[07:15-UTC-4]
[+41*F....cloudy....just a light breeze out of the west]
   I had one of my best days yesterday that I've had in quite awhile....that was yesterday....today....oy vey....as/usual 1000/500 blind table....125K max-buy-in....very fluid table numbers wise....as few as 3 players and as many as 6....no kamikazes, a few "any-two carders" and from time to time some pre-flop rudeness....but not a bad table as tables go....and I have had some good  days at similar tables....but not today....oy vey....not today....not that I made any dummkoph calls....of course that was mostly because I had most times nothing to even think about calling....basically just "sat" there and watched the blinds eat away at my stack....in the 41 minutes I played won only one small pot....and I'd played 13 minutes before that occurrence....and it was at the 29 minute mark that I won my 2nd pot....a blind pot....wins for the day 1 small pot, 4 blind pots....and 2 of the blind pots I won on a high card....both times a pocket Ace....never caught a real hand...trips or better....and only had 2 pair a couple of times....never anything better....the only good news is I controlled myself....didn't chase....just accepted that it wasn't my day....ergo....left 22,225$ at the table....blinds and a few calls on the rare occasion when I did catch a piece of the flop....how be it a small piece....[no slots]....
[14:17-UTC-4]
[World of Solitaire]
1] Aces up[relaxed] was not able to clear any of the four games played today....best game....45/48....
2] Klondike[turn 1] was able to clear two of the four games played today....52/52....
3] Tri-Peaks[hidden] was able to clear three of the four games played today....52/52....
4] Fan[relaxed]: was able to clear three of the four games played today....52/52....
5] Josephine[relaxed]: was able to clear three of the four games played today....104/104....
6] Eight off[relaxed]: was able to clear all of the four games played today....52/52....
[15:30-UTC-4]
Fall Spades[Facebook]: 5 games played today....[1st]....7 hands played....549 pts. + 9 bags + 1 nil bid made....vs...."they" 164 pts. + 4 bags + set once....[2nd]....10 hands played...."we" 511 pts. + 11 bags [-100 pts.] + set once + 1 nil bid made....vs...."they" 170 pts. + 10 bags [-100 pts.] + set once....[3rd]....9 hands played....452 pts. + 12 bags [-100 pts.]....vs...."they" 204 pts + 4 bags + set four times + 1 nil bid made....[4th]....6 hands played...."we" 548 pts. + 8 bags + 2 nil bids made....vs...."they" 216 pts. + 6 bags + set once....[5th]....3 hands played....third hand was a 15 bid hand....there are only 13 tricks....both teams failed to make their bids and were set....ergo...."we" 15 pts. + 5 bags + set once....vs...."they" -210 pts + set three times....in all of the 2K+ games I've played....this one was the weirdest ending....not to mention that the 15 points was the lowest winning score yet....
[16:50-UTC-4]
[Mahjong FRVR[Facebook]
1] Casual Level: five puzzles solved today....
2] Normal Level: five puzzles solved today....
3] Challenging Level: five puzzles solved today....which included the "Puzzle of the Day"....
[21:00-UTC-4]
[Day's End Poker]
Total Bank: 237.9'M / Net Gain Today: 1,258.7'K / Drops[7]&Roulette[2]: 1,281'K /
Table[1]: -22,275$ / Hands Played Today: 48 / Total Hands Played: 26,801 /
[Postscript]
[ All of the drops today were at 42'K/.....watched the ads....no reason not to....not that I actually need more faux money that I already have....but I can resist the double drops.....couldn't clear games of solitaire that I normal do....Josephine, Fan & clock....failed on one game each....just caught three different tableau[s] that were not playable....doesn't happen every often but it does....not sure how much I'll play tomorrow....I have a morning Doctor's appointment....just a routine 6 month check-up....so shouldn't take too long....[knock wood]]

[08:05-UTC-4]
[+40*F...."feels like" +33+F....cloudy....winds out of the south/west @ 10 mph....]
