Life is a Game of IMPs not Matchpoints

Susan and I are at the airport.... going to Toronto (4 hours), 2 hours at Pearson Airport and then an 11 hour flight to Sao Paulo. This will be the last post on Canadian soil.

The title of this post is a bridge allegory that some players use to define their lives. As I prepare to play in the Venice Cup, I have to remember that I will be playing IMPs. Like life, I must premise our strategy based on the following principles:

• unlike matchpoints where every board in a session in IMPs is weighted equally, life is not equal, and hands at the Venice Cup are not equal, going down in a vulnerable game or slam is often the difference between winning or losing a match;
• safety plays are the essence of declaring;
• aggressive bids to game, especially vulnerable; my aggressive personality makes this easy to accomplish, in life and bridge;
• while overtricks in IMPs are not as important, perhaps this point is something that is less instinctive for me.

If my life is geared to succeed because I self identify as an IMP player, then the World Championships should be a piece of cake.......right???? :)