What an awful day at Yahoo!!! The DOGS arrived snarling and growling and looking for any CAT in sight. The CATS were there as well, purrrfectly happy to claw their way into the record books with yet another victory. We are CATS announced one team as they registered. Then another, and another. The cats were bringing out all the weapons. A pair proudly barked the request to enter them as DOGS. More and more DOGS joined the pack. We are headed for a real battle here I thought. Felden called from the other room, "I can't get on". Oh my, Yahoo'd again. "Keep trying", I told her, "this could be a record night".

Myrna was the first to announce the ominous cloud. "Little Swan is having trouble - I may need a sub".

A message from Realbetis said "Dave - I am having awful lag problems".

Another team signed up, that makes 12 tables, a record. More messages come in. Two teams are knocked out. Where did they go? Yahoo heaven I guess. We set the pairings for the first round and everyone got under way. We were down to 11 tables. Jin sends a message - "I need a sub on 6" - another sub needed on 5. Happy says "Dave, where did our opps go?"

I looked at my monitor to see names flashing on and off in one room then another. Of 11 tables, only 4 were all playing. No, I spoke too soon, there goes Kenny. Mike is now gone for good. When we reached 4:45, four of the tables had not yet played one hand. Another had just gotten all four players at the table at the same time.