Release 2.19r
Bulletin

Pre-Game Lessons
Mondays @ SLO

Jan 12  Bridge's Other 50%:
            Defense, Part I:
                Jim Solomon

Jan 19  Bridge's Other 50%:

            Defense, Part II
                Jim Solomon


A first look at our 2026
 SECTIONAL  

Saturday, April 11: Pair Games
Sunday, April 12: TEAM Games

Arrange your pair and team!
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Calendar
January 8, 2026
Open
AG 12:30
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January 8, 2026
Open
PASO 12:30
January 9, 2026
Open
SLO 12:30
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January 10, 2026
UNIT GAME
SLO 12:30
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Results
Stratified Open Pairs
Stratified 199er Pairs
Afternoon Pairs
Afternoon Pairs
Tom Snow - Lesson Slides

1 - End Plays.pdf

2 - Doubles 1 - Takeout vs Penalty.pdf

3 - Doubles 2 - Negative and Responsive.pdf

5 - Pearson Pts and Drury.pdf

6 - Law of Total Tricks.pdf

7 - Preempts - Weak 2 Bids.pdf

8 - Preempts of Longer Suits.pdf

9 - Two Suited Preempts.pdf

10 - WJSs.pdf

11 - Cue Bids by Responder.pdf

13 - Playing and Defending No Trumps.pdf

14 - Playing Suit Contracts.pdf

15 - Opening Leads.pdf

16 - Signaling.pdf

29 - Lightner Doubles.pdf

31 - Discovery Plays 1.pdf

32 - Discovery Plays 2.pdf

33 - RKCB.pdf

34 - Hand Evaluation.pdf

35 - Support Dbls.pdf

36 - Inverted Minors.pdf

38 - Some Play of the Hand.pdf

39 - The Three Finger Rule and Exception.pdf

42 - Matchpoint Scoring.pdf

43 - Two Over 1 - Lesson 1.pdf

44 - Two Over 1 - Lesson 2.pdf

45 - Two Over 1 - Lesson 3.pdf

46 - Pearson Points and Drury.pdf

47 - Uppercuts.pdf

48 - Cappelletti.pdf

49 - Bidding Over Preempts.pdf

50 - Unusual vs Unusual.pdf

51 - Jump Shifts and Reverses.pdf

54 - Stolen Bid.pdf

55 - Balancing.pdf

56 - 3rd and 5th Leads.pdf

57 - Moysian Fits.pdf

58 - Psychs.pdf

59 - Bidding After Partners Takeout Double.pdf

60 - Help Suit Game Tries.pdf

61 - Controlling Trumps.pdf

62 - Squeezes.pdf

72 - Cue Bids by Responder.pdf

73 - Using Your Clues.pdf

74 - Jacoby 2NT.pdf

77 - Playing IMPs.pdf

81 - NMF.pdf

82 - 4th Suit Forcing.pdf

86 - Garbage Stayman.pdf

87 - Matchpoint Bidding Tips - Part 1.pdf

88 - Matchpoint Bidding Tips - Part 2.pdf

89 - Coups.pdf

90 - More on Responsive Dbls.pdf

92 - Exclusion Blackwood.pdf

93 - Pattern Theory.pdf

94 - Trasportation.pdf

95 - Dummy Reversals.pdf

97 - Rebids of 3NT.pdf

101 - Opening 2C.pdf

103 - Careful Play - Part 1.pdf

104 - Careful Play - Part 2.pdf

105 - Careful Play - Part 3.pdf

106 - Careful Play - Part 4.pdf

107 - Responding to No Trump - Part 1.pdf

108 - Responding to No Trump - Part 2.pdf

109 - Responding to No Trump - Part 3.pdf

110 - Mixed Raises.pdf

111 - Defensive Strategies - Part 1.pdf

112 - Defensive Strategies - Part 2.pdf

113 - False Carding.pdf

114 - Rules and Ethics of Bridge.pdf

115 - Other Ways to Assess Strength.pdf

116 - Sacrifices.pdf

Workshop 2 - Playing Suit Contracts.pdf

Workshop 3 - Bidding the Minors.pdf

Workshop 4 - All About Doubles.pdf