May 16, 2012: High Stakes Poker & Hearts Badge Challenge

High Stakes Poker Badge Challenge

Badge
Win 5 hands with trips or better! 
Win this badge plus 2000 Tokens!

Easy breezy thanks to HiStake Poker Buddy. Check it out:

Game Difficulty: Just for fun (play against Robots)
Buddy Settings: Turn on "Never fold starting hand" and "2's wild"
Tokens: 2,200 tokens earned
Time: 18 minutes
NOTES: If you want to win tokens and not lose them, play in the "Just for fun" tab (you still win jackpot spins); badge time will vary since it's luck of the draw (pun intended).

Hearts Badge Challenge

Badge
Shoot the moon 2 times this week! 
Win this badge plus 2000 Tokens!
Wowza am I THRILLED there's now an autoplaying Heart Buddy because not only do I NOT know how to play hearts, this challenge is by no means short as seen here:

Game Difficulty: Beginner (play against robots)
Buddy Settings: Default
Tokens: 2,000 tokens earned
Time: 2 hours 48 minutes
NOTES: IMPORTANT settings here to make the game go by faster: go into a room lobby and sit at a table so you can set the "Game over score" to 25 AND "End round early..." so games end faster (default is 100!). From what I understand, 'shooting the moon' is near impossible so expect it to take a long time; guess that's why Pogo only wants us to get 2!