We Have A Winner

Well, the 2013 Lucky 13 Cribbage Tournament has finished… and we have a champion. As you know from my previous blog post, the champion is not me…. but the question is, how did “The Kid” do?

If you didn’t read my previous posting, nobody wanted to play Riley Colby in the first round. It is his 3^rd tournament, and he is only 13 years old. He is also a GOOD cribbage player, and nobody wanted to play him in the first round.

Well, I’m not afraid to look a challenge in the eye, so I took him on in the very first match of the tournament…. and I lost…. I went down to defeat, and when I wrote about it, I nicknamed Riley, “The Kid”… because of his youthful age, and also because, much like the infamous Billy “The Kid” Bonney, his reputation preceded him.

I won’t keep you in suspense – “The Kid” made it all the way to the Championship Match, but he lost to Karen “The Dominator” Dumont.

Now, don’t let “The Dominator” give you the impression that Karen is a malicious player… quite the opposite. She is one of the nicest, most congenial persons you’ll ever meet. Her nickname comes from the fact that this is her 4^th championship out of the twelve tournaments we’ve held. Some people just seem to have a “knack” for cards, and Karen just might be one of those people. She’s tough to beat.

Riley lost the Championship match, 2 games to none, but he acquitted himself well. In both games he started out with sizeable leads. Karen, like the crafty veteran that she is, picked away at his lead, and eventually caught him right at the end of each game. Both played very well, but the better player came out on top.

Meanwhile, Riley ended up with a nice consolation prize. His grandmother bought him a new lunchbox for when he goes back to school in September, and she asked him if he wanted his name engraved on the box. He said he’d rather have “The Kid” monogrammed on it. He got both, and I’ve included a picture of Riley with his prize, below. He looks like he’s pretty happy with how he ended up.