ACBL UNIT 505 SACRAMENTO

Highlights In This Issue

Awards Event/Unit Game February 18

Pre-register: Swiss Team

NLM Sectional February 10-11

Register by 2-7-18 Sacramento Bridge Center

New Classes

Sacramento Bridge Center

NLM Classes—Games— Mentors

Folsom Bridge Center

February 2018

Katherine Ewing President 916-395-1987 turtle7nt@att.net Ed Estberg Vice President 916-488-7865 eestberg@winfirst.com Jim Coke Secretary 530-409-3361 jcoke@yahoo.com Margaretha Logus-Audit / Treasurer 916 966-4296 logusa@sbcglobal.net Sam Sandusky Education, co-Tournament Ch. 916 705-5557 samelayne@gmail.com Harry Struthers Marketing/Membership 916 977-0478 hstru9392@yahoo.com Pat Ingoglia Membership/Parliamentarian 916-456-3343 patingoglia@hotmail.com Miriam Steinberg Publicity/Partnerships 916 971-4947 mirsteinbergsac@gmail.com Marc Grunseth Partnership Partnerships 916 971-3988 mrgrunseth@aol.com Sharon Neff-D21 Rep 916 543-8897 Neffsm@aol.com Craig Stalker 916 337-7608 cstalk@sbcglobal.net

Table of Contents

Page 2 President’s Message

Page 3-4 Unit Game January Photos

Page 5-6 Unit Game February

Page 7-8 NLM Sectional

Page 9 199’r Table

Page 10-11 Swiss Team Games

Page 12 New Rankings

Page 13 Sally Valine / 70% Games

Page 14-15 Foothill Bridge Center

Page 16-18 Folsom BC

Page 19 Sun City Lincoln Hills

Page 20 Bridge Works Club

Page 21-28 Sacramento Bridge Club

Page 29-30 Travels with Mary & Teri

District 21 Reps Katherine Ewing, Pres. 916 395-1987 turtle7nt@att.net

Dave Willmott Tournament Chair 916-709-8958 dwillmott@yahoo.com

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Katherine Ewing, President Unit 505 Board of Directors

February is one of my favorite months. It is a time to share your love with those you care about. Many of us love bridge and it is a time to say thank you to all who enjoy playing this game and sharing its ups and downs with us.

Our UNIT GAME was held on Sunday, January 21st. Overall winners were: 1. Ann McClelland/Marvin Arnold 2. Dick Jones/Ted Muller 3. Betty and Ben Miller

It was a pot luck and a big thank you to all who brought the delicious food.

299’rs—A reminder to 299er’s and fewer: THOSE WHO HAVE LESS THAN 300 POINTS PLEASE ATTEND THE UNIT GAMES. ONLY 3 TABLES ARE NECESSARY TO PLAY IN YOUR OWN SECTION AND IT WILL BE RATED AT THE UNIT LEVEL FOR POINTS.

ANNUAL AWARDS FEBRUARY 18—The Unit Game on February 18th will include the Annual Aces of Clubs and Mini-McKenney Awards plus a Swiss Team game at SBC. Please get your team together and make reservations. See the flyer on page 5. It is so nice to acknowledge the winners of these races for the last year. Come enjoy good food, card playing and each other.

MAY SECTIONAL—A reminder that our May Sectional will be held at the Orangevale Community Center. We will be back there for the rest of this year. I hope we will get great attendance or we may have to cut back on the number of Unit Sectionals. Please encourage your friends and remind all of your out of town bridge friends to attend our wonderful Sectionals.

Happy Valentine’s Day to all, see you at the bridge table! Katherine Ewing

Happy Valentine’s Day!

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Folsom Bridge Center hosted 9 tables with good food and friends!

Diane Strategos and Tania Durzan are strategizing . . . they’ll be ready!

Ken Hajek, Bill Taggart and Kathy Beasley are enjoying lunch before

the game.

Marvin Arnold welcomes Jan Levin

to the game.

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Loved the food—great variety!

Stan Shamitz, Director with Dave Willmott getting ready for the game.

Bill Allgood welcomed a former

student of his 40 years ago, Robert

Johnson visiting from Santa Cruz!

Way to go Bill!

Unit Board President, Katherine Ewing greets friend Susan Bogan.

