finding a table where I can play my style on the weekends are slim....I'm just a grumpy old man and I like what I like....
(Day's End Poker)
Total Bank: 101,959'M / Net Gain Today: 278.56'K / Drops(7)&Roulette(1) /
Table: -1,440$ / Hands Played Today: 15 / Total Hands Played: 20,653 /
(Day's End Blackjack 21)
Total Bank: 177,050$ / Net Gain Today: 2,105$ / Drops(7)&Roulette(1) /
Tables: +105$ / Hands Played Today: 95 / Total Hands Played: 2,596 / 

(08:00 UTC-4)
   First trip to the Poker Tables....major league pot pushing table captain....dang....but after maybe 8 or 9 hands he was gone....won a blind pot....and then I was in the small blind....Ace/5 suited....no pre-flop raises....smooth call....a 5 in the flop....small raise....call....turn....another 5....a raise....I called....river....yup....the 4th 5....a raise....maybe should have re-raised but just called....and the 10K+ drop down appeared....a couple of hand later the 16+ drop down but decided to stay....another small pot....and at 21 minutes played....another pot pusher....oy vey....and I was gone....28 hands played....2 missions complete....6,255$ in the bank....
(10:32 UTC-4)
   First trip to a Blackjack 21 table....first hand blackjack....second hand blackjack....third hand blackjack....fourth hand win on a 20....fifth hand loss....sixth hand blackjack....10 minutes played....17 hands....11 winners....5 blackjacks....1 push....7 dealer busts....up 95$....I know if I had been betting more than 10$ per hand....
   First game Crescent....great start....44 after thee deal....50 after the 1st shuffle....55 after the 2nd shuffle....and then 90/104 w/ 5 completed foundation piles....First game Fall Spades....1st hand "they" had a nil bid....not only failed the nil, but the total bid as well....cost 3 bags all mine but worth it....4th hand a 14 over bid...."we" won the hand....5th hand "they" set...partner 3 bags...with other bags we had picked up on hands not mentioned wee were sitting on 9 bags....6th hand another 14 over bid....we won with no added bags....hand and game...."We" 396 pts, 9 bags...."They" -278 pts. 2 bags....
(11:43 UTC-4)
   Well I guess after decent trips to tables today I got what I deserved....the Poker table from the abyss....all the denizens were either pot pushes, kamikaze, dive bombers, and the required table captain....with not change in sight got out of there....4 minutes played....11 hands....left 500$....oh and beat the "Clock" in 1 minute & 45 seconds....close to if not best time ever....without auto-fill....(15:55 UTC-4)
   Took another run at Poker....found a decent table (200/100 blind)....had a bunch of wins, blind and small pots....but just decent hands....no monsters....52 hands played....left 3,810$ on the table but went 1/3 on slots for 400$....net loss 3,410$ but still up a tad on the tables for the day....
   Just some thoughts on Poker: I haven't played many hands of late, partially for lack of access to the table of my choice, that problem seems to have been corrected and also because I don't like playing if I start the day on the tables in the red....when that happens I sometimes start to "chase" hands....which generally doesn't workout so well for me.....but started today up a decent amount so went looking for a table....newer players don't know that the game was done for awhile a few months ago, before it went mobile....and when scouting for another place to play at that time, I looked at a site, but didn't play, a few days ago got a "where have you been email"....so have been picking up some daily fee chips....first of all would not leave "Poker"....but the other site not only has Texas Hold  'Um, but Omaha tables....haven't decided but might give it ago....
(16:40 UTC-4)
   2nd Run at Blackjack 21....the primary purpose was to play at least 30 hands....that would give me 2500 hands played....in pursuit of that goal....15 minutes played....18 hands won....3 blackjacks....1 other 21....1 push....and the dealer had a bad case of bust-itis...14 times....up +85$....
