Palo Alto Bridge

Supervised Play Monday Evenings
2026-06-08 18:45 - 20:30, 2026-06-15 18:45 - 20:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | Bridge Center, 432A Stierlin Rd, Mountain View, CA, 94043, United States
Kathy Harper
(650) 207-1816
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Conventions You Need to Play class will be held at the same time. Details to come.

Game ChangersConventions You Need to Play
2026-06-08 19:00 - 20:30, 2026-06-15 19:00 - 20:30
Kathy Harper
(650) 207-1816
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Useful conventions for basic intermediates including Jacoby and Texas transfers, Stayman and Garbage Stayman, Keycard Blackwood and more.
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.

Conventions You Need to Play
Dates

Jacoby Two No Trump
March 9, 2026

The Negative Double
March 23

New Minor Forcing
April 13

Stayman including Garbage Stayman
April 27

Jacoby Transfers
May 11

Texas Transfers
May 18

Roman Keycard Blackwood
June 8

Control Showing Bids
June 15

Board of Directors Meeting
2026-06-09 16:00 - 17:30, 2026-07-14 16:00 - 17:30, 2026-08-11 16:00 - 17:30
Usually held on the second Tuesday of every month at 4pm. Meetings are via Zoom. Please see our Event Calendar for possible changes.
Members are welcome to attend. Please contact the board if you would like a subject added to the Agenda.
Please see our Governance page for information about the board, the agenda for this meeting and the agenda and minutes of past meetings.

Silicon Valley Youth Bridge Summer Camp
2026-06-13 13:00 - 17:00, 2026-06-14 13:00 - 17:00, 2026-06-20 13:00 - 17:00, 2026-06-21 13:00 - 17:00
June 13-14: Week 1
June 20-21: Week 2

EZ Bridge
2026-06-15 11:15 - 13:15, 2026-06-22 11:15 - 13:15, 2026-06-29 11:15 - 13:15, 2026-07-06 11:15 - 13:15, 2026-07-13 11:15 - 13:15, 2026-07-20 11:15 - 13:15, 2026-07-27 11:15 - 13:15, 2026-08-03 11:15 - 13:15 and 5 more dates
Duplicate Bridge Made Easy
New to duplicate? Want a relaxed game designed to help you improve? This is for you.
3 Mondays in March
March 9, 16, and 23
Every Monday
11am mini-lesson
11:15am – 1:15pm game
12-14 Boards
$15 per person
ACBL-sanctioned game (0-49 MPs)
Masterpoints awarded.
Ask Questions and Have Fun
Need a partner? We’ll match you up.
Signup for this fun event | Flyer
Questions? Ask John, Will or Alex:
John Schwartz irpdy@yahoo.com
Will Watson watsonbridge@gmail.com
Alex Narasi anarasin@yahoo.com

Celebrity Seminar with Barbara Seagram
2026-06-20 09:30 - 11:30
Stripped and Cornered – End Play Magic
Barbara Seagram Webinar
Barbara Seagram is always a favorite of our celebrity lecture series. She is the author of numerous bridge book classics, including “25 Bridge Conventions You Should Know”.

Seagram has been the recipient of several awards in bridge: The Kate Buckman Award, given to the person who has contributed most to others’ enjoyment of the game and the Audrey Grant Award for excellence in teaching. She is a Diamond Life Master and a frequent speaker at NABCs. She has been named #40 on the list of the top 52 bridge personalities that have most influenced the game. She will be inducted into the ACBL Hall of Fame in July this year!
Seagram was a co-founder (one of two) of the Zero Tolerance program. Barbara’s most well-known book is “25 Bridge Conventions You Should Know”, which is now in its 21st printing and has been translated into several languages. This book has been named one of the top five best-selling bridge books of the last 60 years. It has recently been revised and reprinted.
Information and Registration

Firecracker Sectional
2026-06-24 - 2026-06-28
Open Sectional
4 days of Open and 3 days of Mid-Flight Pairs
2 days of A/X Swiss (two sessions)
2 days of Bracketed Teams (two sessions)
100% Silver Points

Non-Life Master Regional
Non-Life Masters with fewer than 750 points
4 days of Gold Rush Pairs
2 days 0-99 Pairs
1 day Gold Rush Bracketed Teams
Double-session games award Gold/Red points
Single-session games award Red points
Due to space limitations pre-registration is required. Information and Registration

Swiss Team Club Game
2026-07-20 11:30 - 15:00, 2026-08-10 11:30 - 15:00
Swiss Team games are great fun to play and grant generous master point awards at sectional, regional, and national tournaments! Now you have the chance to play at the club level in our monthly games, typically held on the 2nd Monday of the month (check our calendar for changes), hosted by John Schwartz and Will Watson.
These games are a wonderful opportunity to polish one’s Swiss Team skills throughout the year and especially prior to sectional, regional, and national tournaments. If you are less experienced or have never played in a Swiss Team game and would like to play Swiss Teams at future tournaments, these Swiss Team club games are a perfect opportunity to gain experience in a more relaxed club game environment. For those less experienced Swiss Team players, here are slides from a Swiss Team strategy lecture from a Swiss Team strategy lecture given in August 2023..
These games will have an Open and a Limited section. They will award 100% black points.
No lunch is provided. Snacks aree available before and during the game.
For planning purposes, we ask that players sign-up to play at: https://www.signup123.com/unit503bridge/Scripts/slogin.pl

The game reservation system is designed for pairs games and not Swiss Teams. So, to sign up your team, sign up you and your partner in both the N/S and E/W boxes.
Having trouble signing up? Email Will Watson watsonbridge@gmail.com

Don’t have a team of four? The Unit will help you find a team. Email Will Watson at watsonbridge@gmail.com.
Have questions? Please contact Will or Marc Cervellino at marc.cervellino@hotmail.com.

Palo Alto Bridge August Sectional
2026-08-06 - 2026-08-09
August 6-9 at our Bridge Center.
Open, Midflight (0-3,000), Silver Rush (0-750) and 0-99 Pairs Games. All Games are Stratified
Bracketed Team Games – only play teams at your own level
All games award 100% Silver points.
Information No signup required.

STaC Week
2026-08-17 - 2026-08-22
Go for the GOLD! And the RED! And the SILVER! And the BLACK!

Do you like to win gold, red, silver, and black masterpoints without having to play two sessions and drive a long distance to a Regional tournament? Then call your partners, mark your calendar, and come to the Palo Alto Bridge Center!
Sectional Tournament at Clubs (STaC) games will be held daily at the Palo Alto Bridge Center. STaC game masterpoint “overall” awards for both Open and Limited games are significantly larger than the standard club game! Stratified Open and Limited (most days) Games
Game times and signup may be found here. For planning purposes, we ask you to sign up for the games.
