Today I play in a bridge tournament with my friend, Phyllis. It was a good tournament for us because we are relatively new to duplicate bridge so we like to play against people who are also fairly new (translate that to inexperienced!).
We met this morning at our designated spot. I was the driver since we needed an easy tag & I have one on my car. We gave ourselves 1-1/2 hours to get there. The bridge club was about an hour away but since it was still rush hour we gave ourselves extra time. We weren't the first ones there but pretty close to it.
We played north-south. That just means our team stays at the table and the other teams (east-west) come to us.
In duplicate you are grouped into categories depending on how many master points you have. We are always thrilled to get master points and imagine our surprise at our first tournament when we learned you get different colored master points depending on the type of play it is. Today they were giving out silver points.
Generally you play about 26 boards. We played north-south. That just means our team stays at the table and the other teams (east-west) come to us. Every north-south team is competing against the other north-south teams. Since there were 14 NS teams we played 2 boards a round against an EW opponent.
Long story short, we had a decent day. I made a few errors, Phyllis made a few errors. We finished below 50% but we MAY have earned a portion of a master point. We didn't stick around to find out but I'll be sure to let you know!
Oh, and did I mention, we had a lot of fun. It was a great crowd. We love that 299r group!
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