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LobowolfXXX Inner circle La Famiglia 1196 Posts |
LobowolfXXX and S2000 Magician is currently debuting, on Bridge Base Online, in a one-hour sanctioned tournament. We had a good first round; three to go.
"Torture doesn't work" lol
Guess they forgot to tell Bill Buckley. "...as we reason and love, we are able to hope. And hope enables us to resist those things that would enslave us." |
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Magnus Eisengrim Inner circle Sulla placed heads on 1053 Posts |
Ha! More rubber jokes!
Best of luck guys! John
The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere
The ceremony of innocence is drowned; The best lack all conviction, while the worst Are full of passionate intensity.--Yeats |
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tommy Eternal Order Devil's Island 16544 Posts |
Do they know you are magicians?
If there is a single truth about Magic, it is that nothing on earth so efficiently evades it.
Tommy |
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LobowolfXXX Inner circle La Famiglia 1196 Posts |
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On 2011-11-19 00:20, tommy wrote: Yeah, but they've seen me work, so they weren't too concerned.
"Torture doesn't work" lol
Guess they forgot to tell Bill Buckley. "...as we reason and love, we are able to hope. And hope enables us to resist those things that would enslave us." |
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S2000magician Inner circle Yorba Linda, CA 3465 Posts |
I, on the other hand, was a closed book: this was my first foray into online bridge.
We had a good time. Slow opponents in the first round hurt us (Lobo played the last hand and got a late play penalty: not his fault), and later a pair who bid 7NT (apparently nobody else did with their cards) also hurt us, but all in all we did OK. I still need to get the swing of playing on a computer, and Lobo and I need to discuss our bidding and carding agreements a little more. |
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Devious Inner circle 2120 Posts |
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Yeah, but they've seen me work, so they weren't too concerned. [/quote] This is the post of the day, Mr. Lobo! It's going in my next set, out there on the pitch. Permission requested? Dev/ |
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LobowolfXXX Inner circle La Famiglia 1196 Posts |
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On 2011-11-19 01:25, Devious wrote: Yeah, but they've seen me work, so they weren't too concerned. [/quote] This is the post of the day, Mr. Lobo! It's going in my next set, out there on the pitch. Permission requested? Dev/ [/quote] Help yourself, Dev...have fun with it.
"Torture doesn't work" lol
Guess they forgot to tell Bill Buckley. "...as we reason and love, we are able to hope. And hope enables us to resist those things that would enslave us." |
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landmark Inner circle within a triangle 5194 Posts |
Good luck! So I gather the pair who bid 7NT made their contract? Does online bridge work like Duplicate Bridge where all contestants are playing the same hand or is it more like online chess, head to head, with an immediate rating?
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S2000magician Inner circle Yorba Linda, CA 3465 Posts |
Yes, they made 7NT. The bums!
And yes, it's duplicate. The game in which we played was scored by International Match Points (IMPs): you compare your score to the scores of the other players who held the same hands as you, and you get IMPs based on the magnitude of the difference. Other games are scored by matchpoints (MPs): you compare your score to the scores of the other players who held the same hands as you, and you get points based on the number of scores you beat, by any amount. The tactics at IMPs differ considerably from those at MPs. For example, with a choice of games, in the former you'll bid the safer one, even if it's lower-scoring; small differences don't matter much. In the latter, you'll bid the higher-scoring game, even if it's riskier; small differences are worth the same number of MPs as large differences. In the play, at MPs you might risk a finesse for an overtrick when its failure would mean you go down; at IMPs you concentrate on making the contract, and only look for overtricks when the contract's certain. |
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LobowolfXXX Inner circle La Famiglia 1196 Posts |
Three months later, our second tournament outing is about to begin...6 minutes until gametime.
"Torture doesn't work" lol
Guess they forgot to tell Bill Buckley. "...as we reason and love, we are able to hope. And hope enables us to resist those things that would enslave us." |
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Devious Inner circle 2120 Posts |
Break some legs gentlemen! You get my drift?
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Andrew Zuber Inner circle Los Angeles, CA 3014 Posts |
When I was younger and my grandparents would talk about playing bridge with their friends, I always pictured them physically building a bridge out of cards. I'm told this isn't how the game is played.
"I'm sorry - if you were right, I would agree with you." -Robin Williams, Awakenings
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S2000magician Inner circle Yorba Linda, CA 3465 Posts |
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On 2012-02-19 13:51, Andrew Zuber wrote: Trust whoever told you that: it's a shrewd analysis. |
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mastermindreader 1949 - 2017 Seattle, WA 12586 Posts |
So how is the tournament going?
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LobowolfXXX Inner circle La Famiglia 1196 Posts |
We actually played a second one. We had a good one and a bad one. The first one went well...we just outside the top-20 with close to 100 pairs. The second one, we were in the bottom half (though we had a couple of flashes of inspiration).
"Torture doesn't work" lol
Guess they forgot to tell Bill Buckley. "...as we reason and love, we are able to hope. And hope enables us to resist those things that would enslave us." |
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S2000magician Inner circle Yorba Linda, CA 3465 Posts |
We played in two speedball tourneys today. The first went OK: Lobo clicked the wrong button and failed to double a slam that went down three tricks, and we missed a slam ourselves, mostly because we haven't played together much. The second session was worse, primarily from my overbidding on two hands, misplay on one, and a very strange opening bid by one of our opponents.
Oh, well. We'll give it another go tomorrow. (Note that when Lobo writes "we had a couple of flashes of inspiration", he means it in the regal sense.) |
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Devious Inner circle 2120 Posts |
Keep at it my friends...we are living vicariously through your travails in "Puente" (Bridge in Spanish).
The Regal Beagles! |
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foolsnobody Special user Buffalo, NY 843 Posts |
Do you have convention cards up Lobo, S2000? Maybe one day/night one of you will be available and the other won't so we can play some. Some variant of 2/1 I assume?
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LobowolfXXX Inner circle La Famiglia 1196 Posts |
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On 2012-02-20 01:55, foolsnobody wrote: I have a couple saved... S2000 & I play Kaplan-Sheinwold (5-card majors, weak NT). I play 2/1 with a couple of regular partners (Hardy/Walsh style; notably, reverses after 2/1 bids don't promise extras, unlike Mike Lawrence's version), and precision with a couple of others. Would be happy to get a game with you sometime; I'm on BBO often.
"Torture doesn't work" lol
Guess they forgot to tell Bill Buckley. "...as we reason and love, we are able to hope. And hope enables us to resist those things that would enslave us." |
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S2000magician Inner circle Yorba Linda, CA 3465 Posts |
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On 2012-02-20 01:55, foolsnobody wrote: As Lobo says, we play K/S together. I have a Std. Am. card, but no 2/1 card, and I'm not on BBO nearly as often as he is. When I'm in Charlotte I play live 2 - 3 times a week, sometimes Std. Am., sometimes 2/1, always with beginner/intermediate partners. I'd love to play more often. In early March, for example, I'll have time during the weekdays. |
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