Ali Baba Slots™ – Genie Love Badge
Earn 3400 tokens this week!
Jungle Gin – Swingin’ Tiki Badge
Win 32 hands of Oklahoma Gin this week! (Make sure the ‘Oklahoma Gin’ option is selected)
Our 2012 weekly albums are not displaying the proper badge totals. While it’s unnerving to see the incorrect totals (such as 7/8), you still have all of your badges and it will be resolved in early February.
Play with Friends
If you’d like to meet up to earn these badges, play in Temporary Members Room 50030 or in a room that starts with B or H. Wear a badge that looks like a “B” to identify yourself and don’t forget to say hi!
Share your thoughts, hints, and tips on these badges in a comment below. Good luck with your badges this week!
Phil says
i have a tip for Ali Bore Bore slots (Well thats what i call it lol)
watch tv or put some music on and just keep clicking
StOrMyEyEs2 says
LOL @ Phil,
So true – at least my brain won’t be overworked!! I think they might take a bit of time to finish – just means more coffee and friends to make.
Good luck everyone 🙂
jinty55 says
think i will have to pass jungle gin, just cannot get the hang of this game as much i have tried .Good luck all
dottiedeedee says
Jungle Gin will not allow me to knock. Yes, I have it set for Oklahoma. But even when I have less than the required amount for the hand the game refuses the knock.
Anyone else having this problem?
dottiedeedee says
I found out what the problem was. Somehow my options were set to making the ace optional from high to low — and deadwood points automatically make it a 15. I had never used this option in all my previous games, had never set the options to include it, and do not know how it somehow became selected.
My mistake!
Good luck, all
Talli says
How do you pick the oklahoma option. It won’t let me click it.
Susan says
First and foremost Gin sucks.. Have always hated it and hate it just as much today as always.
Ali Baba wins this week even before i start the badge.
~*~Bobbi~*~ bjvs1118 says
I’m not really very good at Jungle Gin, & I always 4get, Oklahoma ? Is that where you have 5-4-3-or2 points & your opponent goes out with 6 or above? & is the *Underknock* you Oppenent 10xs a good one to activate with this weekly?
(I will check back later – not many comments) ev1 must b in Ali Baba!
speaking of Ali Baba ……zzzZZZZzzzzzZZZZZZzzzzzz!!! lol! I got it, but it was slow going (((2 HOURS!!!))) didnt even activate J/Gin yet !
WilliamPorygon says
I’m with you there Susan… I’d rather play just about anything instead of Gin. And when they retired premium albums recently I bought three of them, ALL of which contain a gin badge… ugh. I guess I can try and get those out of the way along with the weekly, at least. -_-
WilliamPorygon says
#8 bobbi – in Oklahoma gin the first face up card at the start of a hand determines the minimum you can knock with for that hand. So if the face up card is a 5, for example, you’d have to have 5 points or less to knock on that hand. Also if the starting up card is a spade, then the round is worth double points.
HoneyImHome116 says
If anyone needs help getting the Jungle Jin badge just drop me a line thru Pogo email. I am available tonight after 7pm EST.
Cheryl
msgoof6 says
got the Ali Baba in 22 mins.
We only have to win 32 hands not 32 GAMES. This is not so bad.
starrynight says
I recommend those that are having a hard time at Jungle Gin really give it another chance, it’s really a fun game and a lot easier to learn than other Pogo card games.
All you need to do is get your cards into 2 different kinds of groups: Group 1: All of the same card (i.e. all Kings, all 7’s, etc…) or Group 2: Numerical order (i.e. 2,3,4 or 10, J, Q, K). The only rule is you need at least 3 cards to each “group”, so if you have 2 Kings, you need to try and get at least one more. Once you have a “group” that “group” is valued at zero. Then whatever you have left over in your hand that doesn’t belong to a “group” is the value of your hand.
For example, let’s say you have a “group” of 3 Queens, a “group” of 5, 6, 7, 8, and you have an Ace, a 2, and a 4 left over that don’t fit into any “group”, then those are the value of your hand (which equals 7). So your “knock” value is 7.
I really hope that helps, I’d be happy to answer any questions on here that anyone has. Jungle Gin is really fun and gets pretty addictive! 🙂 Good luck everyone!
TomT says
Happy Badge Day, everyone!
For those interested in doubling up in Jungle Gin there are weeklies from 2008 & 2006 which are also to win hands in Oklahoma Gin (28 & 35 hands, respectively).
Since the goal is to win hands, when I play a bot I like to set the Aces as low only so they’re only worth 1 point and that makes it easier to knock which I try to do as soon as possible because the bot usually will as well.
You may only earn a few gin points but the goal for the badge is hands and not matches.
For Ali-Baba you can double up with any of the other weeklies. This is also the type of mindless game for which I like to bring up one of the flash-n-box games (the ones without chat) to play at the same time.
Good luck, everyone, and have fun!
-Tom
starrynight says
Oops – I made a mistake in my example, lol. You can actually use that leftover “4” in your group of “5,6,7,8” – so your actual left over value with the Ace and the 2 will be 3. Hope that makes sense! 🙂
pastorpapabear says
For ABS, make sure you click “Bet Max” in order to expedite the badge.
In JG, I have found some rooms the bot always wins while other times, I always win. It never seems to be a 50/50. My suggestion, if you’re just never winning, change rooms. Also, I don’t know if it is true or not, but the beginner tab is where I seem to have the most luck.
okladyplayer says
Im ranked out in Gin, would be glad to lose to anybody. I can set up the table and help you win. 🙂
shygirlornot says
LOL @ phil
well i love jungle gin but i work and i don’t know how to play Oklahoma Gin, so maybe ill get some help this week. good luck to all and happy badge day!
sherry 🙂
dj5lee says
This is a love/hate challenge week for me – love Jungle Gin, hate Ali Baba slots LOL Good luck everyone
swirrrly says
Gin is actually quite an easy game…. you either match your cards by a run in the same suit, or by face value. You need at least 3 cards in either. I always play Oklahoma so this is a cinch for me. It just means that the first card in the throw away pile determines the knock limit and if it is a spade the points are doubled.
