[News] Club Championship week

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> Early Tuesday morning Jane and I will be flying to St. Louis for the spring North American Bridge Championships. On Wednesday  (and maybe Thursday!), Sarah Deschenes and I will play in the North American Pairs Flight A tournament representing District 23. We're definitely underdogs in the event. Neither of us has much experience at playing in tournaments at this level. It isn't a national championship, since the event is capped at 6,000 masterpoints. As Woody Allen famously said, "90% of life is showing up." We're showing up for this one, and open to all possibilities. After the NAP event, we'll pick up teammates and play in more events for a few days of intense bridge. I'll be back a week from Tuesday, and Zachary and Susan Kane will be filling in for me at the bridge club. Robert Todd seminar On *Sunday March 15* we're proud to host Robert Todd for his third year in Pasadena. Robert is one of my mentors as a teacher. His background as a former math professor seems to enables him to explain bridge concepts in a way that makes complex things easier to understand. He truly improves your ability to think about bridge, rather than memorizing rules. Mojo, Robert, Jane These seminars are "multi-level." His talks are accessible to newer players, and valuable to experienced players as well. They're also fun and entertaining! The morning session topic is *Responder's Rebids*. As he says, "Responder's Rebid is where things often start to fall apart." The afternoon session is on *Doubles of Many Kinds*. "We'll discuss several different types of doubles and see when and how they are used." Attend the full day for $90, starting at 9:00 AM, and finishing up by 3:30, with a 90-minute lunch break. Grab a copy of the seminar flier at this link <https://pasadenabridgeclub.com/sites/default/files/fliers/RobertTodd2026-PBC.pdf>. Drop me a note to reserve your seat as soon as you can! Club championship week Let's play some club championships! All Open Pairs games this week, Monday through Friday at 11:00, Saturday at 1:00 PM, will be club championships. That means beaucoup extra masterpoints, and "overall" awards as well as N/S and E/W awards. Still $12 card fee! STaC week coming in March In the second week of March, let's compete against the other clubs in District 23 (LA County) for silver points. This is our first "Sectional Tournament at Clubs" for 2026. All masterpoint awards  at the club will be the coveted silver masterpoints, required for the Life Master rank. In addition, the various club results will be combined for overall results that could be huge. More details in the next newsletter. Plan to play in an Open Pairs game March 9 through 14. 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. The Wednesday afternoon class "Popular Conventions" will be dark this week and resume next week when I return from St. Louis. Here are this week's individual classes: * Wednesday 7:00 PM /Introduction to Defense /"Opening leads against trump contracts" * Thursday 7:00 PM /Two Over One Game Force/ "The 1NT Forcing Response" 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