Palo Alto Bridge

Supervised Play Monday Evenings
2019-09-09 18:45 - 20:45, 2019-09-23 18:45 - 20:45, 2019-10-07 18:45 - 20:45, 2019-10-21 18:45 - 20:45, 2019-11-04 18:45 - 20:45 (America/Los_Angeles) | Bridge Center, 432A Stierlin Rd, Mountain View, CA, 94043, United States
Kathy Harper
(650) 207-1816
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Deadly Defense
2019-09-09 19:00 - 21:00, 2019-09-23 19:00 - 21:00, 2019-10-07 19:00 - 21:00, 2019-10-21 19:00 - 21:00
Kathy Harper
(650) 207-1816
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Half the time at the bridge table, you will be defending. Don’t let those mean declarers walk all over you! Defend yourself! Learn how to lead, signal, and discard. This course is written by Pat Harrington
This Basic-Intermediate Bridge Class builds upon our Beginning Bridge Classes and prepares our students for our Intermediate Classes.
Notes will be emailed for all classes. No make-up classes are offered for missed classes.
Our course instructor is ABTA Master Teacher Kathy Harper. Kathy and our wonderful volunteers give students individual attention which helps our students learn in a fun environment.
Please contact Kathy Harper at (650) 207-1816 email for additional information.

Deadly Defense
Dates

Leading Against Notrump
September 9, 2019

Leading Against Suit Contracts
September 23

Second Hand Low
October 7

Second Hand Low … Except
October 21

Third Hand High
November 4

Introduction to Attitude Signals
November 18

Using Attitude Signals When Partner Leads
November 25

Opening Leads and Attitude Signals
December 9

Discards and Attitude Signals
December 16

Suit Preference Signals.
January 13, 2020

Intermediate III
2019-09-12 19:15 - 21:30, 2019-09-19 19:15 - 21:30, 2019-09-26 19:15 - 21:30, 2019-10-03 19:15 - 21:30, 2019-10-17 19:15 - 21:30
Frank Smoot
(408) 732-5736
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This course goes beyond the topics from Intermediate Bridge I and Intermediate Bridge II. It is for bridge players who have a minimum of two years experience playing duplicate bridge.
You will learn powerful and practical bidding, play and defense concept including:

Hand evaluation when partner invites slam, balancing, and the latest defenses to 1NT.
Use of distribution of the defensive hands to produce extra tricks, and,
Defending safely or aggressively as the dummy suggests.

There are exercises in class, homework outside of class, and each evening finishes by playing deals related to the topic. Snacks are also provided. You will be amazed at what you will learn, even if you have played for years and years!
The in-class exercises are available in electronic format so students can play the hands at home and receive commentary on their bidding and play (requires Bridge Baron software).
Our course lecturer is the very popular Frank Smoot who has taught bridge to beginners and beyond in Palo Alto for 15+ years. Frank and our wonderful volunteers give students individual attention which helps our students learn in a fun environment.
Please contact Frank Smoot email for more information.

This 8-Week Course Covers

Bidding:

Notrump Slams
Balancing
Defense to 1NT

Declarer Play:

Trump Endings
Squeeze Plays
Throw-in Plays

Defense:

Card Combinations
Win or Duck?

Class Downloads**

Lesson 1
Notrump Slams

Lesson 2
Balancing

Lesson 3
Defense to 1 Notrump

Lesson 4
Defensive Combinations revised 10/3/19

Lesson 5
Pop or Duck? revised 10/14/19

Lesson 6
Trump Ending

Lesson 7
Squeeze

Lesson 8
Throw-in

Instructions for downloading and playing files with Bridge Baron
Bridge Baron Support
Bridge Baron Website. We usually have copies of Bridge Baron at class which we sell at a discount.
*After registering, please send a check made out to Frank Smoot in the amount of $175 to hold your spot to:
Frank Smoot
528 S Taaffe St
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Supervised Play Tuesday Mornings
2019-09-17 08:45 - 10:45, 2019-10-01 08:45 - 10:45

