Understood. We all miss them sometimes. When you miss I try to report the results if I was included.
I win the declare-only with 60.16%, by 10.16%. Reissued, procrastinator out. I beat procrastinator by 25. Reissued.
WTF? I know I reissued the declare-only, but it’s not there now. It couldn’t have timed out. I just reissued it again. You should expect it to expire 9/17 5:35:27 PM (eastern time).
In other matches, I lose to NN by 29 (should have been only 17, still a big loss. But in a 4-card ending against NN, a bot defended made a play that as far as I can see could never gain on any layout of the unseen cards and could, as here, cost.) I win by 52 vs AA. AA wins the regular challenge with +30.00, by 26.75.
To keep my matches spaced out, I reissued the challenge to NN and plan to reissue the other 2 tomorrow evening.
Looks like I missed the challenge against NN. I win the declare-only with 57.29%, by 5.21%. and beat procrastinator by 2. Vs NN and declare-only reissued tonite, with oirg out.
Beat AA by 28. challenges against AA and procrastinator reissued
Looks like I didn’t finish (didn’t start?) the regular challenge. I want the declare-only with 58.33%, by 1.04%. I beat NN by 8, AA by 6, and lose to procrastinator by 9.
All 5 reissued (AA out in the declare-only, which is IMPs). These will likely be the last 2-ways I play before my vacation.
So much for good intentions. I think I played only two boards among all 5 challenges.
I’ve reissued the declare-only (NN out) and the regular challenge. I’m pretty confident I’ll play them both, but there’s a good chance I won’t be available to get the results or enter any new challenges before October 9 or so.
oirg won the regular challenge by 17 with a score of 20.66.
OK I have completed both group challenges, with preliminary scores above average. Unless everyone finishes early, I won’t be around to see the results in timely fashion.
oirg wins the regular challenge with +26.25, by 9.25. Challenges will resume Oct 9. Declare-only is still in progress.
:swear: I have reasonable internet access, but for some reason BBO is blocked. so no BBO for me until Oct 8 or 9. Sort of consistentwith expectations, except expecting almost no internet, and so far It’s the only site I’ve tried to reach and can’t
Internet access earlier than expected… I won the last declarer only with 67.71%, by 15.63%. Regular group challenge reissued. Declare only to be reissued tomorrow, probably with JEB_SW out. Individual challenges after that
Oops. By mistake the declare-only is IMPs.
AA wins the regular challenge with +21.00, by 16.00. Reissued, and the individual challenge against AA reissued. Other individuals tomorrow, maybe.
I win the declare-only, which turned out to be IMPs unintentionally, with +31.00, by 23.25. Reissued, matchpoints, procrastinator out
procrastinator wins the regular challenge, with +10.75, by 5.25. I win vs AA by 1 (in a match where on one hand he let 3NT make +2, I let it make +3, when at Imps we should probably have both set it, even though a set looked unlikely).
The match also had this bizarre bidding situation at my table:
If I bid 2S here, I would be showing presumably exactly 4 spades (since biddable and 4-) and exactly 4 hearts (that’s explicit). [Not what I would expect it to show 4 hearts, but that’s what the on-screen notes say)
And the explanation of 2H is exactly symmetric. [again, that’s the on-screen explanation]
So I passed (didn’t even check what a 2D bid would mean, but surely partner is going to bid).
And here’s what partner did and what it showed. [consistent with what I would expect]
So I thought 3S was clear now, and the auction proceeded by what seemed like a normal path
Seemed normal, and contract normal, but dummy was a major surprise
Both reissued
Finished strong in yesterday’s daylong challenge. Can’t recall if this is my best finish.
Score: 77.39% [Rank: 68/17949]
Win by 10 vs procrastinator, by 2 (7-5) vs NN. Both reissued
NN wins the declare-only with 57.29%, by 5.21%. Reissued, oirg out
AA wins the regular challenge with +6.50, by 5.75. I beat AA by 25 (despite losing 12 when CHO at my table made a double showing 13+ HCP when he had only 9 HCP. I passed, and they made a vulnerable game. Both reissued