Free Lecture
2025-06-11, 2025-07-17 | Bridge Center, 432A Stierlin Rd, Mountain View, CA, 94043, United States
Our Unit provides free lectures as part of our education program. Lectures cover areas of interest for new as well as intermediate players. Lectures are held at our Bridge Center. Sign-ups are not required.
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Find a Partner Game
2025-06-11 10:00 - 14:00, 2025-06-25 10:00 - 14:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Bridge Center, 432A Stierlin Rd, Mountain View, CA, 94043, United States
One of the challenges of bridge is finding compatible bridge partners. To help we are holding several Find-A-Partner games.
Game time 10:30am
Lecture prior to games at 10am
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SiVY Weekend Summer Camp
2025-06-14 13:00 - 18:00, 2025-06-15 13:00 - 18:00 | Bridge Center, 432A Stierlin Rd, Mountain View, CA, 94043, United States
Learn the best card game ever! Meet new friends!
For Kids entering 5th through 10th grade in the Fall. Beginners and those with some bridge experience. Camp is not intended for those who compete on a regular basis in ACBL games open to all ages.
Location: IFES Hall next to the Bridge Center
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Supervised Play Tuesday Mornings
2025-06-17 08:45 - 10:30, 2025-06-24 08:45 - 10:30, 2025-09-23 08:45 - 10:30 | Bridge Center, 432A Stierlin Rd, Mountain View, CA, 94043, United States
Kathy Harper
(650) 207-1816
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Beginning Bridge
2025-06-17 09:00 - 10:30, 2025-06-24 09:00 - 10:30, 2025-09-15 19:00 - 20:30 | Bridge Center, 432A Stierlin Rd, Mountain View, CA, 94043, United States
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.

Pro-Am Game
2025-06-19 11:00 - 14:30 | Bridge Center, 432A Stierlin Rd, Mountain View, CA, 94043, United States
This event was previously listed as starting at noon. The correct time is 11am Pre-game, 11:30am Game.
Want to improve your bridge game by playing in a relaxed atmosphere and partnering with an experienced player?
What is the Pro-Am game? It is a F2F bridge game where a newer player partners with an experienced player in a pairs game, competing against other pairs of one newer and one experienced player. After the game, the experienced player will review bidding, declarer play, defense, and opening leads of select hands.
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SiVY vs. CBE Battle of the Bay
2025-07-05 12:00 - 17:00 | Bridge Center, 432A Stierlin Rd, Mountain View, CA, 94043, United States
The annual SiVY vs. CBE (Center for Bridge Education) “Battle of the Bay” tournament will be held at our Bridge Center. This is a great event for kids from both bridge organizations to meet each other and enjoy some friendly competition.
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Board of Directors Meeting
2025-07-08 16:00 - 17:30, 2025-08-12 16:00 - 17:30, 2025-09-16 16:00 - 17:30 | Bridge Center, 432A Stierlin Rd, Mountain View, CA, 94043, United States
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.

Firecracker Open Sectional + Non-Life Master Regional
2025-07-09 - 2025-07-13 | Bridge Center, 432A Stierlin Rd, Mountain View, CA, 94043, United States
Pre-registration required.
Information and registration.

Swiss Team Club Game
2025-07-21 11:30 - 14:30, 2025-08-11 11:30 - 14:30, 2025-09-08 11:30 - 14:30 | Bridge Center, 432A Stierlin Rd, Mountain View, CA, 94043, United States
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 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.

Swiss Teams Boot Camp
2025-08-13 10:30 - 12:30, 2025-08-20 10:30 - 12:30 | Bridge Center, 432A Stierlin Rd, Mountain View, CA, 94043, United States
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Celebrity Bridge Seminar with Michael Berkowitz Copy
2025-08-16 09:30 - 11:00, 2025-08-23 09:30 - 11:00 | Online Webinar, Link to be provided to registrants
Play or Defend? How the Experts Think Through These Decisions
Michael Berkowitz Webinars
Part 1: Saturday, August 16, 2025, 9:30-11:00am
Part 2: Saturday, August 23, 2025, 9:30-11:00am
Michael Berkowitz is a young bridge professional, son of David Berkowitz, a bridge legend. Michael works with Larry Cohen giving webinars and other forms of instruction. He also has a column in the ACBL Bridge magazine. Michael has a delightful sense of humor as well as insightful instruction.