   Just some thoughts on Blackjack 21....I've made it very clear from the beginning that blackjack just ain't my game....and after 2501 hands my opinion hasn't changed much....but a little....1081 wins in 2501 hands played, gives me a 43.2% of winning....127 blackjacks....that's 5.1% of hands played....and blackjacks account for 11.8% of my wins....I haven't changed my earlier statement when I was at 1000 hands played....the only way to win big in this game....you have to be willing to loss big....that being said....I'll still play....but if I can keep getting access to the Poker table of my choice probably not as much as I have of late....
(21:39 UTC-4)
(Day's End Poker)
Total Bank: 101.681'M / Net Gain Today: 363'K / Drops(6)&Roulette(2): 361'K /
Tables&Slots: +2,340$ / Hands Played Today: 91 / Total Hands Played: 20,638 /
(Day's End Blackjack 21)
Total Bank: 174,945$ / Net Gain Today: 2,080$ / Drops(6)&Roulette(2): 1,900$ /
Tables: +180$ / Hands Played Today: 48 / Total Hands Played  / 2,501 /

(08:16 UTC-4)
   Early start this morning, already a roulette and a drop on both Poker and Blackjack 21....a top of the wheel 2K on Blackjack 21....and a 100K on Poker....well that's better that the bottom 60K....1st run Poker....at first a flock of kamikaze and dive bombers, could have won 2 but would have lost more, then the pot pushers....couple of decent pre-flop hands....but wasn't going to play that game(s)....because on the 1st run the quest for the mission is the mission....15 hands played (but drop down said 16+ complete....1,600$ left on the table....2/5 & +500$ on slots....net -1100$....and I was gone....not enough of a gap to play Blackjack 21....so took the drop there....and after the Poker drop went back and played....1st run Blackjack 21....15 minutes played (had noticed I was 22 hands short of 2400 total hands played so)....15 minutes played....23 hands....9 wins....3 pushes....5 dealer busts....a mix of decent hands and garbage....down 20$....
   1st game of Crescent not great but not a dog either, 80/104 w/ 2 completed foundation piles....1st game of Fall Spades....within the first three hands....partner failed his bid and "We" went back....and "They" made a nil bid and we were behind 150 pts....on hand 7 I made a nil....still down 90 pts.....8th hand "They" went back.....now up 30 pts.....but "We" were sitting on 8 bags....9th hand....I made another nil, but partner picked up 2 bags....still up 30 pts (the -100 pts. for ten bags was offset by the +100 pts. for making a nil) 10th hand and "We" won...."We": 557 pts. & 11 bags...."They" 519 pts. & 9 bags....of the 11 bags 5 were mine....a really squeaker....
(10:33 UTC-4)
   2nd trip to Blackjack 21 tables....10 minutes played....18 hands played....5 wins....2 blackjacks....1 push....1 dealer bust....down 50$....now the weird thing about this session is that I lost the first 5 hands....a quick down 50$....which means we split the rest of the way "even Steven" if I subtract the first five losses....5 winners in 13 hands....throw out the push....5/12....or I won 5, the dealer 7.....but I had 2 blackjacks....so there's 1 hand unaccounted for.....so why am I not down another 10$....as I thought below....I think the hands played counts all hands you're at the table....including when you sit down when a hand is already in progress....
(12:56 UTC-4)
   3rd trip Blackjack 21....10 minutes played....17 hands....6 wins....1 other 21...3 dealer busts....down 40$....the twist this time....this game always seems to have one....I always keep track of the first 5 hands....won 3 of 5....which means I only won 3 of the last 12 hands....oy vey....it would be an understatement that the dealer was red hot....I actually caught so decent hands 18's, 19's and 20's and only won 3 of them....twice last a 20 to a 3 card 21....oy vey....
   3 clears on Freecell....6 minutes 25 seconds best time....1 clear on Clock....clear in 2 minutes and 46 second....a real good time....and 5 games of Aces Up....best hand 46/48....
