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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 Mon-Sat 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      Marie Nimmrich        626 448-3304 Wednesday 9:30 - 50¢ Friday 1:00 - 50¢ Unit Game - Apr 19 Unit Game - May 3 Unit Game - May 17 Umit Game - Jun 7 Unit Game - Jun 21 Unit Game - Jul 5 Unit Game - Jul 9 Unit Game - Aug 2 Unit Game - Aug 16 Waken Sectional - Aug 22-23 Unit Game - Sept - 6 Unit Game - Sept - 20 ACBL Tournaments Schedule RSVP Pasadena BC Check my ACBL Masterpoints     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   (Free Lessons)   unit559webmaster@gmail.com       Precision or the Montreal Relay   American Bridge Teachers Association   ABTA       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 Pasadena Club Staff       For New and Lower Ranked Players Club Newsletter STRAY WORDS OF WISDOM You will learn more by losing to good players than you will by winning against poor players Asking for Aces 4NT Blackwood is not the only way to ask for aces... Let me show you some other ways. 1     P     3     P 3N If you have agreed on a major suit as trump, there's no need to jump to 4NT when 3NT serves just as well.  This agreement is called Baby Blackwood   (For an obvious reason!) And... I suggest that you use low-level Criss-Cross Gerber as an ace-asking call if you agree on a minor as the trump suit.  1     Pass     3     Pass 3 OR 1     Pass     3     Pass 4 Roy Wilson - Emerald Life Master I am 90 years old... and I have played bridge more than half my life... The lesser half I wasted. TEXT HERE   Close   Unit Games -- Our unit games are held twice a month, on the first and third Sundays, at the Pasadena Bridge Club. - Game time is 12:30. Note:  Open the link to the Pasadena Club Results for Unit game results. Our next Unit Game is Sunday, May 17. The John Waken Sectional will be held the weekend of August 22-23 There will be a flighted pairs game on Saturday and a Team game on Sunday. Unit Game Unit Game Flyer Rank Updates Every three months I update the ranks and I was a little late this time, but it's done. Click on your rank/masterpoints below.  Folks, if you have earned the masterpoints for a particular rank but have not yet earned the necessary gold or red points, your name might be in the wrong category but the data base at the ACBL where I get the information is NO help, so I put you in the bracket with the master points you earned. HIDDEN TEXT   Close   Unit Historian:    Do you have an old photo or other memorabilia 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 The Latest Issue... Interesting issue of District 22's Bulletin... District 22 Newsletter May, 2026 Status Change for our Members updated each month in the first week Advanced in Rank Steven Lison  Junior Master   Victor Riehl  Junior Master   Barbara Voron  Junior Master   Rick Weisman  Junior Master   Teri Unsworth  Sectional Master   Leslie Klein  NABC Life Master   Heising Fang  NABC Life Master   Fay Hsu   Bronze Life Master   Deceased   Carl Lundgren       Jimmy Rodgers       Roger Clough       Don Hopf       Glen Drogin       Charo Holdo       Diane Borgatti     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 Top 30 Players Unit 559 Membership Roster BBO - BridgeBase Online 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.   Use this link if you would like to see the convention card used by the BBO robots. BBO Robot's Card BBO has many bridge forums where you can discuss almost any aspect or topic related to bridge. BBO Discussion Forums BBO has a site on YouTube where you will find both bridge discussions and explanations. BBO on YouTube You Tube has a pretty good discussion of the new and improved bridge robots used on BBO. Pete Hollands Discusses the BBO Robots WEB PAGES AND WEB SITES Two tables of both internal and external links 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 Unit 559 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       A B C D 1    The ACBL Alert Chart Conventions Chart Duplicate Decisions The Laws of Duplicate Bridge 2    The Montreal Relay The Big Club The 2/1 System Extended Precision 3    Keycard Asking Problem Bids Bridge Tales Something will be here 4    Bridge Probabilities 52 Bridge Tips - Kantar Pavlicek's Bridge Tools Ed's Newsletter 5    Squeeze Plays   Major Suit Keycard   Nova Notrump   Best Defense to a Strong Club 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 0-5 No color points needed Junior Master 5-20 No color points needed Club Master 20-50+ No color points needed Although the majority of players listed in each rank below have fulfilled the requirements for the title in that group, a few have not yet met the Gold, Silver or Red point requisite.  They do have enough points for the rank, however. 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 March Total Membership  329 Go to the top of the page                 The Number of visitors since estabshment prior to the reset on January 16, 2026 was 1,009,500 Since January 16, 2026 -- You are Visitor Number   18515 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.    This website was built in 1999 by Roy Wilson A Slackware LINUX server         It ain't Windows! test       -->