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649 N Fair Oaks Ave
#201
Pasadena CA 91103
(626) 247-4457
pasadenabridgeclub.com
This past week I started a new series of Bridge
Basics 1 - Introduction on Thursday evenings. On
Wednesday night I was expecting 18 students. On
Thursday night I had 24 in the class!
I even got a round of applause at the end of
the lesson. That doesn't happen often!
Robots for half table
I'm getting together the tools to use BBO
Robots to fill a half table at the club. If I
have a half, one table can have a pair of iPads
or Fire tablets facing the E/W seats. The robots
will play N/S.
When I did this before at the BridgeMojo club,
nobody liked it much. But most players at that
time weren't really familiar with bridge online.
It's different now — most of us know how to bid
and play on BBO. It'll be an interesting
experiment!
As we first start out, I'll probably score the
round as "No Plays" while we're trying it out.
I'll only use it for the Open games.
Love a good mystery?
When I'm on the road, I love listening to
episodes of "Sorry,
Partner," a bridge podcast by Catherine
Harris and Jocelyn Startz.
I enjoyed a recent episode featuring English
champion Helen Erichsen, who also happens to be
an author. She just released a novel Murder
By Natural Causes, which revolves around
bridge and a bridge club.
I haven't read it yet, but it sounds like a
good time! I love the title. :)
Classes this week
Anyone is welcome to drop in for a single
session of any course for $25. Let me know
you're coming! Here are the topics at this
week's classes:
- Wednesday 7:00 PM Defense
"Interfering with Declarer"
- Thursday 7:00 PM Bridge Basics 1 "1
Notrump Opening Bids and Responses"
The Saturday games will be closed this week for
the tournament (see below). Next week we'll
resume the Workshop and Game with "Developing
Tricks in Notrump."
On our YouTube channel this week, "Trumping
in the dummy"
Glendale Sectional
September 9-10, with lots of seats
available for the Open Pairs and 499er pairs,
all four sessions!
Note that this isn't a Pasadena Bridge Club
event. The Glendale Verdugo Unit is renting the
bridge club for their sectional, so writing me
for a reservation won't work. Instead, visit
the information page here and use the
reservation link.
Teacher training coming up
Become an accredited Better Bridge teacher!
We're hosting a two-day seminar by Denise
Hoffman on Thursday-Friday December 21-22.
By completing the seminar you'll be recognized
as an accredited teacher by the ACBL, and
eligible to be listed in the teacher directory.
It's a great credential to present to
organizations like college extension programs.
Best regards,
Mojo, Jane, Zachary
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