We can dream of silver
points in the STaC, the Sectional Tournament at the Clubs, but unless we have a
60% game or better and rank well on the district level, we won't get too many
of them.
The first two days of
the District 5 Winter STaC have yielded only slivers of silver. Fortunately,
the 0.56 of a point that Denise Slattery and I earned with a 51.49% game Monday
morning was enough to lift her up to NABC Master, since she needed only 0.51.
The afternoon, however, was a 44.44% letdown.
Dotty May said Monday
she had to go to a funeral Tuesday, so Paul Zittel picked me up on the rebound.
Paul and I have hardly ever played together, but he has a happy-go-lucky
approach to things which is easy to take.
The morning session,
however, was more happy than lucky, even though we were taking most of the bids.
46.13%. Had we capitalized on two underbid hands, however, we might have topped
50%. The afternoon found us mostly on defense. Paul played no hands at all.
Still, we notched 55.83%, first in the B strat east-west, for 0.92 of a point
in the club, then an upgrade on the district level to 1.11 points, where we were third in B. Most anybody
earned on a district level in open games Tuesday afternoon was an even 3
points.
How have I done in
previous STaCs? Here's a quick check of the past few years:
Spring 2017 – 8.07.
Winter 2016 – 9.74.
Spring 2016 – 11.57.
Winter 2015 – 7.77.
Spring 2015 –
hospitalized.
Winter 2014 – 3.88.
Spring 2014 – 11.20.
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