Never click the play now button you cannot change the settings doing this. Go into a room to pick your table. Choose Oklahoma, Aces Low only and 100 point game. Whether you want to play bots only or allow someone to join is completely a personal choice. Also choose the seat on the bottom this will get you computer 1 as your opponent… who is not quite as “smart” as computer 2… who sits in the bottom chair 🙂
ampehl says
Got the ali slots one was lucky to get a jps for 1000 & rubies twice so 500 each took about 40 mins also set a badge for get 3 blue sapphires, twice, in 2 weeks which I have activated so many times just can’t get them *sigh*
On Jungle Gin I find that I play on beginner tab w/bots , the bots will discard higher cards so I hang on to my aces, kings, queens. the bots also seem to knock a lot with the max # of what you can knock for ex if it is 10 they will knock if they have 9 so I usually win because I have less in my hand. I love this game so if anyone wants to play look for me or message me on pogo. I don’t mind losing so you can get your badge or we can switch back & forth you win, I win , you win, I win LOL -sn is ampehl. Have a great day!!!!
msgoof6 says
Just finished the jungle gin Just shy of 2 hours.
I didn’t play to get the gin or to win the game. I concentrated on getting 7 cards (which is the minimum to knock) and then collecting cards that would equal whatever the knock value is. I played against the computer.
Hope this helps.
jigsawing says
Got a 3oo spin, 2 red rubies, and 4 3-coiners in slots. The rest of it was amassed one coin at a time. Ugh.
Played bots in Gin for almost 3 hours. But, got the badges. Don’t mind either game, but not much fun this week.
pastorpapabear says
ABS: It took me 324 games to get the badge, won only 70.
Best game: 500
Jackpot spin: 500
kitfoo3 says
Quick tip for jungle gin, this week. Hit the KNOCK button, even if U R going to go gin–U will get credit for the knock.
GenieBn2 says
And jinty55 #3, I would be happy to help you with jungle gin. Send me a pogomail and we can get it together if you like
Kate says
For Gin- don’t even have to knock.. going gin is giving me credit for my badge 🙂 Don’t know if its the same for everyone else though.
rabbitandkitty says
enjoyed this challenge as i love playing gin.good thing is u can get gin and it counts .only took me 1 hr 20 mins went quite fast,if u get a bot giving u a hard time just come off table and pick another.aliba went fast too so nice challenges this week.
rabbitandkitty says
i forgot a good tip is always look at the following wks challenges cause some u can work on few days b4 those challenges start ie get halos in case u need to use halos in hogs,wcs work it so u need one game to win to do world trip,ali baba and sock slots play it so u get to almost the end so if challenge require u get tokies u close to getting bonus at end.most games u can work on b4 challenges to get them in a certain position b4 the following wks challenges it sure does help.
popcornlady says
OMG that okie gin! i conqured that mountain 2x today for 2 accounts! i dont think i can do any moe of it.
1st one was a breeze. same for ali challenge. i got a 5k spin in jp that was all she wrote i was done!
the second time through was a major undertaking!
westsidegal71 says
I am unable to choose Oklahoma setting in the options. Does anyone know how to get around this?
Sweetness6645 says
Is anyone having the problem of losing progress?
Last week, I had this problem.
I activated a Pay Day badge to win 15 games, I had 4 won and it said so, now when I got home today it was back to zero.
Same thing with the Ali Baba badge, I had won some tokens and it crashed and set me back to zero tokens won.
cookiepress says
anybody know what the deal is with the weekly challenge on word whomp?
If you don’t take it this week, will it still be available next week?
I accidentally clicked on it and the second personal I chose was replaced by it.
I looked in POGO News and couldn’t find anything
starrynight says
@ westsidegal – You cannot change Jungle Gin options if you select “Play Now” or “Play With Robots” to enter a room. You MUST go to the Jungle Gin page, click on a room from the room list, and a box will pop up showing you “tables” that you can play at. Find an empty table (it will be green) and select “Play” next to the open seat. Once you select “Play”, another box will pop up where you can select your “Options”. Select the “Oklahoma Gin” option and set any other options that you want, and click “Play” at the bottom. Then your game should pop up and it will be Oklahoma Gin. Hope this helps! 🙂
@ cookiepress – I’m confused about the Word Whomp badge you are mentioning. Is this a personal badge you mean? If so, you can always de-activate and re-activate a different badge if it’s a personal. Just go to the Weekly Badges list and click “Activate” next to the one you want. It will ask you which badge you want to “de-activate”, and just select it. The badge that you want will replace that one.
RyzandShyn says
TomT – #14 and msgoof6 -#22
thanks for your tips….I read them and suddenly had a lightbulb moment!
I’ve been frustrated with the Jungle Gin badges that required “underknocking” to win. Everything I thought of to make it easier failed. Your tips gave me an idea and off I went, winning easily.
Set the aces to 1, played the bots, got 7 cards, used the rest to get under the knock limit….bot knocked high and I won!!
Thanks!
Bill says
I think they fixed a couple other things, with the Badge Total problem for 2012 Album. I looked at my badges and the 2 most recent badges seem to have come from nowhere. I probably had not gotten a badge or 2 for completing Mix-N-Match Albums. I wish there was a way to see what the badge was for.