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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!