Pasadena Bridge Club Logo <https://pasadenabridgeclub.com> Learn and play bridge! Mojo ABTA Master Teacher 649 N Fair Oaks Ave #201 Pasadena CA 91103 (626) 247-4457 pasadenabridgeclub.com <https://pasadenabridgeclub.com> We have two great courses starting next week on Wednesday and Thursday evenings! Invite your friends to discover our game on Wednesday evenings, and join us on Thursdays to learn (or fine tune) the most common bidding conventions. We also have great games and workshops for new players, and some special events coming later this month. Bridge Basics 3 - Popular Conventions A convention is a bid that has special meaning to a partnership to help you reach the best contract on a hand. While there are literally thousands of bridge conventions, there are three or four that you'll find the most frequently used and valuable to know. In this course we'll learn about Stayman, Jacoby Transfer Bids, strong opening bids, and some tools for bidding slams. * Six Thursday evenings, starting Oct. 24, 7:00 - 9:00 PM * Full course description <https://pasadenabridgeclub.com/course/popular-conventions> * $120 includes textbook by Audrey Grant * Click here to enroll <https://pasadenabridgeclub.com/contact/course_enrollment> Bridge Basics 1 - Introduction This is the launch pad course for your bridge experience! Even if you've taken the course before, seeing it again always reveals new details that you missed the first time. In the first class you'll learn the mechanics of the game and much of the vocabulary, such as /tricks, notrump, trump, declarer, dummy, opening lead, contract/. For the rest of the class, we'll learn techniques for winning extra tricks, and much of the language of bidding. The last two classes will be practice in using your new skills! * Six Wednesday evenings, starting Oct. 23, 7:00 - 9:00 PM * Full course description <https://pasadenabridgeclub.com/course/bridge-basics-introduction> * $100 includes textbook by Audrey Grant * Click here to enroll <https://pasadena.augusoft.net/index.cfm?method=ClassInfo.ClassInformation&int_class_id=67500&int_category_id=0&int_sub_category_id=0&int_catalog_id=0> Office Hours! Join us for casual bridge Monday through Thursday from 3:00 - 5:00. Plenty of nice partners available. We'll have an experienced bridge player on hand to help you with sticky problems. Try playing the same hands as we play in the 11:00 Open game and compare your results to theirs! Office Hours are available for a $5 donation, and a great way for newer players to develop their bridge muscles! Novice/Intermediate Games Every *Tuesday evening* from 7:00-9:15 we have a real bridge game that's specifically for newer players. No sharks in the game! Lisa Walker hosts a room of friendly newer bridge players ready to welcome you to the table. If you're looking for a partner, we almost always have one available for you. Come earn your first masterpoints in this game! *Saturday mornings* are dedicated to our novice/intermediate players. We start the morning at 9:30 with a fascinating bridge hand from Eddie Kantar's "Thinking Bridge" series. Every hand teaches /how to think/ about a bridge hand, from the perspectives of bidding, declarer play, and defense. The workshop is followed at 10:00 by a 14-15 board bridge game, finished by 12:15. Coming up at the bridge club We have another week of Club Appreciation games with lots of extra masterpoints awarded, October 21-26. Wednesday October 30 is a very special game, the ACBL-wide *Instant Matchpoint game*. At the end of the game, players get a printed booklet with expert analysis of all the hands. Matchpoint awards are pre-determined on the spot. And the winning pair in each direction can earn a *full Gold masterpoint*! (Card fee for this very special game will be $15.) Mojo, Jane and Zachary