(16:17 UTC-4)
   4th trip Blackjack 21....10 minutes played....17 hands....10 wins....1 blackjack....1 other 21....7 dealer busts....up 45$....( the tremors got me and I hit the bet button twice, bet 20, and lost the hand)
   2nd batch of Roulette, hit the max 2K on again on Blackjack 21....and hit the 800K on the Poker wheel....best amount with out a chip....which I didn't have....Best of the 4 games of Crescent 99/104 w/6 completed  foundation piles....
(20:15 UTC-4)
(Day's End Poker)
Total Bank: 101.317'M / Net Gain Today: 1,020'K / Drops(6)&Roulette(2): 1,021'K /
Table&Slots: -1,100$/ Hands Played Today: 15 / Total Hands Played: 20,547 /
(Day's End Blackjack 21)
Total Bank: 172,865$ / Net Gain Today: 5,135$ / Drops(6)&Roulette(2): 5.200$ /
Tables: -65$ / Hands Played Today: 75 / Total Hands Played: 2,453 /

(08:52 UTC-4)
   A slight delay but nothing significant getting on a 200/100 blind table....crazy table....a brief appearance of kamikaze....but pot pushing and a contest one who was going to be table captain....had a few decent start hands....3 or 4 suited connectors....once Ace/King....but a pre-flop raise of 5K....may me re-think playing it....the pot was won by a pair....which he didn't have pre-flop....came on the turn....and the flop missed my A/K....12 hands played (and yet the game awarded me the 16+ mission....and the clock is running at 2x speed right now) down 1,600$
   First run Crescent a hand that went now where, and Fall Spades....no sets....a nil bid for both sides made, but bidders partner failed to make their bid....my partner was on one of his all too common bag-o-thons......a winner....539 w/ 9 bags over 406 w/ 6 bags....just got some better hands....
(10:54 UTC-4)
   An odd first trip to the Blackjack 21 tables this morning....( the Trollie can be seen scratching his old tired head)....in 16 hands if the dealer only busts twice....then it's normally doom and gloom for the old Mad One....which is what didn't happen this trip.....10 minutes played....16 hands....and as mentioned above dealer only had 2 busts....8 wins....2 three card 21s....2 pushes....up 20$....won the first 2 hands....dealer made a short run....then I made a short run....and dealer started to catch again....and I was history....although a couple of hands with only 2 players....usually 4 or 5 at the table....theoretically that lessens the dealer's edge....or at least that's what I've read....
(13:38 UTC-4)
   Just had a roulette spin on both Poker & Blackjack 21, the spin and Blackjack 21 was for 500$....not the best but 3rd best....Poker on the other hand bottom of the wheel.....60K....oh well....in theory I could get a second roulette spin on both games tonight....but since I logged on at 07:00 local time....the Blackjack 21 spin would be a little after 11:00 local time and the Poker past midnight (the 2x clock only last for 8 hours plus a little)....so one way or the other will close the books for today just after 21:00 as usual....makes not difference on Blackjack 21 but it does on Poker....usually the clock resets the missions on Poker just before midnight, but since we here on the East Coast of the US and are still on Day Light Savings Time....and our time is set to UTC-4....not UTC-5....it won't reset until just before 01:00 local  time, it's to my advantage to wait until I log on tomorrow and take it then....regardless the amount it will fill the free money mission and give me 2 more slot spins...
would matter if it was just a normal drop, takes 2 of those to complete the mission
   2nd Crescent....104/104 w/ all foundation pile complete....
(20:44 UTC-4)
   This must be the day for odd trips to the Blackjack 21 tables....19 hands played....9 wins....6 on dealer's busts....no 21s....no pushes....but finished with....nothing lost....nothing gained....I'm a bit farmisht....dealer won one more hand then I did....it's reasonable to assume that I should have lost 10$....only explanation is that the game  counted the first hand I was  at the table....which I was not a part of....?....(Madtrollie scratches his head again)....
