Milestones
Jul. 4th, 2008 04:30 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
jianantonicI'm still in a bit of a state of euphoric shock over this. Just google the names that follow to see what a huge deal this is.
This morning, we were in the semis of a Bracket I compact KO. We drew a team that beat us soundly in Wednesday's Swiss. Incidentally, this is also a team with one of McKenzie's least favorite people. We decided to sit opposite LFP and his partner, who seemed perfectly cool but is of course a douche by association. I mean, he was nice, but anyone who calls a dillhole like this guy a friend must be a dillhole himself, even if he keeps it under wraps. But ostensibly, he was cool. Anyway.
We beat them by 8. I was playing very well and it was one of my proudest wins to date. Then we drew Eric Rodwell, Jeff Meckstroth, Curtis Cheek, and their client in the final. These three men are world champions many times over, and their client is no slouch. We had good results all throughout, and I felt really good about our chances. I sat over Curtis and Z was over the client. Meckstroth was in my seat and Rodwell in McKenzie's. The client was playing solidly, but we kept racking up plus scores, mostly from setting them in games. My favorite hand was this:
A53 AJ AK972 AJ5, 3rd seat all red. Z opens 1S and the auction goes, uncontested:
1S - 2D(gf, does not deny spade fit) - 2H - 2S - 4C (shows a singleton or void, not necessarily a slam try) - 4N (keycard ask) - 5C (shows 1 or 4 keycards, so I know p has SK) - 5D (queen ask) - 5H (shows the SQ and HK) - 7S. McKenzie wrapped it up for +2210 and even scored the beer on me. Meckwell stopped in 6, giving us 13 imps.
In the end, the score was 27 - 4, and with the win, I made Bronze Life Master.
Best 12 boards of my life.
Peace.
This morning, we were in the semis of a Bracket I compact KO. We drew a team that beat us soundly in Wednesday's Swiss. Incidentally, this is also a team with one of McKenzie's least favorite people. We decided to sit opposite LFP and his partner, who seemed perfectly cool but is of course a douche by association. I mean, he was nice, but anyone who calls a dillhole like this guy a friend must be a dillhole himself, even if he keeps it under wraps. But ostensibly, he was cool. Anyway.
We beat them by 8. I was playing very well and it was one of my proudest wins to date. Then we drew Eric Rodwell, Jeff Meckstroth, Curtis Cheek, and their client in the final. These three men are world champions many times over, and their client is no slouch. We had good results all throughout, and I felt really good about our chances. I sat over Curtis and Z was over the client. Meckstroth was in my seat and Rodwell in McKenzie's. The client was playing solidly, but we kept racking up plus scores, mostly from setting them in games. My favorite hand was this:
A53 AJ AK972 AJ5, 3rd seat all red. Z opens 1S and the auction goes, uncontested:
1S - 2D(gf, does not deny spade fit) - 2H - 2S - 4C (shows a singleton or void, not necessarily a slam try) - 4N (keycard ask) - 5C (shows 1 or 4 keycards, so I know p has SK) - 5D (queen ask) - 5H (shows the SQ and HK) - 7S. McKenzie wrapped it up for +2210 and even scored the beer on me. Meckwell stopped in 6, giving us 13 imps.
In the end, the score was 27 - 4, and with the win, I made Bronze Life Master.
Best 12 boards of my life.
Peace.
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Congratulations!!!!!
Date: 2008-07-04 09:57 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-07-04 10:32 pm (UTC)Meckwell
Date: 2008-07-05 04:34 am (UTC)-- Kevin
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Date: 2008-07-05 06:10 am (UTC)Let me translate for those who perhaps are unfamiliar with Meg's bridge world. She just beat two of the top players in the world (universally regarded as top 5) together with another player who's top 25 in the United States and their client. A client isn't usually a good player, but this team of 4 has easily been able to defeat top 5 US teams.
And they won by a landslide.
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Date: 2008-07-05 12:17 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-07-06 11:29 pm (UTC)