This page is a hand by hand breakdown of the final table match between James Young and Art Curby vs Tom Fry and John Harrison
for the Texas42 State Championship in Hallettsville TX on March 2, 2024.
Tom Fry won the draw to be the first shaker. B-Team went us 3-0 then A team came back to win the next 4 marks and lead 4-3.
Then B team won the last 4 marks and won Game 1 7-4.
Game 2 B-Team railroaded the A-Team. They went up 4-0, then B-Team got a laydown 84 to make it 4-2.
Then the B-Team won the last 3 marks to win Game 2 7-2.
The final result was B-Team defeated A-Team 2 games to none and secured the 2024 Texas42 State Championship.
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Hand | Shaker | Bidder | Bid | M/S | A/B Marks | Trump | JY | AC | TF | JH | Comments |
1 | Tom | Tom | 33 | M | A0/B1 | Treys | 5:3,2:2,5:5,2:0,1:0,6:5,5:2 | 2:1,3:1,6:1,4:0,5:0,6:0,6:4 | 6:2,5:1,3:3,6:3,1:1,3:0,0:0 | 4:2,4:4,4:1,3:2,4:3,5:4,6:6 | Punted 6:2, John had 6:6 |
2 | Art | Tom | 35 | M | A0/B2 | Deuces | 5:3,6:5,4:0,6:6,3:0,4:4,1:0 | 3:1,6:3,4:1,4:3,5:4,4:2,0:0 | 2:3,6:0,5:2,2:2,2:1,3:3,2:0 | 6:2,1:1,6:1,5:0,6:4,5:5,5:1 | John played 6:4 on 5:2 lead derisking 6:0 lead |
3 | John | Art | 35 | S | A0/B3 | Treys | 6:1,5:2,6:4,4:0,5:0,1:0,1:1 | 3:1,2:0,4:1,3:2,6:3,3:3,3:0 | 5:3,4:4,6:0,2:2,6:5,0:0,4:3 | 6:2,2:1,5:1,5:5,6:6,5:4,4:2 | Art punted 2:0, Tom caught it with 2:2, led 4:4, got 5:5 |
4 | James | John | 35 | S | A1/B3 | Treys | 4:4,5:4,2:1,4:1,6:4,5:1,5:3 | 4:0,5:5,2:2,6:2,1:0,6:6,6:0 | 0:5,6:5,4:3,6:1,5:2,1:1,3:1 | 3:3,0:0,2:0,3:0,4:2,3:2,6:3 | John punted 2:0, James played 6:4, Art won with 6:2 |
5 | Tom | NS | A1/B3 | 4:0,4:4,3:2,5:4,5:5,6:0,2:2 | 3:1,5:2,6:5,6:1,1:0,3:3,3:0 | 6:6,6:2,6:3,5:1,4:2,4:3,5:0 | 0:0,4:1,2:1,5:3,6:4,1:1,2:0 | Everybody passed, Shake Advanced | |||
6 | Art | NS | A1/B3 | 6:4,1:1,2:2,5:4,1:0,6:0,5:3 | 3:1,5:5,6:5,6:2,4:4,3:2,4:3 | 0:2,6:1,5:2,3:0,4:1,5:0,2:1 | 6:3,4:2,3:3,6:6,4:0,0:0,5:1 | Everybody passed, Shake Advanced | |||
7 | John | John | 31 | S | A2/B3 | Blanks | 6:2,5:0,3:1,5:3,6:4,6:3,5:4 | 4:2,3:2,1:1,6:6,2:0,0:0,5:5 | 1:0,4:3,6:5,4:1,4:4,3:3,2:1 | 3:0,2:2,4:0,6:0,6:1,5:1,5:2 | Blank punt lost 5:0, 5:3 led, Art had 5:5, John had a 5 |
8 | James | NS | A2/B3 | 1:1,5:5,4:4,6:3,0:0,6:2,4:1 | 6:4,2:0,6:1,4:0,6:5,3:3,4:2 | 5:0,3:1,4:3,3:2,5:3,2:1,2:2 | 3:0,6:0,6:6,1:0,5:2,5:1,5:4 | Everybody passed, Shake Advanced | |||
9 | Tom | Tom | 31 | S | A3/B3 | Treys | 4:4,5:0,6:2,5:3,2:2,5:1,1:1 | 6:1,2:0,5:5,4:2,4:1,6:0,3:0 | 6:3,4:0,3:1,6:6,3:3,3:2,5:2 | 4:3,5:4,1:0,6:4,6:5,0:0,2:1 | John reneged failing to play 4:3 when 3s were trump and led |
10 | Art | James | 32 | M | A4/B3 | Fours | 4:1,4:0,6:4,2:1,4:4,6:5,3:0 | 5:2,2:2,2:0,1:1,0:0,4:3,1:0 | 5:1,6:1,3:3,6:2,5:4,3:2,3:2 | 6:3,5:5,6:0,5:0,6:6,4:2,5:3 | 2 punt caught by Art, James ended up with last 2 trumps |