Al Evans and Carl Oeser hanging

out before lunch.

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For Partnerships call:

Miriam Steinberg 916 971-4947

mirsteinbergsac@gmail.com Or ask at the partnership desk

Games include:

Swiss Team Game

See pre-registration form on the next page.

SUNDAY, February 18, 2018 Sacramento Bridge Center

Cost $10

Pot Luck Lunch 11:30 am—Game at Noon

Director: Ted Muller

See website for details at: www.

playbridgesacramento.org

LOCATION

Sacramento Bridge Center 2035 Hurley Way

Sacramento, CA 95825 Ph: 916 925—6322

mailto:mirsteinbergsac@gmail.com

February 18, 2018

CONGRATULATIONS Mini-McKenney and Ace of Clubs

2017 Winners

PRINT NAME NAME NAME NAME NAME

PLAYER NO. PLAYER NO. PLAYER NO. PLAYER NO.

Entry Fee $40 per Team

SECTION

TABLE NO.

Sacramento Bridge Center 2035 Hurley Way

Sacramento, CA 95825 Ph: 916 925—6322

Pot Luck Lunch 11:30 am

Game Time Noon

Awards given out after Round 2

Send your check for $40 to Sacramento Bridge Center

To RSVP

Copy the form from

playbridgesacramento.com

or pick up an entry

at your local Club

or email dwillmott@yahoo.com

with the player list and dates.

2018 I/N NON-LIFE MASTER SPRING SECTIONAL Limited to players with fewer than 500 Master Points Stratifications may be adjusted based on attendance

Sanction #180288 Strats for pair events based on master point average of the two players

Games begin at 10:00 am and 3:00 pm

SATURDAY, February 10th NLM Pairs 0-200/300/500

2 Sessions Start Time 10:30 am 2nd Session 3:00 pm

Newcomer Pairs 2 single Sessions

10:30 am and 3:00 pm 0-20 / 50 / 100

Director: Ted Muller

Tournament Chair:

Dave Willmott (916) 709-8958

dwillmott@yahoo.com

Partnerships: 916 971-4947

Cell: 916-607-4947 mirsteinbergsac@gmail.com

Entries $11 Unpaid & Non-members $14

SUNDAY, February 11th Start Time 10:30 am

Play Through

2 Session Swiss Team Game 5 or 6 Person Teams Allowed

0-200 / 300 /500 OR

Stratification Based on Team Average

Sacramento Bridge Center 2035 Hurley Way, Suite 270

Sacramento, CA 95825

All points awarded are Silver

Lunch Provided Both Days

Daily Results available at: www.Sacbridge.com

10:30 am Single Session Swiss Teams 0 to 100 MPs

4 Tables Required

RSVP REQUESTED BY February 7th Space limited to 30 tables. Additional signups over allotted

space will be placed on “waiting list”. Last minute players accepted with space available.

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Preregistration Required Cost $11 or $14 for non members I am playing in the 2 Session Saturday Event February 10th.. Name: Partner: I am playing in a Single Session Saturday Morning Event February 10th. Name: Partner: I am playing in a Single Session Saturday Afternoon Event February 10th. Name: Partner: I am playing on Sunday in the Swiss Team Event February 11th.

Name: Partner 1:

Partner 2:

Partner 3:

Partner 4:

Optional Partner 5:

Optional Partner 6:

Please hand in to your local club manager or mail to: Dave Willmott 916-709-8958 Folsom Bridge Center 8680 Greenback Ln #107 Orangevale, CA 95662

Old Rules for Opening 1NT are Toast by Clark Muldavin

The Bridge World (BW) has a 2009 bidding question focusing on how requirements for opening 1NT are becoming looser and looser. Opening 1NT instead of a minor has become even more acceptable since 2009. With this hand at matchpoints:

64-85-AK73-AKJ95

the BW expert panel voted as follows: 1C=12/27 (Kit Woolsey)

1D=10/27 (Larry Cohen) and 1NT=5/27 (Mike Passel)

Dave Berkowitz voted for 1D, but said “I am too old for 1NT”. Joe Grue voted for 1C but he says, “Everyone knows I would really open 1NT.” Ira Rubin Voted for 1C, but says, "1NT is moronic, but actions like that have become quite popular.” The ACBL.org website has several related articles on bidding 1 NT. Click the link above for further information. Editor

Your place for events, lessons and recognition of achievements!

