Bridge Blog 970: TWTWTW Aug. 21 to Aug. 26 (augmented)

Monday: Art Matthies and I click again. 53.01%. Third in the A strat, first in B. 2.36 points.

Tuesday: A near miss with Usha Khurana. 50.55%.

Wednesday: Uptick with June Feuerstein, who's fun as usual. 55.66%, but it doesn't get our names in the paper. Sixth in the A strat, fourth in B. 0.94 of a point.

Partner June Feuerstein brightens a fairly miserable 46.06% game a week later by recalling the takeout double that I left in place during this session. The contract was 2 Spades doubled vulnerable. Plus 800. Top board. Here's the deal:

Board 22. East is dealer. East-west vulnerable.

East (Joyce Greenspan)

Spades: K-J-10-9-7-3; Hearts: K-9-5-2; Diamonds: 7-4; Clubs: 8.

South (June)

Spades: void; Hearts: A-Q-8-3; Diamonds: A-Q-9-8-3; Clubs: J-10-3-2.

West (Sandi England)

Spades: Q-8; Hearts: J-7-6-4; Diamonds: 5-2; Clubs: K-Q-9-7-5.

North (moi)

Spades: A-6-5-4-2; Hearts: 10; Diamonds: K-J-10-6; Clubs: A-6-4.

Did Joyce pre-empt 2 Spades? Don't remember, but I think she did, prompting June's double after two passes. Do I have a bid? Diamonds. Hand record says it will make 6 Diamonds, but nobody goes there and we wouldn't either.

June's lead is Jack of Clubs. Playing in Spades, our obvious tricks are two Diamonds, a Club, a Heart and a Spade, right off the top. The rest are ruffs. Joyce thinks she could have held it to down two, but hand record says we deserved eight tricks.   

Thursday and Friday: Adventuring in Cleveland. Indians vs. Red Sox Thursday night, Cleveland Botanical Gardens Friday afternoon, Donald Fagen from Steely Dan with his hot young band, the Nightflies, on Friday night in the Hard Rock Rocksino in nearby Northfield.

Saturday: Seriously sleep-deprived session after a hair appointment at 9 a.m. Nevertheless, it's my best game of the week, thanks in no small part to club master point race leader Denise Slattery. 61.51%. Second overall, first in B, in a four-table Howell game. 1.97 points.

Total for the week: 5.27. Month's tally to date in the Airport Bridge Club shows me with 14.91. Add the 0.75 from the Unit 116 Picnic and 0.49 from the St. Catharines club and I'm safely beyond my 15-point goal. Whew!