   The day started out like most every day....1000/500 blind table....125K max-buy-in....took a "chair" at what with me there was a table of three....when I retired I left a table of five....and in the interim was briefly a table of eight....average probably five or six....I've been complaining as of late to just not catching many hands....so decided to "chart" my number of winners and/or "nice tries"....when you lose a flush to a better flush or straight to a better flush or straight....that sort of thing....played for an hour....in that time won 11 pots....out of 65 hands played....basically won one hand out of every six played....and since it averaged out as a five or six table....I probably got what I deserved....but the important thing is that I caught good hands at the right time....made some really nice pots on three straights [Queen high & two Jack high] and two flushes [King high & Queen high]....the rest of the six wins were blind or small pots....one of the blind pots I won was a "hoot"....mixed match board no board pairs....no 3 to a flush...but 3 to a straight....was in the big blind with a Seven/Two unsuited....no pre-flop activity....so made the call and flop had a Two in it....so clicked the check/fold button....every round til the end....never a raise....and won on a pair of deuces....besides catching some nice hands....it was a table that was very conducive to my style of play....very little pre-flop betting....and when it did occur....most time no more that 2.5'x the big blind....no real kamikazes....a few brief visits by an "any-two-carder" or two....and one very aggressive small stack....didn't last long....but a great table from my POV....which was a shock being that on the weekends the tables usual are quite crazy....to recap....60 minutes played....65 hands played....snuck away from the table with 102,700$ that I hadn't brung with me....[no slots]....[12:35-UTC-4]....have taken four straight drops with no ads....????....]
[14:00-UTC-4]
["The Old Warhorses"]
1] Fall Spades[Facebook]: four games played....[first]....13 hands played...."we" 556 pts. + 6 bags + set twice....vs...."they" 167 pts. + 7 bags + set twice + 3 failed nil bids....[second]....11 hands played...."we" 531 pts. + 11 bags [-100 pts.] + set once + 1 made nil bid....vs...."they" 155 pts. + 5 bags + set three times + 2 failed nil bids....[third]....6 hands...."we" 538 pts. + 8 bags + 2 made nil bids....vs...."they" 235 pts. + 5 bags + set twice....[fourth]....545 pts. + 5 bags + set once + 3 made nil bids....vs...."they" 317 pts. + 7 bags + set once + 1 made nil bid....
2] Clock[Just Solitaire]: was able to clear all of the five games played today....40/40....best time....[00:01:58]....
3] Crescent[Just Solitaire]: 6 games played....with one exception all games were over 80/104 and had at least 3 foundation piles completed....best game....91/104 w/ 5 of the 8 foundation piles completed....
[14:30-UTC-4]
[Mahjong FRVR[Facebook]: nine total puzzles solved....three on each of the three different levels of difficulty..../\casual/\normal/\challenging/\...."The Puzzle of the Day" was solved at the "challenging level"....
[18:20-UTC-4]
[World of Solitaire]
1] Tri-Peaks[hidden]: was able to clear two of the four games played today....52/52....
2] Aces Up[relaxed]: was able to clear two of the four games played today....48/46....
3] Klondike[turn one]: was able to clear three of the four games played today....52/52....
4] Fan[relaxed]: was able to clear all of the four games played today....52/52....
5] Eight Off[relaxed]: was able to clear all of the four games played today....52/52...
6] Josephine[relaxed]: was able to clear all of the four games played today....104/104....one of the four games was cleared on the first of two turns through the deck....all others were cleared on the second turn through the deck....
