When winning 10/18 is better than 9/14 or 5/8

This past weekend our club hosted their February ACC tournament on Saturday and had the annual GRNT tournament on Sunday.

Saturday Main - won 9/14 (64.2%) but finished with an 18/9 (no skunks) and was the second highest non-qualifier
Saturday Consolation - won 5/8 (62.%) but finished with a 10/5 (no skunks) and was the highest non-qualifier
Sunday GRNT - won 10/18 (55.6%) and finished with a 24/10 (4 skunks) and squeaked into earning national points

The lesson: Skunks, which are largely out of your control, can make all the difference, for the good and for the bad.

Passed Joe Wergin

With my finishes at Reno I picked up 76 master points, bringing my lifetime total to 1,759, passing ACC founder Joe Wergin. (This gets your name in the Crib World, randomly enough!)

Tripled up in Reno

At this year's biggest cribbage tournament I placed in each of the events...

Friday TOC
I had a 24/11 in the qualifying round, placing 37th out of 520 players. I lost in the 3rd rd of the playoffs, finishing 33-64.

Saturday Main
I had a 32/14 in the qualifying round, placing 57th out of 892 players. I lost in the 1st rd of the playoffs, finishing 129-256.

Sunday Consolation
I had a 16/8 in the qualifying round, placing 17th out of 670 players. I lost in the 3rd rd of the playoffs, finishing 33-64.

Highest 9-game card ever!

It took ~10.5 years in the ACC for me to top 2,000 Grass Roots points, and I did it with a bang! On Monday, January 31st, I had a 22-card, my highest ever, to go from 1,995 points to 2,017 points....483 to go for my Silver award.

With the grand slam, I topped 200 points (201 to be exact!) on the season.

Here's the card: