May 2021 - PPDVBC - BridgeMojo

Thank you for Grass Roots weekend support -- today's game
by Morris Jones 17 May '21

17 May '21

We had a lovely turnout of 26 tables total between Saturday and Sunday for the Grass Roots fund raising event. See how the masterpoints were awarded for the Open Pairs games!: * Saturday, four tables, adjacent to the newcomer game, first place: 3.00 black * Sunday, eleven tables, first place: 2.20 black (each direction) Tonight we have our regular *Monday evening 0-1000 Pair game at 7:15*. Come play! Friendly partners available at the partnership desk. :) Best regards, Mojo -- Morris Jones, Monrovia, CA BridgeMojo <http://bridgemojo.com> Old Town Sidewalk Astronomers <http://otastro.org> Mojo's Blog <http://mojo.whiteoaks.com>

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Sunday Grass Roots game
by Morris Jones 16 May '21

16 May '21

It's a special weekend in ACBL virtual club land. The Grass Roots games raise money to send district qualifiers for the North American Pairs and Grand National Teams to compete nationally at the North American Bridge Championships. In exchange, we award about 33% more black points than usual (200% instead of 150% for virtual club games). Our final Grass Roots game today is an Open Pairs game at 12:30. Come play if you can! Friendly partners are often available at the Partnership Desk, and if there's one single remaining, I can get you into the game with a standby player from the substitutes list. Best regards, Mojo -- Morris Jones, Monrovia, CA BridgeMojo <http://bridgemojo.com> Old Town Sidewalk Astronomers <http://otastro.org> Mojo's Blog <http://mojo.whiteoaks.com>

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Special Event this weekend
by Morris Jones 14 May '21

14 May '21

This weekend is "Grass Roots" weekend -- all VACB games pay double black points! It's the same sort of thing as the Valentine's weekend we had in February. Two days only! Here are the events for tomorrow: * 9:30 15-minute bridge mini lesson from Mojo * 10:00 0-500 Pairs * 12:20 Newcomer Pairs * 12:30 Open Pairs The Open Pairs game should be awarding quite the bonus this weekend! To join the 9:30 mini lesson live, use this Zoom meeting link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83912578991?pwd=Y1R2UnJ1TFM2dVZzYmsyTDdzeFcydz09 Meeting ID: 839 1257 8991 Passcode: 7ntxx If you'd like to catch up on past mini lessons, they're available at this YouTube playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLD5qT1hFf-OreW5_zBRHB3WwF6Ljdp-OS Best regards, Mojo -- Morris Jones, Monrovia, CA BridgeMojo <http://bridgemojo.com> Old Town Sidewalk Astronomers <http://otastro.org> Mojo's Blog <http://mojo.whiteoaks.com>

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Wednesday bridge
by Morris Jones 12 May '21

12 May '21

Lots of bridge today! * 10:45 0-500 Pairs * 7:15 Newcomer Pairs * 7:30 Open Pairs Tonight's Open Pairs awards lots of points. Worth a visit! We play 6 minutes a board in the evening games, so it finishes snappy. Best regards, Mojo -- Morris Jones, Monrovia, CA BridgeMojo <http://bridgemojo.com> Old Town Sidewalk Astronomers <http://otastro.org> Mojo's Blog <http://mojo.whiteoaks.com>

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Online and Face to Face table data for ACBL/BBO
by Morris Jones 11 May '21

11 May '21

The Rochester Duplicate Bridge Club has some serious data wonks. :) This is a fascinating compilation of table data for online and face-to-face play, showing how it is changing over the past several weeks. https://medcitybridge.com/R_other%20pages/work/F2F%20Updates.html Check back weekly and see how it changes. (You might say this is a collection of tables tables.) Best regards, Mojo -- Morris Jones, Monrovia, CA BridgeMojo <http://bridgemojo.com> Old Town Sidewalk Astronomers <http://otastro.org> Mojo's Blog <http://mojo.whiteoaks.com>

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This morning (Tuesday) 0-500 Pairs 10:45
by Morris Jones 11 May '21

11 May '21

Good morning! We're holding our regular 0-500 game at 10:45 this morning. * 10:45 0-500 Pasadena Pomona Downey Paula and I are looking to adjust some games and start times to accommodate the merged virtual clubs. If you're an occasional player in the 0-500 games on Tuesday and Wednesday, please let us know how you feel about these things: Best regards, Mojo -- Morris Jones, Monrovia, CA BridgeMojo <http://bridgemojo.com> Old Town Sidewalk Astronomers <http://otastro.org> Mojo's Blog <http://mojo.whiteoaks.com>

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News for PPDVBC
by Morris Jones 10 May '21

