Be healthy everyone! And be courteous at our Bridge games. The holidays bring travel and travel brings exposure to germs. Keep your germs away from the bridge table. Even if you have to cancel a game, we all appreciate any effort to confine contagions. Remember, stay home if you are sick!

Hesitations that have no bridge purpose are not appropriate.  Report Violations to the director as soon as this occurs!!

If you are a defender, you are obligated to play in tempo unless either (a) you have a bridge problem requiring thought or (b) it is trick one, and you are to the left of dummy, where you are permitted to plan your defense.  If it happens that you hesitate due to a non-bridge issue, you must say something like “Sorry, no problem”.

Please report any violation of this ACBL policy to the recorder at Jon@shuster.com, and let him know the circumstances (Date, Board, players, and description).

ACBL Law 73E States:

E.  Deception 

1.  A player may appropriately attempt to deceive an opponent through a call or play (so long as the deception is not emphasized by unwonted [unusual] haste or hesitancy, nor protected by concealed partnership understanding or experience). 

2.  If the Director determines that an innocent player has drawn a false inference from a question, remark, manner, tempo or the like, of an opponent who has no demonstrable bridge reason for the action, and who could have been aware, at the time of the action, that it could work to his benefit, the Director shall award an adjusted score.

Future:  Please play in tempo when you have no bridge problem.  At trick 1, if you are on dummy’s left, you may plan out your defense so this does not apply to trick 1.   

Jon Shuster, Recorder

EVERYONE IS INVITED

Oak Hammock- WEDNESDAY December 11,2019

Cash Bar: 6:00
Buffet Dinner: 6:30
Bridge Game: 7:15 STaC
Dinner: $20 for members
$25 for guests
Game: $5 Pay at Game time

See Mary Ann to make your reservation and payment.

Final payment due by Nov. 25, 2019

Flyer

Congratulations to Gainesville Bridge Players who advanced in rank in November:

This is a list of upcoming local sectional and regional tournaments.  Click on the word 'Info' to view the tournament's flyer.  Other tournament information can be found under the 'Useful Links' menu item.