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649 N Fair Oaks Ave
#201
Pasadena CA 91103
(626) 247-4457
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.
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. 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 for the course
through PCC Extension.
Best regards
Mojo, Jane, Zachary, Lisa, Susan
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