[PPDVBC] Saturday bridge games

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>