[21:00-UTC-4]
[Day's End Poker]
Total Bank: 236.6'M / Net Gain Today: 522.7'K / Drops[7*]&Roulette[2]: 420'K /
Table[1]: +102,700$ / Hands plated Today: 64 / Total Hands Played: 26,753 /
[[7*]....of the 7 drops....6@21'K & 1@42'K]

[06:55-UTC-4]
[+25*F....+18*F w/wind-chill....fair....winds e/s/e @ 6 mph....rain predicted]
   Up and off to another 1000/500 blind table....usual 125K max-buy-in....and a very frustrating, but all to typical of late.....lets me try to make some sense of it....in no particular order....took 30 minutes before I completed the 10K+ mission....either shmattah pocket cards....if I did....no help from the board....most of the time there were 3 to 5 players at the table.....and appearances by all suspects at one time or another....later in the session started to catch some decent hole cards....there were calls I hand to make....did win a decent pot on a flush.....but as before....got no help from the board....case in point....4 handed game....in the big blind....pocket 7's....player to my immediate left goes all-in....2nd hand he'd played....2nd all-in....for about 35K....I had him covered....other two players fold...decided to call....basically a nothing board except for a pair of 10's.....I'll give you 3 guess but you'll only need one....what one of his hole cards was....just one of the days....Actually I by-in-large played pretty good poker....didn't make any dummkopf calls....not even the aforementioned call with pocket 7's....of course that's "IMNSHO".....just wasn't to be....ergo....61 minutes played....65 hands played....left 49,925$ at the table....took 200$ from a 1/5 run at the "one armed bandit".....
   Have decided to spend the time when taking drops to watch the ads....can't blame the "game" for wanting to make some "real money".....[[10:15-UTC-4]....just took a drop....no ad appeared....????....]....[[12:20-UTC-4]....again no ad....????]....[[16:20-UTC-4]....again with an ad....]
[13:05-UTC-4]
["The Old Warhorses"]
[Facebook]
1] Fall Spades: 4 games played today....[1]....4 hands played...."we" 327 pts. + 7 bags....vs...."they" -210 pts. + set 3 times + 1 nil bid failed....[2]....8 hands played...."we" 506 pts. + 6 bags....vs...."they" -33 pts. + 7 bags + set once + 3 nil bids failed....[3]....9 hands played...."we" 520 pts. + 10 bags [-100 pts. + set once + 1 nil bid made....vs...."they" 315 pts. + 5 bags + set twice + 2 nil bid made + 1 nil bib failed....[4]....a wild one....15 hands played...."we" 509 pts. + 19 bags [-100 pts.] + set four times + 2 nil bids made....vs...."they" 332 pts, + 12 bags [-100 pts.] + set three times + 2 nil bids made + 2 nil bids failed....
[Just Solitaire]
1] Clock: was able to clear all of the 4 games played today....40/40....
2] Crescent: a total of four games played....two were truly ugly.....but two....[1]....98/104 w/ 7 of the 8 foundation piles completed....[2]....104/104 w/ all 8 foundation piles completed....this game was cleared before the 3rd and last shuffle....
[13:45-UTC-4]
[Mahjong FRVR [Facebook]
1] Challenging level: five puzzles solved today including the "Puzzle of the Day"....
2] Normal level: five puzzles solved today....
3] Casual level: five puzzles solved today....
[16:30-UTC-4]
["The Rotation"[World of Solitaire]]
1] Klondike[turn 1]: was unable to clear any of the five games played today....
2] Aces Up[relaxed]: was unable to clear any of the five games played today....
3] Tri-Peaks[hidden]: was only able to clear two of the five games played today....52/52....
4] Eight Off[relaxed]: was able to clear four of the five games played today....52/52....
5] Fan[relaxed]: was able to clear all of the five games played today....52/52....
6] Josephine;relaxed]: was able to clear all of the five games played today....104/104.....one of the five games was cleared on the first turn through the deck....
[20:30-UTC-4]
[Day's End Poker]
Total Bank: 236.1'M / Net Gain Today: 517.3'K / Drops[7*]&Roulette[1]: 561'K
Table[1]&Slots[6]: -49,725$ / Hands Played Today: 65 / Total Hands Played: 26,689 /
[[7*]....of the 7 drops 2@21'K & 5@42'K]

[08:15-UTC-4]
[+27*F....+19*F w/wind-chill....winds out of the West @ 8 mph....]
