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Welcome to our unit's website!

      I've played bridge over half my life...    The lesser half I wasted.--roy    Chinese Chop for Roy

WebMaster: Roy Wilson - unit559webmaster@gmail.com - 626 340-9575





Precision Club Precision Club Precision Club

Roy Wilson    Age 17, 44 and 88                                          

Lisa Walker Mike Marcucci Gloria Rommel Mojo Jones
President Unit Historian Friendship Chairman Unit Director
818 321-1789 818 903-2471 626 827-2716 818 695-6114
lisawalkerlac@gmail.com instarmgm@att.net blessingNglory@msn.com mojo@whiteoaks.com

B U L L E T I N   B O A R D

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
    Jan 19     Feb 2 Feb 16
    Mar 2     Mar 16 Apr 6
   

   

   

   

   

   

   

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




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
Rusinow Leads
Most bridge players have a few favorite agreements that they prefer to play, but even if you don't use one you should be aware of those your opponents are using.

A Rusinow lead with a sequence of honors is to lead the second one down, not the top honor.  This eliminates the ambiguity of the more popular method when leading the king against a suit contract where that lead may show the ace, or simply a sequence headed by the king.

With Rusinow leads the lead of the ace denies the king except with A-K doubleton.  the lead of the king promises the ace.

The queen is played when the leader has both the king and queen or any sequence starting with the KQJx.  The jack lead promises the queen.

Most players prefer to use this lead agreement only with the opening lead and only against suit contracts, but others use it througout the hand and against any contract.  This agreement goes down to the nine.

NOTE:   This is not an alertable agreement, so you should ask about both leads and discards if you are the declarer.
    Roy Wilson, Emerald Life Master
Our Next Unit Game is Today, Sunday, the 16th.
Game time is 12:30 at the Pasadena Bridge Club.
    Be sure you call Miriam Harrington for a reservation:     626 232-0558



Double Masterpoints!
Starting tomorrow, Monday, and running through 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.


CLOSED!
Well, for one day only and late in the evening about 10:00 PM.... BBO will shutdown on Tuesday for maintenance and updating.

Ed's Newsletter
Down there at the very bottom of the links you will find Ed Lechner's Newsletter - He just added another edition.



District 22 Newsletter
Interesting bridge stuff from District 22 ...












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
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.






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:   BudWilson

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    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.
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    
0-5
No color points needed
5-20
No color points needed
20-50+
No color points needed
50+
5+ silver points
100+
15+ silver points and 5+ gold points
200+
25+ silver and 20+ red/gold/platinum
(5 must be gold or platinum)
300+
50+ silver and 50+ red/gold/platinum
(25 must be gold or platinum)
500+
75+ silver and 100+ red/gold/platinum
(50 must be gold or platinum)
750+
Life Master with at least 750 points
1000+
Life Master with at least 1000 points
(200+ must be silver/red/gold/platinum)
1500+
Life Master with at least 1500 points
(300+ must be silver/red/gold/platinum)
2500+
Life Master with at least 2500 points
(500+ must be silver/red/gold/platinum)
3500+
Life Master with at least 3500 points
700+ silver/red/gold/platinum
(350+ must be gold or platinum)
5000+
Life Master with at least 5000 points
1000+ silver/red/gold/platinum
(500+ must be gold or platinum)
7500+
Life Master with at least 7500 points
1500+ silver/red/gold/platinum
(750+ must be gold or platinum)
10,000+
Life Master with at least 10,000 points
2000+ silver/red/gold/platinum
(1000+ must be gold or platinum)
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



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  
























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