Welcome!

199’rs are IMPORTANT to our Unit!

Each club has daily open and stratified

games.

199’r games are:

Folsom Bridge Center Tuesday, 10:10 am Wednesday, 9:00 am Thursday, 11:00 am Fridays, 9:00 am

Foothill Bridge Center Wednesday Non-Life Masters (0-500) 10:00 am Thursday Non-Life Masters (0 - 500) 10 am

Sacramento Bridge Center 299’r Tuesday, 11:00 am 299’r Saturday, Noon

Go to: www. playbridgesacramento for more information.

Club Championship and Unit Games award

more points!

RACE FOR THE POINTS!

Mini-McKinney top 3 in each category :

0-5 Betty O’Hara 30.13 Joan Lawson 29.20 Benjamin Tong 25.59 5-20 Kevin Smith 53.67 Mike Edelstein 40.66 James Giroud 33.70 20-50 Jack Reichel 61.36 Julie Chenu 47.64 Dana Daugherty 46.46 50-100 Gary McCormick 84.77 Robert Berg 67.25 Josh Haskett 52.72 100-200 Joel Lesser 136.11 James Chenu 96.46 Kay Muther 96.08

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Swiss Teams Events by Dave Willmott

Unit 505 Tournament Chair

The Unit 505 Board would like to encourage the newer players and Non Life Masters to play in the upcoming Swiss team events. These events are 6 or 7 board matches for 4 rounds : Sunday February 11th NLM Swiss teams at the Sacramento Bridge Center at 10:30 Sunday February 18th Unit 505 Mini McKenney / Ace of Clubs Awards at the Sacramento Bridge Center at Noon. If 4 teams of 299ers show up you can have your own game. Sunday May 6th Unit 505 Sectional Swiss teams at the Orangevale Community Center at 10:30. There is a special one session event or you can play in a 2 session event. In order to score any points you only have to beat one pair in a 4 or 7 match event. The strategy is a little different from pair games and is similar to home style bridge: Bid your marginal games Don’t double the opponents into game unless you KNOW you can set it and

they have NO safe place to run to. Don’t over compete for a part score which can result in a “double minus”. Let

them play 1 club or 1 diamond passed out because they may find a better place to play or wake partner up.

Try to set the opponents even if it costs a trick. One trick is one IMP. A game is 10 IMPS or more.

Make your game safely, overtricks don’t matter much Bid your small slams, but don’t bid 7 unless you can count to 13. Making 6H or 6NT is a tie since a 10 point difference gives you 0 IMPS Scoring is based upon an IMP scale which can be found on your score cards. We will have people to help you score if you are unfamiliar and we will have a special handout sheet at the table to assist you. We are also encouraging the clubs to have practice Swiss Team Events. Basically since this is a team event you add your score made at your table to your partner’s score at the other table. If you have a plus score you won that hand and convert the score to IMPS and if you have a minus score you have a minus IMP score. The IMP scores for all the boards are added and if you have a plus IMP score you won the round and it counts as one win. One win will result in awarding you some points. The director records the score and converts to Victory Points. You don’t have to worry about that as it is done for you. After round one pairs are matched according to their results. Winners play winners and losers play losers, etc. At the end of the matches the team with the most Victory Points wins the tournament. But usually 90% or more of the teams will score some points. At a later time we will discuss Knock Outs at the Regionals which are head to head contests. Win 2 24 board matches in a row and you will earn lots of gold points.

NEW DIAMOND LIFE MASTER Richard Wilson

NEW SAPPHIRE LIFE MASTER Linda Rancourt

NEW LIFE MASTER Richard Fabbre

NEW ADVANCED NABC MASTERS

Cynthia Fredrickson Brian Masunaga

NEW NABC MASTER Jeremy Maurer

NEW REGIONAL MASTERS Donna Cleary

Mary Hjelmeland Joela Mueller

NEW SECTIONAL MASTERS

Mike Edelstein Sarah Robinson

NEW CLUB MASTERS Marc Cunningham

Jan Garfinkle Diane Goodman

NEW JUNIOR MASTERS Mostafa Eldin

Kasondra Gerth Lynn Hall

Carole Lindstrom Ramona Nelson Terrence Nelson Bernice Rocca

Sharon Thompson Mary Tullgren

Darlene Van Pykeren Carolyn Wasmuth

Madeline Whichard

CONGRATULATIONS!

