Welcome to the Hand of the Day.  At least, that is what I would be saying if I had been collecting Hands of the Day while I was in Las Vegas.  All you can do in this section is click here to see what events Fraser and I chose to play or you can click here to see how well we fared in these events.  As an added bonus, you can right click here to save this file and play (if you have a program that allows you to load and play .PBN files) hands 15-22 from my tough hands file.  Try playing the suggested contract with the lead I got and see if you are good enough to make it.  In most cases, that will make you better than I was when I first tried it.

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    What Happened) I went to Las Vegas because I had always wanted to see Las Vegas and Hoover Dam.  I also went because the 2008 Summer NABC promised to be one of the biggest tournaments in bridge history. While I was there, I hoped to pick up the 18 gold points I needed to complete my gold point requirements for becoming a Life Master. The Las Vegas NABC turned out to be one of my most successful tournaments from a results/Master Point basis and I ended up with 22.50 total gold points.  In the 33 regionals and/or Nationals I have played at since then, I have only beaten that total five times. Twice with Larry including in Penticton with 28.34 and at the Canadian Nationals with 28.13, and thrice with Pam including in Missoula with 23.13, at the Canadian Nationals with a new record of 37.50 and in Penticton in 2015 with 26.84.