(21:26 UTC-4)
(Day's End Poker)
Total Bank: 100.298'M / Net Gain Today: 198.4'K / Drops(7)&Roulette(1): 200'K /
Table: -1,600$ / Hands Played Today: 12 / Total Hands Played: 20,5322 /
(Day's End Blackjack 21)
Total Bank: 167,730$ / Net Gain Today: 1,920$ / Drops(7)&Roulette(1): 1,900$ /
Tables: +20$ / Hands Played Today: 36 / Total Hands Played: 2378 /

(06:41 UTC-4)
    First try for the 2nd day got right on a 200/100 blind table, did they fix the access problem?....(knock wood}....I know, with my total bank I can play anywhere....but the purpose of my first run every morning is to achieve completion of the 16+ mission, and by claiming, get the benefit of a fast clock for drops and Roulette for 8 hours, bring retired, I'm in the perfect position to take full advantage of that....and that it works, is attested to by my total bank....and to achieve that with the smallest loss is the goal....if I win a little even better....First run Poker: 18 hands....left 1,830 on the table....0/3 at the old slot machine....16+ mission complete....claimed....and the clock is running
(08:42 UTC-4)
   First Crescent for the day....looked promising, but just didn't fulfill the promise 78/104 and 2 completed foundation piles....First Fall Spades....a majority of the total bids were 11,12,or 13....when this occurs it usually results in a set-fest, and this time a wild one, they'd go back, then us, repeat....also throw in for more fun, a double nil bid....we made it...they didn't....and both teams bagged....a win....502 + 12 bags....
   As to the 100'M watch on Poker, first Roulette was 100K, may still happen today, but not a sure thing.....depends on the second Roulette....if nothing happens....around 18:30 local time....because of the small gap between Poker and Blackjack 21 drops today, no play at the Blackjack 21 tables as of yet....
(12:41 UTC-4)
   Two more games of Crescent, the first of two was an improvement, 83/104 w/ 4 completed foundation piles....the 2nd of 2....104/104 w/ all 8 piles complete....but the best part is....cleared before the last shuffle....I must admit I had a special motive for playing this time, a check of my stats revealed that I hand 990 wins....now normally I keep my sessions to ten minutes....but I decided that I would play until I got that 10 win....but....10 minutes....19 hands played (short table)....11 wins....2 blackjacks....2 pushes....7 dealer busts....left with 70$ I didn't come with....actually had the 10th win at 9 minutes, but played 2 more hands....57.9% wins of hands played....if I could only do that every time I play....I'd bet more then my traditional 10$ per hand....yeah I know....house's edge....but I can dream can't I....
(17:05 UTC-4)
   Two More Fall Spade games....first featured two over bid hands, both total bid 14/13....won both....won the game 558 +8 bags....second game....pretty typical....winner....525 +15 bags....2 Games of Crescent, a dog and a fizzle....
    2nd run at Blackjack 21....a polar opposite of the first run....I should have known better and run after the first hands....I made 20 and dealer hit a 3 card 21, proceed to lose the next 3 hands....and gave back most of what I had won earlier....10 minutes....16 hands played....4 wins....2 blackjacks....down 60$....just to show how off the wall the dealing was....in 16 hands the dealer never busted....1st time I've ever see that....
(20:44 UTC-4)
(Day's End Poker)
Total Bank: 100.099'M / Net Gain Today: 439'K / Drops(6)&Roulette(2) 441'K /
Table/Slots: -1,830$ / Hands Played Today: 18 / Total Hands Played: 20,520 /
(Day's End Blackjack 21)
Total Bank: 165,810$ / Net Gain Today: 3,610$ / Drops(6)&Roulette(2) 3,600$ /
Tables: +10$ / Hands Played Today: 35 / Total Hands Played: 2,343 /
(Postscript)
(Please Note: Because of the amounts on Poker, I'm dropping off the 100s from both the "Total Bank" & "Net Gain Today" entries....as is my custom there are still to drops that I may or may not take today, 1 on each game....in any case those amounts will appear in tomorrow's tally)
   Crossed the 100 million plateau today....still contemplating if I'll make any major changes in my approach to the game....