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Happy Thanksgiving wishes to all our Minnesota bridge players! We hope you are having a wonderful celebration with friends and family.
Tomorrow? The games begin in Denver! To all our friends who are competing at the Fall NABC, best of luck and lots of fun! May there be great adventures to report!
And support bridge in the process!
Sue Jackson alerts us to a win-win opportunity for our game and lotsa fun shopping, too!
What a difference a few days make! After quite a long and lovely autumn, winter seems to have arrived in Minnesota. Colder temps and a few snowflakes remind us of that!
To temper what we Minnesotans face from November through March ... we have some great sectionals to warm us!
After the start of 2016, enjoy the Winter Silver Point Sectional. Held at the Bridge Center of St. Paul, you can enjoy a fine schedule, free lunches and wonderful St. Paul hospitality.
The schedule and details are below. No better way to spend the final three days of January than at the Winter Silver Point Sectional!
People sometimes wonder how to improve their game. We have a wide variety of ways to do this: play a lot more, discuss with your partner, kibitz good players - and reading/studying. If you do enough of the last, then not only will you learn, you will be humbled by our fine game.
An excellent site to read about bridge is the source of a fascinating true story. Bob Hamman, one of the greatest to ever play our game (some say the greatest), was competing in the 1980 Olympiad finals. His opponents reached a grand slam in a competitive auction. Bob was on opening lead with two aces.
The story is here. Before you read the end of the tale, try to determine which ace you would choose!
Bob got it wrong - and that decision ended up being the difference in a win or loss.
The more you read - the more you will learn. And the more you will appreciate that, no matter who you are and no matter your abilities, no one ever selects the winning choice all the time!
Another great Minnesota tournament is concluded! Congratulations to the guy who won more masterpoints than anyone - with just over 45 (!!) - Mike Cassel. Paolo Ranaldi was second with an also impressive score of almost 41 masterpoints. Our complete list of masterpoint totals can be viewed here; our event results link is here.
Of course, a fine tournament does not just "happen." Many thanks to our tournament co-chairs, Kerry Holloway and Liz Hughes. With an excellent new venue, yummy hospitality and wonderful volunteers, lots of happy faces at Sunday's end.
Our directors, headed by Mike Flader, also performed admirably, occasionally having to deal with an errant Bridgemate system - yet overcoming all.
As always, our thanks to everyone who came, competed - sometimes conquered - yet always enjoyed!
More photos of smiling and concentrating faces below!