Effective immediately:

Masks required

St. Petersburg Bridge Club Board of Directors

Minutes: January 12, 2022

The Board Meeting was held via Zoom.

Present: Elaine Garofalo, Sandy Peterson, Kim Dean, Kathy O’Connell, Joanne Wharton, Gwynne Young. (Marianne Timmons arrived after the meeting adjourned)

Vice President Elaine Garofalo called the meeting to order at 5:30 pm. Quorum was established.

Motion by Gwynne Young: I move that the St. Petersburg Bridge Club institute a mask mandate effective Thursday, January 13, 2022, continuing through January 31, 2022, at which time the mandate will be reevaluated. It is further recommended that the masks be N95s, KN95s, or double surgical masks not cloth masks. The motion was seconded by Kim Dean and was unanimously approved.

The meeting was adjourned at 5:42 pm.

Sandra Peterson

Acting Secretary

Just so there is no confusion: Masks must be worn at all times while at the St. Petersburg Bridge Club through January 31, 2022.

At the club this week There are four Junior Fund games this week on Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday at 12:30 pm. A Grand National Teams qualifier will be held Sunday at 1:00 pm. If you need teammates, email Pamela Gorbics.

Lots of Lessons The Competitive Bidding class, taught by Sheryl Hobbs begins this week on Tuesday, January 18 at 9:30 am. Also starting this week is Beyond Basics with Bob Vollbracht at 9:30 am on Friday, January 21. Bob's topic will be Partnership Agreements. Continuing this week are: Tuesday at 12:30 pm is a mini lesson followed by the 0-299 game. Wednesday at 9:00 am is a mini lesson followed by the 0-20 Newcomers' game. Thursday at 9:30 am is Two over One taught by Marianne Timmons. Also, on Thursday at 10:am, Bidding in the 21st Century continues. This class is intended for new and newer players. Friday at 9:00 am is Supervised Play hosted by Frieda. The mini lesson/limited games are the normal game fee of $8. All others listed above are $10 per lesson payable at the door. Climbing the ladder: new ranks The ACBL has reported the following players at our club have recently earned a new ranking. Congrats to you all!

Russell Craft Ruby Life Master Flossie Delaney Club Master Ray Duncan Silver Life Master Elizabeth Harris Regional Master Diane Landis Adv NABC Master Jeanne Lenz Silver Life Master Gail McConnell NABC Master Margot Miller Club Master Karl Miller Silver Life Master Bruce Philipoom Club Master Polly Webb Bronze Life Master

Support your club The St Petersburg Bridge Club needs your support. Click on the graphic to the left to join. If you prefer (or wish to pay via check or cash) there will be a Membership table at the club prior to our Monday, Wednesday, and Friday 12:30 pm games. At other times, the director will be able to assist you. And while you are at it, it is a great opportunity to make a donation to the club.

What's the law? There has been some positive feedback on the articles dealing with various Laws of Bridge. Assuming this is not just my kind readers being polite, I plan to continue to include similar articles. What interests you? Any situation you'd like discussed? Please email stpetebridge@gmail.com to let me know. The same goes for the Convention Charts. As mentioned before, our open games use the Open Chart and our limited games use to Basic+ Chart. Summaries are posted at the club. If you are unsure if a call is allowed, drop me a note at the above address. To preempt a common question: No, Multi 2D is not allowed. Not sure what to Alert or Announce? Unsure of how to word your explanation? Happy to answer those, too. Questions on why your Central Hand Opponent (partner) never understands your signals or bids will be referred to Vladimir Putin. New Convention Card The ACBL has approved a new Convention Card. It will be introduced later this year. If you want a preview, click: BridgeWinners article or to go directly to the new card, click: New CC. There will be ACBL Bulletin articles covering the new card and we will offer some seminars on how to fill it out, what's different, etc.

Bridge trivia answers

Question 1: What is a Bluhmer?

Sort of an anti-control bid. In a slam try auction, when your partner makes it clear that they are short in a suit, your bid in that suit shows a lack of duplication; that is, no wasted honors in partner's short suit.

Note that the question asked about Bloomer, one of my faithful readers, the ever-vigilant Jack Brawner pointed out the error of my ways. Jack was a long-time active member and director/teacher (and former owner) of our club before he absconded to the Naples club to be their manager.

Question 2: What is a Fit Jump?

By jumping in a new suit responder or advancer is showing good support for partner's suit and length and strength in the suit they bid.

Question 3: What is a Trump Suit Echo?

Traditionally when a defended played high-low in the trump suit, they were asking for a ruff; that's a trump suit echo.

Questions for this week

1. What is Trump Suit Preference?

2. What is Leaping Michaels?

3. What is Jordon 2NT? (Also called Truscott 2NT)



Word of the week

Amphiboly

Definition: A fallacy of relevance by use of an ambiguous word or grammatical structure.

example amphibolic headline: Marijuana Issues Sent to a Joint Committee

Effective immediately:

Masks required

St. Petersburg Bridge Club Board of Directors

Minutes: January 12, 2022

The Board Meeting was held via Zoom.

Present: Elaine Garofalo, Sandy Peterson, Kim Dean, Kathy O’Connell, Joanne Wharton, Gwynne Young. ..........