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Two Record Speedball Scores?

What are the all-time ACBL speedball records?

Many years ago, on the evening of December 24, 2005, Meyer Kotkin (guymath) and I had a big matchpoint score at speedball: 88.4%.

I have been waiting to see an equally astonishing IMP score at speedball ever since. I saw a few scores in the 70’s.

On March 6, Mark Lair (mslair), Hall of Famer, and I (mseligman) had one in the 4PM ACBL Speedball: 87.35 IMPs!

All our hands were great, but a good one was board 9:

I bid 2♣, rather than 2 to deter a club lead against the game or slam in spades that was going to be bid.

Mark’s 6♣ cuebid also implied the Heart Ace, since he knew I likely needed that stopper.

Mark’s play was delicate and correct.

Do you know of a higher score?


Comments

3 responses to “Two Record Speedball Scores?”

  1. Anonymous

    Patch è 2F è non equilibrio?

  2. Anonymous

    I scored over 80 IMPs once – but it wasn’t over 85. daffydoc

  3. Anonymous

    Congrats, Marty. So awesome! – jcwla