"minus200(DELETETHIS)" <"minus200(DELETETHIS)"@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> Horney (Jim MaHorner's nickname) is a fine player but a somewhat
> difficult partner from time to time.
I don't think anyone called him that back then.
No telling what they called me. I was in disastersville.
BTW, was the Mahorner who got 14% of the vote in a headsup primary our
mahorner?
Is Oneupsman****p and the like still his bible for life? (Besides Bridge
Squeezes Complete, and Goren?)
Innyhoo, we were the slow pair, me because I was in such a (non-drug) fog
I
had to recreate the play almost every time it was my turn, and because of
Jim's oneupsman****p. His huddles were not because he didn't know what the
right play was, but because he had to figure out what his unassailable
defense would be. If there was none, he'd choose the inferior play that he
could justify.
Hmmm. Very shortly after I began playing Jim told an old friend that if he
played with me in the sectional a town or two away that he'd guarantee
second place. Behind him and Judy, of course. Earl and I won the platter.
There were two things involved.
One, when Jim saw me at my first game he approached me and said he'd like
to
play IF I learned book Goren completely.
Two, for some unfathomable reason what with no acquaintances where I lived
then and with no relatives who ever even said the word 'bridge', I began
collecting Goren columns when I was in the seventh grade, and later kept
scrapbooks of them in the john/reading room. I had them when Jim suggested
playing.
Jim's reasoning behind the offer to play, btw, was strictly oneupsman****p
and gamesman****p. If I play with that headcase and lose they will say
what
can you expect, and if I win they will say wow what a great player Jim
Mahorner is.
> I have played on a few teams with
> him and one of his old partners - Hugh Smith.
Hugh Smith?
For some reason I relate the name to the AF Captain who first took me to
the
Rose Room for my first game.
I sure do know the name, however.
> Played on a few teams
> with Larry Griffy and Craig Hemphill from Jacksonville. One of those
> teams DESTROYED the reining world champions in a regional by a score of
> 38-0 with the client in the room watching football. I was playing with
> Bob Kehoe (one time REAL JERK) who played with Barry Crane (look him up)
Don;t need to. used to see his name on TV as much as in Bridge World.
> for many years. Bob really disliked Eddie Wold and truly enjoyed that
> victory
>
> Hugh Smith and I have been friends for many years and have had more than
> one adult beverage together. I guess Mel is considered the best player
> in Tallahassee since Jim plays little anymore. Tallahassee has more than
> it fair share of "cheats" - one is even considered to be a good player.
Mel. Mel? Been many decades.
>
> > In Tallahassee, playing with Jim Mahorner, we had a very good
partner****p,
> > although I was a beginner. Once, Herb Swisher and Smoke Whitely were
> > strutting around before the scoring came out, and strutting with great
> > justification because they had something like
>
> I have two games over 80% and one of the score sheets to show it. The
> other was long before computer scoring but it was a well know victory
woohoo!
> Bridge is truly an interesting game and i have friends from many areas
> of the planet as a direct result of my playing days. Most of the old
> timers and real mavericks of the game have passed away.
You never met the Colonel, did you?
Ask Mahorner for stories about him. They are (were?) legendary.
Magnificent, but a magnificent and great Ted Knight.
And what stories I could tell about mahorner! (Keep that in mind, Jim!)
> I have spent
> many hours in hospitality rooms drinking and "watching" (it was illegal)
> a little pot being smoked as we discussed bridge hands until daylight
> and then go play bridge all day. I played OK Bridge long before the
> windows interface with all unix commands. Matt wrote the program so he
> could play bridge on line with his girlfriend and the few bridge player
> with computers and Internet access played and loved it. It was free or
> you could pay $5 to help with his cost. Wish I played poker as well.
ok, interesting although I am not yet on OKB or BBO yet. Hell, haven't
played in a long long time, and partners long long gone.
I could not adequately tell you how much I enjoyed your post, minus.
Thanks!
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> 69%, but we did better and
> > they came in second.
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> MINUS200
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> "Life should NOT be a journey to the grave with the intention
> of arriving safely in an attractive and well preserved body, but
> rather to skid in sideways, chocolate in one hand, scotch in the
> other, body thoroughly used up, totally worn out and screaming
> "WOO HOO what a ride!"
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