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Sally Wheeler-Valine retires as Regional Hospitality chair—

after 14 full years.

And for 15 years she was the Hospitality Chair at the

Monterey District 21 tournaments.

CONGRATULATIONS! and

THANK YOU!

playing in the Thursday Morning Pair Game at the Sacramento Bridge Center (SBC), which is directed by Ali Topcu. During the past year Ted and Albert had a game of 70.99% on November 11, 2017, and a game of 72.28% on April 13, 2017. They have played together 23 times this past year averaging 62.59%, the highest of any pair at SBC.

Shown playing in a recent Thursday Morning Pair Game at SBC are: Ted Muller, Steve Kolodny, and Albert Chow.

Standing behind Ted is the director of the game, Ali Topcu.

On January 4, 2018, Ted Muller and Albert Chow had a 73.81% game . . .

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CONGRATULATIONS!

The Foothill Bridge Center

Barry Wold, Manager Foothill Bridge Center,

236950 4050 Durock Rd, Shingle

Springs CA 95682 www.bridgewebs.com/

foothillbridge 530 391-3743

Partnership

Barry Wold 530 391-3743 Sandy Wold 530 906-8506

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JIM COKE

December Foothiller-of-the-Month and 2017 Foothiller-of-the-Year!

January Bingo winners: Francine Pogue, and Joan Bailey (twice).

January Swiss teams winner: Sheldon & Piper Fein. Missing: Mary Glaser, Rich James.

Welcome New Foothillers

David Davis Cecilia Finch

Karen Killackey Margaret Lockwood

Robin Renfrew

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February Events: Feb 5, Monday Open Pairs, REACH, 12, noon, Gold Points!* Feb 7, Wednesday NLM Pairs, REACH 10 am, Gold Points!* Feb 8, Thursday NLM Pairs, REACH 10 am, Gold Points!* Feb 14, Wednesday, NLM Pairs, 10 am, Club Championship Feb 14, Wednesday, Open Pairs, 6:30 pm, Club Championship Feb 19, Monday Open Pairs, 12, noon, Unit level game, Chili and hot dogs. Feb 21, Wednesday, 5:30 pm, Open Pairs, Club ACBL-wide Charity Game Red Points!** Feb 25, Sunday, Swiss teams, 1 pm, Club Championship *Must qualify for overalls ** Note time change from 6:30 pm.

2018 Club Officers

President: Barry Wold

Vice President:

Bob Viersen

Secretary: Sarah Robinson

Treasurer:

Sandy Wold

Delegate: Daryl Prouty

Teri Smoot just became a Sapphire Life Master while playing with Mary Ose in a Regional in Tarrytown, NY. At the beginning of January, Teri needed about 70 MPs to reach the 3500 MP mark to become a Sapphire LM. In the Monterey Regional Teri earned 57 MPs, and in the Tarrytown Regional she earned almost 30 MPs.

Congratulations, Teri!

February 10th & 11th will be a

Non-Life Master Sectional at Sac. Bridge Club.

Folsom Bridge will have Life Master Pairs only

that Saturday & Sunday. * * *

FBC will be closed Sunday, Feb. 18th for the

Unit Game/.Awards presentation at SBC. * * *

Pot Luck Swiss is last Thursday

of every month, as usual. * * *

Regular Game Price is $10 . Includes lunch.

All old tickets will be honored at $10.

Special Dates for February 2018

Feb. 1st Thursday NLM Pairs

Feb. 4th Sunday NLM Pairs w/Lesson

Feb. 6th Tuesday Taco Tuesday Club

Championship

Feb. 8th Thursday NLM Pairs

Feb. 10-11 Sat. & Sun. Life Master Pairs only

(NLM Sectional at SBC)

Feb. 14th Wednesday 11 & 5:30 Valentine

Club Championships

Feb. 15th Thursday NLM Pairs

Feb. 18th Sunday Unit Game @ SBC

Awards FBC Closed!

