[News] Bridge Courses for starting your summer!

Pasadena Bridge Club Logo <https://pasadenabridgeclub.com> Learn and play bridge! Mojo ABTA Master Teacher 649 N Fair Oaks Ave #201 Pasadena CA 91103 (626) 247-4457 pasadenabridgeclub.com <https://pasadenabridgeclub.com> At the Pasadena Bridge Club our course catalog has seven courses, from /Bridge Basics 1/ to /Two Over One Game Force/. We have three sessions at the club that are dedicated to class work: Wednesday afternoon at 3:00, Wednesday evening at 7:00, and Thursday evening at 7:00. In each of those three sessions, we usually cycle through the seven courses in order, so there's usually something for every level of player, and every course should come up three or four times a year. The courses make up a sequence of learning, and always work best having had the experience of playing games of bridge at the club. Once you have some playing experience, you can really take any course in any order you like. Revisiting any of our courses is an amazing experience. There's so much detail in all of our topics, seeing the material a second time is like peeling away another layer of the onion. Here are the three courses that are starting up the coming week: Introduction to Defense This is the fifth course in the catalog, following Bridge Basics 4 - Play of the Deal. In this course you will learn how to work with your partner to take as many tricks as possible on defense. It's a great class for helping to visualize where the missing high cards are when you can't see them! * Six Wednesday afternoons, 3:00-5:00 PM, starting May 27 * Course fee $120 includes textbook by Eddie Kantar * Full lesson plan here <https://pasadenabridgeclub.com/course/intro-to-defense> * Register for the course here <https://pasadenabridgeclub.com/contact/course_enrollment> Two Over One Game Force This course introduces probably the most successful bidding system in the world for club and tournament play. By making a small tweak to Standard American bidding, it often simplifies finding the right game contract or explore for slam. In this course you'll learn some of the patterns and idioms that come with 2/1GF, and be ready to play. This course includes some of the best play-of-the-hand lessons in the catalog as well! Your instructor for 2/1GF will be our own wizard Zachary Vedro. * Six Wednesday evenings, 7:00 - 9:00 PM, starting May 27 * $130 includes textbook by Audrey Grant and Eric Rodwell * Full lesson plan here <https://pasadenabridgeclub.com/course/two_over_one_game_force> * Register for the course here <https://pasadenabridgeclub.com/contact/course_enrollment> Bridge Basics 2 - Competitive Bidding This may be the second course in the catalog, but it's also a course that's effective for players with quite a bit of game experience. Here is where you will learn to think like a bridge player, and see what kinds of decisions will affect your score on every hand. /This is a great course to revisit!/ * Six Thursday evenings, 7:00 - 9:00 PM, starting May 28 * $120 includes textbook by Audrey Grant * Full lesson plan here <https://pasadenabridgeclub.com/course/competitive-bidding> * Register for the course here <https://pasadenabridgeclub.com/contact/course_enrollment> More tidbits ... /Our next session of /*Bridge Basics 1 - Introduction*/will be held on Wednesday evenings at 7:00 PM starting July 15./ You can always drop in for a single session of any course for $25 The novice/intermediate program at the Pasadena Bridge Club is going strong! The reason we're learning this game is so we can enjoy playing it! If you're new to games at the bridge center, your *best first game *is held on Thursday afternoons at 3:00 PM. We play about 12 hands for about two hours, hosted by Susan Kane. We have a great Tuesday evening game hosted by Lisa Walker, starting at 7:00 and finishing by 9:15. Our Saturday morning novice/intermediate game is a special event including a free 20-minute workshop at 9:30 followed by a game that finishes by 12:15, hosted by Mojo. Hope to see you soon at the bridge club! Best regards, Mojo, Jane, Zachary, Lisa, Susan