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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 Unit Game Dates Below     Election Party - Mar 2     Mar 16 Apr 6 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 Folks, some players actually play this game just for fun and friendship.  That was Maryanne Cooper.  She passed away this last week, and many of us will miss her dearly.  She played for the best reason of all... She found her friends at the bridge club.  Good bye, Maryanne, you had many friends.  We have a list of over 400 friends on the Memorial to Lost Friends page who are no longer at the table and her name will be added to it.   Rest in peace, sweet lady. 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 Responder's Reverse Flannery Your partner opens either 1!c or 1!d and you have to respond... What does a jump response mean?  If you play Responder's Reverse Flannery you will use these agreements: 2!h     5+ Spades and 4+ Hearts with 5-9 HCP 2!s     5+ Spades and 4+ Hearts with 10-12 HCP Opener has several rebids which can have various meanings - if you play this, you need to define the rebids. These are possible rebid agreements: Two of either major is a sign-off with no further interest Three of either major is invitational Four of either major is a sign-off 2NT is asking for a feature, such as a minor suit ace or void 3NT is to play 4NT is Six Card Keycard (Both major suit kings are keycards) Roy Wilson, Emerald Life Master _ Our Annual Election Party and Game is on Sunday, March 2. You need a reservation, so call Miriam!     626 232-0558 Election Party Flyer Double Masterpoints! All this the week the masterpoint awards on BBO will be doubled! The games are fund raisers for the ACBL Education Foundation. San Diego Regional There's a tournament down in San Diego... That means Red and Gold points for those of you need them.  April 14-20. San Diego Regional Flyer HIDDEN TEXT Make this agreement with your partner:   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 Robots Card BBO:   BudWilson 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 Ask the Director:   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      The ACBL Alert Chart Conventions Chart Duplicate Decisions The Laws of Duplicate Bridge      The Montreal Relay The Big Club The Polish Club Extended Precision      Keycard Asking Problem Bids Bridge Tales Losing Trick Count      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. Rank Requirements The link on the left will take you to the ACBL website where you will find the official requirements for each rank. Unit 559 Active Members Click the rank below for a list Master Points     Top 30 Players - Unit 559 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 - 4 300+ 50+ silver and 50+ red/gold/platinum (25 must be gold or platinum) Life Master - 39 500+ 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 February Total Membership  347 Go to the top of the page February Status Change for our Members updated each month in the first week New Member Stephen Wright   La Canada Transferred In Aaron Craig   Pasadena Ferne Walpert   Pasadena Transferred Out Beth Howard   Hawthorne CA Advanced in Rank - 1   Barbara Clark  Junior Master                   Since June 16, 2016 -- You are Visitor Number   666240 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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