Van Learners Bridge Results

April 29, 2024

Section X  North-South
VanLearners Monday Eve Session April 29, 2024
Leaders after  8 rounds  Average:   56.0
Place   Pct   Score  Pair
  1   62.50   70.00   X-2   Barbara Spitz - Jill Price
  2   60.27   67.50   X-5   Amanda Hill - David Hsu
  3   51.34   57.50   X-8   Diane O'Connor - John Fraser
  4   50.00   56.00   X-4   Ian Wong - Alex Douglas
  5   50.00   56.00   X-9   Alexa Allen - Lesley MacKay
  6   48.66   54.50   X-6   Jill Raphael - Howard Raphael
  7   45.09   50.50   X-3   Brenda MacLean-Longpre - Jacquie Brown
  8   44.20   49.50   X-7   Pam Tomlins - Tim Tomlins
  9   37.95   42.50   X-1   Joan Christensen - Carol Ward

Section X  East-West
VanLearners Monday Eve Session April 29, 2024
Leaders after  8 rounds  Average:   56.0
Place   Pct   Score  Pair
  1   65.63   73.50   X-8   Diane Hardouin - Scott Turner
  2   63.84   71.50   X-7   Curtis Ballard - Elizabeth Ballard
  3   58.93   66.00   X-6   Doug Stewart - Louise Forsyth
  4   52.68   59.00   X-4   Vicki Torbett - Linda Collins
  5   49.55   55.50   X-1   Judy Day - Bob Matthews
  6   47.77   53.50   X-3   David Stokes - Donna Bridgeman
  7   41.52   46.50   X-9   Peter George - Marion George
  8   35.27   39.50   X-2   Kelly Anderson - Mike Bow
  9   34.82   39.00   X-5   Zdenka Buric - Ruth Castellino

Congrats to the winners! Nine tables in Section X for the first time!

Didn't do as well as you hoped? Don't worry; there is a large luck factor in short sessions, so there are increased chances of scores outside the normal range of about 35-65%. Things tend to even out over time, but less time means less even-ing out! The important thing is to have fun and let the learning happen by gaining experience as declarer, defender, and even as dummy, and perhaps by reading a little about the hands below!

Our game results are posted online here at ACBL Live For Clubs, shortly after the main game ends.

The deals tonight are OLD. Two weeks ago I had the BridgeMate problem (since solved) and we couldn't use those deals, so we went all the way back to March 9, 2020(!), the last game before....you know.

Below is a full-colour screen version of the comments for each hand. This works best if you have kept score and brought your scorecard home with you so you can check your results against the hand records and see where there is room for improvement. You will find that the simple act of writing down the score on each hand (good or bad) serves as a sort of marker inside your memory that helps you recall later what the issues you thought about while playing that hand were. It's much easier to remember if you have taken the few seconds to write in the contract and the score than to rely on getting your results off the internet. Something happens in those few seconds inside our brains and you'll be surprised at how much you can remember later with the help of a well-filled scoresheet. More on this here