We entered the 0 - 5000 MP Spingold with a pair from Israel (Granddad and grandson, 17 who is being mentored for the Junior Israel Team). We lost by 7 imps and someone on the team doubled 2H for -470 and 8 imp loss. This is a BIG NO-NO!
In a Regional KO we were 2nd and then faded in Pairs on Saturday and headed home after a week at the alternate hotel for $99 a night plus entry fees paid by relocating.
We used C Cubed (Copious Canape Club) with 2 new ideas:
(1) 1C - 1NT = (a) 8+ hcp & GF 5-4 or better in the majors, or (b) 4=4=4=1 or 4=4=1=4
(2) 1C - 2C = (a) 8+ hcp & GF with one or both minors, or (b) 1=4=4=4 or 4=1=4=4
Wednesday, September 9, 2009
Thursday, February 12, 2009
Raleigh Super Bowl Sectional - January 2009
After a warm up pairs game on Thursday evening, we did well with Ultra (Keylime & PrecisionL):
1st Open Pairs w 65% (winning 12 Silver MP)
1st KO I winning 10 Silver MP (leading at half of semi-final KO 61-0)
8th Swiss - We faded the last two rounds (another 2 SMP).
Slam bidding on Thursday was only 50%, much better the rest of the Sectional.
After a warm up pairs game on Thursday evening, we did well with Ultra (Keylime & PrecisionL):
1st Open Pairs w 65% (winning 12 Silver MP)
1st KO I winning 10 Silver MP (leading at half of semi-final KO 61-0)
8th Swiss - We faded the last two rounds (another 2 SMP).
Slam bidding on Thursday was only 50%, much better the rest of the Sectional.
Wednesday, September 12, 2007
Nashville 2007 NABC
Nashville 7/23/07
We took a 6-man team to the 0-5000 Spingold KO with high hopes. We played 3/4 sessions and always drew their top pair who were a little obnoxious, #4 seed. We lost by 6 imps. Ultra did well, no missed slams.
Then we played the NABC Open Pairs. 52 Pairs Qualified to the finals we were #52, but our section had more than 50% Qualifiers, so someone with a lower score than us were an at-large qualifier in our place.
The good news: we got to play with friends from Knoxville and won 20 Gold Points, but missed getting a Blue Ribbon Qualification for Dwayne. I have 16 blue and 7 red.
Larry
We took a 6-man team to the 0-5000 Spingold KO with high hopes. We played 3/4 sessions and always drew their top pair who were a little obnoxious, #4 seed. We lost by 6 imps. Ultra did well, no missed slams.
Then we played the NABC Open Pairs. 52 Pairs Qualified to the finals we were #52, but our section had more than 50% Qualifiers, so someone with a lower score than us were an at-large qualifier in our place.
The good news: we got to play with friends from Knoxville and won 20 Gold Points, but missed getting a Blue Ribbon Qualification for Dwayne. I have 16 blue and 7 red.
Larry
Sunday, January 21, 2007
Favorite Strong Club System
After Dwayne and I combined ideas to from a new partnership earlier this year, we discovered that some of our ideas were similar to Sabine Auken's system as described in her book: "I Love This Game." We call our version The ULTRA CLUB. We maintain the 'living document' on Google's "Docs & Spreadsheets" web pages.
The Precision Club was not a new idea by C. C. Wei, a similar system was described in Margery Burns' book "The Nottingham System of Contract Bridge," 1954, 1959, 1969. I played this version at the Nottingham Bridge Club in England, in 1999. In 1963 a private publication in Memphis, TN, USA was the TRI-S System combining Schenken's ideas (similar to the Vanderbilt Club Convention) with Sheinwold's (and Kaplan's) weak NT and 5-card majors. I don't remember the other S to complete the Tri-S System.
Larry
The Precision Club was not a new idea by C. C. Wei, a similar system was described in Margery Burns' book "The Nottingham System of Contract Bridge," 1954, 1959, 1969. I played this version at the Nottingham Bridge Club in England, in 1999. In 1963 a private publication in Memphis, TN, USA was the TRI-S System combining Schenken's ideas (similar to the Vanderbilt Club Convention) with Sheinwold's (and Kaplan's) weak NT and 5-card majors. I don't remember the other S to complete the Tri-S System.
Larry
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