Albany NY State warmup - April 11th

[deliverance]

The crazy thing is that watching the past few tournaments, as will likely be the case in NY state too, Ben is competing and beating (or getting very close) against the majority of the elite players in USA. If he was here for a few more months and played a couple more tournaments, he'd have consistent results to bump him up to that level, so it's been a real pleasure playing and observing him the last little while.

We need to step up our game! Nothing like having a pro or elite around town to practice against. Last Friday Jon and I played Ben & Vern probably about 15-20 2/3's, we didn't win a single one, but I feel like in that one 5 hour session my game's improved tremendously in decision making and trying to block that damned 5 bar of his.