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649 N Fair Oaks Ave
#201
Pasadena CA 91103
(626) 247-4457
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!
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.
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!
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
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