11 | John | James | 31 | S | A4/B4 | Blanks | 4:4,1:1,2:0,2:1,5:5,4:0,6:0 | 3:2,5:4,4:3,3:3,5:3,6:3,6:5 | 2:2,6:1,0:0,4:2,4:1,3:0,3:1 | 6:2,1:0,6:4,6:6,5:1,5:2,5:0 | Tom caught first trick with 0:0, 2:2 pulled 2:3, John had 5:0 |
12 | James | James | 31 | S | A4/B5 | Fours | 4:3,6:3,3:3,5:1,5:4,0:0,6:4 | 6:6,1:0,3:0,3:2,6:2,5:0,2:1 | 5:3,3:1,4:1,2:2,6:1,4:2,5:5 | 4:4,2:0,4:0,6:0,1:1,6:5,5:2 | punted 6, hit art, led 6 back, trumped with 4:1, 3:2 trumped with 4:0, had 4:4 |
13 | Tom | John | 35 | M | A4/B6 | Treys | 6:6,4:0,6:5,6:0,4:2,0:0,4:3 | 3:2,6:1,2:1,5:1,6:2,1:1,1:0 | 2:0,6:4,5:3,2:2,4:1,5:2,3:1 | 3:0,5:4,6:3,4:4,3:3,5:5,5:0 | Fished trumps, got 6:4 and 4:1 from Tom, walked 5s, last trump |
14 | Art | John | 31 | M | A4/B7 | Treys | 1:0,6:6,6:5,3:2,3:0,4:2,5:0 | 6:2,2:0,4:0,5:2,5:5,0:0,6:1 | 5:1,5:4,2:1,2:2,4:3,6:4,4:4 | 3:1,1:1,6:3,5:3,6:0,3:3,4:1 | Fished trumps, punted 6:6, lost 5:5, 5:0 led, trumped and 4:1 hit Tom's 4:4 |
Hand | Shaker | Bidder | Bid | M/S | A/B Marks | Trump | JY | AC | TF | JH | Comments |
1 | Art | John | 31 | M | A0/B1 | Deuces | 1:0,6:2,0:0,5:0,5:5,5:3,6:5 | 4:3,6:3,3:3,3:0,4:1,6:0,5:1 | 2:0,2:1,3:2,6:4,1:1,4:0,6:1 | 3:1,5:2,4:4,6:6,5:4,2:2,4:2 | punted 3:1, Tom trumped with 2:0, got 5:5 and count to make bid |
2 | John | James | 31 | S | A0/B2 | Fours | 6:5,1:1,4:3,1:0,0:0,4:2,6:4 | 6:0,2:0,5:2,6:3,6:1,4:1,3:3 | 2:1,6:2,5:1,5:3,5:5,4:0,4:4 | 5:0,3:1,3:1,6:6,3:2,2:2,5:4 | 6 led twice, trumped second time with 5:5 falling |
3 | James | Tom | 30 | M | A0/B3 | Deuces | 2:1,5:2,6:6,4:0,6:3,6:0,5:0 | 3:3,4:1,6:5,1:0,3:1,6:4,3:2 | 4:2,5:5,2:2,3:0,5:4,2:0,5:1 | 4:4,6:2,4:3,1:1,0:0,5:3,6:1 | punted hit partner, dumped 5:4 on 4:4 leadback |
4 | Tom | John | 31 | M | A0/B4 | Treys | 1:1,5:2,5:3,6:0,2:0,0:0,4:0 | 4:1,6:5,4:2,5:4,2:2,6:3,5:0 | 3:0,1:0,6:6,2:1,6:4,4:4,6:2 | 3:1,5:5,6:1,5:1,3:3,3:2,4:3 | Threw away 6:5, and 5:4 so 5:1 fished 5:0 and made bid |
5 | Art | Art | 84 | M | A2/B4 | Fives | 6:2,4:1,0:0,6:1,3:1,6:4,5:2 | 5:5,5:6,5:4,5:1,5:0,3:3,2:2 | 1:1,5:3,4:2,6:3,2:0,6:0,3:0 | 6:6,4:3,4:4,1:0,3:2,4:0,2:1 | Laydown. Five fives including top 3 and two doubles |
6 | John | John | 30 | M | A2/B5 | Deuces | 5:3,6:6,4:3,5:1,5:4,3:1,6:0 | 4:0,4:4,6:5,4:1,1:1,2:1,6:3 | 6:1,6:4,5:2,3:0,2:2,5:5,1:0 | 6:2,3:3,4:2,5:0,2:0,0:0,3:2 | hit partner on punt, tom had 2:2, lead 5:5, john dumps 5:0, has the rest |
7 | James | John | 30 | M | A2/B6 | Blanks | 4:4,3:0,6:2,3:2,1:0,5:1,6:3 | 2:1,6:4,4:2,6:6,5:4,3:3,5:3 | 5:2,2:2,4:1,4:0,3:1,5:5,6:0 | 0:0,6:1,1:1,6:5,2:0,4:3,5:0 | lead 0:0, tom had two including 0:6, he had 2:2, 5:5, and 5:2 leads |
8 | Tom | Tom | 32 | M | A2/B7 | Aces | 5:0,6:6,3:0,2:1,5:2,6:0,3:1 | 6:4,4:3,5:3,1:0,2:0,6:3,3:2 | 1:1,3:3,4:4,6:1,4:0,5:1,2:2 | 4:1,0:0,5:4,6:5,5:5,6:2,4:2 | Lead double and cow. Partner fed 5:5 and got last ace. Art played 6:4 on 1:5 |