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Arcadia Bridge Center   Diane Gulbrandsen   626 445-3797             Friday 11:00             Saturday 1:00   Pasadena Bridge Club   Mojo Jones   626 247-4457             Full Schedule   Regency Bridge Club   Adam Barron   323 318-4308             Thursday   12:30 Unit Game Mojo Jones Pasadena Club 1st and 3rd Sunday   12:30 ACBL Tournaments Schedule Sectionals Regionals Nationals Modesto Apr 6-7 San Diego Mar 25-31 Garden Grove Apr 25-27         Information for Members                   of Unit 559 Arcadia Bridge Center     Arcadia Club Results Pasadena Bridge Club     Pasadena Club Results Glendale Regency     Regency Results La Fetra Club     La Fetra Results District STaC Results     Mojo's BBO Results ACBL Tournaments     ACBL Live Results                          Unit Game Results Our unit games are held twice a month on Sundays, and both games are held at the Pasadena Bridge Club Check my ACBL Masterpoints You will learn more bridge from losing to good players than you will from winning against poor players. Roy Wilson, unit559webmaster@gmail.com Stray Words of Wisdom The Multi-Two Diamond Call This is an agreement that is banned on BBO, but is a legal convention that is often allowed in high-level team games. Club games can allow it at the director's discretion. The agreement is that an opening bid of 2 is a weak-2 bid in either major or a strong hand in the range of 18-21 points. The partnership is free to define the strong hand as they wish. The bid is banned on BBO because the opening bid does not say which major is specified.  Some players modify the bid as either a Hearts Only or a Spades Only call. Roy Wilson - Diamond Life Master New Photos We have some more photos of the party last Saturday - contirbuted by Gitta Earll. Farewell Party Recent Addition to Mike Marcucci's History Page Mike has a unique collection of historical data and photos for our unit which he has collected for a great many years now.  He recently sent me four photos of players taken when they made Life Master... You can find them on the History Page. Anita Jones - October, 1970 Kem Brissman - August, 1995 Rose Boot - March, 1995 Consorcia Ravelo - May, 2003 The Coach Answers a Question John Jones, our resident coach, recently answered a question pertaining to which card to lead from the 9 5 2... His answer is on his page Ask the Coach(1d) located in WEB PAGES AND WEB SITES below... Another District 22 Edition of Our Bridge Neighbors District 22 Connection

3-Level Major Suit Responses to Partner's 1NT Call
Make this agreement with your partner:

• After partner opens 1NT, a jump response in a major is Natural and Forcing
• Opener's second bid must always be a cue bid, showing an ace, starting at the lowest level espossible
• If the 1NT bidder does not have an ace, he simply raises responder's suit
• Responder's second bid is also a cue bid, but can show either an ace or a void
• Any subsequent notrump call by either partner is a cue bid showing either the ace or king of trump

Responder's jump to 3, as with this particular hand, shows a self sufficient suit and require the opener to cue bid any suit with an ace in it, starting at the lowest level possible.  Going past a suit denies holding the ace of that suit.

If the opener cue bids 4 You can cue bid your void... 4.  That will give your partner the oppportunity to cue bid his trump king -- 4NT.
    (That's not Blackwood!)

Your turn... Cue bid the spade suit at the 5-level and be delighted when your partner cue bids 6's showing the club king. 

Bridge is really a very easy game, if you play it correctly.

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Unit Historian:    Do you have an old photo or other memorbilia from our past that you can share with us?  Please consider giving a copy to Mike.

Mike Marcucci 818 903-2471 nstarmgm@att.net

Pasadena-San Gabriel Unit 559
Unit Board Announcements

Our unit is one of nine in District 23 and we are sanctioned by the American Contract Bridge League.
We have an elected board of 12 members that meets monthly and is responsible for unit games, our
Holiday party and the annual John Waken sectional.

