Jim Adams is in the hospital
he had heart surgery and is recovering
a letter from his wife Marilyn to Bob and Bev Stearns
You can follow situation on Caringbridge.com
Amy Musher had surgery but is home now and doing fine

>>WE ARE BACK "VIRTUALLY"
We will be holding games everyday at 11:15
You can register 2 hours before game time.
On BBO go to >>Competitive Games >> ACBL Virtual Clubs
and there will a link for our game. Entry is $5 per person
18 Boards 9 rounds 2 boards a round.
Initially, we will just have 1 event(open pairs)
It will be stratified so the 0-1000 players will get some points
If you are planning to play please send me your BBO names
today so I can verify you are on the list of players who can play
I have both A and B players looking for partners
After we see what the turn out is, we will probably
have an open game and a 0-1000 game.
If you are planning to play you should familiarize yourself
with playing on BBO.
There will be no "undo's" You should set bbo so
that you confirm all of your bids and card plays

CONGRATULATIONS TO

Jay Kelkar and Shuba Dey
Ed Rothenheber and Wayne McDaniel
Wes Buchanan and Patsy Brennan
all of who were 1st overall in a
Support your club tournament and won 4mp each

HERE IS A HOW TO GUIDE
TO SIGNING UP FOR BBO
STAY SAFE
List of club members with their BBO names
>>We now have games on Tuesday Morning (Beth Ami 10:30)
and Sunday (Beth Ami 1:30)
Sunday we had 11.5 tables and a "C" pair
Wendy Morrison and Charla Lerman were 1st overall and won 3.21mp
Tuesday (although we only had 1 section),
a "C" pair Leanna Gipson and Barbara Lebwohl were 1st overall winning 2.77 mp
Tuesdays and Sundays are all extra point games ($10) except for STAC'S<< Congratulations Vicki Gray and Ty Larson 75.89% game
in the 0-1000 game Friday 2/14
(ACBL only reports 75% games in open games)

We use the common game hands on
Sunday, Monday, Thursday, and Friday, and Saturday
are the afternoon hands
Tuesday and Wednesday will remain morning hands
Results can not be posted for afternoon hands until 3:45
The common game suggested we use the afternoon hands because
there are more expert commentaries

PLEASE DO NOT PARK ON ANYONE'S LAWN ON FONTAINE ST
YOU MAY GET TOWED
LETTER FROM THE CHURCH

Free Mini-lesson Saturday 12:30

If you are going to be late let me know and let your Partner know!!

Players reaching new ranks in
October and November

If you want to argue with the director please read this first
Laws of Duplicate Bridge
Here are some videos which deal with the new rules which changed in 2017 dealing among other things with Claims and revokes

(Tatiana is directing Sunday thru Wednesday and catering all games)

Every Tuesday Night is Wine and Cheese night
(extra points)

ACBL Zero Tolerance

Schedule as a pdf

Mon, Thur, Fri(Open & 0-1000) at 11:15 am Sat 1pm St. James Episcopal Church 11815 Seven Locks Rd, Potomac, MD Map

Tuesday night (open Stratified) 7:00PM at the Rockville Sr Center 1150 Carnation Drive, Rockville, MD Map

Tuesday and Wednesday Morning(Open and Stratifed and 0-1000)  10:30 and Sunday 1:30(Open and stratified at Temple Beth Ami 14330 Travilah Rd Rockville , MD   Map

Upcoming Special Events (None)

Upcoming Scheduled Venue Changes (None)

Upcoming Scheduled Closings (Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Years)

PLEASE DO NOT SNAP YOUR CARDS!!!
ALSO NO POLITICAL DISCUSSIONS!!
Sixteen Basic Rules of Etiquette
Bridge etiquette discussion by Ron Kral
President of the Northern Virginia Bridge Association
and Local bridge teacher in Northern Virginia
ronkral@gmail.com or (703) 508 4657(c), (703) 478 0077(h)

Some suggestions for beginners:
Structure and guide for conventions
Bridge Base Online Instructions

>>>Tuesday is Wine and Cheese night<<<
and a Charity Game (Only $10)
Game will be worth probably 2mp
Avg mp holding each week is normally below 500mp
If you would like to play Tuesday evening
and need a partner please let me know

If you want to get on(or off) the mailing list please let me know

All games(except STACS,and Sectionals, and a few special events)
will use hands from The Common Game
All results will still be displayed on this website as before.
In addition, you can go to the common game site and see a written discussion of many hands.
You may also get a text message with a link when the results are posted.

Please use mark.j.lavine@gmail.com

We now have an extended recap on the results page for all games
which shows the hand records followed by all of the contracts and results for each pair.

If you need a partner or are available as a guaranteed partner
call me (301) 503 3348

All hands pre-duplicated. Hand records for every game! Results Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday Club Locations Mondays, Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays St James Episcopal Church 11815 Seven Locks Road Potomac, MD   Map Tuesdays\ Evening Rockville Senior Center 1150 Carnation Dr Rockville, MD   Map Tuesday morning, Wednesday and Sunday Temple Beth Ami 14330 Travilah Rd Rockville, MD   Map Occasionally St Marks Presbyterian Church 10701 Old Georgetown Road North Bethesda, MD    Map Schedule Sunday at 1:30 PM at Temple Beth Ami Monday  at  11:15 AM at St. James Tuesday Morning at 10:30 at Temple Beth Ami Tuesday Eve  at  7:00 PM at Rockville Sr Center Wednesday at 10:30 AM at Temple Beth Ami Thursday at  11:15 AM at St. James Friday  at  11:15 AM at St. James Saturday  at  1:00PM at St. James Club Manager Mark Lavine Phone: 301-503-3348 Email: mark.j.lavine@gmail.com Bridge Classes Mark Lavine Leslie Shafer Ron Kral Frank Shull (301) 365 7735   Playing Lessons Bill Pettis (301) 448 5147 or (301) 681 4029 Eugene Kales (703) 920 5943 Leo LaSota (240) 353 7486 Hank Meyer (301) 474 6677   View Member Directory" People Needing Rides Bulletin Board Need a partner, call 301 503 3348 or email me(mark.j.lavine@gmail.com) Do Not Park in the 9 reserved spaces in front of the church office. If you can't find a parking place in the front, park in the rear of the building. (drive around to the right). There is an entrance to the right of the Church school entrance. There is a flight of stairs to the playing area. Google Map and Directions Printed Directions distributed at the game   Overheard at the club, when one player was complaining to a friend about the verbal abuse from their partner. The friend responded "You must like it, you keep doing it" "You should play bridge for fun. The instant you find yourself playing the game for any other reason, you should pack it up and go on to something else." Charles H. Goren, 1901 - 1991 Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing it is stupid. - Albert Einstein According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the word bridge is the English pronunciation of the game called "biritch". ... The oldest known reference to the rules of the game dates from 1886 and calls it "Biritch, or Russian Whist". Funny Story about Bridge

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