It is with great sadness that I report to you that Jim Waggener passed away this morning. I’ll miss him.
It is with great sadness that I report to you that Jim Waggener passed away this morning. I’ll miss him.
Wow! Felt like I was playing in the Blue Ribbon Pairs today the way all the NS pairs we played against were beating us up!
Well done!!
I don’t recommend this, but since a number of you have asked me about the Montreal Relay System, so here’s a link that can get you started.
Lately, there have been a number of people opening 1NT with a lot more points than they’re supposed to have. This really isn’t legal. Basically, you’re allowed a one point discrepancy beyond your advertised range (so, if you have a bad 18 and your range is 15-17, then you can devalue the hand and open it 1NT). Anything beyond that, and you’re not legal. While it is acceptable to mistakenly miscount your points, it isn’t acceptable to repeatedly open 1NT with 20 high card points. Talk this over with your partners and make sure you understand this. Besides the fact that it’s bad bridge, if you do it at a tournament there’s a good chance you’ll be penalized.
Seems like I can’t have a seesion where I don’t have at least one big negative number. This Wednesday it was Jean Scoggins and Dorothy Kennedy who set me 1100 in 5 Diamonds doubled…NOT vulnerable. The good news — it was a great sacrifice against their grand slam in clubs. The bad news — NOBODY bid the grand slam!!!! And this was the FIRST HAND OF THE DAY! Linda (who made the 5 diamond bid) asked me why I went down so many. I had no response.
Don’t forget that Friday Feb 13 we’ll be playing at noon at the AmericInn. We’ll get this Friday thing figured out as soon as we can.
Well, there were a lot of comments both positive and negative about AmericInn as a playing site for our Friday game.
Whether we end up there or not, we want to thank the AmericInn for offering us the opportunity to use the site. Next time I want to unload a relative, I’m sending them to the AmericInn.
Betty and Barbara went to the OK City sectional last weekend and earned enough Silver points for Barbara to attain the next level on the ACBL ranking scale. Congrats, Barbara!
Congratulations to Julie Patterson who recently achieved the rank of Bronze Life Master.
Way to go, Julie!
Extra, Extra, Extra!!! Our Sectional Tournament will be held March 7 & 8 at the Catholic Church. Click the link to see the schedule.
