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Congratulatuons to Frank Shih and Joe Viola for winning the Election Party game.

My email address:  unit559webmaster@gmail.com I've played bridge half my life...    The other half I wasted.--roy    Arcadia Bridge Center San Marino Bridge Club ACBL District 23 Map of District 23 Clubs American Contract Bridge League Friendship Chairman:    Bernie Mateer 626 256-1302 . Unit Game Director:    Marie Nimmrich 626 448-3304 626-434-5222 - Cell Unit Column Reporter: Marty Weiss 626 432-1855 201-602-6963 - Cell WebMaster:         Roy Wilson 626 332-0350 626 340-9575 - Cell Unit President:    Mary Falvey 626 359-0271 . San Marino Bridge Club:    Marie Nimmrich 626 448-3304 626-434-5222 - Cell Arcadia Bridge Center: Art and Diane Gulbrandsen 626 445-3797 . email   Marie Nimmrich   email   Marty Weiss email   Roy Wilson    email   Mary Falvey    STaC Games - This Week Both the San Marino Bridge Club and the Arcadia Bridge Center will have STaC games starting on Monday.  The points are silver and the awards are larger!  Your score will be compared across the district because other clubs will be playing the same hands. Arcadia -- Thursday at 11:00 AM, Friday at 7:15 and Saturday at 1:00 There is a link below if you would like to see all of the results for the district STaC games. Well Done! Our unit members did exceptionally well in the Thursday morning STaC game... Including 1st place. Here's Another Problem for the Coach Playing with someone I hadn't played with before - I held:    K 8 7 4    K T 6 4    2    A K Q 5 I opened 1 and partner responded 1 - I jumped to 3 and partner then bid 3.  What should I bid next? Coach John Jones answers your questions - click on the link below. Are you considering a dummy reversal?  It works.  Here's the full hand. Take the heart lead in your hand Lead to the A Ruff a club in your hand Lead to the K Ruff a club in your hand Lead a high trump and overtake with the K    (Preserve the small trump as a later entry) Use a hight trump to ruff a club in your hand    (The last club is now good and you have fewer trump than the dummy) Cash the A and lead the 6 that you kept The last trump in dummy, which is the 9, draws the opponents trumps Cash the good club and pitch a diamond Back to hand with the A and claim A dummy reversal is a play where you trump enough times in the hand holding the long trumps and then use the fewer trumps (often in dummy) to draw all of the trumps.  Usually won't work when an opponent holds four, though.   Wish I had seen it about 45 seconds earlier. Unit Board Announcements Unit Game Our next unit game will be Sunday, March 29. Any unit member who is at least 90 years old or is a teenager can play free in most games. Requests for a North/South seating position must be made in advance of the game.    626 281-2179 Our Director is Marie Nimmrich.  626 448-3304 Mike Marcucci is the Board Member responsible for the Unit game.   626 281-2179 Table Assignment Policy Flight Assignment Policy Map Unit Game Results Unit Game Dates Unit Game Hand Records Unit Game Winners Christmas Party Results John Waken Results Election Party Results District STaC Results    Memorial to Lost Friends    Gallery of Players    A Scrapbook of Photos Bridge Cartoons Tips From Our Top Players Double Dummy Problems Interesting Bridge Articles The Laws of Bridge Card Play Technique Stuff Everybody Knows Bridge Utilities Bridge Videos    Bridge Bulletin Magazine    STaC Game Results    District 23 Newspaper District 23 Board Members Unit 559 Membership Roster Members Page Bridge Lessons & Teachers Unit 559 Bridge Column Ace of Clubs - Mini-McKenney Top 30 Players - Unit 559 Top Silver Life Masters Ask the Coach: -  JJ Information Links Maps Unit 559 Membership Ranks are updated quarterly after the 7th of the month Other information is updated monthly Rank Requirments Active Members Master Points     Number     Rookie 0-5  48 Junior Master 5-20  58 Club Master 20-50  85 Sectional Master 50-100  40 Regional Master 100-200  36 NABC Master 200+  19 Advanced NABC Master 300+   0 Life Master 500+  19 Bronze Life Master 500-1000  36 Silver Life Master 1000-2500  51 Gold Life Master 2500-5000  24 Diamond Life Master 5000-7500   7 Emerald Life Master 7500-10,000   2 Platinum Life Master 10,000+   0 Grand Life Master 10,000++   1 Transferred Out Mike Scavone Advanced in Rank New Rank    7 Michael Connell Junior Master Robert Hardaway Jr Junior Master Joan Riback Junior Master Xuhong Zhou Junior Master Eva Schilk Club Master Richard Siefert Club Master Jack Futrell Gold Life Master March Total Membership  427 Local Tournament Schedule   ACBL Complete Calandar    Fast Tournament Results       Dates      Mar 7 - 8      Santa Barbara 299er Sectional    Mar 27 - 29      Palm Springs Sectional     Mar 30 - Apr 5      San Diego Regional    Apr 17 - 19      Anaheim Sectional    Apr 24 - 26      Bakersfield Sectional    May 1 - 3      Oceanside Sectional    May 15 - 17      San Diego NLM Sectional      On-Line      BBO and VuGraph   Bandwidth How fast is your internet connection? 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