Feb. 22ndThursday Pot Luck Swiss

Feb. 24th Saturday Hot Dogs & Chili

Feb. 25th Sunday *Mentor/Mentee Pairs

*Advanced Sign-ups required. If you sign up, show up!

Bridge Classes Continue

Commonly Used Conventions meets on Tuesdays,

and Play of the Hand meets on Wednesdays,

both 2:30-5. (Stay on Weds. for the NLM game at 5:30)

$79 for 9 lessons; Drop-ins $10; Books $15

Note: Those who prepay the lessons for $79 may

retake any or all of the classes in the future

any time that book is offered!

Ongoing Lessons by Al Beckner:

Tuesdays at 10:15 Free Open Forum

Fridays 9-10:30 Playing the Hand, $5 No partners needed for any lessons.

NLM Games:

All Weds. 5:30 pm (includes a light dinner)

Thursdays, Feb.1st, 8th, & 15th at 11 am

(last Thursday, Feb. 22nd, will remain

Pot Luck Swiss, as usual.) and

Fridays at 11 am following the lesson,

$5 with 2 or more tables

As well as any day there are 2+ tables

NLM Pairs w/ lesson Sun. Feb. 4th

*Mentor/Mentee Sunday Feb. 25th

*Next Coaching Sunday March 25th -

Club Championship!

*Advance sign-ups required. If you sign up, show up!

Game Times

Monday through Friday: 11 am

Thursdays 11 am NLM Games

(Last Thurs. Pot Luck Swiss, as usual.)

(Fri. Open & NLM game w/2+ tables)

Saturday and Sunday: 12 Noon

Wednesday afternoon NLM: 5:30 pm

Call the Center for partnerships

8680 Greenback Ln., Suite 107

In the California Family Fitness Center

Phone: 916-353-1139

Email: folsombridge@gmail.com

Website: bridgewebs.com/folsombridge

Pot Luck Swiss Club Champions! December 28th

Bill Taggart, Bob Shiner, Stan Shamitz & Jack Blyskal

Score: 70

Folsom Bridge Center is a Mutual

Benefit Non Profit Corporation

On-going Classes:

Free Open Forum Al Beckner Tuesdays 10:15 am

Cost: FREE

Playing of the Hand Al Beckner

Fridays 9:00 am—10:30 am

Cost: $5

JANUARY 2018 NEW CLASSES at FOLSOM BRIDGE CENTER

Instructors: Susan Haynie, Cynthia Fredrickson & David Baskin

Commonly Used Conventions

in the 21st Century

Tuesdays* beginning January 9th for 9 weeks

2:30 pm—5:00 pm Each Class Cost: $79 Books: $15

Play of the Hand &

Beginning Bridge

Wednesdays* beginning January 10th for 9 weeks

2:30 pm—5:00 pm Each Class Cost: $79 Books: $15

*Two classes run simultaneously in different rooms. Choose one on Tuesday and one on Wednesday.

Classes run for 9 weeks (so about $9/lesson) Drop ins for $10 are welcome to all classes except Beginning Bridge.

Signup at the club or call!

FOLSOM BRIDGE CENTER Non-Life Master Games

Wednesdays at 5:30 pm (following Classes)

Fridays at 11:00 am (following Class)

Sundays at Noon—Coaching and Mentor/Mentee Games

and

ANY day with 3 or more tables interested!

8680 Greenback Ln., Suite 107

In the California Family Fitness Center

Phone: 916-353-1139

Email: folsombridge@gmail.com

Website: bridgewebs.com/folsombridge

SUN CITY LINCOLN HILLS DUPLICATE BRIDGE CLUB by Lynne White

The SCLH duplicate bridge club is an invitational club with games open to residents of Sun City and their invited guests. Our games are played in the Kilaga Springs Lodge on Wednesdays at 12:30 pm, (includes a 199er section), Fridays at 5:00 p.m., and Saturdays at 12:30 p.m. (includes a 299er section). Our game table fees for non-members who are invited guests are $5.00. For additional information about our club, please visit the club website: www.bridgewebs.com/lincolnhills.

