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Little Rock Duplicate Bridge Club
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Release 2.19r
UPCOMING EVENTS

Starting Friday, October 11: TBH Class on Dynamic Hand Evaluation
David Cockcroft, Instructor

Starting Tuesday, October 15: TBH Class on Dynamic Hand Evaluation
David Cockcroft, Instructor

October 19: Unit 161 Extended Team Game
at Village Card Club, Hot Springs Village

October 20: Eight Is Enough Swiss Teams

October 30: ACBL Instant Matchpoint Game (win GOLD at the club)

October 31 - November 2: Unit 161 Fall Foliage Sectional Tournament

Instant Matchpoint Game October 30

Win GOLD at the Club!

Board of the Week

Board of the Week is a series of comments by
a non-expert on interesting boards.
The 
articles are intended to be educational
or entertaining or both.
 

Board of the Week 45

A "Non Trump Coup"

Board of the Week 46:
Take ALL Your Chances Before That Finesse!

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Welcome to Little Rock Duplicate Bridge Club

Big Game, Big Points

Monday, October 7

LRDBC hosted 16.5 tables in Open Pairs (largest game in many years) with an additional 6 tables in 0-500.  This was a Club Apprieciation Game. It couldalso be "Anne Bailey Appreciation Day" as we celebrated her birthday.

Overall winners were LeeLee Hess and Betty Jean Carter, a 64% game and an award of 6.19 masterpoints.

Unit 161 Fall Foliage Tournament

Please Practice Active Ethics

Watch your tempo
Don't derive information from partner's tempo or behavior
Make sure you are not sending or receiving signals other than through bids and card play

THANK YOU FOR BEING A PLAYER! 

BE NICE TO YOUR PARTNER, YOUR OPPONENTS, AND THE DIRECTOR

Updated COVID Vaccines

Little Rock Duplicate Bridge Club does NOT dispense medical advice!

However, the following link will take you to an article about the newest COVID vaccine.  You may wish to read this and then make your own medical decisions.

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CLICK HERE FOR ABSTRACT OF ARTICLE ON COVID-19

Sad News

Members of the Little Rock Duplicate Bridge Club
mourn the death of

Mary Burton
February 6, 1941
September 25, 2024

James “Buck” Buchanan
February 26, 1933

October 3, 2024

Betty Herron
February 23, 1943

October 1, 2024

Bob Cortinez
November 2, 1937

September 30, 2024

Nancy Tracy
September 20, 1934

September 28, 2024

70% Game!

Congratulations to David Cockcroft and Nancy Speer

73.33%

Thursday Open Pairs
October 3, 2024

Rank Achievements as of 2024-10-01


JUNIOR MASTER
Chanda Adams
Martha Lemoine
Ann Pugh

CLUB MASTER
Rebecca McDonald

SECTIONAL MASTER
Alan Hipps
Barbara Sallen
Susan Santa Cruz
Bruce Thalheimer

LIFE MASTER
Debbie Doan
Marilyn Lyons

BRONZE LIFE MASTER
Karen Willk

SILVER LIFE MASTER
Carol Mulach

RUBY LIFE MASTER
Beverly Kinnman

Eight Is Enough

Winners October 6
 
Becky Bien, Wendy Wheeler, Ellen Cotton, Candy Anderson

Next Events
Sunday, October 20 (1:30 p.m.)
Sunday, November 3 (1:30 p.m.)

Conditions of Contest

Each team must include at least one C player.
No team may have more than one A player
.

A = 2000+ MP
     B =
500-2000 MP
      C = Under 500 MP