10 May '21

I wrote about the future of the Pasadena Pomona Downey VBC in this month's edition of the Southern California Bridge News -- which has been completed but there hasn't been an email about it yet. I wanted you all to get to read the column. It will appear as the Pasadena San Gabriel Unit column. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Some changes are in store! I need a vacation. This month marks the one-year anniversary of the Pasadena Pomona Downey VBC (virtual bridge club). It's been a great support to our closed clubs, and has certainly kept me busy. Between teaching and directing games, it's been a full time job for me. I haven't really had anyone to whom I could turn over the management, and I know that the players want to keep playing. *I have an agreement in principal to pool our three-unit online club with the Unit 556+ virtual club* in the neighboring Santa Clarita Valley area. Their pool includes the Glendale Verdugo unit, and our player group includes a considerable overlap already. This appeals to me because it's very different from the huge cross-country "alliance" pools, where you're not likely to run into any old friends. It will still be small with a pretty familiar player group. You might think of it as the "North Los Angeles County VBC" (plus a small unit in Baja). Basically it comes down to merging our management. Paula Olivares can give me a vacation, and I can give her one as well. I'll return to directing games for the club after a little time off. Over the month of May we'll be ironing out a game schedule to keep our local online games running (most likely) through the end of 2021. We'll be looking at how to merge the six weekly games of Unit 556+ with the nine weekly games of PPDVBC. Both groups have similar table counts and player counts, so it seems like a good match. If you have any feedback to offer, I'd love to hear from you soon! Email mojo(a)bridgemojo.com or use the contact form at https://bridgemojo.com. My last bridge classes for this season are winding down. I'll pick up again with all the series in the fall. We have some great rank changes from our novice/intermediate group! New Junior Masters: Jon Fuhrman, Susan Kane, and Sara Shapiro. New Club Master: Uma Shrivastava. Congratulations all! /Post-publication addendum: At this time, Paula believes she can find directors to keep all of the current PPDVBC games on the schedule, assuming the attendance stays in place. We hope to have at least a draft schedule available soon./ Best regards, Mojo -- Morris Jones, Monrovia, CA BridgeMojo <http://bridgemojo.com> Old Town Sidewalk Astronomers <http://otastro.org> Mojo's Blog <http://mojo.whiteoaks.com>

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Tonight 7:15 0-1000 Pairs
by Morris Jones 10 May '21

10 May '21

We have bridge tonight! We play a slightly quicker game in the evenings: 6 minutes a board. Come play if you can! Looking for a partner? There are often friendly partners available in the Partnership Desk, and I can get the "last one standing" into the game with someone from the substitutes list. * 7:15 0-1000 Pasadena Pomona Downey Best regards, Mojo -- Morris Jones, Monrovia, CA BridgeMojo <http://bridgemojo.com> Old Town Sidewalk Astronomers <http://otastro.org> Mojo's Blog <http://mojo.whiteoaks.com>

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Mother's Day bridge!
by Morris Jones 09 May '21

09 May '21

Today at 12:30! This has usually been our biggest game of the week. Do we have some mothers celebrating by enjoying an afternoon of bridge? :) * 12:30 Open Pasadena Pomona Downey (20-21 boards) As always, frequently we have friendly partners available in the Partnership Desk. By popular demand on Sunday afternoons we play 20-21 boards, so it's a little longer game, and more bridge to enjoy. :) Best regards, Mojo -- Morris Jones, Monrovia, CA BridgeMojo <http://bridgemojo.com> Old Town Sidewalk Astronomers <http://otastro.org> Mojo's Blog <http://mojo.whiteoaks.com>

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Saturday bridge games
by Morris Jones 07 May '21

07 May '21

Saturday we have our regular bridge schedule: * 9:30 15-minute mini bridge lesson * 10:00 0-500 Pairs * 12:20 Newcomer Pairs * 12:30 Open Pairs This Saturday afternoon game has been lightly attended for the past few weeks, but it has the potential to pay *really big masterpoint awards*, because of the adjacent newcomer game. For example, last week on Saturday we had four tables in the Newcomer game, and three tables in the Open Pairs. Because the Open game was a Howell movement, the first place award was the equivalent of that for a ten table game! First place in last Saturday's Open Pairs paid *2.1 black points*! By comparison, Sunday's 9-table open game paid 1.35 points for first in each of the N/S and E/W sections. If you'd like to win some extra black points, and you're not playing in the Saturday afternoon Open Pairs, you may be missing out! The same is true for the Wednesday evening Open Pairs at 7:30. This past Wednesday's game with four tables paid 2.25 black points for first place. This week's Saturday mini-lesson continues third-hand play on defense. I'll show you what to do when partner leads a high card. Here's the Zoom link for the Saturday lesson: Time: May 8, 2021 09:30 AM Pacific Time (US and Canada) https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83912578991?pwd=Y1R2UnJ1TFM2dVZzYmsyTDdzeFcydz09 Meeting ID: 839 1257 8991 Passcode: 7ntxx If you'd like to visit past Saturday mini lessons, they're available on the YouTube play list here: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLD5qT1hFf-OreW5_zBRHB3WwF6Ljdp-OS Best regards, Mojo -- Morris Jones, Monrovia, CA BridgeMojo <http://bridgemojo.com> Old Town Sidewalk Astronomers <http://otastro.org> Mojo's Blog <http://mojo.whiteoaks.com>

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