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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¢ Mojo Jones   626 247-4457 Unit Game Director 1st & 3rd Sunday 12:30 Pasadena Bridge CLub Bridge Lessons Mojo   626 247-4457     Unit Game - Jun 1 Unit Game - Jun 15 Unit Game - Jul 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     Old 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 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 Is that a Weak Two Bid? Most of us already know this, but are you sure your partner does?  Once in awhile it helps to check, right? First... what do you expect your partner to have when he opens with either 2!h or 2!s?  The quick answer is a 6-card suit with 6-10 HCP. But is that 100% of the time? No, it isn't, so what are some of the exceptions? 4th Seat? After three passes and your partner opens at the 2-level in a major you can usually expect 12-14 HCP.  It's not a weak hand, but it's not a blockbuster, either.  It's simply a descriptive call. Both Precision players and Montreal Relay partnerships use a range of 12-17 for 4th seat bids.  (It's not preemptive because there's nobody left to preempt - Pass with less.) 6-card Suit? When the bid was first devised it was always a 6-card suit... Never five nor seven, but that was a very long time ago.  Modern players will often open a 2-bid with either a 5-card suit or a 7-card suit. Point-Count? Traditionally the range for either 2!h or 2!s is 6-10, but you can expect your opponents, (or even your partner) to sometimes have only 5 points and occasionally 11 points.  Some partnerships define the range as 8-11. A Weak 2 bid in Diamonds? Yes, many players still use 2!d as a preemptive weak-2 call, but a great many of us recognize that it really has poor preemptive value and simply gives the oppoenents a "picture" of you hand.  An opening bid of 2!d can be put to better use. A popular use is an opening hand with 4441 pattern Precison uses 2!d to show a 5+card suit - 11-17 HCP The Montreal Relay system defines it as 18+ HCP The Mexican 2!d bid has a balanced 18-20 HCP Roy Wilson Unit Game Flyer Gold Points at the Club For the rest of This week all regular open club games will award 25% gold points. District 22 Newsletter Interesting bridge stuff from District 22 ... District 22 Connection Bridge Tales Do you have a tale?  A bridge tale?  I have a website with the ones I remember but I would like to add yours! Bridge Tales   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 May Total Membership  343 Go to the top of the page May, 2025 Status Change for our Members updated each month in the first week New Member David Foos   Pasadena Melissa Wilson   South Pasadena Transferred Out Teresa Thurman   The Villages, FL Advanced in Rank - 6   Caryn Grun  Junior Master   Christine Parker  Junior Master   Stuart Soldate  Sectional Master   Yeu Jen K Hsiao  Regional Master   Don Zachary  Regional Master   Peter Jager  Silver Life Master                   Since June 16, 2016 -- You are Visitor Number   891507 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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