Ronnie has never been one for being second best. Even when he is having a bad day with the cards, he expects his successful opponents to recognise that they are still inferior to him . To even suggest or hint that he is less of a bridge player than them would be like signing their own death warrants. He gets very upset and angry when others are disrespectful and smug.
So when the EBU published the latest list of rankings related to players at the Slaughter House BC, Ronnie took real offence at being graded as a lowly advanced master, and even greater offence at the fact that others ranked above him were complete tossers. Naturally, he told the EBU to stop this ludicrous form of grading and assessment .....or else heads would roll.....literally.
Bridge for Ronnie is all about deep psychology, table presence, technical skill and pitting one's wits and brains against players of the highest calibre in a high stakes game of rubber bridge. In this field he is an expert, where he is happy to see his numerous successes go without any recognition, acknowledgement, or publicity.
Not surprisingly, he gets extremely upset when baby rabbits put in umpteen appearances at green pointed events, and then, by scraping together a winning round or two against even bigger bunnies, they earn themselves undeserved awards. Flushed with success of promotions they foolishly make the grave mistake of lording their superior status and ranking over Ronnie. Not for very long I might add.
Moreover, he sees bridge as a game to be enjoyed irrespective of who his partner is , and not a tiresome never-ending treadmill of infinite advancements. This endless and pointless exercise simply turns even mediocre players into " picky, persnickety types ", who constantly ditch unhelpful partners for better ones in the quest for green pointed glory. Loyalty to partners means everything to Ronnie. Loyalty of his partners to him is of course mandatory. That code of behavior should not... and cannot.....ever be broken.
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