[News] STaC week, Robert Todd Sunday

Pasadena Bridge Club Logo <https://pasadenabridgeclub.com> News from North Fair Oaks Mojo ABTA Master Teacher 649 N Fair Oaks Ave #201 Pasadena CA 91103 (626) 247-4457 pasadenabridgeclub.com <https://pasadenabridgeclub.com> Jane and Mojo in St LouisI had a great week in St. Louis. Sarah and I played for six days. It was a mix of pair and team events, 298 bridge hands total for the week! We came home with 25 gold points and some great new and renewed friendships. *Do you have a guest room* that might be available? I'd love to find someone interested in hosting Robert Todd for one night on Saturday evening. I'll buy us dinner. 🙂 Silver point week One of the requirements for the rank of Life Master is to earn at least 75 "silver" masterpoints. Silver points can only be won at sectional tournaments which are usually hosted by ACBL bridge units. This week you can win silver at our club games! All of our Open Pairs games, Monday through Friday at 11:00, plus Saturday at 1:00, will be pooled with other clubs in Los Angeles County for a Sectional Tournament at Clubs (STaC). It takes about a day for all of the overall awards to be compiled. I'll have a link on the web site for the overall results when they become available. Card fees for the STaC games will be $13. Stratification for the overall awards will be Open/2500/750. Robert Todd /Robert Todd as one of the celebrity speakers in the Novice / Intermediate program at the 2026 Spring NABC in St. Louis./ Robert Todd Seminar We have a great turnout for Robert Todd's seminar on Sunday, March 15, but there's still room for a few more! it's worthwhile to spend a full day with Robert's insightful way to think about bridge hands. I had the pleasure of seeing him as one of the celebrity speakers at the St. Louis NABC last week. The session will begin at 9:00 AM, and we'll be done at about 3:30 PM. The full day is $90. * Morning: Responder's Rebids * Afternoon: Doubles of Many Kinds Grab a copy of the flier here <https://pasadenabridgeclub.com/sites/default/files/fliers/RobertTodd2026-PBC.pdf>. To reserve a seat, drop me a note <https://pasadenabridgeclub.com/contact/contact_the_bridge_club>! Classes This Week Our classes are best in the context of a full course, but they also stand alone very nicely. If you can't take a full course, you can always drop in for a single class on any topic for $25. Here are this week's individual classes: * Wednesday 3:00 PM Bridge Basics 3 - Popular Conventions "Strong opening bids" * Wednesday 7:00 PM /Introduction to Defense /"Signaling against notrump" * Thursday 7:00 PM /Two Over One Game Force/ "The choice between game and slam" The Saturday morning workshop is on as usual, with another great hand from Eddie Kantar's /Thinking Bridge/ series. Coming up ... The next session of /Bridge Basics 1 - Introduction/ is scheduled for Thursday evenings starting April 2. Here is 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> for the course through PCC Extension. Best regards Mojo, Jane, Zachary, Lisa, Susan