[15:40 UTC-4]
[+79*F....partly cloudy....winds: southwest@14 mph....humidity: 60%....barometer: 29.85" \/ ]
[ rain predicted for this evening through tomorrow morning]
   Logged on @06:11 this morning to play some Poker....took the waiting drop....w/ad....for 42'K....and no joy getting a seat at a table....checked FB....played some "Fall Spades"....and tried again @06:26 and got on a table of 8 players....1K/.5K blinds with the /usual 125'K max-buy-in....
   A wild table....some kind of a pre-flop raise on almost every hand....and even some games of "My pairs bigger that your pair" pre-flop....and after the flop, turn, and river the pot splashing continued....didn't catch a lot of what I considered playable hole cards....but when I did....and called a raise to see the flop....either missed entirely....or caught bottom pair....the few time I did make a reasonable hand on the flop....two pair or 4 to a straight or flush....the price to play on was just to big....never did make the "nuts"....had played about 60 minutes....hadn't won a hand....when a new player joined the board....when it was his turn to play....he flashed the "afraid to gamble" and proceeded to go all-in for 125K....whether he won or lost or busted out and  popped right back in [dang that accursed auto-re-buy]....he'd do the same thing on almost every hand....well I like to know something  about the players I'm up against....and discovered by clicking on his avatar....both are game names start with "C".....we both have over 35K hands played [he's played approx. 2K more hands than I have]....we both have over 300'M in the bank [at the time I had about 30'M more the he].....but one thing was obvious....I raise .4% of the time....he raises 64% of the time....crazy thing was most of the hands were won with a pair....a board pair and a kicker....one was even won by high card....was seriously thinking about leaving....had the 16 hands played mission....and was down to about 75'K....button to my left....he was to my right....acting first....again with the "afraid to gamble blurb....and I was looking at pocket Kings....and having to go all-in to cover the raise....and In a what the hey moment called....board paired but the Kings prevailed....ergo....74 minutes played....54 hands played....82.2 seconds/hand....1 winner.....out of 54 hands played....left with an extra 150,450$.....so the blind raccoon finally found the dumpster....[no slots]....
[15:50 UTC-4]
[On Facebook]
Fall Spades: four games played today....
1] 7 hands played...."we" 508 pts. + 8 bags + 1 made nil  bid.[vs]."they" 53 pts + 3 bags + set three times....
2] 7 hands played...."we" 557 pts. + 7 bags + 1 made nil bid.[vs]."they" 336 pts + 3 bags....
3] 9 hands played...."we" 536 pts. + 16 bags [-100 pts.] + 1 made nil bid.[vs]."they" 69 pts. + 9 bags + set three times....
4] 11 hands played...."we" 507 pts. + 7 bags + 1 made nil  bid + 1 failed nil bid.[vs]."they" 408 pts. + 8 bags + set once....
[16:08 UTC-4]
[On Just Solitaire]
[re-start[*]....undo[^]]
Sea Towers: cleared 4 games today[52/52]:[in]:[00:02:51]'[00:03:48]'[00:04:48^]&[00:05:40*^]....I actually saw how to clear the last game right off but made a move out of the sequence I had seen....got stuck....rather then use the undo function that time....was quicker to just re-start the game....
Clock: cleared 4 games today[40/40]:[in]:[00:01:58]'[00:02:01^]'[00:01:43]'&[00:01:48]....
Crescent: four games played today....one...."nuff said"....the other three....[3]....95/104 with 6 of the 8 foundation piles completed....[2]....96/104 with 7 of the 8 foundation piles completed....[1]....99/104 w/ 5 of the 8 foundation piles completed.....
[16:40 UTC-4]
[On World of Solitaire]
Aces Up[relaxed]: failed to clear either of the games played today[best:[47/48]....
Eight Off[relaxed]: cleared both of the games played today[52/52]....
Fan[relaxed]: cleared both of the games played today[52/52]....
Josephine[relaxed]: cleared both of the games played today[104/104]....
Klondike[turn 1]: cleared only one of the two games played today[52/52]
Klondike[relaxed][double][turn 1]: cleared both of the games played today[104/104]
Tri-Peaks[hidden]: cleared both of the games played today[52/52]
[20:21 UTC-4]
[Day's End Poker]
Total Bank: 336.9'M / Net Gain Today: 444.5 / Drops[5]&Roulette[1]: 294'K /
Table[1] +150,450$ / Hands Played Today: 54 / Total Hands Played: 36,216 /
[[note]: 1 drop@2'K s/ads. & 4 drops@42'K w/ads & 1 roulette spin@105'K /
[[note:2]: must have been distracted and missed a drop today....by an hour+....oy vey]
[20:38 UTC-4]=
[Also on Facebook]
   Only hit the wheel on Blackjack 21 for 200$.....Bank: 630.3'K....up 1.5'K from yesterday....played 6 hands....3'W/2'L/1'P.....Video Poker Live.....Bank: 1,433'M.....up 8'M from yesterday.....got 3 "Big Wins" and the 1'M bonus....