   Off to another day of online gaming....the usual start to play....a 1000/500 blind Poker table with my 125K max-buy-in placed "on the table"....I don't know about you but I "dream" about being in one of the blinds....first hand....and flopping "The Nuts".....first hand....in the small blind with Ace/Nine suited....3 player table....all 3 of us in with just calls and check....and I flopped trip Aces....don't "know" the table yet....check....check....a 2K raise from the button....big blind folds...."heads up".....nothing for me on the turn....another 2K raise from the button....call....ditto on the river....20K raise from the button....does the button have a pocket Ace and a better kicker....????....call....and a 50K pot....but lets do the math....except for the big blinds check pre-flop....half of the pot is my money....and then there's the 5% out of the pot that the "house take"....has always seemed a little silly in a "free: game" played with faux-money....but that's the way it is....but a nice start to the day....and except for one other pot....a blind pot....when I had pocket Jacks and turned the third....didn't win another pot....except towards the end of my play when a "any-two-carder" arrived....a decent table....3 to 6 players....but the majority of the hands....a 3/4 table....just wasn't catching....again....my stake was depleting and decided to split....ergo....20 minutes played....25 hands played....took 2,150$ extra from the table when I left....[no slots]
A new wrinkle to the game;....had a drop waiting for me when I logged on this AM....hit the "collect" and a message....double the amount if you watch a video....????....didn't watch....but I've got another one coming in about 5 minutes [off to see what's up]....[pause]....yup....an ad....maybe 10 seconds +/-.....but an extra 21'K.....have a roulette in just under two hours....????....will see what happens....[10:08-UTC-4]....no ad appeared when I had a roulette spin....but hit for 840'K....[17:15-UTC-5}.....just had another drop....ad ran for ????....but much longer then than the first ones I've seen....
[14:30-UTC-4]
["The Old Warhorses"]
1] Fall Spades[Facebook]: five hands played....[1]....8 hands played...."we" 507 pts. + 7 bags + 2 nil bids made....vs...."they" -79 pts. + 1 bag + set five times + 1 nil bid made....[2]....6 hands played...."we" 507 pts. + 7 bags + 2 nil bids made....vs...."they" 365 pts. + 5 bags....vs....[3]....6 hands played...."we" 538 pts. + 8 bags....vs...."they" -50 pts. + set four times....[4]....14 hands...."we" 570 pts. + 10 bags [-100 pts.] + set twice + 2 nil bids made....vs...."they" 213 pts. + 13 bags [-100 pts] + set four times + 1 nil bid made....[5]....7 hands played...."we" 566 pts. + 6 bags....vs...."they 105 pts. + 5 bags + set once + 1 nil bid failed....
2] Clock[Just Solitaire]: was able to clear all five games played today....40/40....
3] Crescent[Just Solitaire]: five games played today....all games with at least 3 foundation piles completed....best game....102/104 w/ 7 of the 8 foundation piles completed....
[15:15-UTC-4]
["The Rotation"]
[Facebook]
1] Mahjong FRVR: twelve puzzles solved....four each on the three level of difficulty....casual,normal & challenging....puzzle of the day solved at the challenging level....
[World of Solitaire]
1] Aces Up[relaxed]; was not able to clear any of the four games played today....best game....44/48....
2] Klondike[turn 1]: was only able to clear one of the four games played today....52/52....
3] Tri-Peaks[hidden] was only able to clear two of the four games played today....52/52....
4] Eight Off[relaxed]: was able to clear three of the four games played today....52/52....
5] Fan[relaxed]: was able to clear all of the four games played today....52/52....
