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2025 Spring Bridge Classes 

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Spring 2025 Class Schedule

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Advanced Card Play - Online class.  Learn from Adobe's expert players the best way to play hands.  - Starting April 2025.  3 Online Advanced Card Play classes.   

Advanced Defense - Online class.  Learn from Adobe's expert players the best way to play hands.  - Starting May 2025.  3 Online Advanced Defense classes.   

Beginning Bridge - with Barbara Rosenthal.  Starts March 31st, for 8 weeks. Begin at the beginning!  This class teaches opening bids, responses and rebids in major, minor and NT contracts.  

Basic 2/1 Game Force - with Barbara Rosenthal for 6 weeks. Learn the basics of 2/1 game force and Forcing 1NT bidding.  Start date TBD. 

Competitive Bidding - learn what to do when the opponents enter your auction AND how to be the pesky opponent!  We will discuss several tenets of competitive bidding including preempts, negative doubles, and cue bids.  Start date April 9th, 2025.  

Conventional Wisdom - with Daverille Sher.  In this class you'll learn essential conventions - 2/1 game force and forcing 1NT, 1430, Jacoby 2NT, Splinters, Inverted Minors and others.  Class will include bidding and card play.  4 Class sessions.  Started date April 9th.  Reserve your place in this class - see payment information below.  

Declarer Skills - With Lee Erdman.  This course covers Declarer's Pilot Checklist, Shape and Distribution, Keeping Control, Side Suit Development, End Play and Cross Ruffing.   Lessons will include study and practice of skills learnt.  Start date TBD.

Defense 101 - Improve your defense!  This class teach the basics of signaling - attitude, suit suit preference and count and making standard leads. 

Registration Available - details below.

Please sign up below if you you are interested in any of these classes.   You can reserve your place in any class with a start date by making the class payment.  Details below.

 

 

Bridge Classes

New Bridge Classes at Adobe Bridge Center

 

Beginning Bridge - will start Monday March 31st from 9 AM to 11, continuing for 6 Weeks in the Casita at Adobe Bridge Center.
Instructor - Barbara Rosenthal

 

Conventional Wisdom - For Advancing beginners and Intermediate players. will start on Wednesday April 9th from 9 am - 11:30 am and continue for 4 weeks. Instructor - Daverville Sher. Cost $80

Competitive Bidding - will start Wednesday April 9th from 9 AM to 11, continuing for 6 Weeks in the Casita at Adobe Bridge Center.
Prerequisite - Beginning Bridge class.

Instructor - Barbara Rosenthal

Advanced Card Play - will start on Friday April 11th, from 9:30 to 11 am.    3 individual  lessons.  Can be purchased as a set of 3 or a singular class.  

Cost: $15 for 1 Class or $45 for all 3.  

Instructor: Ram  

Advanced Defense - will start on Friday May 2nd , from 9:30 to 11 am.    3 individual  lessons.  Can be purchased as a set of 3 or a singular class.  

Cost: $15 for 1 Class or $45 for all 3.  

Instructor: Doug Couchman  

Begin at the beginning! This course covers everything you need to know the first time you sit down at a bridge table. We aim to teach both partners how to make the most descriptive opening bids, responses, and rebids. Stop making your partners wonder what you’re holding and just tell them!

This will teach class you'll learn essential conventions - To take this class you will need to know basic 2/1 game force and forcing 1NT. Daverille will recap 2/1 and then continue on with techniques to find game without using 2/1 and how to get to slam. Conventions include 1430, Jacoby 2NT, Splinters, Inverted Minors and others. The Class will include lectures, hand bidding and card play for students.

Max No of Student 20.  Pre-paying for this class will reserve your place.

When your opponents are kind enough to stay out of the auction, bridge is much easier. But what are you to do when your opponents start bidding? Without some solid partnership understandings, you may be just wandering around in the dark. This course covers both sides of the coin – what to do when the opponents enter your auction AND how to be the pesky opponent! We will discuss several tenets of competitive bidding including preempts, negative doubles, and cue bids.

These classes will be online - via Zoom.

4/11 Class 1: NT Card Play

4/18 Class 2: Suit Contract Card Play

4/25 Class 3: Special Situations Card Play

Each class will feature play of hands and discussion.  Additionally after the class the student will receive a BBO  ".LIN" - to review and practice card play and a recording of the zoom lesson.

PLEASE NOTE: this class MUST be paid for the day before the class starts.   No day of class admittance.

These classes will be online - via Zoom.

5/02: Class 1: NT Contracts

5/09 Class 2: Suit Contract 

5/16 Class 3: Special Situations 

Each class will feature play of hands and discussion.  Additionally after the class the student will receive a BBO  ".LIN" - to review and practice card play and a recording of the zoom lesson.

PLEASE NOTE: this class MUST be paid for the day before the class starts.   No day of class admittance.

No text required No text required  

Contact Barbara R with any questions regarding Beginning Bridge or Competitive Bidding classes.

For Convention Wisdom questions contact Daverille S

Questions?
Contact Ram 
Questions?
Contact Doug 
To Secure a place in either class - simply pay online.  There are 3 ways to pay:  

Opt 1: Zelle® Adobe's Preferred method: send payment by ZELLE® using Recipient ID: adobebridgeinfo@gmail.com.

Initiate a payment directly from your bank to Adobe's bank via Zelle®. Please add the class name in your payment comment or memo field when paying. Zelle is free to use, for the sender and recipient. Most financial institutions support Zelle in their online banking apps - if yours doesn't you can download the Zelle app to your smartphone by CLICKING HERE

 

Opt 2: PayPal® To pay by Credit card using PayPal Click Here (paypal fees will be added)

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Opt 3: you can pay via cash or check at the first session.