2018 BOARD OF DIRECTORS

PRESIDENT MITCH MILADINOVICH VICE PRESIDENT SHARON NEFF SECRETARY JOHN WHITE TREASURER/CLUB MANAGER JIM MCELFRESH MEMBERSHIP LOIS HOPKINS SOCIAL CHAIRPERSON KAY KERENYI EDUCATION JOAN ROUSE MENTOR PROGRAM MONA STRYKER CHARITY CHAIRPERSON DIANNE CONFORTI 199er/299er PARTNERSHIPS SHARON DULEY GAME SETUP SHEILA ROSS

Our weekly games are dependent on our amazing volunteers who faithfully show up every week, year in and year out. Elise Homer is a former president. Every Wednesday she can be found sitting at the front desk giving out table assignments. She knows everyone and makes every effort to accommodate all requests. Thank you, Elise!

Jean Piazza and Martha Chatoian celebrating the New Year.

Happy Valentine’s Day!

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QUESTIONS?

Contact Manager/Director Joe Blackford at:

bridge-works16@gmail.com

CLICK HERE for Game Results

Bridge Works ACBL Unit 505

Lincoln, CA

PARTNERSHIP DESK:

Contact Joe Blackford at:

916.206.0313

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GAME LOCATION

Granite Springs Church Main Conference Room

1170 E. Joiner Pkwy Lincoln, CA 95648

TUESDAY GAME Sign in 11:00 Game 11:30

Player Rewards—Reminder

Bridge Works will reward:

1. Any player introducing a new player to Bridge Works, shall receive one (1) free play, on the day of introduction.

2. Players with the most attended Bridge Works games, during a four (4) month period, shall receive a free play, for any Tuesday Bridge Works game of their choice.

3. Players with a perfect attendance for 2018, shall receive a one (1) month free play, for the month of their choice.

4. Any players with a score exceeding 70%, shall receive a free play for any Tuesday Bridge Works game of their choice.

Club Championship Games

As designated by the ACBL, Bridge Works is allowed four (4) Club Championship games per year, one (1) each quarter. During 2018, Bridge Works will have Club Championship games on the following Tuesday dates:

Feb. 13th May 15th Aug. 14th Nov. 13th All Club Championship games at Bridge Works will be preceded by a “Pot Luck” luncheon, starting at 11 am. Please plan to attend these special games and for further information contact:

Joe Blackford at bridgeworks16@gmail.com

P.S. Don’t forget that all Club Championship games are structured to award extra MP’s to the winning players!

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John Hughes

Charles Smith

SUNDAY - 12 p.m. Stratified Open Pairs Ted Muller, Director 916 359-6688 ted@winfirst.com

MONDAY - 11 a.m. Stratified Open Pairs & Invitational Pairs John Hughes, Director 916 965-7695 Ojoy24u@aol.com

TUESDAY - 11 a.m. Stratified Open Pairs & 199'er Pairs Albert Chow, Director 916 878-7566 albertchow@sbcglobal.net

WEDNESDAY - 11 a.m. Stratified Open Pairs & Invitational Pairs Albert Chow, Director 916 878-7566 albertchow@sbcglobal.net

Albert Chow

Carl Oeser

WEDNESDAY - 6:30 pm Stratified Open Pairs

Carl Oeser 916-241-6155

carl.oeser50@gmail.com

THURSDAY - 11 a.m. Stratified Open Pairs

Ali Topcu, Director 916 925-6322

havut@yahoo.com

THURSDAY - 6:30 p.m. Stratified Open Pairs

Charles Smith, Director 916 967-1105

smithec@pacbell.net

FRIDAY - 11 a.m. Stratified Open Pairs &

Invitational Pairs Albert Chow, Director

SATURDAY - 12 p.m. Stratified Open Pairs

Ali Topcu, Director 299’r Pairs-John Hughes, Dir

Ted Muller

Ali Topcu

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2035 Hurley Way, Suite 270 916-925-6322

Confused? We’ve got you covered!

BIDDING IN THE 21ST CENTURY

INSTRUCTOR- JIM BOWMAN

Tuesday, February 13th, 10:00 am—Noon

CLASS HELD IN THE LESSON ROOM

AT SACRAMENTO BRIDGE CENTER

2035 HURLEY WAY – SUITE 270

This class is designed for

BEGINNING STUDENTS

wanting to learn bridge or

refresh their bidding skills.

