Archive for October, 2009

busy, busy

Sorry to leave you hanging last time. At my table the bidding was much easier, because Stan opened 1S holding something like Qxxxx / Qxx / Kx / AKx. I’ll check the hand record when I get home this evening. We got to a great 6H and were, at the time I misplayed it the [...]

Published by stacy on October 15th, 2009 tagged Bridge | 3 Comments »

can i give you a hand?

Stan and I are still playing most Wednesday mornings.  Poor Steamer has had to put up with a lot of my worst bridge — not only inexpert, but occasionally cranky and snappish.  I’ve been determined to turn it around lately, so when we sat down this week I tried extra hard to be a cheerful [...]

Published by stacy on October 9th, 2009 tagged Bidding & Play Problems, Bridge | 9 Comments »

by nature competitive

I just got back from the Naples regional where Disa and I played three sessions a day of getting-acquainted pairs. We met a million super nice people, laughed until we all cried with Bunny and Cherry, and ran into a woman who announced that it didn’t matter what she and her partner did; since [...]

Published by stacy on October 4th, 2009 tagged Bridge | 6 Comments »