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.
Board 22. East is dealer. East-west vulnerable.
East (Joyce Greenspan)
South (June)
West (Sandi England)
North (moi)
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!
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