June 17, 2013 - Imp Odds

Steve Bloom ~ No Comments

Tuesday June 18, 2013 12:33:46

The boards last night were pretty quiet, which is just as well, since I am tired from a long tournament, and couldn’t say a lot even if the hands were lively.  I thought I would focus a bit on IMP odds today.  In the KO tactics handout, you were told to bid fairly aggressively for games, bidding vulnerable games with at least a 40% chance, and […]

Music To My Ears.

Mike Yuen ~ 1 Comments

Monday June 17, 2013 20:46:47

Yesterday in the Mixed Pairs I played against Petr Bahnik and Eva Bohnikova from The Czech Republic. He told me he enjoys my blog! How delightful, often times I wonder if anybody even read it. It warms my heart to know it is read in far away places. They played well and are in the final, I wish them the best of luck. [caption […]

Super Size Me.

Mike Yuen ~ No Comments

Sunday June 16, 2013 22:18:42

"Super size me" was a movie about Morgan Spurlock eating only at McDonald's for 30 days. He gained 11.1 Kg! Here in Oostende most restaurants that I have been to, must have taken a page out of McDonald's, their servings are humongous! Think is best I order a salad for dinner to-morrow. [caption id="attachment_3605" align="aligncenter" […]

Kaplan/kay With Krauss/mathe

Judy Kay-Wolff ~ 2 Comments

Sunday June 16, 2013 15:00:07

                                  Edgar and Norman played on several teams with Don and Lew – and this was snapped on one of those occasions, but I cannot be sure when or […]

Belgium Size Me.

Mike Yuen ~ 4 Comments

Saturday June 15, 2013 20:52:07

In North America we are used to super sizes. Houses are bigger, cars are bigger. Everything is bigger compare to the rest of the world. Am in Ostend, Belgium for the 6th European Open Bridge Championship. The hotel I am staying at is large by local standard, however is still the size of a stamp from my view. It has everything I need, free […]