The Setting Trick: Conversations with World Class Bridge Players
We have saved today’s guest to appear once the next in-person Nationals loomed near. Meet Jenni Carmichael, our first tournament director on the show and spouse of TST Guest #24 Tom Carmichael. A fine storyteller, Jenni finds the humor and draws out the drama.
Episode Highlights:
1:20- Chances of Austin Nationals happening
5:23- Requirements to become a director
11:15- 3SXX making is clearly an average board
15:00- “I just have four cards left to play”
17:05- How Jenny got into directing
24:00- “The only law we care about is God’s law”
28:46- “Does he have his bid?”
40:44- Bridge camps
46:30- Mixed Pair stories of absurd scores, intense pressure, and momentum
53:26- If no Greg, maybe no Double Dummy
55:20- Jenni once held a long grudge against her current director idol
1:11:12- It is useless to psych against Jenni
1:14:13- But her psychs are deadly