Polish Your Basics
2019-09-17 09:00 - 11:00, 2019-10-01 09:00 - 11:00, 2019-10-15 09:00 - 11:00, 2019-10-29 09:00 - 11:00
Kathy Harper
(650) 207-1816
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Review and refine your bidding in this class for second year students or players who have been away from the game. Expand your understanding of the new style of bidding as we explore auctions that are not discussed in many bridge courses. Written by Pat Harrington
This Basic-Intermediate Bridge Class builds upon our Beginning Bridge Classes and prepares our students for our Intermediate Classes.
Notes will be emailed for all classes. No make-up classes are offered for missed classes.
Our course instructor is ABTA Master Teacher Kathy Harper. Kathy and our wonderful volunteers give students individual attention which helps our students learn in a fun environment.
Please contact Kathy Harper at (650) 207-1816 email for additional information.

PLAY & LEARN Polish Your Basics
Dates

Categorize Your Strength! How declarer uses discards. Quick losers.
September 17, 2019

Which Suit do I bid first? Bidding distributional hands.
October 1

Bidding balanced Hands. Stayman.
October 15

When you don’t have game, stop at a reasonable LOW spot.
October 29

Help suit game tries with single raise in the majors.
November 12

Major suit limit raises. Why four-card support?
November 26

“Newplicate”, the “Weak Freak” and how to show a good major raise.
December 10

How to avoid rebidding a five-card suit. Reverses.
December 17

Responder’s only forcing bid.
January 21, 2020

When a New Suit by Responder is NOT forcing.
February 4

Beginning Bridge
2019-09-19 08:45 - 10:45, 2019-09-26 08:45 - 10:45, 2019-10-17 08:45 - 10:45, 2019-10-31 08:45 - 10:45
Kathy Harper
(650) 207-1816
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Learn Bridge the modern way in this course designed by Pat Harrington! Each class includes both instruction and practice play. Start playing the very first day! Children & teens welcome.
For people who have never played bridge and those people who have played for years but want a refresher course or just to learn the basics.
Notes will be emailed for all classes. No make-up classes are offered for missed classes.
Our course instructor is ABTA Master Teacher Kathy Harper. Kathy and our wonderful volunteers give students individual attention which helps our students learn in a fun environment.
Please contact Kathy Harper for more information.

PLAY & LEARN Beginning Bridge
Dates

Introduction to Bridge
Choosing a Contract
September 19, 2019

Opening Bids and Selecting the Best Game
Opening 1NT
September 26

Major Suit Opening Bids
Minor Suit Opening Bids
October 17

Dummy Points
October 31

Responder Bids Notrump
Opener Bids Notrump
November 14

Takeout Doubles
December 12

Preempts
January 23, 2020

Strong 2 Clubs
February 6

Supervised Play Thursday Mornings
2019-09-19 08:45 - 10:45, 2019-09-26 08:45 - 10:45, 2019-10-17 08:45 - 10:45, 2019-10-31 08:45 - 10:45

Lecture Series
2019-09-24 09:30 - 11:00
Being a Detective in San Francisco by Frank Smoot
Our Unit provides a series of free lectures as part of our education program. These lectures cover areas of interest for new as well as intermediate players. Lectures are held on selected Tuesday mornings at 9:30 AM at our Bridge Center.
This free series is funded by the Peninsula Bridge Education Foundation. Please consider a tax-deductible donation to continue the mission of our foundation.

Lecture Series
2019-10-22 09:30 - 11:00
NABC Scheduling Strategy by Gerry MacDonald and Lori Spaeth
Our Unit provides a series of free lectures as part of our education program. These lectures cover areas of interest for new as well as intermediate players. Lectures are held on selected Tuesday mornings at 9:30 AM at our Bridge Center.
This free series is funded by the Peninsula Bridge Education Foundation. Please consider a tax-deductible donation to continue the mission of our foundation.