[16:19 UTC-4]
[+76*F....sunny....winds: w/s/w@13 mph....humidity: 55%....barometer: 29.97" \/ ]
    Logged on to Poker @05:39....had a roulette spin waiting....no chip....hit the wheel for 840'K....and immediately attempt to log on to play some poker on my usual 1K/.5K table....no joy....went off to play "Fall Spades" and check on Facebook....and made several more attempts with the same result....even tried the 2K/1K table with the same result....or rather lack of there of result....
   06:28....decided to take a shot at a 200/100 blind table....reasoning that with the wild style of play there might be more open spots....it whirled less that a minute and I found myself on a insane table of eight....will spare the details....ergo....24 minutes played....26 hands played....55.4 seconds....0 wins....down 5,600$....but the 16 hands mission in tow....with the clock now at 2x speed....instead of 4 drops and 1 roulette spin....I should get 2 more drops and another roulette spin....definitely worth the 5.6'K....[left table at 06:52
   And again tries to get on a 1K/.5K table resumed.....and @08:26....finally got on with my 125K max-buy-in.....again a table of eight....but this time except for periodic visits from big time pot pushers....was a really good table....and I just flat wasn't catching....and if I did get a decent look in the pocket....I either missed the flop or got bottom pair or 3 to a straight or flush and the turn was no help....did flop 2 pair once but when the turn put 4 to a flush on the board....a big raise sent me packing....I'd been at the table for 52 minutes and saw Ace/Nine suited in the hole....a small raise to my right and I called....the flop gave me four to the flush....and turned the nut flush....no board pairs....beat trips for a nice pot....a couple of hands later won a pot on trips.....ergo....61 minutes played....47 hands played....77.9 seconds/hand....2 wins....1 out of every 23.5 hands....and only left 1,375$ on the table....but left with 700$ from a 2 for 9 tilt with the one armed bandit....
[16:31 UTC-4]
[On Face Book]
Fall Spades: three games played....
1] 9 hands played...."we" 521 pts. + 11 bags [-100 pts.].[vs]."they" 415 pts. + 5 bags + set twice + 1 made nil bid....
2] hand 1 of the game "they" bid 2 and took 7 tricks...."we" set....only the start of the wildest game  yet....18 hands played...."we" 501 pts. + 21 bags [-200 pts.] + set three times.[vs]."they" 194 pts. + 14 bags [-100 pts.] + set six times + 1 made nil bid....
3] 7 hands played...."we" 566 pts. + 6 bags + 1 nil made.[vs]."they" 253 pts. + 3 bags + set once....
[16:41 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]: cleared all of the three games played today[52/52]....
Fan[relaxed]: cleared all of the three games played today[52/52]....
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[relaxed][double][turn 1]: cleared all of the three games played today[104/104]....
Tri-Peaks[relaxed]: only cleared two of the three games played today[52/52]....
[16:54 UTC-4]
[On Just Solitaire]
Sea Towers: cleared the three games played today[52/52]:[in]:[00:04:22]~[00:03:27]~[00:04:12]....
Clock: cleared the three games played today[40/40]:[in]:[00:01:39]~[00:01:49]&[01:04:12]....
Crescent: three games played today....one has already been forgotten....2nd....97/104 w/ 6 of the 8 foundation piles completed....1st....90/100/~/104/104 w/ all  8 of the foundation piles completed....before the final shuffle....and the 90 cards moved to  the foundation piles before the first shuffle is the most I can every remember moving....
[20:37]
[Also on Facebook]
   Have decided to start playing Blackjack 21 and Video Poker Live again....but not as aggressively as before....."Blackjack-21" didn't play any hands today.....just picked up the drops and roulette spin for 1.9'K....Total Bank Now: 628.8'K...."Video Poker Live" made 4 "Big Wins".....gained the 1 mc bonus....plus 2 hourly and daily bonus....up 8 mc to a Total Bank of: 1,425 million chips [mc]....
