We are building up our live games and seeing new faces each week. We strongly need our intermediate players to join us, so that we can maintain a separate game, but we do make a separate “game in a game” with stratification when we do combine.
The benefits of playing against more experienced players are great! If you have a good game, you even win more points than you can in the limited game! If you ask, players are happy to share tips about what could be done differently. And getting a top score feels really satisfying! Come knock a few “A’s” down a peg!
--- Pamela Gorbics
Busy week at the club
On Monday, June 7 and Friday June 11, there will be North American Pairs qualifying games for both the 0-499 and Open sections.
The Tuesday morning 0-299 game will start at 9:15am — with a mini lesson at 9:00. Please note the time change. This is a very friendly, no drama game and we hope you will be able join us.
Wednesday’s 12:30 Open and 0-499 games will be Club Championships which brings extra matchpoints and, more importantly, bragging rights.
Help the director help you
When you play at the club, it would help if all players arrived at least 15 minutes before game time. This gives the director a fighting chance to find a pair to fill out the movement without a dreaded sit-out and help assure that the game will start on time. Thanks!
Mentor–Mentee and other online excitement
Our monthly Mentor–Mentee game will be held Saturday, June 12 at 10:00 am. If you are in need of a mentor (aren’t we all?) or a mentee, drop a note to stpetebridge@gmail.com and it will be forwarded to Elaine Garofalo who will do her best to find you a good match,
On Thursday, June 10, there will be an Open North American Pairs qualifier at 1:00 pm and on Sunday the 13th there will be a 0-499 qualifier at 12:45 pm and an Open qualifier at 1:00 pm.
Please note that when an online Limited and Open game overlap, the Limited game will always start 15 minutes before the Open game. All games this week can be found at the end of this email.
Bridge trivia
Answers to last week’s questions
- Discussion of a hand immediately after play is called a post mortem. This is Latin for “after death” and can also be spelled (or spelt) post-mortem or postmortem.
- Going for a telephone number is going down for 1100 or 1400 or any other four-digit number. It is derived in the olden days when telephone numbers consisted of an alphabetic prefix followed by four or five digits.
- A minor penalty card is any non-honor (nine or lower) accidently exposed. The penalty is merely that you must play this card prior to playing any other non-honor card of the same suit.
Questions for this week
- When were the first international Laws of Contract Bridge published? When were the first international Laws of Contract Bridge published by recognized national authorities?
- You are East-West Pair 5 in a nine table Mitchell movement. What is a Mitchell movement? Who are your opponents on round two?
- What is a Yarborough? Why is it called that?
Word of the week
Certain people have commented that the word of the week uses words which are too long. Just for them:
aa
Definition: a type of rough, jaggy lava
Example: Complaints about this article feel as though you are rubbing my face with aa.