The 2007 Spring NABC was in St. Louis. After the qualifying round of the Open Swiss on the last Saturday, my friend Rick Kaye came to me to tell me a story about the terrible pairings he had gotten that day. I told him the below story and he has been telling me that I… Continue reading BRIDGE: The Qualifying Round from Hell
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Posts involving the game of Contract Bridge
BRIDGE: Cleveland Regional
For the past 10-12 years or so, Memorial Day weekend has meant the Cleveland Regional for me. It’s relatively close with a good selection of cheap hotels and some great hospitality. On top of that, the tournament has typically been good to me. The weekend (Sat-Mon) schedule is traditionally a Saturday-Sunday KO, a Saturday-Sunday morning… Continue reading BRIDGE: Cleveland Regional
BRIDGE: Hirschman KO
Saturday was the 16th(!) Dan Hirschman Youngest Life Master Party and KO Event which commemorates the time that Dan (or Danny, as we all knew him back then) became the ACBL’s youngest ever life master as a 10-year-old back in 1995. Marty Hirschman and Marcy Abramson were, as always, gracious hosts to more than 80… Continue reading BRIDGE: Hirschman KO
BOOK REVIEW: “The Mysterious Multi” by Mark Horton and Jan Van Cleeff
Finally a book for ACBL-land about the Multi 2♦ bid. Multi is not allowed in most ACBL competitions because it is considered too esoteric for club-level players to effectively defend against. In Europe however, it is a very common convention. One can only hope that this book will start a movement in North America to… Continue reading BOOK REVIEW: “The Mysterious Multi” by Mark Horton and Jan Van Cleeff
Irony, thy name is Bridge
I love the Grand National Teams (GNT) event. It probably has something to do with the fact that I have experienced a lot of success in the event. Between District 8 (Illinois without Chicago) and District 12 (Michigan), I have three district wins in flight C (non Life Master), two in flight B (0-2000 masterpoints)… Continue reading Irony, thy name is Bridge
Reno NABC – If this is the Open Swiss, then it must be Saturday
Back posting from Reno. After a couple of days at a national, you enter a bit of a bubble. As I mentioned in a previous post, you have over 3,000 people confined to a single space where bridge is the one and only topic. All day long, anywhere you go in the hotel, including the… Continue reading Reno NABC – If this is the Open Swiss, then it must be Saturday
Reno NABC – Day 2
Day 1 of the Vanderbilt – The Vanderbilt started with 88 teams. In order to reduce the fields to exactly 64 teams for today, the format was that the top 2 seeds got a bye directly into the round of 64. The next five seeds played the lowest five seeds in head-to-head matches with the… Continue reading Reno NABC – Day 2
Reno NABC – Day 1
A post from Day 1 at the Reno NABC
Apropos of Mark 