2024 Bridge Lesson Schedule

LOOKING FOR SLAM

Learn the most popular convention Roman Key Card Blackwood 1430 for when you and your partner have a potential “slam hand”. And for those hands that are not suitable for Blackwood you will learn Control Bidding, and other ways to get to slam, or not!
Tuesday September 17 & 24
7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Instructor: Laurie Miller
Cost: $70
Preregistration required: lauriemiller333@gmail.com or 416-276-6415

BEGINNER BRIDGE
This is a course for Absolute Beginner Bridge players. Also welcome are students of bridge who have not played for a while or who would like to consolidate some basic bidding and play concepts. In each two-hour class we will deal, bid, and play a variety of hands. There isn’t a specific textbook for this course, but handouts will be provided.
Mondays: September 30 – November 25, 2024 (no class October 14)
1:00 – 3:00 p.m.
Cost: $250
Instructor: Glenna Richardson
Preregistration required: glennarichardson549@gmail.com or 416-419-3089

BEGINNER BRIDGE BASIC 1
This class starts at the beginning, introducing the mechanics of the game through its history. It covers the fundamentals of the three aspects of the game…bidding, play and defense. Through this course you’ll be taking the first steps into the magical world of bridge. Textbooks and handouts will be provided
Wednesdays: October 2- November 20
7:00 pm -9:00 pm
Cost: $250
Instructor: Laurie Miller
Preregistration required: lauriemiller333@gmail.com or 416-276-6415

BUILDING YOUR FOUNDATION: BEGINNER PART 2
This course will reinforce and build upon your knowledge from Beginner Bridge Basic 1. You will practice rebids by opener and responder to complete the contract; learn about overcalls, takeout doubles, penalty doubles; weak openings, and other strategies that you need to help you bid and play your hand. Textbooks and handouts will be provided
Mondays: September 30 – November 25, 2024 (no class October 14)
1:00 – 3:00 p.m.
Instructor: Laurie Miller
Participants may attend all 8 weeks or choose two-part sessions.
Cost for 8 weeks of instruction - $250
Cost for two-part sessions - $70
Preregistration required: lauriemiller333@gmail.com or 416-276-6415
The lesson topics are as follows:

September 30 & October 7: Bidding Review & Making a Plan You have opened the bidding and your partner responded? What next? Or you won the contract and now you must play it? This two-part series builds on your Bridge Basic Foundations and adds important tools for your bridge journey.

October 21 & October 28: Overcalls & Take out Doubles This two-part session will focus on competing in the auction after the opening bid has been called. You will learn about overcalls, takeout doubles, and the responses to those bids. You should have a basic understanding of bidding and responding to attend.

November 4 & November 11: Stayman & Jacoby TransfersFinding the best fit for you and your partner after a Notrump opening bid. These two conventions are a must know for modern bridge play.

November 18 & November 25: Weak Two & Pre-emptive BiddingLearn to take away bidding space away from your opponents with a weak hand. These must know openings are essential to know and how to respond to your partners bid to achieve the best contract.

POLISHING THE BASICS
This eight-week lesson series is designed to revisit concepts covered in basic bidding courses and to cover concepts not usually addressed in basic classes. Each lesson will present hands-on playing opportunities interspersed with instruction and exercises. There is no textbook to accompany this course. Handouts will be provided.
Tuesdays: October 1- November 19, 2024
7:00 pm - 9: 00 pm
Instructor: Glenna Richardson
Participants may attend all 8 weeks or choose two-part sessions.
Cost for 8 weeks of instruction - $250
Cost for two-part sessions - $70
Preregistration required: glennarichardson549@gmail.com or 416-419-3089

The lesson topics are as follows:

October 1 & October 8: Categorize Your Strengths (Includes discussion of declarer play and discards). We will focus on the bidding messages given by Opener and Responder.

October 15 & October 22: Which Suit Do I Bid First? (How to describe distributional hands) What do you bid with 6 card/5 card suits? 5 card/4 card suits? 6 cards in a minor/ 5 cards in a major? We will explore ways to give partner a good description of our hand.

