Bridge Blog 1168-B: St. Catharines Regional Part IV

I'm amazed to discover that my fortunes were more fortunate at the Niagara Regional Tournament than most other Buffalo players. Nothing on the scale of Jay Levy, of course, who took home 38 points, or Saleh Fetouh, who pocketed 28.51. But there I am, third among the Buffalonians with my 9.35, tied for 161st overall. Jay was 30th, Saleh was tied for 61st. 

The sharks -- the professional players -- led the pack. On top was a pair Selina and I faced on Thursday, Radu Nistor and Michael Gamble. They took away 119.06 points -- 29.31 from winning open pairs on Tuesday, 6.51 coming in eighth in Wednesday open pairs, 23.57 from missing first place by a fraction in Thursday open pairs, 29.31 from a win in Friday open pairs and 29.31 again from a Saturday win. Apparently they didn't stick around for Sunday. 

The other sharks who chomped on us Thursday -- Jacob Morgan and the mysterious R. Muggia -- wound up further down the list, tied for 23rd with 47.95 points. A few people I see often at the Bridge Center of Niagara -- John Stevens, Danny Ioannidis and Jane Jennings -- finished ahead of them.