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Pasadena Bridge Club 649 N. Fair Oaks Ave #201 Upstairs above the pizza shop Mojo Jones 626 247-4457 Zach Vedro 626 215-5080 Full Schedule Open Games Monday-Saturday 11:00 AM M-F 1:00 PM Saturday Regency Bridge Club   201 E. Colorado St, Glendale Adam Barron    323 318-4308 Thursday   12:30 Social Duplicate Game   Arcadia Community Center - 50¢ Marie Nimmrich        626 448-3304 Wednesday 9:30 Friday 1:00 Mojo Jones   626 247-4457 Unit Game Director 1st & 3rd Sunday 12:30 Pasadena Bridge CLub Bridge Lessons Call Mojo   626 247-4457     Unit Game - Apr 20 Unit Game - May 4 Unit Game - May 18 ACBL Tournaments Schedule RSVP Pasadena BC Check my ACBL Masterpoints 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 Dr John Waken Sectional     Arcadia Community Center Results Unit Game Results     Regionals This Year Our unit games are held twice a month, usually on the first and third Sundays, and both games are held at the Pasadena Bridge Club. - Game time is 12:30 Be sure to call Miriam Harrington for a reservation:                             626 232-0558 For New and Lower Ranked Players NEWS The Pasadena Bridge Club Roy Wilson 626 340-9575 -- unit559Webmaster@gmail.com If you use Text Messaging...TEXT ME!   Roy           You will learn more by losing to good players than you will by winning against poor players Stray Words of Wisdom Kickback - One of several methods for improving RKCB Some expert players refuse to use the RKCB agreement of 5!s to show two keycards with the queen if the trump suit is not spades.  It's just too dangerous with any other suit and you could be headed for a poor result. Kickback was developed as a way to avoid the problem when you are missing two aces, and it allows you to sign off at the 5-level in any suit . This is the Kickback agreement: Bid the suit just above the trump suit as a keycard asking bid For example,If your trump suit is hearts, then the asking bid is 4!s - Not 4NT.  If your suit is a minor, Kickback uses the suit above it.  Spades is the only suit that uses 4NT.  That's Kickback, and you can stop at the 5-level when you are missing two keycards. Roy Wilson Our Unit Game is Tomorrow, Sunday The date is Sunday, April 20, and as always you need a reservation... Call Miriam!     626 232-0558 Two of Our Members... Our president, Lisa Walker, and her partner Karmen Armoudjian, went down to the San Diego Regional as Bronze Life Masters but Lisa will come home as a Silver Life Master - And Karmen is very close!  Congratulations, friends! San Diego Regional - For the rest of this week There's a tournament down in San Diego... That means Red and Gold points for those of you who need them.  April 14-20. San Diego Regional Flyer A Bridge Story John Jones, "The Coach," has gived me a story to share with you... Hope you like it!  There's a link to it labeled Bridge Stories and Tales (2f) down below.   Choose The Coach's Challenge Ed's Newsletter Ed Lechner sent me his latest Newsletter... take a look.  It's the last entry in the links below.  (4D)   BBO Notice BBO and the ACBL BBO is an ACBL-sanctioned bridge club, which means you can earn ACBL Masterpoints in any of the ACBL-sanctioned games. Whether you're new to the ACBL community or already a member, you can join these games and track your progress. About ACBL Games on BBO Sanctioned Games: The ACBL games issue ACBL Masterpoints and are open to everyone.  ACBL membership is not required for most games, except for limited games (0-20, 0-299, 0-499) Entry Fee: All sanctioned games have an entry fee in BB$.  And if you are a new player you can take advantage of a one time BB$i special where you can buy 5 BB$ for only 0.99 USD. Conventions ACBL Open Chart conventions are used in most games.  For limited games, the Basic Chart applies. Game Types There are loads of different games to chose from and many of them are free.  (Games that award masterpoints have a modest fee.) Special Events: You can play in most of the special events on special BBO, and many of them are free. Masterpoints iThe masterpoints you earn are reported monthly to ACBL headquarters and visible on the ACBL website soon after.  