October 29 & November 5: Goldilocks and the Three Balanced Hands. (Too weak, too strong, just right to open 1NT) How do I tell my partner the strength and distribution of my hand?

November 12 & November 19: Bidding with Minimum Hands (When you don’t have a game, stop in a reasonable low spot) Sometimes, you just can’t rescue partner. Sometimes, there’s just no good ‘fit’. Sometimes, it’s just a good idea to stop bidding before you get the partnership too ‘high’.

All Classes are held at St. Nicholas Birch Cliff Anglican Church, 1512 Kingston Road. (entrance through the back door). Parking available at the church parking lot on Manderley Drive. There is street parking as well.

Come join in on this annual Bridge tradition getaway

Bayview Wildwood Resort, 1500 Port Stanton Pkwy, Port Severn, On, P0E 1N0
September 3-6, 2024
Duplicate Sanctioned Open Game (20 Tables)
Prizes, great food, and a ton of fun!

Double Occupancy: $ 825.

Single Occupancy: $ 995.

For more informations contact: Laurie Miller, lauriemiller333@gmail.com or 416-276-6415

Things about the Club

*Supervised Play/ Play and Learn This section is not part of the regular play. It is for beginners and those that haven't played in a while who want to play in a bridge club setting with the advantage of using notes and asking questions.

Masterpoint Updates
If you have recently joined ACBL and you acquired masterpoints at TEBC before joining, please let Glenna know and she will update your masterpoint record with ACBL. You will need to forward your ACBL number.

Getting there and parking:
Car: Coming from the west, turn left on Manderley Dr, northside just off Kingston Road, east of Warden.
Coming from the East, turn right on Manderley Dr. northside, just off Kingston Road, west of Birchmount Road.

The Church parking lot is just across the street on Manderley Drive. There is plenty of street parking as well.
Off the Subway:
Victoria Park Station: It takes 13 minutes using the 12A or 12B Bus
Warden Park Station: It takes 7 minutes using the 69A Bus

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If you have questions? Or need support? Email us torontoeastbridgeclub@gmail.com or call 416-276-6415

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Face to Face Club Protocols

After two years of online play the following are some protocols you might want to review as you head back to the club for in person play.

1. When you take your cards from the board be sure to count them before you look at them.
2. When dummy is laid down the trump suit is placed on the right. In notrump, usually spades are placed on the right.
3. Play your cards and your bids close to your edge of the table. If you are playing the dummy hand the card played should be at the edge of the table behind the dummy.
No leaning or elbows. Do not SNAP yourcards.
4. The only cards you touch are your own. Only North should touch the boards unless North has asked someone else to move them.
5. Once the dummy is placed on the table it should not be rearranged unless Declarerasks. Resist the urge to tidy up.
6. You are only allowed to ‘re-fan’ your cards once.
7. Play and bid in turn and ‘in tempo’.
8. Dummy must not touch a card until asked. Nor can Dummy give any indication of a card that should be played.
9. Dummy may tell Declarer from which side of the table the play should start. Eg. “You’re in your hand.” “You’re on the board.”
10. Leave the cards on the table until everyone agrees on the outcome then shuffle and put them away before you record the score.
11. Save discussion about the hand just played until the end of the round. Be mindful of the opposition. They may not want to hear how brilliant your lead nor how insightful the
finesse was.
12. Avoid any signals from which your partner could gain ‘unauthorized information’. Ie. No groaning, heavy breathing or sighing at the table.
13. Do not snap your cards. This can be very uncomfortable for anyone wearing hearing devices.
14. When bidding: 1. Decide on your bid. 2. Place the bidding card on the table. 3. Donot hesitate or change your bid. 4. If you have made an error in the bidding process, call the director at the end of the biddingso that reparations may be made to the opponents.
15. When in doubt call the director. The director is present to make sure that the game is fair for everyone. It is not a punishment to have the director called to the table.