[News] Great continuing bridge courses starting soon

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> The Pasadena Bridge Club is growing! Among face-to-face bridge clubs (the best kind!) in North America, we currently rank #30 out of about 1,500 clubs that have held games so far in 2026. Our southern half of California is covered by two ACBL districts: 22, and 23 (LA County). In the combined districts, the #1 club is the Duncan Bridge Center in Palm Desert. Our club is #7 out of 67 or so clubs in our two districts. In Los Angeles County, the biggest club is Long Beach with 540 tables through Feb 11. We've moved into #2 with 436 tables. Those "table counts" are only for ACBL-sanctioned games paying masterpoints. If they were able to count our classes, workshops, and casual bridge sessions, the number would be quite a bit higher, and I'm almost certain that our intermediate/novice program is rare among bridge clubs! That said, let's keep it going! We have three new courses starting next week, in our three class sessions. Here is the lineup of courses starting next week. Check out *Two Over One Game Force* on Thursdays! Bridge Basics 3 - Popular Conventions There are really only a handful of conventions that most players need to be competitive in a bridge tournament. You learned about "takeout doubles" in Bridge Basics 2. In this class we'll add the Stayman Convention, Jacoby Transfer Bids, strong hand bidding, and slam bidding. * Six Wednesday afternoons, 3:00 - 5:00 PM, starting Feb. 18 * $120 includes text by Audrey Grant * Full lesson plan here <https://pasadenabridgeclub.com/course/popular-conventions> * Register for the course here <https://pasadenabridgeclub.com/contact/course_enrollment> Introduction to Defense Working from a delightful and readable book by Eddie Kantar and Barbara Seagram, join us to study the fundamentals of bridge defense. Learn how to visualize a complete deal, and communicate with your partner to take as many tricks as possible. Defense this period is taught by Zachary Vedro, a true wizard! * Six Wednesday evenings, 7:00 - 9:00 PM, starting Feb. 18 * $120 includes textbook by Eddie Kantar * Full lesson plan here <https://pasadenabridgeclub.com/course/intro-to-defense> * Register for the course here <https://pasadenabridgeclub.com/contact/course_enrollment> Two Over One Game Force Take you bidding to the next level with this basic system that is by far the most popular system played in tournaments and clubs. By making a small tweak to Standard American, 2/1GF makes it easier to find the right game contracts, and gives you more bidding room to find good slam contracts (and stay out of bad ones!). * Six Thursday evenings, 7:00 - 9:00 PM, starting Feb. 19 * $130 includes textbook by Audrey Grant * Full lesson plan here <https://pasadenabridgeclub.com/course/two_over_one_game_force> * Register for the course here <https://pasadenabridgeclub.com/contact/course_enrollment> Robert Todd Seminar Mojo, Robert, Jane The bridge club will be hosting Robert Todd for a full day bridge seminar on Sunday, March 15. This is our third year to host Robert, and it's always an eye-opening and entertaining day! We're currently taking reservations for the full day seminar. The cost is $90 for the full day. Specific topics will be announced soon. The morning session is usually a bidding topic, and the afternoon is a play or defense topic. Drop me a note and I'll save you a seat! Looking for /Bridge Basics 1 - Introduction/? Our next session of Bridge Basics 1 will start on Thursday evenings, April 2, at 7:00 PM. The course is now open for registration at PCC Extension (Pasadena City College). The class does meet at the bridge club. Here's the link to register <https://pasadena.augusoft.net/index.cfm?method=ClassInfo.ClassInformation&int_class_id=70755&int_category_id=0&int_sub_category_id=0&int_catalog_id=0> with PCC for the course. Hope to see you soon at the bridge club! Best regards, Mojo, Jane, Zachary, Lisa, Susan