Bridge Blog 1157: Bragging rights

I didn't want to prolong the conversation with the American customs guy at the Lewiston-Queenston Bridge on Friday afternoon – after all, I'd waited a @*#^&! hour in line to get there – but when he asked if there was money involved in my bridge game in Niagara-on-the-Lake, I was tempted to elaborate about how, no, it was just for master points and bragging rights. 

On this particular Friday, though, there was plenty to brag about. My Canadian partner Selina Volpatti and I had our finest game in a long, long time, maybe our best ever – 68.15% with eight top boards –  and collected 1.47 of those black master points, ending a month-long drought. Too bad we weren't this sharp a week earlier, when the winners were getting gold points.