Unit Board Members     Unit 559     Bylaws Zero Tolerance Standing Rules Unit Board Policies
Unit Membership Roster

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How to Find Our virtual Club on the BBO Website
Our unit members can play in a virtual club game set up by Mojo and Paula...
When you log on, you are at the Home screen.  Click on Competitive and then click on All Tournaments.
There's a Search Box at the top, on the right.  Simply type in a few letters or numbers that will help identify
what you are looking for: 23 is sufficient for District 23, and 559 is enough for Unit 559.
You can use either the abbreviated Pasa or 559 for our virtual club.

BBO:   BudWilson

WEB PAGES AND WEB SITES

    BBO Login Our Virtual Club bridgemojo.com Our Friends on BBO

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a      Memorial to Lost Friends    Gallery of Players    A Scrapbook of Photos Bridge Cartoons
b   Tips From Our Top Players Interesting Bridge Articles Double Dummy Problems Problems and Solutions
c   Card Play Technique Stuff Everybody Knows Bridge Utilities Standard Bidding
d   Ask the Coach: -  JJ Members Page History of Our Unit Ask the Director:
e   Ace of Clubs - Mini-McKenney ACBL Convention Chart Information Links Maps
f    Frank Stewart's Daily Hand Bridge Stories and Tales D22 - Daily Bulletins D23 - Daily Bulletins      ACBL District and Unit Websites The ACBL Alert Chart Duplicate Decisions The Laws of Duplicate Bridge      The Montreal Relay The Big Club Extended Precision      Keycard Asking Problem Bids Two Bids and Higher Losing Trick Count

Looking for a certified bridge teacher?
Morris Jones	mojo@mojobridge.com
Claudia Elms	elmsclaudia@gmail.com
Zack Vedro	zvedro@hotmail.com
Lisa Walker	lisawalkerlac@gmail.com
American Bridge Teachers Association   ABTA

Unit 559 Membership Report Ranks are updated quarterly after the 7th of the month.
Rank Requirements	The link on the left will take you to the ACBL website where you will find the official requirements for each rank.
Unit 559 Active Members Click the rank below for a list	Master Points
Top 30 Players - Unit 559
Rookie	0-5 No color points needed
Junior Master	5-20 No color points needed
Club Master	20-50+ No color points needed
Sectional Master	50+ 5+ silver points
Regional Master	100+ 15+ silver points and 5+ gold points
NABC Master	200+ 25+ silver and 20+ red/gold/platinum (5 must be gold or platinum)
Advanced NABC Master	300+ 50+ silver and 50+ red/gold/platinum (25 must be gold or platinum)
Life Master	500+ 75+ silver and 100+ red/gold/platinum (50 must be gold or platinum)
Bronze Life Master	750+ Life Master with at least 750 points
Silver Life Master	1000+ Life Master with at least 1000 points (200+ must be silver/red/gold/platinum)
Ruby Life Master	1500+ Life Master with at least 1500 points (300+ must be silver/red/gold/platinum)
Gold Life Master	2500+ Life Master with at least 2500 points (500+ must be silver/red/gold/platinum)
Sapphire Life Master	3500+ Life Master with at least 3500 points 700+ silver/red/gold/platinum (350+ must be gold or platinum)
Diamond Life Master	5000+ Life Master with at least 5000 points 1000+ silver/red/gold/platinum (500+ must be gold or platinum)
Emerald Life Master	7500+ Life Master with at least 7500 points 1500+ silver/red/gold/platinum (750+ must be gold or platinum)
Platinum Life Master	10,000+ Life Master with at least 10,000 points 2000+ silver/red/gold/platinum (1000+ must be gold or platinum)
Grand Life Master	10,000+ Life Master with at least 10,000 points 2000+ silver/red/gold/platinum (1000+ must be gold or platinum) Must have a victory in an eligble event
April Total Membership  367

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Status Change for our Members Updated each month after the 5th
New Member
Deepak Goel	La Canada Flintridge
Robert Hunt	Pasadena
Transferred Out
Gerald Edwards	iMarco island, FL
Advanced in Rank - 4
Leslie Klein	Junior Master
Fred Register	Junior Master
Robert Jennings	Regional Master
Ken Leech	Ruby Life Master

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