After playing something like 14 hours of bridge last weekend in the Armidale Swiss Teams Congress I have mixed feelings in reporting that we came in second out of 18 teams and the four of us, whose official picture is below, won about $75 each in prize-money recouping most of our entry fees ($80). Most teams would be over the moon at that outcome, but I reported last year that we won the event albeit with me having a different partner.
This year we had a flying start and were leading earlier on. However a poor fourth session brought us down to earth with a thud and it took all our efforts the following day to regain second spot in the last round. The team members from left to right are: Nick Wall (retired investor), me, my partner Imre (Imi) Bokor a professional mathematician, and Ed Hahn (manager of a hostelry). Imi was, I think, born in Hungary, but came to Australia young. Presumably Ed's ancestors were German and some settlers from that nation founded Hahndorf in the Adelaide Hills. I don't know if there's any link ther!
Both pairs played complex systems based on Precision ... and some of the problems came from me forgetting what some artificial bids meant. Anyway, it was fun, albeit tiring. Now I have to plt my revenge because in less than a month it is my turn to dress up as the Devil and organise some wicked deals that form part of our Christmas celebrations. Or, and this is an interesting thought, should I wear my Vlad Tepes t-shirt (aka Dracula) and extract blood from my victims? Hmmm!
AS
This year we had a flying start and were leading earlier on. However a poor fourth session brought us down to earth with a thud and it took all our efforts the following day to regain second spot in the last round. The team members from left to right are: Nick Wall (retired investor), me, my partner Imre (Imi) Bokor a professional mathematician, and Ed Hahn (manager of a hostelry). Imi was, I think, born in Hungary, but came to Australia young. Presumably Ed's ancestors were German and some settlers from that nation founded Hahndorf in the Adelaide Hills. I don't know if there's any link ther!
Both pairs played complex systems based on Precision ... and some of the problems came from me forgetting what some artificial bids meant. Anyway, it was fun, albeit tiring. Now I have to plt my revenge because in less than a month it is my turn to dress up as the Devil and organise some wicked deals that form part of our Christmas celebrations. Or, and this is an interesting thought, should I wear my Vlad Tepes t-shirt (aka Dracula) and extract blood from my victims? Hmmm!
AS
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