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#1 Post by Bob78164 » Wed Aug 12, 2015 10:01 am

Partner and I both made a bunch of mistakes yesterday but we still managed to squeak into the overalls of the regional pair game we played yesterday. Different partner today and my first national event of the tournament. Gotta play better or we won't make it to the second day. --Bob
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#2 Post by Bob78164 » Thu Aug 13, 2015 1:06 am

We had a very nice first session today. It was one of those rounds where everyone chose our table to have their disaster. Our 61% game was good enough for first across four sections, virtually doubling my lifetime total of platinum points. We fell off in the evening session, scoring a hair below average, but still qualified very comfortably. So for the first time in my life, I'm gonna get to play the last day of an open national event.

Wish us luck (preferably the good variety)! --Bob
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#3 Post by Bob Juch » Thu Aug 13, 2015 9:11 am

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#4 Post by Bob78164 » Fri Aug 14, 2015 5:32 pm

Finished the first final session a little above average for a section scratch, but a little below average in the evening to finish about half a board out of the overall awards. Not a bad showing for my first time in the last day of an open national event, but I did hope for better after our fast start Wednesday.

Today I'm playing the first day of the three-day Open Swiss Teams. We're sitting a fraction of a victory point below average at the break with half the field qualifying for the second day, so we need to pick up the pace a bit. --Bob
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#5 Post by Bob78164 » Sat Aug 15, 2015 1:13 am

Bob78164 wrote:Finished the first final session a little above average for a section scratch, but a little below average in the evening to finish about half a board out of the overall awards. Not a bad showing for my first time in the last day of an open national event, but I did hope for better after our fast start Wednesday.

Today I'm playing the first day of the three-day Open Swiss Teams. We're sitting a fraction of a victory point below average at the break with half the field qualifying for the second day, so we need to pick up the pace a bit. --Bob
We were sitting quite comfortably with two rounds to go, and even after losing our penultimate match, we still only needed no worse than a moderate loss. Unfortunately, we were blown out so we're out of the event and I've collected my last platinum points for the tournament. We'll try a regionally rated knockout teams event today and (we hope) tomorrow. If we don't get past the first two rounds, we join the throng in the last-day Swiss. --Bob
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#6 Post by Bob78164 » Sun Aug 16, 2015 6:04 pm

Didn't play very well yesterday. Managed to reach the low overalls in Stratum X today. All in all, a little under 30 points for the tournament. I'll confess I'd hoped for better but tomorrow is another day. --Bob
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#7 Post by Bob78164 » Mon Aug 17, 2015 7:09 pm

Back home in time for STAC week. --Bob
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#8 Post by earendel » Tue Aug 18, 2015 6:00 am

And in other bridge news, the I-65 bridge over Wildcat Creek near Lafayette, IN, will be closed until mid-September.
http://www.indystar.com/story/news/2015 ... /31780931/
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