Today's Bridge: Not a particularly fun day. The best hand was a 3C pre-empt that made the opponents miss 5D. I actually had a biddable hand for the finale, and it was Ken's turn to pre-empt 3S. I went for 4D and Ryan declined to correct to the superior heart fit, so I didn't really care how badly I played it, but on the bright side, 3S would have ( Read more... )

Today's Bridge: It was an experienced team against a less experienced team, and the results spoke for themselves, but I believe it was instructive. ( A great lesson in card reading. )

Today's Bridge: Dang, it was a good day. ( We stopped short of slam, and I'm not sure whose fault it was that I made the contract. )

This weekend's manga: Jojo's Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders hardbound 6, Oh My Sweet Alien, One-Punch Man 13, Queen's Quality 3, Sword Art Online Progressive 6, Today's Cerberus 7, Bloom Into You 4, Haganai 15, I Am a Hero 5, Is It Wrong to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon Sword Oratoria 2, No Game No Life Please 3, Magical Director Mako-Chan's ( Read more... )

Today's Bridge: We had some pretty impressive hands today. ( Two slams! One of them made! Neither by my side! )

Today's Bridge: Ken found the time to join us, so he partnered Brent against Dan and me. We've been partners surprisingly often recently, which is great for practicing Precision bidding. ( Great for those who care, anyway. )

Today's Bridge: I partnered with Ryan, who left me in a 4-2 heart fit when we had a 5-3 spade fit. S A-10-x-x-x H A-Q-x-x D K-x C x-x facing S Q-x-x H K-J D A-x-x-x-x C x-x-x or so. Dan led the top three clubs, so I knew Brent had the spade honors and finessed accordingly, eventually pulling trump and running the diamonds. I eventually got to ( Read more... )

I've been quiet for a number of reasons, including some stuff at work that I'm not ready to talk about just yet. I've also been busy in the evenings with LP stuff, so I haven't bothered to find the time to write anything. I really should, though, since I found two Bridge hands from last Wednesday interesting enough to write down ( Read more... )

Today's Bridge: I teamed up with Nathan against Ryan and Dan, so the play was rather eclectic, to say the least. The hand I declared was S K-x-x-x H x D 9-x C A-Q-10-8-x-x - hardly a hand to bid on at all, but Nathan passed and Dan opened 1S to my right, so I knew we weren't missing a spade fit when I bid 3C. Nathan had S x-x H Q-J-10-x D Q-x-x-x C ( Read more... )

Today's Bridge: Dan and I teamed up again, and it was mostly a series of triumphs for Precision bidding. I started with a 4H pre-empt that was a bit of a stretch at S A-K-x H K-Q-10-9-8-x-x D x C x-x, but I saw no reason to cut corners and ended up off one. We hit 3NT after that, and I should have raised to 3NT in the next hand, but forgot my point ( Read more... )