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 The Nicest Club in Town
 815 NE 15th Ave
Fort Lauderdale, FL
At Bridge Ace we KNOW bridge!
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Who said there's no such thing as a free lunch?
Marty Bergen will be here Thursday, October 2 at 1:30.
Bridge Ace will serve a free hot lunch that day. The day's schedule will be:
- 11:15 - Lunch is served
- 12:30 - Duplicate begins (first three rounds played)
- 1:30 - Break for Marty's lesson
- 2:30 - Resume Duplicate
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Marty is a 10-time national champion and ACBL Grand Life Master. He is a prolific bridge writer.
He has had a column in the Master Pointers section of ACBL Bridge Bulletin since 1976. He has also written 19 bridge books, two of which won the Bridge Book of the Year award, namely Points Schmoints!: Bergen's Winning Bridge Secrets in 1996 and Declarer Play the Bergen Way in 2005.
Bergen is well-known for his development of new conventions and treatments, including DONT and Bergen Raises. Together with his long-time bridge partner Larry Cohen, he popularized the law of total tricks, support double, and 1NT semi-forcing.
Marty has two new books coming out soon. He will have some of his published books available at the club, which he will be happy to personally autograph for you.
Marty's subject at Bridge Ace will be "The Ten Commandments of Good Slam Bidding."
For information and special pricing of Marty's books, click here.
To pre-order Marty's two new books, Slam Bidding Made Easier and Better Slam Bidding with Bergen click here.
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Special pre-publication offer for players at Marty's lecture
For each hardcover ordered, you'll receive a FREE copy of the workbook, plus get an additional discount. Therefore, you pay only $22 per book.
Books will be shipped to Bridge Ace. |
Finally, here is a link for information on Marty's next bridge cruise. |
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Congratulations |
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To all Bridge Aces who did well in Friday's Unit-Wide Championship, especially:
- Larry Kroll & Max Brown who came in first overall (out of 120 pairs) and won 9.92 masterpoints.
- Gloria Hift & Pat Hinde who were third overall and won 5.58 masterpoints.
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Deal of the Week |
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Saturday, September 27
My good friend Bernie Chazen likes to say, "The penalty double has died and gone to heaven." I think he really means it died and went the other way. Here is a case in point.
After North opened 1 , East jumped to 4 . I am guessing the auction started this way at every table. It seems to be a knee-jerk reaction to most players to preempt at the four-level whenever they hold an eight-card suit.
At unfavorable vulnerability, this was a stretch. East had five losers, and should not be overbidding by two tricks. If he were doubled and set two, it would be worth more (500) than any game North-South could make. As you can see from the traveler, this is exactly what happened at table 2.
At most tables however, it was East's lucky day. It was practically impossible for North or South to reasonably make a penalty double.
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Bridge Ace Tip of the Week |
Most beginning and intermediate players do not play negative doubles high enough. Many play them only through the three level. Even the ACBL Standard Yellow Card lists negative doubles through only 2 .
If you want to be able to better compete with high-level preempts, you should play high-level negative doubles. | |
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Bridge Ace is owned and operated by Rich Waugh - the most respected director in South Florida for over twenty-five years. Rich is a Silver Life Master and professional player, teacher and director. He has directed duplicate bridge full time, on land and at sea, here and abroad, for over thirty years - countless sections in more than 20,000 games. |
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