For those in the All-For-One alliance, there is a golden opportunity right now to earn your silver points. It’s one of those funny open games that are not really open. But it pays full 2x silver points: the 9:30pm speed ball with Sephardic – each night of Silver Linings Week 2.0.
According to the email from Honors, in a 0-3500 event, “professional players are put on notice that they are strongly discouraged from playing”. Not that we can promise all the ringers need any encouragement, but so far it has been a true mid-flight crowd.
Is It Closer To 750 or Open?
Honestly, there isn’t so much difference between the mid-flight and 0-750 fields. You gain a few strong pairs, but it’s largely similar people, if not exactly the same people. The sad truth is, we’ll all still be making many of the same mistakes, plus all new mistakes, with 2500 masterpoints under our belts! If you are earning points regularly in the 0-750 (every other session, say), you probably belong in mid-flight.
I highly recommend it for anyone looking to squeeze in a late evening game, and you can fit it in right after finishing the 7:15pm evening session. The Monday game had 11 tables, coded has a limited game (pays 80% of 2x points). But under certain conditions, given the player pool, they convert it to an open game – full 2x payment and you are still done in 90 minutes.