[croydonman]

Just played my first ever Bridge Money tournament. Was not doing very well with one minute on the clock when I got a seven or eight card suit and so went for it with a second round bid of 7 spades.

Now, in twenty seven years of playing bridge, I've never bid and made a grand slam. When dummy went down on this one I saw it was on a finesse (maybe even better chance but with one minute left I wasn't analysing any further). Unfortunately after about four tricks, the tournament ended. The opps' hands were revealed to show that the finesse was working but that was the last I saw of the hand. It didn't get saved on my computer - looks like it was just discarded.

My question? Is there any way my glorious hand can be retrieved for posterity and perhaps for me to ponder whether given no time pressure, I would have scientifically found the slam? Or has the server discarded it and forever lost it in cyberspace?

[cjames]

Wow no grand slam in 27 years? How many Yarboroughs?
I don't know of any methods to see hands that were never played out, might be a way though.

[onoway]

If you know anyone else who was playing in the tourney who did finish the hand, then you should be able to retrieve it. Possibly you can do this by reviewing the hands that you DID finish earlier and check them out, that would give you names of other people who played. Then go to "my hands" in BBO and look up the tourney under their name. When the hands come up, if they did finish that one, you should be able to save it to your computer. Good luck

[onoway]

oops just saw it was a money bridge tourney. In that case I don't know...if you get travellers you should be able to retrieve it, but if not...I can't suggest anything else except perhaps checking with BBO Help...