Our favorite author gives us a look at boards from Thursday 8/27. His balanced '5th Chair' perspective helps us see how we might have viewed things differently, in hopes of improving our performance on future similar hands.

Joe's schedule prevents him from attending our games this fall. Still, he'd like to write about boards of interest to us. To that end, he has provided a QR code to scan. With the QR code, you can give him board #s and any relevant details on the fly, so you won't forget to do it later. He hopes this will him stay connected with us. The QR code is in his document and will also be at the club for quick scanning.

Take a read and enjoy his helpful advice.

A Second Look 8.27.26

Bluejeans photo by Liz West

Don't know what it means, but I borrowed the photo, and the jeans are definitely blue. We can probably manage the 'old' part, and all we need is a NEW partner, and then we've got it!

At the end of September on Tuesday 9/29, we'll host another NEW partner game. Any pair may play, but if you find a partner you haven't played with since our last NEW partner game on May 29 (just four months ago), you get a free game (GrandSlam card holders get $5).

AND, with Autumn just beginning, let's make this game a party and call it a Fall Feast. Please bring something you would like to share for lunch.

This game is always a lot of fun, so be creative and try to find a NEW partner for this game.

Barometer photo by Tim Sheerman-Chase

With our new BridgeMates, let's see how well this works.

The calendar says IMP pairs, but let's play a regular pairs game, barometer style. We'll all play the same boards at the same time, and we'll use the BridgeMates to show us our ranking as we go along.

That will allow for some added strategy, particularly if we're not doing so well and need to catch up! 

Confetti photo by ADoseOfShipBoy

Our next Thursday game is September 10. Cordell will give a short talk about 'forcing bids' at 10:30 before our next game. Click here to preview the talk.

Here's the Thursday schedule for the rest of the year:

We start at 11:00 and finish before 3:00, and play about 18-22 hands. The cost is just $2. The game is perfect for beginning players and mentoring pairs. We play a slower paced game on Thursdays. It's a great way to learn. We have a lot of fun and talk about the hands as we play them. These games award ACBL masterpoints and are configured as a "4-Is-Enough" game. Anyone may play, but players with more than 1000 masterpoints must partner with someone who holds less than 500.

Please plan to join us. If you can, please let Howard or Cordell know you'd intending to play.