[20:49 UTC-4]
[Day's End Poker]
Total Bank: 336.4'M / Net Gain Today: 1,106.8'K / Drops[6]+Roulette[2]: 1,113'K /
Tables[2]&Slots[9]: -6,275$ / Hands Played Today: 73 / Total Hands Played: 36,162 /
[[note]: 4 drops@21'K s/ads. & 2 drops@42'K w/ads. & 2 roulette spins: 1@840'K & 1@105'K]....

[15:34 UTC-4]
[+71*F.....partly cloudy.....got an alert that there was rain in the area but haven't seen any as of yet....winds: west@13 mph....humidity: 50%....barometer: 29.84" ~]
   Logged on at @05:55....not knowing what to expect....a slight delay Tuesday and a table of 8....and then delays\....the next 3 days....unusual for week days....so this morning  was frankly expecting a long....anyways tried to get on a 1K/.5K table with no luck....immediately tried again and found myself on a table of 4....1K/.5K w/ my typical 125K max-buy-in....and a table where big pots were the normal....not my fav kind of table....but there were hands that you could see the flop for a call of the blinds or a min to small raise....
   but after that....watch out....peeps were going all-in on a bottom pair....just never could get a "read" on the other players....table was as few as 3 and as many as 6 players....and after awhile almost every hand had an all-in....if fact one time it was me....my problem was anytime I  hit the flop it seemed someone else hit it as well....3 hands stand out....I flopped trips....player to my left flops a house....took a hit....some player....I flopped trips [pocket pair] he flopped both top and middle pair....[this is the hand I went all-in on]....he took a hit....later did player....I flopped a flush....after the river only 3 to the flush on the board....4 players....took another hit....he also had flopped the flush but had a higher 5th card....another hit....and I can't recall the exact run of play but there were other nice hands I lost to rivered cards....just not my day....ergo....50 minutes played....71 hands played....42.3 seconds/hand....8 winners....1 out of every 8.9 hands played....down 80,418$.....[no slots].....but with the first 2 drops, both 42'K w/ads.....the loss has been covered....
[15:46 UTC-4]
[On Facebook]
Fall Spades: four games played today....
1] 6 hands played...."we" 425 pts. + 5 bags.[vs]."they" -230 pts + 10 bags. [-100 pts.] + set twice + 2 failed nil bids....
2] 9 hands played...."we" 504 pts. + 4 bags + set three times + 3 made nil bids.[vs]."they" 436 pts. + 16 bags [-100 pts.] + set once + 1 made nil bid....[ a wild one....only survived the 3 sets because "they" bagged....
3] 8 hands played...."we" 529 pts. + 9 bags + 1 made nil bid.[vs]."they" 234 pts. + 4 bags + set twice....
4] 9 hands played...."we" 568 pts. + 8 bags + set once + 1 made nil bid.{vs]."they" 264 pts. + 4 bags + set twice....
[15:58 UTC-4]
[On World of Solitaire]
Aces Up:[relaxed]: only cleared one of the three games played today[48/48]....
Eight Off:[relaxed]: cleared all of the three games played today[52/52]....
Fan:[relaxed]: only cleared two of the three games played today[52/52]....
Josephine:[relaxed]: cleared all three of the games played today[104/104]....
Klondike:[relaxed][double][turn 1]: cleared all of the three games played today[104/104]....
Tri-Peak:[hidden]: only cleared one of the three games played today[52/52]....
[[note]: I don't lose very often on "Fan"[relaxed]....I tried several times and different combinations only to get the same result....so did something I almost never do....I used the "hint" function....and it came to the same  result...."no more moves"....]
[16:10 UTC-4]
[On Just Solitaire]
[indicates assist from auto-play[*]]
Sea Towers: cleared the 4 games played[52/52]:in:[00:03:52]'[00:04:41]'[00:03:22]&[00:04:37*]....
Clock: cleared the 4 games played[40/40]:in:[00:02:24]'[00:02:41]'[00:02:29]&[00:02:13]....
Crescent: four games played today....one will received no other mention....two were mediocre at best....but....41/56/81/~/101/104 w/ 7 of the 8 foundation piles completed..
