Monday, September 4, 2017

Bridge Blog 972: TWTWTW Aug. 28 to Sept. 2

Monday: Another down day. Poor partner, which is Art Matthies. 43.88%.
Tuesday: Can I find winning ways with Usha Khurana and fatten my point count for August in the waning days of the month? Not when the two of us are making such grievous mistakes. 44.71%.
Wednesday: Always a good time with June Feuerstein, but not always a good game. Nevertheless, better than both of us expected. 46.06%.
Thursday: Last chance to improve August with Marietta Kalman. But we don’t. 49.11%. Finish the month with 14.91 points at the Airport Club, plus 0.75 at the Unit Picnic and 0.49 in St. Catharines.
Friday: New month begins in St. Catharines with Selina Volpatti. Our usual aggressive game pays off in a 20-table competition. 58.32%. Third overall. 0.84 of a point.
Saturday: Airport Bridge Club August master point race winner Denise Slattery carries her magic into the new month, despite three major errors on my part that give us bottom boards – blowing a makeable 3 No Trump contract, failing to even bid game on a hand that takes 12 tricks and … can’t think of the other one. Still we come in with 61.73% in a four-table Howell. Second overall, first in the B and C strats. 1.66 points.
Are my hands way below par (i.e. average of 10 points) in the back-and-forth switch from North-South to East-West in the Howell movement? Seems that way. Let’s check. Yep, 8.74, but not as bad as I thought.


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