Played
only the morning session. Not my usual regime at these things, but partner
Selina Volpatti had an early event this evening and said she couldn’t do the
afternoon game. I also had an early evening possibility that I did not want to
blow off – the Garden Walk Thank You Party from 6 to 8 p.m. in the Twentieth
Century Club (second oldest women's club in America, an E.B. Green building which I’ve long wanted to see the insides of). Plus I could pick
up my significant other from her flight home from Memphis at 3 p.m. Taking the
afternoon off would be all good.
The
morning also was all good. Failing to bid up to game on a hand in the first
round, I was inspired to aggressive auctioneering the rest of the game. Selina,
of course, is always inclined that way. Encouraged by good cards, we took bid
after bid – 18 out of 24 of them. And, yes, we bid the 6 No Trump slam,
although our top board was a hand where we made four overtricks at 1 NT (hand
record says the opponents should make 1 NT there).
The
upshot? 57.27%. First North-South in the 9½-table single session pairs game.
Third overall. 1.97 silver points. Better than we expected.
Turnout
for the first session of the tournament also was better than expected. Start of
the game was delayed so they could bring in more tables and chairs. They had 35
tables in all, thanks to a fair number of folks from St. Catharines and some
Bridge Center of Buffalo 299er folks who came to our table that I hadn’t seen
before, like Jeffrey Oshlag and Marilyn Wortzman and the Weltes, John and
Martha. Somebody remarked that it was a good thing they remembered to bring along
some extra Bridgemate electronic scoring gizmos.
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