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.

Texas42 2024 State Championship Final Table Commentary Video

Game1

HandShakerBidder 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

Game 2

Hand Shaker Bidder Bid M/S A/B Marks Trump JY AC TF JHComments
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