[20:52 UTC-4]
[Day's End Poker]
Total Bank: 335.3'K /Net Gain Today: 360.6'K / Drops[7]&Roulette[1]: 441'K /
Table[1]: -80,418$ / Hands Played Today: 71 / Total Hands Played: 36,018 /
[[note]: 5 drops@42'K w/ads.& 2 drops@ 21'K s/ads. & 1 roulette spin@189'K /

[16:01 UTC-4]
[+72*F....cloudy....winds: w/s/w@16 mph....humidity: 61%....barometer: 29.73" \/ ]
[scattered T-storms predicted to beginning with in the hour]
   As per my new tactics I did not take the late drop last night....logged on just before 06:00 and took a drop for 21'K....no ad....and as with the last two days was unsuccessful at finding a table the first time around....tried all three of the lower blind tables....no joy....went off and played a few hands of "Fall Spades" and returned and this time with the briefest of delays land on a 1K/.5K table with my /usual 125K max-buy-in....and as Yogi Berra once said "It was deja vu all over again".....except for the fact that yesterday it was a 200/100 blind table....and I had no slot spins to distract me....felt like I had returned to the same lower level of the abyss except it was 5'x more expensive....the table was 7 handed and I made the 8th....never was 9.....but never less that 5 and it filled right back  up....
   The play if anything was even crazier than yesterday....very few hands were without a pre-flop raise up to and including several all-ins, one was for 225'K....pure madness....in the small blind only the 3rd hand....looking at pocket Sevens....and just hoping somebody didn't go all-in....did have to call a min-raise to play....and did....flop came: Three/Three/Seven.....dang but I didn't flop a house....I checked....big blind 2.5K....3 calls including mine...4 to the turn....a blank....check....big blind 5K raise....3 calls including mine....4 to the river....frankly I didn't care.....no 3 to a straight or flush....other than the Threes no board pair....check....big blind all-in....2 folds....and I called....about an 80K pot...but then I knew why he had pressed so hard....he had a pocket Three and flopped trips.....other than that only won two more  pots....bit nothing big....got bet a couple of times by a river card but not on a big pot....and threw away a bunch of good hole cards because I just don't like to go all-in pre-flop....but time, the blinds, and missed flops wittled down my stack.....the hour was approaching played through the blind and was gone....ergo....66 minutes played....61 hands played....64.9 seconds per hand....3 winners....1 every 20.33 hands....and yet....left with an extra 31,425.....
[16:15 UTC-4]
[On Facebook]
Fall Spades: three games played today....
1] 8 hands played...."we" 526 pts. + 6 bags.[vs]."they" 89 pts. + 9 bags + set once + 1 failed nil bid...
2] 10 hands played...."we" 535 pts. +15 bags + 2 made nil bids + 1 failed nil bid.[vs]."they" 165 pts. + 5 bags + set three times....one of the wildest run of hands I've seen.....hand 3...."they" set....hand 4...."they set....and 5....my nil made + "we" bagged [-100 pts.]....hand 6....partner's nil failed and "they" set...."we" 535 pts. + 15 bags [-100 pts.] + 2 made nil bids + 1 failed nil bid.[vs]."they" 165 pts. + 5 bags + set three times....
3] 8 hands played...."we" 515 pts. + 5 bags + set once + 1 made nil bid.[vs]."they" 309 pts. + 9 bags + set once....
[16:27 UTC-4]
[On Just Solitaire]
Clock: cleared the three games played today[40/40]....in:[00:01:24]~[00:01:21]&[00:01:17]....
Sea Towers: cleared the three games played today[52/52]....in:[00:04:14]~[00:04:28]&[00:04:59]....
Crescent: three games played to day....game one....an average/mediocre 79/104 w/ 3 of the 8 foundation piles completed....game three....a very good 95/104 w/ 5 of the 8 foundation piles completed....&....game two....a rare one indeed....104/104 with all 8 foundation piles completed....but what makes it rare was it was completed before the 3rd and final shuffle.....only done that a hand full of times....
[16:38 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]
Josephine[relaxed]: cleared all of the three games played today[104/104]....
Klondike[relaxed][double][turn 1]: cleared all of the three games played today[104/104]
Tri-Peaks[hidden]: only cleared one of the three games played today[52/52]....
[19:04 UTC-4]
[Also On Facebook]
...Recently I have  occasionally visited two "old friends"....Blackjack 21 & Video Poker Live....take some cash drops....and play a few hands....played 6 hands of Blackjack 21 today....100$/bet....3 wins/2 loses/1 push....+ a 2K spin of the wheel....Total Bank now: 625'K....Video Poker Live....scored 7 "Big Wins".....made Quads for 2'M chips....Total Bank now: 1.4 billion chips.....they remain as they were...."sleeping with the  fishes".....but I may dangle a little bait their way from time to time....
[21:08 UTC-4]
[Day"s End Poker]
Total Bank: 334.98'M / Net Gain Today: 2,005'K / Drops[6]&Roulette[2]: 1,974'K /
Table[1]: +31,425$ / Hands Played Today: 61 / Total Hands Played: 36,018 /
[[note]: 1 drop@21'K s/ad. & 5 drops@42'K w/ads. & 2 roulette spins: 1@1,680'K [w/chip] & 1@63'K]....

