[News] New Bridge courses start next week

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> Welcome to 2025! It's going to be a great year for playing bridge and leveling-up your game. Our class sessions are on Wednesday and Thursday evenings, featuring another course from our eight course catalog <https://pasadenabridgeclub.com/available_courses> every six weeks or so. We also have our weekly Tuesday evening duplicate game for novice players, as well as our popular Saturday morning game with a free bridge workshop at 9:30. Office Hours feature casual bridge every Monday - Thursday from 3:00-5:00 PM. Bridge Basics 2 - Competitive Bidding Bridge Basics 1 focuses on what we call the "constructive" auction — when one side opens the bidding, the other side is silent. This allows a partnership to focus on HOW HIGH and WHERE to play a contract. But in most bridge auctions, both sides get involved. When the other side makes a bid, you also have the goal of interfering with their auction, as well as finding the best contract for your side. A competitive auction offers new opportunities to add to our bidding vocabulary. Of course it wouldn't be one of our courses without also having tips for winning extra tips as declarer or defender! * Six Wednesday evenings, starting January 8, 7:00 - 9:00 PM * See the full course description <https://pasadenabridgeclub.com/course/competitive-bidding> * $120 includes textbook by Audrey Grant * Click here to enroll <https://pasadenabridgeclub.com/contact/course_enrollment> Bridge Basics 4 - Play of the Deal /Play of the Deal/ was just released in 2024 by Audrey Grant and David Lindop. This will be our first presentation of the course at the Pasadena Bridge Club! While bidding language evolves over time (like all languages!), the principles of card play as declarer are timeless. The techniques and puzzle-solving skills of declarer play are also much deeper than they seem at first! Like all puzzles, skill is achieved through study and practice to recognize common situations and possibilities. * Six Thursday evenings, starting Januray 9, 7:00 - 9:00 PM * Full course description <https://pasadenabridgeclub.com/course/play-of-the-deal> * $120 includes textbook by Audrey Grant * Click here to enroll <https://pasadenabridgeclub.com/contact/course_enrollment> Last year and this year ... At the end of the year, the Pasadena Bridge Club was #99 in North America, with 2,357 tables played in ACBL-sanctioned bridge games. In the US alone, we're #79. In LA County (District 23) we're #3 behind the Long Beach Bridge Center and the Agile Bridge Club. Next on the course calendar will be /Improving Your Judgment - Opening the Bidding/ starting on February 19, and /Introduction to Defense/ starting February 20. This coming year we'll have a special full-day seminar event featuring Robert Todd. If you're saving events on your calendar, keep Sunday March 30 open for that. Our next session of /Bridge Basics 1 - Introduction /will be on Thursday evenings, starting April 3. Watch for the listing in the PCC Extension catalog! Mojo, Jane and Zachary