THIS WEEK VILLA GATE ACCESS CODE
8439
This code will be active until Jan. 31st.
The Villa at San Mateo
4000 S El Camino Real, San Mateo.
Every Tuesday and Friday
Lesson from 11:30 to 12:00
Game at 12:00 noon
Stratified and Handicapped Open Pairs
Check "Current Lessons" section to review.
Past lessons will continue to be published here. Contact Raad with further questions and comments.
exp. 12/31/2025
Surely a player of your bridge skills is familiar with most or all of the following tips you are about to read. But is your partner?
Fact 47:
When you have all the tricks but one and you are playing in a trump contract, play off every single one of your trump cards before you play your other suits. Keep the suit you have the loser in until the bitter end. Make them suffer!
Remember, the most you can lose is the last trick.
Fact 48:
At a suit contract holding A-x-x facing x-x-x and the suit is led, it is usually right to win the second round of the suit.
If one of the opponents has a doubleton, you cut the communications between the two hands. It is also right to duck when dummy has x-x and you have A-x-x-(x). Ducking allows you to keep control of the suit. Do the same when dummy has A-x-x-(x) and you have x-x. Take the second trick with the ace. This assumes you have no place to put these losers.
NEW QUIZZES ON THE QUIZ CORNER
The 2025 Unit Game Schedule
Saturday Jan. 25
Saturday Feb. 22
Mar 8-9: Sectional at PABC
Saturaday April 19
Saturday May 10
Saturday June 21 Longest Day Event
Saturday July 19
Saturday August 9
Sept 13: NLM Sectional
Saturday Sept 20
Saturday Oct 18
Nov 1-2: Sectional at PABC
Saturday Dec 13 Holiday Party
All Unit Games are at the Villa. Start at 12:15 pm. Lunch at 11:30 pm, unless otherwise noted.
Wednesday Evening Game
at the Villa
6:30 pm.