[15:23 UTC-4]
[+81*F.....partly cloudy....winds: southwest@14 mph....humidity: 48%....barometer: 29.57 \/ ]
   Hadn't stayed up to take the last drop....and have decided that except in the rarest of cases I will limit myself to the 8 drops/roulette spins that  my tactics usually produce....that and it's the best way to  avoid any "nonsense" from the WiFi password gremlin....
   Again with the problem of finding an open table....tried both a 2K/1K blind table and a 1K/.5K  table as well....left it alone and played a game of "Fall Spades"....again on my return no joy at either of the aforementioned table....and with a what the hey....and I'll try anything to play some Poker....and a brief delay and I found myself as the 9th player at a 200/100 blind table w/ a 25K max-buy in....makes little sense to  me....but I got my "seat'....table was 8 or 9 handed the entire time except on  hands where peeps had busted out the hand before but by the next hand the table was back up to 8 or 9....
   It's been quite awhile since I ventured down in to the trenches....and the play was even more hectic than I remember....a couple of players with around 10K hands played....and when a took a peek at another's stats she had just played her 28th hand....very few hands were played with out at least one player being all-in....and usual there were others who joined in....within the first 3 or four hands I flopped two pair....Kings & Jacks....and it held up....and later flopped an Ace high "nut flush"....had pocket Ace/Jack suited....and just before I left won a small pot on an unpaired board when the "anti-air craft fire" in the pocket won the day....[aka: pocket Aces]....the only three pots I won the entire session....but was in ultra-tight-mode....and only played premium pockets....and only even then if the "price was right"....folded a few good hands when an all-in came pre-flop....but the relatively slow place of play allowed me sometime to....I'll mention that later.....ergo....62 minutes played....57 hands played....65.3 seconds/hand....3 winners....I out of every 19 hands played....and yet took with  me an extra 26,875$ from the table and both 16 hands played & 10K+chips missions....which for the first time in along time paid off....just before sitting down to write this hit the wheel for 1,840'K....and the pace of play allowed me to use up the 45 free slot spins I had accumulated....to the tune of another 16'K added to the bank....
[15:38 UTC-4]
[On Facebook]
Fall Spades: 5 games played today....
1] 12 hands played...."we" 613 pts. + 3 bags + set twice + 2 made nil bids.[vs]."they" 470 pts. + 10 bags [-100 pts.] + set once....[12th hand "we" made nil & "they" bagged....]
2] 8 hands played...."we" 588 pts. + 8 bags.[vs]."they" 162 pts. + 2 bags + set once + 1 failed nil bid....
3] 7 hands played...."we" 506 pts. + 6 bags.[vs]."they" 357 pts. + 7 bags + set once + 2 made nil bids....[3rd hand a 14 bid  hand...."they" set]....
4] 3 hands played...."we" 194 pts. + 4 bags.{vs]."they" -200 pts. + set three times....
5] 10 hands played...."we" 625 pts. + 15 bags [-100 pts.] + 2 made nil bids.[vs]."they" -60 pts. + 10 bags [-100 pts.] + set three times + 2 failed nil bids....[10th hand....both sides had a nil bid...."we" made the bid...."they" failed the bid]....
[15:48 UTC-4]
[On Just Solitaire]
Clock: cleared 5 games today....in:[00:02:00]'[000:02:14]'[00:01:32]'[00:02:01]&[00:01:53]........
Sea Towers: cleared 5 games today....in:[00:04:51]'[00:04:59]'[00:03:41]'[00:04:16]'[00:04:19]....
Crescent: five games were played today....three were mediocre at best....the other two....96/104 w/ 7 of the 8 foundation piles completed....&....99/104 w/ 6 of the 8 foundation piles completed....
[17:32 UTC-4]
[On World of Solitaire]
Aces UP[relaxed]: failed to clear any of the three games played today[best:43/48[2x]]....
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]....
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[relaxed][double][turn 1]: cleared all of the three games played today[104/104]....
Tri-Peaks[hidden]: only cleared one of the three games played today[52/52]....
[20:49 UTC-4]
[Day's End Poker]
Total Bank: 333'M / Net Gain Today: 1,912'K / Drops[7]&Roulette[1] 1,869'K /
Table[1]&Slots[45]: + 42,675$ / Hands Played today: 57 /Total hands played: 35,737 /
[[note]: 2 drops@42'K w/ads. & 5 drops@21'K s/ads. & 1 roulette spin@1,680'K w/chip & table/slot winnings: table: 26,675$ & slots: 16,000$ /