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You are Visitor Number  3228478 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: Jan   email:  Art   email:  Mojo   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. BBO Games - Today - Wednesday 0-500 Pairs     10:45 AM 0-100 Pairs     7:15 PM Open Pairs     7:30 PM Gold Points This week on BBO all of the club game masterpoint awards have been increased to 200%. -- This is Stardust Week. NOTE! Generally, in any tournament that awards gold points, only first place is gold and the lower ranks are red. ALL AWARDS ARE 25% GOLD POINTS DURING STARDUST WEEK! --> Partner Opens 1NT If your partner opens 1NT, there are several ways to show such a hand... A very old method is to transfer to one of them and then bid the other.  Players who use this have an agreement that a transfer to hearts and then bidding spades is a weaker hand than transfering to spades and then bidding the heart suit - The second method keeps you at the 2-level, while the other way puts you up a level. Players who do not use Texas Transfers will jump to 4 as a way to show both majors. This method has the advantage that the opener will always be the declarer, in either major. Jump to either 3 or 3.  Both bids show 5-5 in the majors, but the heart bid is invitational while the spade bid is forcing.  Again, half the time, the contract is played by the opener, and the other half it is played by the weaker partner.  That's usually a disadvantage, but this method is very popular with players. Start with 2.  That's Stayman, and if you have a 9-card fit the stronger hand will be the declarer.  If opener denies a major, he will rebid 2.... Raise to 3!       That's an artificial bid showing both majors. There are several advantages, at the cost of that artificial raise, but the notrump bidder will be the declarer, and another is that responder can have a wide-range of points.  Some hands might be so weak that responder can pass after opener chooses a major, or with moderate values he can simply bid game.  Responder might have a big hand, and choose to use Gerber or a cuebid. Opening Bid If you are in an opening bid seat, and have both majors, you might consider the Precision system's agreement:  That system does not need an opening bid of 2NT to show strength, so many players agree that 2NT shows 5-5 or better in the majors, and an opening bid of 3NT is 5-5 in the minors.  Be aware, though, sometimes Precision players will reverse those two bids.  If you are playing Two-Over-One, You probably don't want to give up the standard meaning for opening 2NT, but you might consider 3NT to show a hand with both majors.   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 Board Members Unit Board Reports Unit Board Policies 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. Download and Install Zoom                   Schedule for BBO Virtual Club Games               TCG = The Common Game               BBO Schedule   Our Virtual Club   Monday 0-1000 Pairs   7:15 PM   Tuesday 0-500 Pairs   10:45 AM   TCG   Wednesday 0-500 Pairs   10:45 AM   TCG 0-100 Pairs    7:15 PM (12 hands) Open Pairs    7:30 PM   Saturday 0-500 Pairs   10:00 AM   TCG 0-100 Pairs   12:20 PM (12 hands) Open Pairs   12:30 PM  TCG   Sunday 0-300 Pairs   12:15 PM  TCG Open Pairs   12:30 PM  TCG

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