0-50 Supervised Play
0-50 Game with Mini-lesson from 9-11:30 on Tuesday mornings. Stay and play in the afternoon game for just $5! We welcome our newer players and students to come join us. It’s a super relaxed atmosphere. You will have the opportunity to ask all your questions about the bidding, the play, and the defense. We are a friendly no stress group and are here to help you wherever you want help. Earn masterpoints while you learn. Come with or without a partner. We can get you a partner. Mini lesson will precede each game with our Tuesday team of Linda Ryder and John Jonas. They will focus on helping new players get a solid foundation in the basics. Watch our weekly Sunday morning emails and this page to see topics for the week!
Topics:
June 30: Transportation with Linda Ryder
0-200 Lesson & Game
School is out! It’s the end of the school year, so classes have ended, but that gives you an opportunity to play MORE boards and practice everything you have learned this past year. We will now play 18 boards.
We will continue to feature special games offering extra and/or colored points when they are available. Classes will resume after Labor Day.
If there is a particular topic you’d like to see us cover in our classes, please let us know. These are your classes and Trudi and I want to give you what you want to learn.
Our Summer games will start at 9 AM. Stay and play in the afternoon game for just $5! No partner needed. We guarantee you will play. This is a very fun and friendly group. The more you play, the more comfortable you will become with the bidding and the play of the hand.
Contact Susan Bristol at bristolsg949@gmail.com or Trudi Hanscom at t.hanscom@live.com for more information.
MENTORED PLAY FOR OUR NEWEST BEGINNERS
0-20 Supervised Play
Wednesdays at 12:30 PM with volunteer mentors
Fee: $10
No partner required.
Prior registration is not required.
If you are a beginner in the 0-20 master point range, come join us to get quality practice time with mentors on hand to help and answer your questions. If you are already attending Tuesday mornings and/or Friday mornings, add another time slot and get more play time! This is a fun-filled no-stress place to practice!
We award Masterpoints, so please arrive with time to spare and stay to play for 12 to 15 boards which can run until approximately 3:15 – 4 PM. Late arrival makes it challenging for us to arrange the table movement and partnerships, so try to be there with time to spare. This is a learning game where you can practice with volunteer mentors at the tables. Masterpoints are awarded to the top scorers.
Bidding Distributional Hands
Thursday mornings June 11 to August 13 from 9:30 – 11:30 AM
Instructor: Gary Waldron
Cost: $125 prepaid or $15 per class. Stay and play in the afternoon for just $5!
Topics:
June 11: Introduction – What Makes Distributional Hands Special?
June 18: Bidding a 6-Card Suit – Weak 2 Bids, Weak Jump Shifts, Weak Jump Overcalls
June 25: 3- and 4-Level Preempts – Bidding the 7- and 8-Card Suits
July 2: Bidding After Your Partner’s Preempt
July 9: Competing Over Preempts – When to Enter the Auction? Bidding a Suit, Bidding No Trump, Doubling
July 16: Bidding 2 Suited Hands – 5-5 and Better Hands. When to Open? What to Open? When to Pass?
July 23 & 30: Conventions to Help You Bid 2 Suited Hands – Michaels Cue Bids, Unusual No Trump, Sandwich No Trump
August 6: Competing Over 1 No Trump With the Distributional Hand
August 13: Wrapping It All Up
Attend all or as many as you can with or without a partner.
Contact Gary for more information lagunajhawk@icloud.com
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