Findlay Bridge for 6/5/26

Five full tables for this event, which is an ideal number because the room is really too small to accommodate a larger group, plus at five full nobody has to ever sit out, and each hand gets played five times which makes for 4 possible points for each hand.

Ron and I had a bad day, finishing at 42%, 9th out of 10 and only a half-point out of last place.

Here are the hand-by-hand results.

Board 1. A memorable hand. Ron opened 1NT, and I had 17 points with a solid 6-card heart suit, including all the honors! I simply jumped right to 6NT, in lieu of trying Berber and risking getting confused on the way to slam. We made 7, and on the way home I was thinking there might have been a way to bid the grand slam. But when the results came in, I saw that noone else had bid the grand slam, and so we tied for top board. Three of the other pairs bid 6H instead of 6NT, two making 7 and the other only 6.

Board 2. We played 4S and made 6. The other boards all bid the game but not a slam. Two made 7, and two made only 5, so we were right in the middle.

Board 3. They played 4H, making 5. Same result at three of the other boards. One pair, Ronald & Tim, bid and made a small slam.

We scored 8 points on boards 1-3 against Ed & Linda, for a +2 result against a team we usually do well against.

Board 4. They played and made 1NT. We got top board, as two other pairs made 2, and the other two pairs got outbid and set the overly ambitious bidders.

Board 5. We played and made 4H. Same result at three other boards, while the fourth failed to even bid the game.

Board 6. They played 3NT, makng 6. Same on one other board, while another made only 4, and two others bid slam and went down, so we tied for bottom board.

We scored 7 points on boards 4-6 vs. Bob & Karen, for a +1 result against a good, veteran team.

Board 7. This hand was passed out at our table, while there were bids at the other four tables, all of which went down! We were rewarded with 3 points for our restraint.

Board 8. We set their 4H by one, tyng for top board.

Board 9. We got into a horrible 3NT contract and went down by 3! Nobody else bid a game, and one hand was actually passed out!

Despite the bottom board on board 9, we still scored 6.5 points vs. Dave & Gene, for a +.5 against one of the weaker teams.

Board 10. They bid 2NT, making 3, giving us bottom board.

Board 11. We got set by one at 2D, tying for botton board.

Board 12. We went down 3 at 2NT, for yet another bottom board.

We scored a pathetic .5 points vs. Warren & James on boards 10-12.

Board 13. We set their 1D bid by one.

Board 14. We played 4S, making 7! Same result at two other tables, while one table made 6NT, and Bob & Karen bid 6S for top board.

Board 15. We sewt their 1H bid by two, tying for top board.

We scored 5.5 points vs. Mike & Arlene on boards 13-15, for a decent net -.5 against another good, veteran team, a co-winner of this event.

Board 16. We set 2D by one, for top board. The other pairs playing our same cards all got the bid, so we judged well to let our opponents play their 2D bid.

Board 17. We played 3NT and made 4, tying for top board.

Board 18. My partner Ron played 2H and made 5, the only player with our cards to make 5. Unfortunately for us, three of the other pairs bid the game, so we got only 1 point.

We scored an impressive 8.5 points vs. Ruth and Lester on boards 16-18.

Board 19. We went down 2 at 4S. Another bidding disaster, as nobody else went to game, and one hand was even passed out!

Board 20. A passed out hand, which turned pout well for us as we got 2.5 points.

Board 21. Our usually strong defense failed us as they bid 4H, making 5, the only pair to do so.

We scored 2.5 points vs. Jim & Kathy on boards 19-21, for a -3.5 result against the strongest regular pair.

Board 22. We went down 2 at 2S, for bottom board.

Board 23. They bid 4H, making 5. Same result at 3 other gboards, while the 4th also made 5 but didmn';t bid the game.

Bpard 24. We got top board as my partner played and made 3NT, while everyone else went set!

We scored 5.5 vs. Clarence & Teresa, a delightful pair who we usually do well against.

Board 25. They bid and made 6S. Three other pairs also made 6S but only bid game, so all credit to our opponents for their bidding success.

Board 26. We played 3D, making 6, but we lost out to three other pairs who bid and made a NT game.

Board 27. They played 2H, making 3, giving us a tie for bottom board.

We scored only 1.5 points vs. Ronald & Tim, the co-winners of the event.