New Orleans NABC

I had a GREAT time!  I got to play in multiple National events with a greater degree of success than I've had in the past (but not as much as I hope to have in the future), establlish some new partnerships, meet lots of new friends, and see lots of old friends enjoying the tournament too!

I started the tournament playing in the 0-5000 Life Master Pairs with Greg Humphreys, a new regular partner from Charlottesville, VA.  Greg and I are playing "Zert," a relay precision system that I find to be a lot of fun to play.  We made it through the first day pretty easily to qualify for the second, but then missed playing on the third day by about half a board.

I didn't really know what I was going to play the next several days when I arrived in New Orleans, but I was pleasantly surprised to find that Allison Howard from Orlando was also available to play.  Alli got us added onto a 0-5000 Mini-Spingold team with people from Indiana and South Florida.  Although we had never played together before, our team made it all the way to the semifinals (5 days) and I got to play behind screens for the first time!

Alli and I also entered the Open Swiss with different teammates on the last weekend but didn't make it to the second day of that event (which was totally fine, a day off by that point was most welcome!)  All in all, the week was a great success and I look forward to the next NABC in Orlando!

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