Yesterday (5/28), I played in a SMA (Mexico) Bridge game: Title #4887 Pairs SMA Bridge 10:30 Central Host vacb262436 There were 16 tables so it was split into two 8-table sections. The result was that my partner and I had a 57% game and came in 4th in Section 1 EW. No one in Section 2 EW was as high as 55%. However the two EW sections were not combined so we didn't get any MPs for our efforts. Why are the two sections not combined for the final placing? I've never been to a live club or tournament that did not combine multiple sections before doing the ranking. Thanks very much for your help.