Keep in mind that online Masterpoints are colorless but count for rank advancement just like traditional points.  If youi are not yet an ACBL member, you can create your account here.  Once registered, you can add your membership number here.  Any Masterpoints earned will be added to your ACBL account every month. Happy bridging! The BBO Team PS - for ACBL-related inquiries, please contact us directly on acbl@bridgebase.com.   Close   Unit Historian:    Do you have an old photo or other memorbilia from our past that you can share with us?  Please contact Mike and let him make a copy. 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 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. Use this link if you would like to see the convention card used by the BBO robots. BBO Robot's Card WEB PAGES AND WEB SITES     BBO Login Our Virtual Club bridgemojo.com Our Friends on BBO       1 2 3 4 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 Karen Walker's Bridge Library:   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       1 2 3 4 A    The ACBL Alert Chart Conventions Chart Duplicate Decisions The Laws of Duplicate Bridge B    The Montreal Relay The Big Club The 2/1 System Extended Precision C    Keycard Asking Problem Bids Bridge Tales Losing Trick Count D    Bridge Probabilities 52 Bridge Tips - Kantar Pavlicek's Bridge Tools Ed's Newsletter     Looking for a certified bridge teacher?       Morris Jones     mojo@mojobridge.com   Claudia Elmes     elmesclaudia@gmail.com   Zach Vedro     zvedro@hotmail.com   Lisa Walker     lisawalkerlac@gmail.com   Roy Wilson Precision System   unit559webmaster@gmail.com   American Bridge Teachers Association   ABTA   Unit 559 Membership Report Ranks are updated quarterly after the 7th of the month. Top 30 Players - Unit 559 Rank Requirements Unit 559 Active Members Click the rank below for a list Master Points     Rookie - 36 0-5 No color points needed Junior Master - 45 5-20 No color points needed Club Master - 61 20-50+ No color points needed Sectional Master - 58 50+ 5+ silver points Regional Master - 41 100+ 15+ silver points and 5+ gold points NABC Master - 15 200+ 25+ silver and 20+ red/gold/platinum (5 must be gold or platinum) Advanced NABC Master - 8 300+ 50+ silver and 50+ red/gold/platinum (25 must be gold or platinum) Life Master - 16 500+ 75+ silver and 100+ red/gold/platinum (50 must be gold or platinum) Bronze Life Master - 61 750+ Life Master with at least 750 points Silver Life Master - 13 1000+ Life Master with at least 1000 points (200+ must be silver/red/gold/platinum) Ruby Life Master - 13 1500+ Life Master with at least 1500 points (300+ must be silver/red/gold/platinum) Gold Life Master - 19 2500+ Life Master with at least 2500 points (500+ must be silver/red/gold/platinum) Sapphire Life Master - 10 3500+ Life Master with at least 3500 points 700+ silver/red/gold/platinum (350+ must be gold or platinum) Diamond Life Master - 7 5000+ Life Master with at least 5000 points 1000+ silver/red/gold/platinum (500+ must be gold or platinum) Emerald Life Master - 2 7500+ Life Master with at least 7500 points 1500+ silver/red/gold/platinum (750+ must be gold or platinum) Platinum Life Master - 2 10,000+ Life Master with at least 10,000 points 2000+ silver/red/gold/platinum (1000+ must be gold or platinum) Grand Life Master - 2 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  343 Go to the top of the page April, 2025 Status Change for our Members updated each month in the first week New Member Jan Ashford   Sierra Madre Cecilia Chen   Alhambra Corinne Sabaitis   Pasadena Advanced in Rank - 5   Barbara Way  Club Master   Chris Sun  Sectional Master   Toban Toban  NABC Master   Robert Jennings  Advanced NABC Master   Aaron Craig  Silver Life Master                   Since June 16, 2016 -- You are Visitor Number   675095 This website was established in 1999 by Roy Wilson Linux version 1.0.0 was introduced March 14, 1994 The First Web Site was established at CERN in 1992 by Tim Berners-Lee. 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