Houston was not my best NABC. I had a lot of great experiences there, but also a lot of really crappy luck. I felt like I was playing pretty well most of the week, and I certainly had moments of brilliance, but luck was really, really not on my side.
My partner Theri will agree that I was dealt a ridiculous number of stiff kings throughout the four days that I played with her (and also in the six days prior to that). In my four days with Theri, I'd estimate that I was dealt somewhere between 15 and 20 stiff kings, and not one of them ever scored a trick. Even when it was counterintuitive for the opponents to play the ace, they always did. Every stinkin' time.
That kind of luck can really wear a girl down. On Sunday, in our last session together, the opponents dropped three of my stiff kings. Every time it happened, Theri and I would lose our composure, laughing. I appreciate that none of these opponents called the director on us for sending secret signals somehow, but I started to think I should've called the director on some of them -- surely they were peeking into my hands.
I thought that I could leave the rabbi in Houston and shake this bad luck, but he followed me to Virginia. I lost several more stiff kings yesterday playing in a sectional Swiss in Norfolk. It was rather demoralizing, but at least we won our event! Maybe my luck is turning after all...
But for now, a word of advice to my opponents: when I'm at the table, you should probably cash your aces. Sigh...
Monday, March 30, 2009
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That Rabbi is persistant.
Nice meeting you and McKenzie in Houston.
But for now, a word of advice to my opponents: when I'm at the table, you should probably cash your aces. Sigh...
They seem to have worked that out for themselves.
Have you thought of tracking singleton 7s and see how often you hold them?
In time the opposition may start dropping these with their aces instead.
Are your opponents using the peek-a-boo coup? How do you hold your cards?
Nah, that's not it. I always hold my cards under the table. Anyway, the curse has finally lifted -- I scored a stiff K yesterday at the club. Granted it was against the newest of newbies, but I'll take it...
I made it into the blog! Woohoo. :)
But yes, it was a little creepy. Not only did they always drop your kings, I never had the aces to cover them either. And it also started to bleed over onto me - I had at least 3 stiff kings dropped as well.
We'll just have to keep trying...
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