I’m back

Posted on January 4, 2004 by Charles Kuffner

Well, we made it to the finals, but we didn’t finish in the money, so no free trip to Reno for me. I’ll be back tomorrow with my usual posting, and a few hands of interest for those who like that sort of thing. Thanks to everyone for the good wishes.

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7 Responses to I’m back

  1. Linkmeister says:
    January 4, 2004 at 11:28 pm

    Take consolation in the fact that there’s no such thing as a free trip to a gambling hell. There may be free transportation, food and lodging, but it’ll get you in other ways. 😉

  2. Scott Chaffin says:
    January 5, 2004 at 12:56 am

    Chuck, dude…if you kick ass at bridge (which you obviously do), why are you NOT playing poker? And making money every frikkin’ day?

    I hate to see talent lay fallow…

  3. Charles Kuffner says:
    January 5, 2004 at 7:03 am

    Linkmeister, I won a trip to Reno back in 1989 for a collegiate bridge tournament. As a poor student, I was more interested in the all-you-can-eat buffets than the gambling tables. From that perspective, I did pretty well. 🙂

    Scott, all I can tell you is that I’ve just never gotten into poker. I could work on it – some friends of mine have a mostly regular game that I generally don’t attend – but I’ve just never been as motivated by poker as I have by bridge. Maybe one of these days.

  4. HWRNMNBSOL says:
    January 5, 2004 at 8:47 am

    Well, Chuck, I encourage you to attend our poker gatherings. There’s no all-you-can-eat buffet, but it’s enjoyable both from a computational/analytic standpoint and the human factor. Oh yeah, I also want your money.

  5. William Hughes says:
    January 5, 2004 at 9:17 am

    Chuck,

    Stick to bridge. Poker requires a different set of analytical skills than bridge, plus bridge requires you to communicate with a partner, as opposed to the mano-a-mano game of poker.

    The way I see it, if you can get to the final table in a regional bridge tournament, you’re doing something right.

  6. Charles Kuffner says:
    January 5, 2004 at 9:59 am

    I should clarify here: There were 34 pairs in the qualifying round. Of those, 20 made it to Day 2. We were in something like 14th place going into Sunday. We finished in 11th place. We didn’t have any really bad sessions, but we didn’t have any really excellent ones, either. Had we avoided some of our more egregious brain farts, we might’ve placed.

    This was also Flight B competition, meaning that no one could have more than 2000 Master Points. There are good players in Flight B, but the best ones are in Flight A. Generally at tournaments I play in Flight A because it’s more fun, but it makes sense in the North American Pairs and the Grand National Teams to play in a lower flight.

  7. William Hughes says:
    January 5, 2004 at 10:46 am

    For what it’s worth, I’m still impressed. 🙂

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