With deep bridge knowledge honed over years of learning from the best in the world, Michael has become one of the premier and most acclaimed bridge instructors worldwide. Students recognize Michael for his ability to clearly communicate bridge concepts. He will help elevate your game, breaking down complex concepts into easy-to-understand lessons.
Michael is the son of ACBL World Champion parents David and Lisa Berkowitz. Coached by his parents throughout his life, he has also benefited from a lifelong relationship and mentorship with 25-time national champion and ACBL Hall of Fame inductee Larry Cohen, who partnered with David to win numerous national titles.
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Sectional Tournament at Clubs (STaC)
2025-08-18 - 2025-08-22 | Bridge Center, 432A Stierlin Rd, Mountain View, CA, 94043, United States
100% Silver points at face-to-face games at our Bridge Center. Open and limited sections.
These games grant generous masterpoint awards. Game times and signup may be found here. For planning purposes, we ask you to sign up for the games.

Sectional Tournament at Clubs (STaC)
2025-08-18 - 2025-08-24 | Bridge Center, 432A Stierlin Rd, Mountain View, CA, 94043, United States
Sectional Tournament at Clubs (STaC) F2F games, which award 100% silver points, will be held daily at the Palo Alto Bridge Center. These games grant generous masterpoint awards. Game times and signup may be found here. For planning purposes, we ask you to sign up for the games.

Sharpen Your Competitive Edge
2025-09-11 19:15 - 21:30, 2025-09-18 19:15 - 21:30 | Bridge Center, 432A Stierlin Rd, Mountain View, CA, 94043, United States
Frank Smoot
(408) 306-3901
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You will learn powerful and practical bidding, play and defense concepts. The opponents will often get into your auction (and you into theirs) in this course. You will add tools to overcome the competition and use the bidding to help your play of the hand.

This course is designed for players who understand the basics, but are working on accurately assessing their hand strength to avoid overbidding or underbidding – players who are refining techniques like finesses, setting up long suits and entry management. We will cherish mistakes in class and grow stronger from them.

Using materials from many sources (primarily Richard Pavlicek) you will learn powerful and practical bidding, play and defense concepts, do exercises in class (homework outside of class) and finish the evening by playing hands relating 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 30+ years. Frank and our wonderful volunteers give students individual attention which helps our students learn in a fun environment.
For more information contact Frank Smoot (408) 306-3901 email.

The 8-Week Course Covers
Bridge Baron Downloads

Weak Two Bids
Strong Two-Club Opening
Bidding Judgment – Uncontested
Bidding Judgment – Contested
Competing and Sacrificing
Combating Weak Openings
Third Hand Defense
Second Hand Defense

Weak Two
Strong 2 Club
Bidding Judgment – Uncontested
Bidding Judgment – Contested
Competing and Sacrificing
Combating Weak Openings
Third Hand
Second Hand

Bridge Baron Support
Purchase: BaronBarclay
Instructions for downloading and playing files with Bridge Baron
Students: For additional support contact Alan Templeton or Frank Smoot

Payment
After registering, below, you may pay by Zelle or check to hold your spot:
Zelle: Transfer $240 to either franklinsalias-bridge@yahoo.com or (408) 306-3901.
Check: Mail a check made out to Frank Smoot in the amount of $240:

Frank Smoot
15 Tagus Ct.
Portola Valley, CA 94028

Supervised Play Monday Evenings
2025-09-15 18:45 - 20:30 | Bridge Center, 432A Stierlin Rd, Mountain View, CA, 94043, United States
