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Steve
Weinstein (who seems to win the Cavendish every year of late)
called me last month with an offer. Would I be his partner for a
New Orleans regional?
With
bridge legends Bob Hamman-Paul Soloway as part of the team, it was
hard to say no. I was also curious to see how things were going
post-Katrina.
The
city seems to be on its way back, but it was obvious how much pain
and suffering had taken place. The French Quarter is a beautiful
place to walk around, especially in May when the weather was
perfect.
But,
let's get to the bridge (and I don't mean the one we could see
from our hotel that crossed the mighty Mississippi River).
Our
team did well--probably as close to perfect without being perfect
as anyone has ever come. We won all the knockouts except for one.
What was our losing margin? Less than 1 IMP! All the matches
were handicapped. We were always spotting the other team a bunch
of IMPs. (When Paul Soloway and his 65,000 masterpoints are on
your team, you can expect to be handicapped severely.) In the
match we "lost," we actually won by 9, but were spotting
the other team 9.44. We lost by .44 of an IMP -- my closest
loss ever.
Two
deals caught my attention for various reasons.
I
label them as follows:
1)
Sorry
pard, I could have held it to 2,000
2)
A
thoughtful defensive play
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