Was this the column you were worried about. Obviously, I got it.
Jon
From: Morris Jones <mojo@pasadenabridgeclub.com>
Sent: Wednesday, May 14, 2025 8:36 AM
To: Unit 559 Board <unit559board@bridgemojo.com>; Tom Lill <thomasmlill8@gmail.com>
Subject: [Unit559board] DRAFT Unit 559 column Bridge News
Pasadena San Gabriel Unit
Something remarkable happened in April. On April 16 the ACBL held their second charity game of the year.
In these games, clubs that participate around North America all play the same hands. The ACBL provides an expert analysis of each hand after the game. The players and clubs pay an extra fee that goes to benefit ACBL charities.
Top ranked percentage scores ACBL-wide and in each district get a share of a large masterpoint pool. The top winner in each district earns 10 (ten) full black masterpoints! The next four positions get a hefty amount as well.
It turns out that our club was the only one in the district that ran the April charity pairs!
Congratulations to John Barrow and Karen Arase who scored a cool 10 masterpoints for that game! Peter Jager and Andrew Rottenbacher picked up 7.5!
Moral of the story: run the game, and play in the game. You never know what might happen. :)
Unit games are held on the 1st and 3rd Sundays of most months at the Pasadena Bridge Club. Full game results are available on the results page for the Pasadena Bridge Club. Visit
https://pasadenabridgeclub.com click on Game Results, then ACBL Live for Clubs.
To reserve your seat in a Unit Game, contact Miriam Harrington, (626) 232-0558, or
miatpf@aol.com.
Our unit game on April 20 was renamed in honor of Dan Lubesnik, a long time bridge player and familiar face at the clubs and tournaments. Dan was in hospice care and passed away on the day of our game.
Dan played with Thompson Jin in the North American Pairs district final last October and qualified to advance to the finals in Flight B. Here are Thompson and Dan from that day.
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Morris "Mojo" Jones
mojo@PasadenaBridgeClub.com
https://PasadenaBridgeClub.com
