Bridge Update
So, tonight was the last on-campus game with Unit 551. Carl and I competed in it, and took 2nd-to-last! That doesn’t sound like much, but it’s a huge improvement from the way we usually do. I’m pretty happy about the whole thing – we had a 42.7% game, which isn’t too shabby, and we were a mere 1 point away from being first in our stratification (we’re in the worst one, of course). The neat thing is that Carl and I added a bunch of stuff to our convention in the past 48 hours – we’ve added Odd/Even Discards, Ogust, Michaels Cuebids and Unusual Notrump, and we’re now keeping Jacoby Transfers on through minor overcalls (we reviewed Texas transfers and the 2C Step Response also, but we’ve used them before). We’ve looked over the basics of endplaying as well, but it’s really hard and I doubt I’ll be able to do that well for quite some time. Though we didn’t actually use Ogust, Michaels, or UNT this evening, we used O/E Discards almost every time we were on defense, and it payed off big-time. There was one hand where I think I could have used an endplay, but I couldn’t find it (as it turns out, we took middle board there, so I’m not complaining by any means). I’m pretty happy, all in all, with the way things went. I had several significant mistakes (for example, I forgot that systems were on after a 2NT opener), and Carl had a few as well, but for the most part, we played pretty well. We now have several offers for rides to the Knights of Columbus games next semester, so we can go and compete thereif we get the time. I’m excited for it; we’re almost to the point where we can begin earning Master Points.
As for school, by tomorrow I’ll be over the hump. However, I doubt I’ll get any sleep tonight, as I still have to write 2000 more words on my Philosophy essay. That gives me time to crash tomorrow night, get a haircut on Wednesday, take my History test on Thursday and Abstract on Friday, and finish up ACM before I leave on Saturday. Speaking of which, I should get back to work…