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The Daily Deal
Each day we "seed" one lesson deal somewhere into our otherwise randomly dealt set of boards. The board number is different each day. You never know which board it is. The daily deal is a free mini-lesson. You can take home a handout of the daily deal every day. We hope you find it educational as well as entertaining. To see past Daily Deals, click here. |
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Sitouts Banned! 
We have done away with sit-outs, for once and for all. When we have a half-table in the game, we enter the computer as a participant in the game, in order to make a full table.
When it would otherwise be your turn to sit out, instead you play against the computer. Your score vs. the computer counts in the game. The computer is always disqualified, so it doesn't take away your masterpoints - in fact, the awards actually increase because the game is larger. |
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Replay At Home  You can now replay the boards you've played at the club - in the comfort of your own home.
Replay the exact same hands with any of several commercial bridge programs such as GIB or Bridge Baron if you own one. If you have not purchased one, we have a free program for you to download. Click here for instructions. | |
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Free Bridge Lessons
Rich answers your questions every Tuesday prior to the game. |
Thursdays, we have a vugraph presentation. Rich reviews interesting deals of the past week. Each board in question is projected onto our large video screen for all to see as we discuss it. |
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Greetings!
This week's deal is an exercise in the art of card reading, but, before we get to it, I thought you might like to know that the Parkinson Charity game I ran a couple of weeks ago raised over $50,000!
There were 21 tables in play. If you'd like to see the star-studded field that played in the game, you can see the results here. |
 Use the Clues |
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Partner opens 1¨, Right-hand opponent makes a weak jump overcall of 2©. As South, what's your call? |
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Let's say you bid 2♠ and the auction proceeds: |
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West leads the ©2. Dummy hits the table and this is what you see: |
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How should you plan the play?
Scroll down to find out. |
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The Greek Festival |
 Our friends at St. Demetrios held their Annual Greek Festival this weekend. This is their big fund raising event of the year.
While they break down the tents and clean up, we will continue to hold all our games at Art Serve this week. We will be back at the church Monday, February 21 (no game next Saturday). |
For directions to Art Serve, click here. |
Six Club Interclub Challenge |
The Thought Process |
| Let's try to do a little card reading...
Questions to Ask Yourself
Who has the ©A?
East has the ©A. West would not underlead it.
[You play the ©7 from dummy and East plays ©A.]
How many hearts does East have?
West's lead of the ©2 shows he has three or four hearts, leaving East with at least six (as his bid suggested).
What heart honors does East have?
West would not lead low from the ©KQ nor from the ©QJ. He is leading from the ©K, ©Q, ©J, ©KJ, or no heart honors at all. This means East has the ©AQJ,©AKJ,©AKQ, ©AQ, or ©AKQJ.
Where is the ©Q?
East has the ©Q. East's play of the ©A implies West has the ©K (East should play the ©K from ©AK). West would have led the ©K from the ©KQ, which means the ©Q is with East.
Who has the §A?
West has the §A. East would overcall 1© (not a weak 2©) if he held six good hearts and an outside ace.
Who has the ¨A?
West has the ¨A. Same reasoning as above. |
The Answer |
How should you play the contract?
Draw trumps as soon as possible and play West for the ¨A. Lead a diamond to the ¨K, not the ¨J. |
The Full Deal |
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You can follow the play with the Bridge Movie on our website. |
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