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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!
I understand that the suit symbols did not render correctly in some of your browsers last week. I believe this affected those of you using Firefox or Safari. I changed some things to correct that and hope you can read the commentary this week with whatever browser you use.
This week's deal is another exercise in the art of card reading. |
 Use the Clues (Part Two) |
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Lead:  J
How should you plan the play?
Scroll down to find out. |
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Back at the Church this Week |
 After two weeks playing at Art Serve due to the Greek Festival at St. Demetrios, we will return home this week.
We will be back at the church tomorrow, Monday, February 21. |
How Should You Play the Hand? |
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To answer that question, let's try to do a little card reading.
Questions to Ask Yourself
Who has the Q?
East has the Q. West's lead of the J denies the Q.
Who has the  A? Who has the K?
It is not clear who has the A or the K. But this much you can assume: West does not have both of them, or he would have led the A. Therefore, East has at least one of them. Sometimes what your opponents don't do is as telling as what they do.
Who has the  A? Who has the K?
For the same reason as above, East must have one or both.
Who has the  Q?
West has the Q. You are missing 21 high-card points. East has the Q and at least the K and the K (maybe the aces!), which means he has at least 8 HCP. If he had the Q also he would have at least 10 HCP, leaving West with only 11 points for his opening bid. And with 10+ HCP, East might have bid more than 1NT. |
The Answer |
How should you play the contract?
Lead the J from your hand and finesse. If West has three hearts, this will be necessary. |
The Full Deal |
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You can follow the play with the Bridge Movie on our website. |
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