Bridge Blog 559: Over and under

Sometimes Alicia Kolipinski and I are terrific together. Sometimes we fall on our faces. We did both Tuesday in the double session at the Airport Bridge Club. In the morning segment, we came in third overall, second in the B strat, with a 59.41% game, an exercise in recklessness where most of my wild bids were profitable. That was good for 1.69 master points, 0.85 red. In the afternoon, however, there were no tantalizing long suits, no daring point counts. The cards were flat and so were we. Our 43.98% was next to last. Nevertheless, it put August 2012 ahead of August 2011. The month’s total now – 15.99 points, 6.90 red.