Friday, October 30, 2015

Knoxville Fall Sectional
November 2015


Dwayne and I are will be unveiling our new Strong Club System: Mosca (after Carlo, inventor of Fantunes)

Knoxville Summer Sectional,
June, 2015


Results:

1st 41.28 SMP, Larry Lowell, Knoxville, TN
2nd 30.14 SMP Polly Hicks (Occasional partner)
3rd 30.10 SMP Charlotte Rueschenberg, Birmingham, AL (My partner for most of this Sectional)

I played mostly 2/1 G.F. in this sectional.
My best Sectional ever!

Wednesday, April 22, 2015

Gatlingburg Regional
April 2015


Under average results: 30.26 MP

Monday A/X SWISS 3A 9.6 Gold
Carl Berenbaum, Elkins Park PA; Barbara Kepple, West Chester PA; Larry Lowell Jr, Knoxville TN; Charlotte Rueschenberg, Birmingham AL

3rd/4th KO 4 13.1 Gold
O. Gordon Lien III, Augusta GA; Sandra Wirtz, Lecanto FL; Larry Lowell Jr, Knoxville TN; Nicolas Hammond, Marietta GA

1A/3AO Side Pairs: Donald Gardner, 60.6% 3.85 Gold

Saturday Side Pairs: Jeffrey Chapman, Hopkinsville KY 56.4% 1.03 Red
Played a Fantunes like system:
1 Club = 17+ HCP, 1 Diamond = 14-16 HCP (no 5M), 1M = 14-16 HCP, 1NT = 11-13 HCP, 2 of a suit = 8-13 HCP

Sunday SWISS: 0.88 MP,
264 - Larry Lowell Jr, Knoxville, TN; Mike Ma, Cincinnati OH; Stephen Moese, West Chester OH; Anton Habash, Oxford OH

Thursday, April 9, 2015

Chattanooga Sectional March 2015


Fred and I did better with each session, 18.8 SMP Total

Sat Aft Open Pairs - 16.5 Tables / Based on 27 Tables:
1 Larry Lowell Jr - Geo. Fred Williams III, Knoxville TN: 64.96% 8.5 MP

Friday, February 20, 2015

Pigeon Forge Sectional - Jan 2015


This is the first Sectional in several years that I did not win a FIRST OVERALL in pairs :<(

Played a lot of KOs ... 10.6 MP
and a 2nd in Compact KO with Charlotte playing 2/1 G.F.

Friday, October 31, 2014

Augusta Regional October 2014


Day One: Knocking the Rust Off: 6A Section Open Pairs

Dwayne and I have progressed to Precision Lite, our reduced memory load of Transfer Precision. We use Exclusion Positive Responses to ONE CLUB.

1 Heart = a 5-card BLACK Suit
1 Spade = a 5-card RED Suit
1 NT = Majors (5-4/6-4) or any 5-5 hand
2 Clubs = Balanced 12+
2 Diamonds = Balanced 8-11 (Rodwell Design)
2 Hearts = 3-suited with a 5-cd minor: 5440
2 Spades = 3-Suited: 4441
2NT & Up = Semi-solid or better single suited 6+ cards
3 Spades = AKQxxxx and extra A or K
3 NT = AKQxxxx and no extra Controls

Monday, April 28, 2014

Gatlinburg 2014 Regional: Back to the future with 2/1 Game Forcing?


I played with FIVE different partners this past week and won 42 ACBL Master Points, 30 Gold!

Where are the Precision partners? My local partners were unavailable and Dwayne has a career now in Miami. :<)

KO win, 22 Gold playing with Peg (partner) and the MoTown Minors with Brian and Bill.
KO 3/4th 7 Gold playing with Charlotte (Miss April on BBO) with pick-up teammates including a UVA Student.
2A/6A Overall Pair Game with Charlotte 61%
3A/6A Overall Pair Game with Don 60%

Miscellaneous Pair Game scratches, but not overall award.