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649 N Fair Oaks Ave
#201
Pasadena CA 91103
(626) 247-4457
pasadenabridgeclub.com
We had a great busy day on Sunday!
For the North American Pairs District Final we
had seven tables each in Flight A and B, and
five tables in Flight C. Everyone found
something good for lunch. (Sushi from Vallarta
Market? Yes!)
Special thanks to Stephen Licker, Robert
Jennings, Ron Lu, and Toban for spending some
time at the club and helping out with the event.
Thursday Open Game Starts
October 5, 11:00 AM, Open Pairs, 24 boards, and
free pizza lunch this Thursday! We'll take a
short break at 12:00 for pizza. Drop me a note
to reserve a seat.
Bridge Scoring Notation
"What is the airspeed velocity of an unladen
swallow?"
"What do you mean? African or European
swallow?"
"I don't know that! Aaaauughhh!" -- the Troll
from Monty Python In Search of the Holy
Grail.
In the US, since I started playing and
recording scores with a pencil on a traveler, we
always referred to the result of a contract by
either how many tricks it made, or how many
tricks it went down.
For instance: 3SN+5 (three spades by north
making five).
For manually computing the score, this provides
a mental shortcut. I could compute the trick
score: 5 x 30 = 150 plus the partscore bonus for
200 total.
But in Europe, and I suppose most of the rest
of the world, that score would be noted as
3SN+2. Mentally I would have a tiny extra step
((3+2)*30).
If there were no overtricks, it would be noted
as 3SN=, rather than the American form, 3SN+3.
For Bridgemates, I have an option to use
"American" or "European" scoring notation.
I've noticed that ACBL's "Live for Clubs" is
currently using European notation for results.
The Common Game is doing the same thing.
Maybe this was be an outgrowth of quarantine,
when we all had to play online, and most of us
played on Bridge Base Online. All of the
notation there is in European format.
In US tournaments, the Bridgemates are still
set to American format, where you'd key in
"making 5" rather than "+3". As long as that's
true, I'll keep it the same in the club. It will
be a slightly jarring change if they make it.
So what do you think? Is the American scoring
format to be scrapped? It's an interesting
discussion!
Classes this week
Drop in for a single class! Most of our
sessions are small groups with opportunities for
lots of personal attention. It's just $25 for an
almost-private lesson.
Note Slam Bidding and Blackwood on Saturday. :)
- Wednesday 7:00 PM Improving Your
Judgment - Doubles "Advancing a takeout
double"
- Thursday 7:00 PM Bridge Basics 1 -
Introduction "Practice Hands"
- Saturday 9:30 AM Bridge Basics 3 -
Popular Conventions "Slam Bidding and
Blackwood"
Saturday Workshop and Game 1:00 PM to be
announced ($10 for workshop and short
game!)
YouTube mini-lesson
this week: "Entries (2 of 2)" Learn about
ducking plays.
Coming up ...
October is Club Appreciation Month. Let's have
some club championships, with lots of extra
masterpoints! We'll start with the week of
October 9.
Sunday October 8 we have a Pasadena Unit Game
at the club. Drop me a note for a reservation.
12:30 PM start time.
We have a very special game on Wednesday,
October 25, the Instant Matchpoint Game. More
about that later.
Best regards,
Mojo, Jane, Zachary
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