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The Santa Fe Bridge
Newsletter Volume 4: Number 5 February 2020
Annual Awards Game: Thursday, March 12th, 12:30 pm
ACBL EDUCATION FOUNDATION Games; All Month; Extra Points for Extra $1
WELCOME New Members to Unit 383 in January:
Rosemary Baxter
Thomas Baxter
Kathryn Johnson
Abigail Wilmer
Remember to wear your nametags.
Anne Gallagher
Cheryl Hansen
Elizabeth Dee
Daisey Hender
Bernadette Pogue
Ann Barker
Ralph Milnes
Richard Van Camp
Gary Lowenthal
Joy McHaffie
Starts Saturday, February 8th, 2020 9:30 – 11:30 am
*NEW: Planning the Play of Hand 1 Instructor: James Joy 3 sessions
February 24th – March 1st
STaC Week
Saturday-Sunday Feb 29th – Mar 1st
*Santa Fe 499er Non-Life Master Sectional (Santa Fe 499er Flyer)
Wednesday March 11th 9:30 – 11:30
*NEW: Don’t Touch That Card Instructor: Dennis Dawson
Thursday, March 12th, 2020 12:30 pm
*Annual Unit 383 Awards Game
Starts Wednesday March 18th 9:30 – 11:30
*NEW: 2/1 Game Force Instructor: Kathy Adelsheim 6 sessions
Friday – Sunday, May 1st-3rd, 2020
*Santa Fe Spring Sectional at St. John’s Methodist Church (Santa Fe Spring Sectional)
Monday – Sunday, May 4th – 10th, 2020
STaC Week
*See Flyers for these classes and tournaments at the end of this Newsletter
Contributors: Carolyn Anderson, Kathy Adelsheim, Charlie Wilkins, James Joy, Joe Bruno, Dennis Dawson, Cheryl Fossum Graham
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Bridge Center Phone Number: (505) 303-3813
Website: https://santafebridgeclub.com/
Unit 383 is the American Contract Bridge League’s organization for all ACBL members in the Santa Fe area. During 2020, we will have Board meetings the second Thursday morning of every month except June and August; if you’d like to attend, please let one of the Board members know. The Board members are Maggie Auld, Pat Brantley, Tom Carr, Ken Hirshon, Sandy Lemon, Sanya Schick and Charlie Wilkins. Unit 383 is part of ACBL’s District 17, which covers Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, and parts of four other states. District 17 publishes two email newsletters: the Scorecard (D17 Scorecard) is published in even-numbered months, and the Bridge Buzz (Bridge Buzz) is published in odd-numbered months. These newsletters provide information on upcoming tournaments. In order to receive these, make sure you have given the ACBL your correct email address, and make sure that you have added [email protected] to your list of permitted email contacts.
TYPE DAY TIME CLUB/DIRECTOR Email
Open Pairs, Handicapped Monday 1:00 pm Santa Fe Aces/ Art
McHaffie [email protected]
Wednesday 1:00 pm Joe’s Game/Joe Bruno [email protected] Thursday 1:00 pm Thursday Pairs/ Jim Joy [email protected]
Open Pairs, Stratified Friday 1:00 pm James’ Game/ James
Ewert [email protected]
Limited Games
Mini-Lesson followed by 0-20 MPs Game
Monday Monday
9:00 am 9:30 am
James Ewert Carolyn’s Game/ Carolyn Anderson
[email protected] [email protected]
NLM less than 300 MPs
Tuesday 12:30 pm James’ Game/ James Ewert
NLM less than 200 MPs
Friday 9:00 am Santa Fe Aces/ Art McHaffie
NLM less than 500 MPs
Saturday 12:30 pm Carolyn’s Game/ Carolyn Anderson
Supervised Play
No MPs awarded; no partner needed
Thursday 9:30 – 11:30 am
Su Gibbs [email protected]
Sunday 1:00 – 3:00 pm
James Ewert [email protected]
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Unit 383 News
From Charlie Wilkins, President
ACBL Unit 383 Board of Directors Please mark your calendars for Thursday, March 12 which will be the annual Awards Game. We will briefly honor everyone who won the most masterpoints in their bracket during 2019, and we will honor those who made Life Master during 2019. The awards ceremony will start at 12:30; please bring a dessert and be there at 12:30 to help congratulate the awardees. We’ve now updated the Unit 383 Life Master plaque at the Leonard Helman Bridge Center, to add the names of the four members who made Life Master in 2019: Andy Cornett, Paul Lazarus, Gary Lowenthal and Helen Newton. Congratulations to them! If anyone sees any corrections that are needed to the plaque, please let any Unit Board member know. Thanks to all Unit members who attended the Albuquerque regional January 20-26. The Unit’s top masterpoint winners for the regional were:
• Bill Harker 113.49 • Donna Sirubi 75.83 • Richard Leonardon 75.83 • Kay Enfield 67.87 • Dennis Dawson 43.80
• Charlie Wilkins 43.80 • Ken Harris 40.10 • Richard McCombs 39.33 • Bill Heid 31.54
One of my quirks is that I like playing 4-3 fits. Here’s a hand from the regional that I hope you’ll enjoy. This hand came up in the second session of a four-session knockout team event. I had (2nd seat, favorable): xxx AQ87 AQ Q8xx. My RHO opened 2S, and I elected to pass (I thought this hand was about one HCP weaker than normal for a takeout double of 2S, and there were two additional flaws – three cards in RHO’s spade suit, and only two diamonds). I completed the pass in tempo (while I was sorting my cards, I thought about whether I would make a takeout double of one spade, so it didn’t take me long to evaluate when RHO actually opened two spades). LHO passed, my partner (Dennis Dawson) doubled, and my call of four hearts ended the auction. The opening lead was Ace of spades: Dummy: x Kxx Kxxxx ATxx Declarer: xxx AQ87 AQ Q8xx LHO continued spades at trick two, and I ruffed in dummy. Now diamond to the Ace, ruff another spade, King of trumps, diamond to Queen, and Ace-Queen of trumps, getting the bad news that LHO still held the master trump (the Jack). So my primary chance (trumps 3-3) hadn’t worked out, but I still had chances: club to dummy’s Ace, King of diamonds. If diamonds split, I could play winning diamonds and discard clubs from my hand, making ten tricks whether or not LHO ruffs one of my diamond winners. But another chance paid off when my right hand opponent discarded on the King of diamonds, because now I could ruff a diamond with my losing trump while LHO had to follow. Four trumps in my hand, two ruffs in dummy, three diamonds and Ace of clubs = ten tricks. This 24-HCP game was not bid at the other table, so our team won 11 IMPs. Best wishes for a great month of bridge in February!
