I asked myself that
question all weekend. Just 0.06 of a point shy of 2,200 master points, I failed
to pass that milestone Friday and again Saturday.
On the first four
boards Friday, in St. Catharines, Ont., Selina Volpatti and I blew it and we
knew it. Had we simply avoided our early mistakes and achieved average boards,
we would have had a better-than-50% game and a milestone-passing quarter of a
point, according to my review of the hands online that night.
On Saturday, it was
over before it started. With a hair appointment running late, I arrived at the
end of the first round to hear partner Burt Freiman confess that he was
over-bidding when club manager Bill Finkelstein sat in for me. Burt was unable
to correct it and I was unable to overcome whatever else came along. We barely
made 40%. Dead last.
Nevertheless, when I checked
the Airport Bridge Club master point race for May after Saturday's game, it
showed me with 8.07 for the month, not the 7.97 that I tallied up. Math error?
Belated recalculation? Who knew?
To erase all doubt,
what I needed was another trip to the winners' circle. Happily, that happened
Monday with Marilyn Sultz, confirmed with 20 out of a possible 21 match points in the final round, lifting us to
second East-West with 55.10%. 1.17 points. So there!
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