Palo Alto Bridge

TGIF AM Bridge Club
2019-10-18 10:30 - 14:30, 2019-10-25 10:30 - 14:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | Bridge Center, 432A Stierlin Rd, Mountain View, CA, 94043, United States
Open/Stratified, 499’er/Stratified and 199’er Stratified Sections.
Lunch provided during the game.
Discount for students 25 and under.
Reservations Requested
Directors:

Paul Davis
(650) 888-3403
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Gerry MacDonald
(703) 627-7294
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Kevin O’Leary
(650) 279-0005
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Friday Night Barometer
2019-10-18 19:00 - 22:30, 2019-10-25 19:00 - 22:30 | Bridge Center, 432A Stierlin Rd, Mountain View, CA, 94043, United States
Open/Stratified Barometer Game.
Light dinner provided before the game.
Discount for youth 25 and under.
Reservations Requested
Directors:

Will Watson
(408) 614-8881
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Silicon Valley Fall Sectional 2019
2019-10-19 - 2019-10-20 | CA
Wilcox High School, Santa Clara CA Info

Monday Morning BC Club Appreciation (Pairs) *Limited MP Game*
2019-10-21 | Bridge Center, 432A Stierlin Rd, Mountain View, CA, 94043, United States

Monday Morning Bridge Club
2019-10-21 11:30 - 15:00, 2019-10-28 11:30 - 15:00 | Bridge Center, 432A Stierlin Rd, Mountain View, CA, 94043, United States
Open/Stratified, 749’er/Stratified and 299’er/Stratified Sections.
Lunch provided before the game.
Discount for youth 25 and under.
Reservations Encouraged
Director:

John Schwartz
(650) 353-1461
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Supervised Play Monday Evenings
2019-10-21 18:45 - 20:45 | Bridge Center, 432A Stierlin Rd, Mountain View, CA, 94043, United States
Kathy Harper
(650) 207-1816
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Deadly Defense
2019-10-21 19:00 - 21:00 | Bridge Center, 432A Stierlin Rd, Mountain View, CA, 94043, United States
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

Lecture Series
2019-10-22 09:30 - 11:00 | Bridge Center, 432A Stierlin Rd, Mountain View, CA, 94043, United States
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.

Think Slam
2019-10-22 11:30 - 15:00, 2019-10-29 11:30 - 15:00 | Unity Church, 3391 Middlefield Road, Palo Alto, CA, 94306, United States
We have a new name. Tuesday Noon Bridge club is now Think Slam
Open/Stratified Game
Snacks provided.
Director:

Gabrielle Bowling
(650) 619-0555
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Alpine Bridge Club
2019-10-22 11:30 - 15:30, 2019-10-29 11:30 - 15:30 | Bridge Center, 432A Stierlin Rd, Mountain View, CA, 94043, United States
11:30 am: 499’er/Stratified, 199’er/Stratified and New Player Sections.
12:00 pm: Open/Stratified Sections.
Lunch provided before the game.
Discount for youth 25 and under.
Reservations Requested
Directors:

Kevin O’Leary
(650) 279-0005
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Prue Saunders
(650) 464-3969
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Will Watson
(408) 614-8881
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LAGCC
2019-10-22 13:15 - 16:45, 2019-10-25 18:30 - 22:00, 2019-10-29 13:15 - 16:45 | Los Altos Golf and Country Club, 1560 Country Club Drive, Los Altos, CA, 94024, United States
Invitational/Stratified Game
Restricted to members and friends of the Los Altos Golf and Country Club.
Director:

Marolyn Imaoka
(408) 828-9222
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Vi Duplicate Bridge Club
2019-10-22 19:00 - 22:30, 2019-10-29 19:00 - 22:30 | Vi Palo Alto, 650 Sand Hill Road, Palo Alto, CA, 94304, United States
Invitational/Stratified Game
Restricted to members and friends of the Vi Palo Alto.
Director:

Mary Steele
(408) 202-0419
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Bridge 'N Brunch
2019-10-23 11:00 - 15:00, 2019-10-30 11:00 - 15:00 | Bridge Center, 432A Stierlin Rd, Mountain View, CA, 94043, United States
Open/Stratified and 499’er/Stratified Sections.
Light lunch provided during the game.
Discount for youth 25 and under.
Reservations Requested
Directors:

Will Watson
(408) 614-8881
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Bridge 'n Brunch Club Appreciation (Pairs)
2019-10-23 11:00 - 15:00 | Bridge Center, 432A Stierlin Rd, Mountain View, CA, 94043, United States

Wednesday Afternoon 199ers
2019-10-23 12:15 - 16:00, 2019-10-30 12:15 - 16:00 | Unity Church, 3391 Middlefield Road, Palo Alto, CA, 94306, United States
199’er Game
Short lesson before the game at noon.
Snacks provided.
Director:

Gabriella Bowling
(650) 619-0555
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Doubleton Club
2019-10-23 19:00 - 22:15 | Bridge Center, 432A Stierlin Rd, Mountain View, CA, 94043, United States
Open/Stratified and 499’er/Stratified Sections.
Light dinner provided before the game.
Discount for youth 25 and under.
Reservations Requested
Directors:

Lori Spaeth
(650) 906-3987
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Marolyn Imaoka
(408) 828-9222
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Paul Davis
(650) 888-3403
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Thursday Bridge
2019-10-24 11:30 - 15:00 | Bridge Center, 432A Stierlin Rd, Mountain View, CA, 94043, United States
Open/Stratified and Limited/Stratified sections.
Light lunch provided before the game.
Discount for youth 25 and under.
Reservations Requested
Start time changed to 11:30 AM on January 24
Directors:

John Schwartz
(650) 353-1461
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Will Watson
(408) 614-8881
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Polish Your Basics
2019-10-29 09:00 - 11:00 | Bridge Center, 432A Stierlin Rd, Mountain View, CA, 94043, United States
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

MCC Duplicate Bridge Club
2019-10-30 10:30 - 14:30 | Menlo Circus Club, 190 Park Ln, Atherton, CA, 94027, United States
Invitational/Stratified Game
Restricted to members of the Menlo Circus Club and guests. Location may vary.
Director:

Gabrielle Bowling
(650) 619-0555
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Doubleton Club Club Appreciation (Pairs) *Includes Limited MP Section*
2019-10-30 19:00 - 22:00 | Bridge Center, 432A Stierlin Rd, Mountain View, CA, 94043, United States
