First of all, if any of you would like to with "good riddance" to 2020
with me, let's do it on RealBridge. Thursday evening, 8:00 p.m. bridge,
7:45 check-in, reservations required. No director, no masterpoints, just
a New Year's Eve card game. If we can scrounge an even number of tables
together, we could play a little round-robin team game. If not, we can
have a fine pairs game. Maybe two, if people want to stay up. (We're not
in college any more huh.) :)
Wednesday we have our regular schedule:
* 10:45 a.m. 0-500 Pairs
* 7:15 p.m. Newcomers (Zoom postmortem after)
* 7:30 p.m. Open Pairs
Please drop me a note if you'd like to play, need a partner, or want to
invite a friend from out of the area.
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>
Tuesday! 0-500 Pairs, 10:45. Be there or b^2 :)
Drop me a note if you plan to play, need a partner, or want to invite a
guest.
*New Year's Eve* would anyone like to get together and play cards on
RealBridge? This is the tournament system being used in Europe and the
UK. It includes audio and video right alongside the virtual card table.
More about RealBridge: https://realbridge.club
If you'd like to test your camera and mic, visit here:
https://play.realbridge.online/camera.html
I'm thinking of starting about 8:00 on NYE. If we could get four tables
we could play a round-robin team game (four teams of four). We'd need to
have exactly an even number of teams for that to work. Else, the pairs
games work fine.
Think about it. You're invited to a New Year's Eve bridge party. :)
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>
Who all is up for bridge tonight? Drop me a note if you're looking for a
partner, or have a friend from out of the area who'd like to play.
*Monday night, 7:15 p.m., 0-500 Pairs*
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>
Come play bridge at 12:30 with our friends from Claudia's Games, San
Marino, Arcadia, La Fetra, and Downey. :)
If you're looking for a partner, drop me a note and I may be able to
find one for you. If you'd like to play with a friend or family member
from outside our area, let me know so I can make sure they're on the
friends 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>
We're on our usual schedule this week. Saturday's events:
* 9:30 a.m. free mini-lesson, all welcome! Link below
* 10:00 a.m. 0-500 pairs
* 12:20 p.m. Newcomer pairs
* 12:30 p.m. Open Pairs
Please drop me a note if you're planning to play, need a partner, or
want to play with a friend or family member from outside our
"jurisdiction." :)
Here's the link for the mini-lesson (same as the past several weeks and
next several weeks):
Time: Dec 26, 2020 09:30 AM Pacific Time (US and Canada)
Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83912578991?pwd=Y1R2UnJ1TFM2dVZzYmsyTDdzeFcydz09
Meeting ID: 839 1257 8991
Passcode: 7ntxx
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>
*Let's have a Christmas afternoon game just for fun. :)*
My RealBridge director credentials are up. The site is beautiful. :)
I've played a little pairs and team-of-four games on the site, and it's
gorgeous.
Every table has audio and video built-in. My experience with it has been
nearly perfect, but it does require a solid broadband internet connection.
You can see what the tables look like here:
https://realbridge.online/8.html#player_guide and visit the rest of that
link to learn more about playing there. The FAQ has information about
devices and browsers.
At this link you can test your camera and microphone with your device
and browser: https://play.realbridge.online/camera.html
Would anyone like to have a 12ish board Swiss Team game (or maybe round
robin) on Christmas afternoon? Thinking of maybe a 90 minute game with
check-in at 3:30 and play start at 4:00. We could easily play three
4-board matches in that time.
This would be *for fun only*, no sanction, no director calls, no
masterpoint awards. Anyone from anywhere is welcome to join in.
If you want to play but don't have teammates, I will be happy to pair up
partnerships and make teams.
There are some disadvantages with the current version of RealBridge:
* There are no robots. I have no way to handle an odd number of pairs
(other than sitouts or standby players).
* The team matches are all head-to-head, no three-team round robins,
so I need to have an even number of teams, or have "bye" matches.
Or if we had an odd number of teams, we could just switch to playing a
pairs game for fun.
Either way it'd be a festive game of cards just for fun. We'd be able to
visit and chat like we haven't for a while.
* 3:30 check-in, 4:00 start, over by 5:30ish
* Reservations required
* No sanction, no director calls, no masterpoints
* And no charge. :)
* Test your camera and mic before, please!
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>
At the moment we're a little light for the Open Pairs game tonight.
Here's a call for more players. I know many of us may be distracted by
family tonight. :)
Are there more coming tonight?
Wednesday 7:30 Open Pairs
Name BBO Name BBO
Avice Osmundson 2holtdrive Kiran Kumar cndy037
Kent Burrell KMB37 Liz Burrell gojazz
Carlos Garcia grandpacjg Kathy Malovos kathy did
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>
Yes! We're open for bridge today, on our regular schedule.
* 10:45 a.m. 0-500 Pairs
* 7:15 p.m. Newcomer pairs
* 7:30 p.m. Open Pairs
I am collecting reservations for these games, so *please let me know* if
you're coming to play. Of course it's also fine to just drop in! I'd
like to be able to warn players if we aren't expecting enough entries.
We'll have a Zoom after party for the newcomers. I'll send that link to
the newcomer list.
As I write this, I'm in a club manager training course for RealBridge.
They've done a beautiful job! I'm hoping to invite folks to a social
team game (no sanction) over the holidays.
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>
I'm late with the game announcement, but we certainly do have a 0-500
game this morning at 10:45. Come play if you can!
Right now I'm playing in a short 8-board match using a European online
bridge game from realbridge.com, and it's heartwarmingly beautiful. We
couldn't hold masterpoint games there, but for just playing a duplicate
game or social game it's magnificent. I'll report back more 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>
