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:

On a roll with my Padres hat

I started wearing one of Tammy's old Padre hats to club a few weeks ago, and I've reached 12 points every time I've worn it (including a visit to the Alamo club when Tammy & the boys were out of town.

Do you ever wear the same thing because it's lucky? I do.

We're at the halfway point in the season (including the GRRT, which should officially post soon) and the club standings look at follows:

1. Paul Gregson 167
2. Mary Gladish 138
3. Heidi Glashan 114
4. Tad Pilecki 88
5. Basil Rudnick 81
6. Evelyn Gillmore 79
7. Doung Fincke 58
8. Art Watkins 57
9. Anne Sheeran 53
10. Arne Lillimagi 51

Good start to the 2010/2011 Grass Roots season

We're 5 weeks into the new Grass Roots season, and so far so good. I've scored 3 times, including my 4th ever Grand Slam (20 points), for a total of 47 GRPs. Heidi Glashan has been on fire however, scoring all 4 times she's played, and she has the club lead with 56 points.

Club standing through 5 weeks...

1. Heidi Glashan 56
2. Paul Gregson 47
3. Basil Rudnick 32
4. Doug Fincke 30
5. Mary Gladish 27
6. Tad Pilecki 15
7. Evelyn Gillmore 12
7. Jim Passaglia 12
7. Dennis Johnston 12

Congrats to Club #54 Champ Dennis Johnston

Dennis "Slick" Johnston is the 2009/2010 Club #54 champ. We have one week left tonight, but Dennis' 236 points so far is well clear of my 190 points in second place. Doug Finke is third with 179 points, and can still catch me for second.

So ends my 2-yr run as club champ. There will be no defense of the GRTOC title this September. Have to see if I can win the club this coming year to play in the GRTOC in Sacramento when the GN comes to town.