OPEN GAMES 
 GAIL PARTENHEIMER
 772-213-3049

LIMITED GAMES  & SWISS TEAMS
(0-49; 0-199; 0-299;0-499)
 JEAN KAY 
772-567-5049

Phone:
(772) 562-3008
Vero Beach Bridge Center

UNIT 240
DISTRICT 9
OF THE ACBL

GET BRIDGE BUCKS! 
NO WORRIES ABOUT HAVING
THE CORRECT CHANGE
OR WAITING IN LINE!
Works like a prepaid ATM card. 
See Natalie to get started.
If you already have a Bridge
 Bucks account, you may reload
it at the kiosk with assistance
from the cashier.
If you don't have Bridge Bucks,
our cashiers appreciate you
having your money out and
ready to buy your entry. 

The Friday morning
student game (for players with less than 20 masterpoints)
begins at 9 am.  
A brief review of a bidding topic starts the morning off, followed by play.
This game is ideal for players taking our beginning lessons or for those who are 
returning to bridge.
Please join us. 
No partner or reservation required.
Game Time:  9 a.m. - noon
THIS GAME RUNS YEAR-ROUND.

Stratification for Open Pair Games* 

 0 - 1000        = C
1000 - 2500  = B
2501+           = A

Stratification for 8-IS-ENOUGH Swiss Team Events*

0 - 750       = C
751 - 2000 = B
2001+        =  A

*Stratification adjustments may be made (based on attendance) at game director's discretion.

               Card Sharks August 2017

0 - 5                 PATTY LEEDS

6 - 20               JERRY SWAIN

21 - 50             ROBERT FLOR

51 - 100           MARCIA LAPP

101 - 200         MARILYN KLUSSMAN

201 - 300         DAVID LEBAR

301 - 400         JOHN HAGOOD

401 - 500         STEVE OSIECKI

501 - 750         SANDY GROSS

751- 1000        DELL HATTEN

1001 - 2500     BOOTS VANNOSTRAND       

2501 +             BILL POOLE

AUGUST 2017 Rank Changes
Congratulations to the following VBBC members
who have achieved a new ACBL Rank!   

JUNIOR MASTERS: JOHN TESSIER

REGIONAL MASTERS:  JOHN BRUNNER, NICKI BRUNNER, ROB MIDDLEMAN,TERRY WOLF

LIFE MASTER:  BEV MOGENSON

SILVER LIFE MASTERS:  BART MEFORT

DIAMOND LIFE MASTER:  NANCY MARQUARDT

LINK TO COMMON GAME HAND ANALYSIS

Bridge is not a game of secret messages, it is a game of full diclosure; your opponent’s are entitled to know your agreements and the meanings of your bids. This starts with two filled out convention cards. The announcement and alert procedures further facilitate notifying your opponents as to your conventional understandings. It is your responsibility to understand which of your agreements do not require an alert, require an announcement, require an alert or require a post auction period alert. You can click on this story to go to a long, but very skimmable, ACBL document on Alert Procedures.

Upcoming Team Games are highlighted below.
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