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justin’s back!
Check it out. Welcome back, Justin.
Published by stacy on March 29th, 2009 tagged Bridge | 1 Comment »
my better halves, reprise
George won the Vanderbilt, did you hear? With teammates Bobby Levin, Steve Weinstein, Walid el Ahmady and Tarek Sadek, he and Ralph plowed through a tough international field to capture the Spring NABC’s top title. It was an especially sweet win for George, who went into last weekend’s final against John Diamond with a perfect [...]
Published by stacy on March 25th, 2009 tagged Bridge | 8 Comments »
what a weenie
We started the Women’s Pairs this afternoon, Judi and I had a pretty good game and snuck into the top ten after the first session. Tonight’s boards kicked my butt, big time. Look what a weenie I was: I picked up KQ7 / J / A4 / AKQJT52, vulnerable against not. [...]
Published by stacy on March 20th, 2009 tagged Bridge | 4 Comments »
finally, a hand (or two)
Days like today are exactly why I undertook the study of bridge a few years back — I wanted to be able to sit down for an afternoon with a girlfriend and have a really nice time playing bridge. Grace and I decided to play a one-session side game this afternoon; we filled out [...]
Published by stacy on March 17th, 2009 tagged Bridge | 8 Comments »
mixing it up
I’m sitting out the mixed pairs, which starts later today in Houston. The mixed is one of those events that’s hard for the really good players to plan, since being available to enter it means failure in an early Vanderbilt round. There are always a couple of Vanderbilt upsets: Swedish superstars Fredrik Nystrom, Peter Bertheau, [...]