Location:           Venue on the Lake - Maitland Civic Center

641 S. Maitland Ave., Maitland FL 32751

Phone:               321-460-2083 (Club Number - new)

                           407-435-5123 (Glen Martin)

                           407-808-7900 (Perry Poole) 

E-mail:               northorlandobridge@gmail.com 

We will be closed for all Face to Face bridge activities until further notice.

Please stay safe and restrict yourselves socially for the foreseeable future. 

In the meantime, here are four ways to support our club

Play in our virtual club games on BBO - please take survey by clicking here and see below. 

Sign-up for Bridge lessons provided on Zoom - see below

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Make a Donation to our club - please use our special PayPal link.

Thank you!

David Loeb is again offering live-streamed bridge lessons

David is offering two new series of classes starting July 7th.  The first series of 4 classes is entitled "Don't Guess.  Use a Switch" which includes Lebensohl over 1NT, Lebensohl after a weak 2 is doubled, Continuations after a Reverse, and The Good / Bad 2NT. The second series focuses on "Planning the Play".   There will be practice hands in the Planning the Play classes. These classes will be offered on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 9:00 to 10:00 am.  The cost of each series of four sessions is $40 or $70 for both.  Here is the schedule: 

Series 1 - Don't Guess.  Use a Switch - Cost $40 

• July 7 - Defending Interference Over 1NT (using the Lebensohl Convention)
• July 9 - Advancing a Takeout Double of a Weak 2 (again using the Lebensohl Convention)
• July 14 - Continuations After Opener's Reverse
• July 16 - The Good/Bad 2NT switch

Series 2 - Planning the Play - Cost $40 

• July 21 - A Time for Planning - provides a checklist for declarer to consider when dummy is tabled
• July 23 - Placing Cards - discusses how declarer can place cards in the hidden hands and provides examples to apply your card placing skills
• July 28 - Form Your Plan - takes the concepts from the first 2 lessons and applies it to boards for class discussion
• July 30 - See it in Action - provides sample hands and supervised play to apply your learning

David will be offering at least 16 additional classes in August and September. Topics include Inverted Minors, Woolsey 1NT defense, Advancing a takeout double, Advancing an overcall, Planning at trick one, Passive or Aggressive defense, Improved Jacoby 2NT, Counting a bridge hand and a number of others.  If want to save money, you can purchase a subscription to all 24 of his classes now for $120. This includes the 8 classes above and those to come in August and September.  Subscribers also enjoy access to special sessions on 2/1 Game Force Bidding Practice and Supervised Play in July and others in August and September. . 

All the lessons will have content for beginners, intermediate, and advanced players.  If you are unable to attend a session, you will receive a link to a replay that you can view at anytime.  You may pay with credit card or use paypal.  

Choose a Series of Lessons

Jul - Use a Switch 40.00 USDJul - Planning the Play 40.00 USDJul - Both of Above 70.00 USD3 Month Subscription 120.00 USD

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Support our virtual club games on BBO with an entry fee of $5.00.  See weekly schedule under Special Events

If you are interested in supporting our club by playing on-line, please take our survey by clicking here.

  You will need a computer, tablet or smart phone to play on BBO.  A BBO account is needed (joining BBO is free).  Your BBO account must have your ACBL number.  You will also need to purchase some "Bridge Base Dollars" to cover your entry fee.  We hope you enjoy the chance to play with our friends and support the club.  The Sagamore Bridge Club, one of the pioneer clubs getting all this started, has a set of videos you might want to look at if all this is very new to you.  Click here to access these videos.   

If you are interested in playing on-line, perform the following steps:

1. Make sure you have the latest version of Bridge Base, especially if you've been playing on BBO for a while.  To be sure, use this address to sign-in:  www.bridgebase.com/v3/  (Don't try to get there with BBO.com--it won't work).
2. If you haven't already signed up for Bridge Base Online (BBO), try to do so at least 24 hours ahead of the game you want to play in. Once logged in, click on “BBO Help” and review how to navigate around BBO.  
3. These games are meant to support our club therefore, there will be a charge.  You will pay this charge using BBO$.  See the video on the Sagamore website entitled “How to add $ on BBO” for how to do this. Monday’s club game will cost each player $5.00 with 80% of this going to our club. We thank you for this support!
4. As stated above, you must be an ACBL member to play in these games.  You must enter your ACBL number into BBO if you have one.  Do this in BBO as follows: Click on the ACBL World button. Click on Update your ACBL number - the link is in the list of horizontal links immediately below the list of pending ACBL tournaments, on the left side of your screen. Enter your username and password, then click on Submit.
5. In your BBO account settings, you have the option of confirming your bids and plays which is recommended as it is makes it much harder to misclick.  In tournament games like these, the director is not allowed to “UNDO”. However, if there's a real mess because of an error, you can call the Director and he/she may adjust the results.
6. You can also add a convention card to your profile. In tournament games, you or your partner must have a card or the director will force you to play according to the Standard American Yellow card.  See the video on the Sagamore website entitled “Make a BBO Conv. Card” for how to do this.
7. Starting two hours before game time you can register to play. Go to “Competitive” and then choose “ACBL - Virtual Clubs”.  You'll see our upcoming game listed with how many minutes there are until game time.
8. If you plan to play with your regular partner, you will need to know your partner's “BBO user name”.  Note: We are adding BBO usernames to our member list. You will enter this when you register for the game. 
9. If you do not have a partner, you can enter your name on the partnership desk for the game you want to play in.  There you can invite someone already there to be your partner or wait for someone else to come and invite you to be your partner. See the video on the Sagamore website entitled “Want a partner? Learn How” for more on this.
10. The games are stratified by average--a third of the field in each strat. Once you have registered for a game, the program will automatically stratify and seat you.
11. To see the results of these games, click here 
12. Based on the survey responses and lessons learned from this game, we will determine when and how often we will offer additional games. 

Your feedback is important so send us your comments.

Any questions call or email Glen or Perry and we will help.