6] Josephine[relaxed]: was able to clear all of the four games played today....104/104
[21:45-UTC-4]
[Day's End Poker]
Total Bank: 235.6'M / Net Gain Today]: 1,220.2'K / Drops[6]&Roulette[2]: 1,218'K /
Table[1]: +2,150$ / Hands Played Today]: 25 / Total Hands Played: 26,624 /

[07:00 UTC-4]
[+40*F...."feels like" +34*F....cloudy....winds out of the s/s/e @ 11 mph....but shifting to the west @ 25+ mph]
   Another day....another early morning trip to a 1000/500 blind table....the usual 125K max-buy-in....with the exception of a couple of hands a table of 3 or 4 players....but a very fluid table....to begin with what can only describe as a "2 handed" game....the other 2 players [table of 3 at this point]....were "throwing" gifts at each other almost every hand....no pre-flop raises but small raises most of the time after the flop....would have joined in but just wasn't catching....when they left a brief period of calm....and the not catching continued on my part....did manage to take 3 blind pots....but not enough to fulfill the 10K+ mission requirements....then appearing on the scene a 25K buy-in....who if not pre-flop....at some point was all-in....I've only seen a couple of players use the auto-top-off function before....this dude did....normally I would have left right then....but still wanted that 10k+ mission....next....the "Old Trollie Shakes" [aka: essential tremors] made one of their in frequent, but as/usual at the most inconvenient moment....was trying to hit the "check/fold" button....and got "call all"....and couldn't get off it quick enough....dang....a couple of hands later....4 handed....in the small bling....the aforementioned 25Ker first to act...all-in....button folds....and I'm looking at the only really decent pocket cards that I had all session....pocket Kings....and in a "what the ????" moment called....big blind folded....the flop came....now here's the weird thing....the 10K+ banner came down before the turn or river cards were revealed....????....the game knew something before I did....????....anyways....next hand the 25Ker did his thing....and I did mine....a quick exit....ergo....25 minutes played....38 hands played....that figures out as a hand every 40 seconds....oy vey....add in my "klutz" move...plus not catching....was fortunate to only leave 14,825$ on the table....on the flip side went 3/5 on slots for 8,600$....[7.5'K on one spin]....
[12:20 UTC-4]
["The Old Warhorses"]
1] Fall Spades[Facebook]: 6 games played....[1st]....7 hands played...."we" 553 pts. + 13 bags [-100 pts.] + set once + 3 nil bids made....vs...."they" 195 pts. + 5 bags + set once....[2nd]....5 hands played...."we" 406 pts. + 6 bags + 1 nil bid made....vs...."they" -210 pts. + set four times....[3rd]....10 hands played...."we" 547 + 7 bags. + set three times + 2 nil bids made....vs...."they" 380 pts. + 10 bags [-100 pts] + set once....[4th]....7 hands played...."we" 559 pts. + 9 bags + 1 nil bid made....vs...."they" 105 pts. + 5 bags + set twice....[5th]....12 hands played...."we" 552 pts. + 12 bags [-100 pts.] + set twice + 2 nil bids made....vs...."they" 258 pts. + 8 bags + set four times....[6th]....8 hands played...."we" 536 pts. + 6 bags....vs...."they" 147 pts. + 7 bags + set twice + 1 nil bid made = 1 nil bid failed....
2] Clock[Just Solitaire]: was able to clear all of the six games played today....best time....00:02:08....
3] Crescent[Just Solitaire]: 6 games played....from mediocre to very good....all games had at least 2 of the 8 foundation piles completed....best game [and the last game played]....101/104 w/ 7 of the 8 foundation piles completed....
[18:10 UTC-4]
["the Rotation"]
[On "World of Solitaire"]
1] Aces Up[relaxed]: was unable to clear any of the five games played today....best game....46/48....
2] Tri-Peaks[hidden]: was able to clear three of the five games played today....52/52....
3] Klondike[turn 1]: was able to clear three of the five games played today....52/52....
4] Fan[relaxed]: was able to clear all of the five games played today....52/52....
5] Eight Off[relaxed]: was able to clear all of the five games played today....52/52....
6] Josephine[relaxed]: was able to clear all of the five games played Today....104/104....
[On "Facebook']
7] Mahjong FRVR: solved all of the fifteen puzzles played today....five on each of the three different levels of difficulty....[casual/normal/challenging]...."The Puzzle of the Day" was one of the five puzzles solved at the "challenging level"....
[22:50-UTC-4]
[Day's End Poker]
Total Bank: 234.4'M / Net gain Today: 539.8'K / Drops[8]&Roulette[2]: 546'K /
Table[1]&Slots[5]: -6,225$ / Hands Played Today: 38 / Total Hands Played: 26,599 /
[Because of an earlier start time to the day I was able to get a total of 10 drops/roulette spins...thence the later posting time]