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You are Visitor Number  3211862 Go to the bottom of the page       I've played bridge over half my life...    The lesser half I wasted.--roy    Roy Wilson -- Contact:                    unit559webmaster@gmail.com 626 340-9575 Club Managers and Directors Support (Or are you a player with a question?) Do you need help with a ruling, scoring or an administrative question? The ACBL has a toll-free number available from 8:00 AM until midnight. 855 275-7629      Need help with the Common Game?   941 404-6600 ACBL - Duplicate Decisions Arcadia Bridge Center San Marino Bridge Club District 23 Bridge News Map of District 23 Clubs Pat Abbey Bridge Club La Fetra Bridge Club ACBL Headquarters Telephone and Email Directory Tips, Articles & Announcements - ACBL BridgeFeed American Contract Bridge League email:  Marie  email:  Roy   email: Mary   email:  Art   Friendship Chairman:    Rosemary Schroeder 626 449-6346 714 349-5535 - Cell Unit Game Director:    Marie Nimmrich 626 448-3304 626 552-2344 - Cell Unit President:    Jan Wickersham 626 487-4014 San Marino Bridge Club:   Marie Nimmrich 626 448-3304 626 552-2344 - Cell Arcadia Bridge Center: Art and Diane Gulbrandsen 626 445-3797 626 357-1590 - home Unit 559 Webmaster: Roy Wilson 626 340-9575 . BBO Virtual Club:   Mojo - Morris Jones 626 247-4457 . San Marino BC Game Results     Arcadia BC Game   Results The Common Game   STaC Game Results   District Club Game Results B U L L E T I N   B O A R D Information for Unit 559 Clubs Arcadia Bridge Center               San Marino Bridge Club               Mojo's BBO Results District 23 Bridge News You will learn more bridge from losing to good players than you will from winning against poor players. Virtual Bridge A number of our unit players won some silver points today... Mojo did a great job directing our Virtual Club, too. Unit History Mike Marcucci continues to add material and also updates some of the old information on our History page.  You might find a friend from long ago there, so take a look.  I've also added new photos of our members in the Gallery.  If I don't have one of you there, please send me one!  (Most people don't like to give me current photos as they think they looked better long ago, so most of the photos there are of them as very young.  Your choice, but please add your photo to our Gallery!) Don't believe everything you read on the internet!         Abraham Lincoln Defense to the Jacoby 2NT bid If your LHO opens a major, and his partner responds with 2NT, that's usually an opening hand with good support.  The convention is called the Jacoby 2NT. It's very seldom that you want to compete....both opponents have opening hands!   But sometimes... Not a lot of points but enough that your partner has almost none, right?  Even so, you probably have an excellent sacrifice in one of your two suits, especially if your partner has an honor or two in your suits. A Defensive Agreement If you are like most of us, you keep quiet when you know your partner has close to zero points and you don't have quite a full opening hand, right?  But sometimes, your hand does warrant a bid, even at a fairly high level.  Long suits, for example.  But what do you bid when you have two really decent suits and both opponents have already bid? For example, suppose your LHO opens a major and your partner passes, and then your RHO jumps to 2NT?  In modern bridge that's not a balanced and invitational hand - It's the Jacoby Two Notrump, showing an opening hand or better, with good support for the opening bid. You might use the Michaels cuebid... Witht this hand, cuebid hearts at the 3-level.  A Michaels bid tells your partner that you have both the other major and an unspecified minor.  The good part is that you are only at the 3- level, but the bad part is that your partner may be unsure of which minor you have.  There is a better way, though, that would allow you to show specifically which two suits you have, and you can do it at the 3-level. A bid of 3NT would show both minors Bidding a minor at the 3-level would show that minor and the other major A jump in any of the other three suits would show a one-suited hand With this particular example hand, simply overcall 2NT with 3 and your partner will know that you also hold spades. Of course, if your partner won't play this with you, you could also use Leaping Michaels - A jump to 4 with this hand would show both diamonds and spades... But you are committed to the 4-level.   Close   Last update:   Friday, July 17   Mojo's News Letter Mojo's Weekly News Letter On Saturday morning I'll continue my series of defense mini lessons at 9:30. This will be part two of opening leads against trump contracts, and I'll discuss when it could be right to lead a trump instead of a side suit. You might hang on to this Zoom invitation for the lesson -- it will be the same every Saturday -- in case you misplace my reminder! Morris Jones is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting. Topic: Bridge mini lesson     Time: Jul 18, 2020 09:30 AM Pacific Time (US and Canada) Join Zoom Meeting:   us02web.zoom.us Meeting ID: 839 1257 8991     Password: 7ntxx We have a 0-500 game Saturday at 10:00, and Open Pairs Saturday and Sunday at 12:30. I hope you're all staying healthy and comfortable at home as much as you can! Outdoors seems to be mostly okay as well. Best Regards, Mojo Everything PPDVBC:     bridgemojo.com   Close   Pasadena-San Gabriel Unit 559 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 and the annual John Waken sectional.  There are two clubs in our unit - The San Marino Bridge Club and the Arcadia Bridge Center. Unit Games Our unit games, normally held on the first Sunday of each month, have been canceled until we are able to resume them.  As yet, we do not know when this will be, but we will announce the date when we know. The John Waken annual sectional has been canceled for this year. Our Virtual Club For lots more information about the Pasadena Pomona Downey virtual bridge club, visit the website at bridgemojo.com PPDVBC How to Find Our Club on the BBO Website 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 556 is enough for Unit 556.  You can type in Pasa for our virtual club. Schedule for BBO Virtual Club Games               TCG = The Common Game               BBO Schedule   Our Virtual Club   Monday 0-1000 Pairs   7:15 PM   Tuesday Open Pairs   11:00 AM   TCG   Wednesday Open Pairs   11:00 AM   TCG   Saturday 0-500 Pairs   10:00 AM   Open Pairs 12:30 PM   Sunday Open Pairs   12:30 PM John Waken Tournament John Waken Results Sectional Map Table Assignment Policy Flight Assignment Policy San Marino Club Map Unit Game Dates Unit Game Winners Scholarship Foundation Unit Board Members Unit Board Reports Unit Board Policies

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