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649 N Fair Oaks Ave
#201
Pasadena CA 91103
(626) 247-4457
pasadenabridgeclub.com
As of this morning, for 2026, the Pasadena
Bridge Club is #22 in North America for
face-to-face bridge clubs, with 3,198 tables. We
just passed the Mathewson Bridge Center in Reno
where my friend and current ABTA president Jill
Wallace does her thing. (Hi Jill!)
Ahead of us locally are the Long Beach Bridge
Center at #15, and three clubs in neighboring
District 22: San Juan Capistrano at #11, Laguna
Woods at #7, and the Duncan Bridge Center in
Palm Desert at #4. California is really a hotbed
of bridge. But (of course) the top three clubs
in the list are all in Florida! (#5 is Honors in
Manhattan.)
How many clubs are in this list? 1,800 clubs
have reported tables played in 2026.
The ACBL table counts include tables in
sanctioned masterpoint games, so it doesn't
include our classes, casual, or workshop games
and activities.
Lulu Minter seminar on Monday
To kick off STaC week Monday, Lulu will give
one of his popular talks on the theme "Rules of
Numbers." This is Monday, October 19!
The talk will be at 10:00 in the Community
Room down the hall from the bridge club.
Sectional Tournament at Clubs (STaC)
This week, October 19-25, all Open Pairs games
at the club will be silver point STaC games.
Those are the Monday-Friday 11:00 AM games and
the Saturday 1:00 PM game.
Each of those games will have their results
grouped with other clubs in District 23 playing
at the same time to create overall awards within
the district. Card fees will be $13 for these
games (or a punch and $1).
We have a normal table limit in the club of 16
tables, and it's not unreasonable to expect that
we might reach that point on some popular days
for the STaC. If you can book your games early
it's a good idea!
Classes this week
This is a good week to drop in for single
classes ($25). All of our courses are doing
"practice hands" this week. These are great
opportunities to practice on a particular topic!
This week's classes (all "practice hands"):
- Wednesday 3:00 PM: Two Over One Game
Force
- Wednesday 7:00 PM: Bridge Basics 2 -
Competitive Bidding
- Thursday 7:00 PM: Bridge Basics 4 - Play
of the Deal
Saturday mornings start with a free 20-minute
workshop with an interesting hand from Eddie
Kantar's Thinking Bridge series. Every hand has
interesting bidding, play, and defense problems
to work out. Come for the workshop, stay for the
14-board game, finish by 12:15.
Other tidbits ...
New classes start soon! I'll be sending a "new
class" email shortly. Courses starting next
week:
- Wednesday Oct 28 7:00 PM Bridge Basics 3
- Popular Conventions
- Thursday Oct 29 7:00 PM Introduction to
Defense
Register for either of these classes at this
link.
The session of Bridge Basics 1 -
Introduction starting October 28 is sold
out with 32 students!
The courses this session will each have a
two-week break from meetings for Thanksgiving
and the week after, to let us all play in the
NABC, to wit:
The North American Bridge Championships
are coming to San Diego the week after
Thanksgiving, and all of the bridge club staff
want to go play! We're planning to close the
bridge club from Monday, November 30, through
Wednesday, December 2. We'll take advantage of
the down time to do some carpet cleaning as
well. (I'm also going to empty the Lost and
Found and clutter that can go away.)
We won't have games on Thanksgiving, but we
will on Friday and Saturday after.
Best regards
Mojo, Jane, Zachary, Lisa, Susan
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