DRAFT Bridge News column - Unit559board

25 Apr 2023

Please review for corrections and especially omissions. What did I 
forget?  :)

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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(a)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(a)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!

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Morris "Mojo" Jones
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