Calendar Updates
Friday and Saturday Mini–Lessons start at at 9:20 AM. This is to allow sufficient time for the Friday Come Out and Play session and the Saturday duplicate game to start on schedule at 10 AM.
Our 3rd Anniversary Celebration is set for Friday 9/20. Mark your calendars! Reduced $10 card fee includes lunch at 11:30 AM and triple points!
Handicapped Teams Events and other Special Events take place on Mondays as announced. August Teams games are scheduled for 8/12 and 8/26. Start time is 11:30 AM, with pizza served at 11:15 AM. Email the Club at kopbridgeclub@gmail.com to register or to request players to fill out your team.
North American Pairs qualifying sessions have come to an end. Click here to see if you have qualified! Then navigate to District 4's 2024 NAP page for all the details, including Flight A, B, and C locations, flyers and registration forms, and host clubs. King of Prussia Bridge Club will host a two–session Flight C Final on Sept. 15 at 10 AM and 2:15 PM, with a complimentary lunch between sessions. The entry fee is $15 per person per session. Advance registration is required. Click here for full details.
Bridge Lessons for Fall 2024
John Dickenson will be presenting a brand new 12–week course on Tuesday mornings from 10–11:30 AM beginning Sept. 17. The series will be based on Larry Cohen's 12 Conventions Everyone Should Know. Larry believes that players would be better off playing a few conventions WELL versus many conventions POORLY. Each lesson will cost $20 cash at the door – no preregistration is necessary. The preliminary schedule begins with:
9/17 Stayman and Jacoby Transfers
9/24 Unusual 2NT and Michaels cuebids
10/1 Systems over the opponents' Strong NT
Click here to view the full announcement, including a thought-provoking quiz on Stayman and Jacoby Transfers to demonstrate the value of the first lesson.
Expert Deal Analysis Diamond Life Master Mark Henderson is offering expert analysis of deals played at the club that involve advanced topics. This addition to our website should be of interest to all levels of players. Most recent analyses can be reached from the main menu with the Deal Analysis Button. Archived material can also be accessed at left under the main menu. Mark is also giving in-person expert reviews of selected hands on Thursdays after the Open Game. He fields and answers questions with an emphasis on commonly encountered themes in bidding, declarer play, and defense. Conversation will center on advancing and intermediate players.
Recent hand analysis includes:
Board 2 Sunday, May 12 “Not for the Feint of Heart”
Board 9 Tuesday, May 21 “The Law, Again”
Board 5 Thursday, May 23 “Here We Go Again”
Board 6 Friday, May 24 "How Do you Know?"
Additional Saturday Section for Advancing Players
We have added a separate section to our Saturday game for players with no more than 20 masterpoints if the number of players is sufficient. Winners in the 0–500 section will get masterpoint awards based on the total number of tables in play in both sections.
Points and Pointers Join us on Wednesdays for Points and Pointers, a real duplicate game designed for beginning and advancing players. The game is limited to players with 0–50 ACBL Masterpoints. Each table will play the same boards at the same time, and the leader of the session will discuss each board immediately after it is played. The table fee is $15, and the game will run from 12 Noon to 3 PM. Register by emailing the Club at kopbridgeclub@gmail.com or call 610–232–2250. You can also register in person at the Director's desk.
Click here to open an online archive where you may view or download Instructor Deal Notes and Hand Records for previous weekly sessions.
Free Mini–Lessons Our popular Friday and Saturday Mini–Lessons are regular weekly events. Rex Saffer presents selected topics in offensive and competitive bidding, declarer play, and defensive principles from 9:20–9:50 AM (please note change in time!) before the Friday Come Out and Play session and again before the Saturday 0–500 Limited game. Conversation will focus on fundamentals and is directed toward advancing and intermediate players.
Rex maintains an online repository of the handouts distributed at lessons. Click here to view or download these documents.
Come Out And Play Just getting started with bridge? Join us on Friday mornings from 10–11:30 am for a relaxed session of bridge. There will be no scoring, no masterpoints, and no pressure! – for only $10 per person. Come on out and drop in, no commitment or advance registration needed, and singles are welcome! Mentors will be available to answer any questions that may arise. This is a fun way to improve your bidding and play while meeting other advancing players.
Game Results You can see your Common Game results at left under the menu, or click here to go straight to ACBL Live for Clubs.
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