I’m
not sure if it’s much of an improvement, but this middle week of chemo in March
has allowed a little more time at the tables than the middle week in February
did. Then again, I probably shouldn’t have played in a daze on Monday, but I
was beguiled by Barbara Sadkin’s promise that “we’ll have our usual shitty game.”
How bad could it be? Turns out it was better than usual, 52.38%, third in the A
strat in a four-table game, 0.40 of a point.
Then
I was in no shape to return until spring was in the dank, chilly air on
Saturday, the 21st, and then after I felt unaccountably good on Friday. Better
than I did on Saturday, to tell the truth. But I wanted to catch the first lessons
on bidding and playing slams and, by sticking around and playing with Paula
Salamone, I helped complete a perfect five-table Howell game – being perfect in
that you play three hands against all nine of the other pairs.
We
were far from perfect. Not even half perfect with our 45.61%. but thanks to the
miracle of stratification (anyone with fewer than 1,900 points was in the C
strat), we finished second in C in an extra-point game, earning more than I did
on Monday – 0.89 of a point.
In
the club’s March master point race, this elevated me from 19th place to 17th,
with 4.77. On top of the race is John Ziemer, with 8.11, followed by Bill
Boardman with 7.80, Ron Henrikson with 7.02, Martin Pieterese with 6.76, Jerry
Geiger with 6.38 (he’s been playing the other clubs, though), Mike Ryan (ditto)
with 6.33 and Mike Silverman with 5.72.
To my total we can add that 0.98 from St.
Catharines a few weeks ago. With extra-point games all next week and with any
luck at all, this might turn into a 10-point month.
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