1884
i was going to write up a faux Berkeley tourney report as an April Fools joke, but i ran out of steam since i also directed the tourney today.
nothing too ridiculous happened on the directorial front, other than about 70% of the scorecards containing math errors.
i gained all of 2 rtg. pts. to 1884 in Berkeley. 3-3 +96, 3rd place. obliterating phonerz 536-342 in the last game allowed me to sneak into 3rd by 2 spread pts. played well at times, played like an idiot at times. i felt decidedly mediocre, but the bottom line is that anytime you cash and your rating goes up, its a good tourney. thats 6 straight tourneys in which i've cashed and the rating gone up, so the streak continues, even if i wasnt playing at my best today. i'm blaming it on the excessive amount of incense burning in The Viceroy, which set my allergies off. i was a sneezosaurus.
good to have our cast of walking wounded back at the tourney today - Lester has recovered well from his surgery and says he will lose the crutch here soon; Mary has a cast on her broken hand and phonerz is getting around well for recently having knee surgery.
K-STEE moved to 1623 and finished 2nd in div. 2. with all this goodness, pizza and beer were essential after the tourney.
nothing too ridiculous happened on the directorial front, other than about 70% of the scorecards containing math errors.
i gained all of 2 rtg. pts. to 1884 in Berkeley. 3-3 +96, 3rd place. obliterating phonerz 536-342 in the last game allowed me to sneak into 3rd by 2 spread pts. played well at times, played like an idiot at times. i felt decidedly mediocre, but the bottom line is that anytime you cash and your rating goes up, its a good tourney. thats 6 straight tourneys in which i've cashed and the rating gone up, so the streak continues, even if i wasnt playing at my best today. i'm blaming it on the excessive amount of incense burning in The Viceroy, which set my allergies off. i was a sneezosaurus.
good to have our cast of walking wounded back at the tourney today - Lester has recovered well from his surgery and says he will lose the crutch here soon; Mary has a cast on her broken hand and phonerz is getting around well for recently having knee surgery.
K-STEE moved to 1623 and finished 2nd in div. 2. with all this goodness, pizza and beer were essential after the tourney.