Some of the SUBJECTS COVERED are:

Hand Valuation

Points needed to open 1 NT

Responding to 1 NT

Rebids by both Opener & Responder

Overcalls & Takeout Doubles

JIM BOWMAN:

Phone: C 916-599-1842 – H 916-359-0161

E-mail: bowmanplaza@aol.com

Advanced Beginners and Intermediates

Competitive Bidding

Fridays, January 12—February 16 6 weeks

9:00 am to 10:30 am

Where: Sacramento Bridge Center 2035 Hurley Way Suite 270 Sacramento CA 95825 916-925-6322 Instructor: Sam Sandusky samelayne@gmail.com 916-705-5557 Cost: $60

Topics: Suit overcalls at the 1,2,3 and 4 level and beyond Responding to partner’s overcalls How to respond to opponent’s interference You are welcome to ask questions during and after the lesson Practice sets will be e-mailed prior to each class Book: Not Required, but it is suggested that you have the

ACBL teaching series, Bidding in the 21st Century

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SATURDAY JANUARY 13TH 10:30 am—11:45 am Before the Noon game

Cost - $100 $15 for the Defense book

INSTRUCTOR – JOY O’DELL Phone: 916-965-7695

E-mail: Ojoy24u@aol.com

LET’S LEARN HOW TO DEFEND!

NEW CLASS:

DEFENSE IN THE 21ST CENTURY

This 9 week class is designed by ACBL to help you learn how to defend at the bridge table!

Topics include:

Opening leads against no trump and suit contracts Second hand and third hand play

Developing defensive tricks Interfering with Declarer

PLUS

A bonus review chapter of negative doubles

THIS CLASS IS FOR ANYONE INTERESTED IN IMPROVING THEIR GAME!

SIGNUP SHEET AT THE CLUB

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PLAY OF THE HAND IN THE 21ST CENTURY

TUESDAY, JANUARY 16TH 1:00 pm

Cost: $100.00 + $15.00 for the book

JIM BOWMAN – NEW INSTRUCTOR Phone: Cell 916-599-1842 – Home 916-359-0161

E-mail: bowmanplaza@aol.com

This 6 week class is designed by ACBL and will help you learn to play bridge hands better

TOPICS Include:

Making a P.L.A.N.

Developing Tricks through promotion and length Learning to finesse the right way

Ruffing losers and discarding

PLUS A bonus review chapter of Jacoby Transfers

Many other interesting thoughts that will improve your game!

ANY PLAYER CAN TAKE THIS CLASS

SIGNUP SHEET AT THE CLUB

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And this is the Defense class being taught by Joy O’Dell. The class meets Saturday morning at 10:30 sharp. There is a beginner’s (299er) game that starts at noon. In this class you learn leads against suit contracts and NT contracts, when to lead trump, when to lead singletons, second and third hand play, defensive signals, and other much needed knowledge in order to defeat your opponents.

Sacramento Bridge Center has several Master level instructors, including Ted Muller, David Vidaver, Gary Soules, Bob Burgdorf, and Jim Houghton. You can go to any of these instructors for expert answers to your questions. We are fortunate at SBC to have so many instructors and more fortunate to have such nice players!

Sacramento Bridge Center has three lesson groups going on right now. There are at least fifty-five eager players taking the three classes. We will also be starting Bidding in the 21st Century on the 13th of Feb, 10:00am.

If you know anyone who is looking for beginner lessons let one of the instructors know.

This is the Play of the Hand class taught by Jim Bowman. This is Jim’s first class and already the people are telling me how good they think Jim is. He has a great sense of humor and is very dedicated in his teaching style. In this class the students learn how to plan the play of the hand through finessing, promoting an outside suit, using their trump wisely, planning their play and many more ideas. He has 18 in the class.

Sam Sandusky has a class on Friday morning dealing with Competitive Bidding. Sam runs several classes per year structured with conversation, a particular problem, and then solving the problem. Each class will have a different subject. Sam has a good sixteen people who follow each of his classes. He especially likes dealing with the intermediate players.

The back corners!

21 players for this class.

