Bridge Blog 1048: M.I.A.

All partner June Feuerstein wants to do is make a quick trip to the ladies’ room before the final round in Wednesday’s game at the Airport Bridge Club. But she’s late coming back.

A guy I always see smoking outside the building comes in and talks with director Bill Finkelstein. He summons Bob Kaprove, who’s a doctor. Brian Block, also a doctor, leaves his table and goes, too.

June doesn’t come back. Bob says later she fell, maybe tripped, and broke her nose. Poor June. She’s taken to a hospital. The game goes on, with Bill sitting opposite me for the final four hands.

They turn out to be very good hands. Out of a possible 24 match points, we get 17. That raises the final score to 54.52%, third overall, yielding 1.40 points. Total for the month at the club now stands at 8.86, second only to the unstoppable Alan Greer.