Smooth Operators

For the second time ever, I was pleased to play with teacher/director Everette last Tuesday.  My partner unexpectedly cancelled and he was nice enough to become a playing director.  I have described being Everette's partner as akin to driving a really, really expensive Italian sports car like a Mazzarrati; one of the way cool, low slung, purring pieces of machinery that you hardly have to steer.  It just sails along without a lot of guidance or pings in the engine.  We did better the first time we played as partners than we did this week, but the ride, for me, was just as smooth. For Everette, probably not so much, as I made two bonehead, stupid sacrifice bids on the first two hands.  When I managed to restrain myself and set the opposition instead, he agreed that I was indeed trainable.  It was a really, really nice day.