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Fri-Sat 10th -11th 10:30 am & 3:00 pm Non-Life Master Sectional at SBC* Sun 18th Noon Unit Game at SBC—Swiss Team*

*NOTE: both of these events require pre-registration. See flyers and forms in this newsletter or click here for on-line forms at: www.playbridgesacramento.org

Gold Country Duplicate

956 Mountain Ranch Rd San Andreas

Mr. Don E Stillwell, Director

209-772-1899

Wednesdays 12:00 Noon

Open

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Marie Leonardini

Barbara Wheeler took this picture of Marie Leonardini who helps Albert

with preparing lunches on the 2nd and 4th Fridays at

SBC.

Thank you, Marie!

Thurs 1st 11 am Club Championship Wed 7th 6:30 pm Club Championship Wed 21st 11 am Club Championship (Open & Invitational) Sun 25th Noon Unit Rated Game—Extra Points!

Note: Saturday and Sunday are always CHARITY GAMES or SPECIAL GAMES with enhanced Master Points all year round.

http://www.playbridgesacramento.org

Saturday and Sunday Games at SBC

Charity Games—299’r Games—Classes

This is possible because these are Charity Games. The director donates $4 per table to an ACBL designated charity.

The Saturday noon game now has 2 sections. Joy O’Dell and John Hughes have instituted a 299er game. The section is directed by John Hughes, and Joy O’Dell gives a 30-40 minute lecture ahead of time at 11 am.

Ali Topcú directs the Open section. Awards in the Open are based on the total number of tables in the Open and the 299er sections.

Arden Manor Thursday Night

6:30 pm Sacramento Bridge Club

Charles Smith, Director

On Monday, January 29th, 22 tables of

bridge players sang

“Happy Birthday” to

Joy O’Dell.

I won’t sing—just wishing you a very

Happy Birthday, Joy!

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OSMO OTRA! Travels with Mary and Terri!

2 members of Team OSMO, with wannabe men’s auxiliary recruits Mike and Andrew from New York Mary and Teri, together with Mike and Andrew, came in 2nd in the Sunday A/X Swiss in the Tarrytown (New York) regional. But that’s not the big news: the big news is that TerI became a sapphire life master in that event, earning her 3500th masterpoint. Go, Teri! To celebrate, Mary and Teri went to New York City where they had the thrill of playing in the largest club in the country at Honors Bridge Club - reservation required. The club occupies not one but

two (presumably very expensive) floors of a building in central Manhattan near Central Park. The 0-750 players have their own separate floor. Competing in a club game against the likes of August Boehm (see Bridge Bulletin, p. 54, Boehm on Bridge), Judi Radin, Joel Wooldridge, Irina Levitina, Barry Rigal, and Sandra Rimstedt, was certainly a treat. The afternoon game had 40 tables divided into open, handicapped, and 0-750 sections. The lunch, which was served BEFORE (not during) the game, was amazing. A full-time paid kitchen staff prepares and serves an enormous buffet with healthy (and not) options, included in the $32 bridge fee, as are all drinks (coffee, tea, soda, even MILK!). The players were welcoming and friendly. A portion of the playing area:

The following day the two walked through Central Park to play at Cavendish Bridge Club, a smaller and cozier game with 15 1/2 tables. More welcoming and friendly players with lunch (not as grand) again before the game included in the $27 bridge fee.

Prior to Tarrytown, Mary and Dave Vidaver (bona fide OSMO men’s auxiliary member) had a wonderful time at the Albuquerque regional. The ratio of bridge pros to non-pros was extraordinary; turns out there was no other regional going on that same week elsewhere in the country. Albuquerque is a wonderful place to visit, with an interesting Old Town plus some interesting museums.

Mary and Dave skipped bridge one day in order to go to the National Museum of Nuclear Science and History, well worth the visit. Prior to the start of the tournament, they spent a couple of days in Santa Fe, enjoying the Old Town there as well as the Georgia O’Keeffe Museum and the New Mexico Museum of history. And prior to Albuquerque, there were oodles of District 21 players participating in the tournament at Monterey. How fun is that! Many District 21 players made fine showings at the tournament.

We all recognized our very own wonderful Sally Wheeler-Valine, who has made hospitality hours an absolute delight for so many years, and is now retiring from that responsibility. Thank you, thank you, thank you, Sally! Barbara Wheeler makes it easy to not wait around for results at tournaments. She always knows how players have done even before they find out themselves.

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