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649 N Fair Oaks Ave
#201
Pasadena CA 91103
(626) 247-4457
pasadenabridgeclub.com
Fall is almost here! Can you feel the chill in
the air? No? Me neither. That's okay! It's
always great weather for playing bridge and
making new friends in bridge classes.
I'm way behind on newsletters, but I promise
I'll have one soon. (My email server is back
from needing a rebuild after a malware attack.)
Welcome to everyone from our last Bridge Basics
1 class! If you're on the list by mistake,
please drop me a note and I'll take care of it.
Here are the courses that are starting up this
week:
Bridge Basics 2 - Competitive Bidding
We've learned the basics of bidding when only
one side is involved in the auction, but there
are four players at the table! Everyone may want
to get in on the auction to find a productive
contract for their side, or make it difficult
for the opponents to find their best contract.
In this course you learn to start thinking like
a bridge player, looking for ways to get the
best score on each hand.
This session you're in for a treat! Your
instructor will be our own bridge wizard Zachary
Vedro.
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 can be easier to
find the right game contract or explore for
slam. In this course you'll learn the patterns
and idioms of 2/1GF, and be ready to play. This
course includes some of the best
play-of-the-hand lessons in the catalog as well!
Bridge Basics 4 - Play of the Deal
Improve your ability to win all the tricks you
can as the declarer in a contract. It's all
about planning! Learn to identify many of the
patterns that enable developing extra winners or
eliminating losers.
The textbook won Book of the Year in
2025 from the American Bridge Teachers
Association.
More tidbits ...
Our next session of Bridge Basics 1 -
Introduction will be held on Wednesday
afternoons at 3:00 PM starting October 28. The
course is open for registration now at PCC
Extension at this link.
Don't forget you can always drop in for a
single session of any course for $25. Each class
usually stands along fairly well, and I try to
keep the topics visible on the
front of the web site.
For the full novice/intermediate program at the
club, including workshops, games, and casual
bridge, see the schedule
here!
Hope to see you soon at
the bridge club!
Best regards,
Mojo, Jane, Zachary, Lisa, Susan
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