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Pasadena San Gabriel
May is going to be a great month for bridge in and
around Pasadena!
The
Royal STaC will be on from May 1 through
May 7. All awards will be paid in 25% black, 25%
silver, 25% red, and 25% gold master points.
At the Pasadena Bridge Club, we'll be offering Royal
STaC games on Wednesday through Saturday.
- Wednesday 11:00 AM Open Pairs
- Thursday 12:00 PM 0-750 Pairs
- Friday 11:00 AM 0-750 Pairs (Special
additional game!)
- Saturday 1:00 PM 0-750 Pairs
Along with these games, the Pasadena Unit Game
will be held on
Sunday May 7 at the
Pasadena Bridge Club, and it will be a Royal STaC
game. Game time is
12:30 PM, and
reservations are required with Miriam Harrington,
(626) 232-0558, or
miratpf@aol.com
New bridge class starting soon at the Pasadena
Bridge Club:
Improving Your Judgment - Opening
the Bidding, on Thursday evenings for six
Thursdays, 7:00-9:00 PM, starting May 4.
Also a new round of
Bridge Basics 1 -
Introduction will start on May 20, Saturday
mornings, 9:30-11:30 AM. Registration is through
Pasadena City College (PCC) Extension, or let me
know at the bridge club.
At the April 9 Unit Game, I had a student visiting
the game to kibitz. I always welcome students to
kibitz, and warn them to try to arrive about an hour
after the game starts -- otherwise I may
draft them to play in the game!
My student arrived before game time for this game,
and sure enough, with a half table, I invited her to
play with me to fill the half table. She was a good
sport!
We found ourselves in several 3NT contracts that
should probably have been in a suit, and some
pass-outs that possibly should have been bid.
Perhaps we were the beneficiaries of a few mistakes
by the opposing pairs as well. Nevertheless, the
stars aligned to give us first place overall in the
game. Amy said she was floating home during the
drive back to Santa Monica. :)
Winners in the Unit Games:
April 9:
N/S:
Morris Jones,
Amy Muscoplat
E/W:
Adam Barron,
Stephen Licker
April 23:
N/S:
Carolyn Cohen,
Stephen
Licker
E/W:
Robert Shore,
Mike Savage
Please reserve your seat for our unit games! Contact
Miriam at (626) 232-0558 or
miratpf@aol.com.
Game time is 12:30 PM. For May the Unit Games will
be held as follows:
- May 7, Pasadena Bridge Club (Royal STaC)
- May 21, Arcadia Bridge Center
Congratulations to the following players moving
up in the ACBL ranks! New Club Master Dana
Dewberry, new Regional Master Tracee
Dezzutti, new NABC Master Prasad Upasani,
new Life Master and Bronze Life Master Sadika
Elewy, and new Bronze Life Master Robert
Verhoef.
There is a special event this month on Sunday
May 14, a full-day bridge seminar by player,
teacher, and author Robert Todd. See the ad
elsewhere in the bridge news for more information.
I hope to see you soon at the bridge table!