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Pasadena Bridge Club   649 N. Fair Oaks Ave #201     Mojo Jones        626 247-4457                  Full Schedule     Open Games Monday-Saturday 11:00 AM M-F   -   1:00 PM Saturday   staff@PasadenaBridgeClub.com       Zach Vedro       610 927-685s                   RSVP Bridge    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 Unit Game Dates Mojo Jones Pasadena Club 1st & 3rd Sunday 12:30                     Sept 1          Sept 15                             Oct 6                     Oct 20            Nov 3                        Nov 17                      Dec 1           Dec 15 ACBL Tournaments Schedule Check my ACBL Masterpoints Roy Wilson, 626 340-9575   unit559webmaster@gmail.com Information for Unit 559 Members 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 Unit Game Results     Waken Sectional Results 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 You will learn more by losing to good players than you will by winning against poor players Stray Words of Wisdom How many possible hands are there with 5-5 in two suits? The answer is six... Both Minors Both Majors Spades + Clubs Spades + Diamonds Hearts + Clubs Hearts + Diamonds Is it possible to show both suits with a single opening bid?  Yep, although you and your partner might not want to make the changes, but you should be aware that a few of your opponents may be using such agreements.  Here's my set of agreements for opening bids... (Thanks, Gloria!) 2NT   -   !s + !h       Both majors 3NT   -   !c + !d       Both Minors 3!c     -   !c + !s       Clubs + Spades (same color) 3!d     -   !d + !h       Diamonds + Hearts (same color) 4!c     -   !c + !h       Clubs + Hearts (other color) 4!d     -   !d + !s       Diamonds + Spades (other color) If you use this, you and your partner can decide the minimum point-count for these bids, but 11+ is a suggestion... the upper limit is unlimited. You lose the preemptive 3!c or 3!d call, but 5-5 hands occur more frequently than 7-card suits so this makes better use of the bid.  (Minor suit preempts are often not effective anyway.) You also lose the 20-21 2NT opening bid, which has a low frequency of occurance, but you can increase the range of the notrump rebid after opening 2!c's to include this range. Roy Wilson - Diamond Life Master Our Unit Game is Today, Sunday Please call the club or Miriam Harrington for a reservation --   626 232-0558 Riverside Sectional The Riverside sectional is a good place to find silver - Today is the last day. Sectional Flyer Beverly Hills Sectional Beverly Hills always has a fun sectional... Starts on September 14 Sectional Flyer San Diego Sectional The San Diego unit is hosting a sectional for non Life Masters with fewer than 750 master points on Sunday, October 6. Sectional Flyer Our Over-Under Game We will have a special game on Sunday, September 29, called the Over-Under game.  If you are a non-life Master with fewer than 500 master points and if you sign up for the game, you will be randomly assigned to an experienced player as your partner.  The cost is the same as any unit game for the "under" players and free for the "Over" players.  The unders will also receive a free entree to any future unit game.  The purpose, other than the obvious opportunity to learn from a good partner, is to make new friends and possibly new partnerships. NOTE:   There is no lower limit for players!  If you have not yet won a single master point you are welcome! Ask Mojo or Zach how you can sign up. Are you aware there is a god of bridge?  Yep, his name is Ralph and he lives on top of a garage.  He is responsible for those good breaks when he is pleased with you and the awful ones when he is not.  Sometimes he just laughs at you.  (His wife's name is Thelma... She has never played but she loves to kibitz and make snide comments about your bid or play.) Another District 22 Edition of Their Web Magazine Provided by Our Bridge Neighbors Our neighbors have a very capable webmaster... District 22 Connection -->

3-Level Major Suit Responses to Partner's 1NT Call
Make this agreement with your partner:

• After partner opens 1NT, a jump response in a major is Natural and Forcing
• Opener's second bid must always be a cue bid, showing an ace, starting at the lowest level espossible
• If the 1NT bidder does not have an ace, he simply raises responder's suit
• Responder's second bid is also a cue bid, but can show either an ace or a void
• Any subsequent notrump call by either partner is a cue bid showing either the ace or king of trump

Responder's jump to 3, as with this particular hand, shows a self sufficient suit and require the opener to cue bid any suit with an ace in it, starting at the lowest level possible.  Going past a suit denies holding the ace of that suit.

If the opener cue bids 4 You can cue bid your void... 4.  That will give your partner the oppportunity to cue bid his trump king -- 4NT.
    (That's not Blackwood!)

Your turn... Cue bid the spade suit at the 5-level and be delighted when your partner cue bids 6's showing the club king. 

Bridge is really a very easy game, if you play it correctly.

  Close  

Having reached a very old age, I am pleased to
have someone call me who is concerned about me.
He is from India, and is worried about my car warranty.

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Unit Historian:    Do you have an old photo or other memorbilia from our past that you can share with us?  Please let Mike 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
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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

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Looking for a certified bridge teacher?
Morris Jones	mojo@mojobridge.com
Claudia Elms	elmsclaudia@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	0-5 No color points needed
Junior Master	5-20 No color points needed
Club Master	20-50+ No color points needed
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
September Total Membership  352

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Status Change for our Members updated each month in the first week
New Member
John Fleck	Pasadena
Transferred Out
Beverly Weiss	Pleasanton CA
Advanced in Rank - 6
Robert Hunt	Junior Master
Ann Buettner	Club Master
Carol Maffin	Regional Master
Liza Billington	Regional Master
Diane Gulbrandsen	Ruby Life Master
Joan Mesias	Sapphire Life Master