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Santa Fe Bridge Center News (Leonard Helman Bridge Center)
From Carolyn Anderson, President
Santa Fe Bridge Center Board of Directors
The Board of Directors of the Santa Fe Bridge Club is announcing the transition to
“Compostable” supplies and thanks Sharon Nanez for her dedication to this project. We will be
phasing out the recyclable and non-recyclables over the next few months. In the meantime,
please take the time to place only plastic cups and soda cans in the white receptacle. There is
a taller container for everything else. Thank you.
The BOD is very happy to welcome Dennis Dawson as a new member of the Board. Dennis brings
a wealth of experience and we are grateful he will be sharing his wisdom with us.
I/N* Tip of the Month from Kathy Adelsheim
HAND EVALUATION The next few installments I’m going to share parts of an article by Adam Parrish which I find very helpful. Remember the game is about taking tricks - not counting points. It is important to factor in high cards, shape, type of honor, location of the honors and spot cards. There are several systems for evaluating your hand. The most common 4-3-2-1 is simple to remember but it overvalues queens and jacks and undervalues Aces and spot cards. Aces and Kings (aka controls) are better than queens and jacks. A hand with aces and kings can be upgraded whereas one with queens and jacks can be downgraded.
Honors in combination are more valuable than honors alone. For example, holding ♠️AK is
worth 2 tricks while holding ♠️Ax and ♥️Kx is one sure trick and one maybe trick.
Honors are more valuable if they are in your long suits. Picture:
Ex.1 ♠️AKQ43 and ♣️432
Ex. 2 ♠️65432 and ♣️AKQ
Example 2 is usually 3 tricks only while in example 1 the 2 small spades will most likely be promoted so you are holding at least 4 and probably 5 tricks.
*Intermediate/Newcomers (I/N) players is generally defined by ACBL as players with less than 500 masterpoints and includes a spectrum of playing skills from novice to intermediate/advanced.
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Santa Fe Winners at the Land of Enchantment Regional in Albuquerque
L to R: Dennis Dawson, Mark Itabashi, Charlie Wilkins and Mitch Dunitz. They won the Saturday Bracket 1 round robin team game.
L to R: Richard Leonardon, Sally Meckstroth, Donna Sirubi and Jeff Meckstroth Donna and Richard played on a team with Jeff Meckstroth, Curtis Cheek and Huub Martens. The team won the Caballo Bracketed Teams and the Los Lunas KO teams.
Please send pictures of your winning pairs/teams from the Sectionals and Regionals to [email protected] . They will be published in the next Santa Fe Bridge Newsletter
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GAME DIRECTORS’ UPDATE for February
Monday Morning Newcomer Game (Carolyn’s Game) To be announced at each game.
Monday Afternoon Game (Santa Fe Aces Bridge Club) If you would like to play on Monday afternoon and have not been able to find a partner, please send Art McHaffie an email at [email protected] by noon Sunday. Please include in your email whom you know will not be available. Art will make best efforts to find you a partner. All games in February will be $8.00 with extra points awarded.
Tuesday Afternoon Game (James’ Game) To be announced at each game
Wednesday Afternoon Game (Joe’s Game) 2/5 Education Fund Game $8 2/12 Charity Game $8 2/19 Education Fund Game $8 2/26 STaC Game $9
Friday Morning 199er Game (Santa Fe Aces Bridge Club)
Judy Carr arranges partnerships for the Friday morning game. Please contact Judy at [email protected] if you need a partner. All February games will be $8.00 with extra points awarded.
Saturday Afternoon Game (Carolyn’s Game)
Check Carolyn’s emails for updates.
Check out the website for additional information (http://santafebridgeclub.com/events/)
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Planning the Play of the Hand I
This class will be taught from 9:30-11:30 on three successive Saturdays: February
8, 15, and 22. The instructor is James Joy, a sapphire life master with over four
thousand points. Each week there will be 18-20 hands. You will know the bidding,
the opening lead and you will see the dummy. Your task will be to find the best
line of play. After you have made up your mind, we will discuss the best line of
play … and why.
Topics include: using dummy’s trumps for ruffing, setting up a long suit in dummy,
basic odds, clues from the bidding and the opening lead, simple squeezes, dummy
reversals, trump coups, combining chances, deceptive plays, endplays, counting,
setting up a quick pitch, cross-ruffing, keeping the dangerous opponent off lead,
and safety plays.
The cost for all three classes is $60 or, if you can’t make all three classes, $25 per
class. Please let me know if you are planning to take this class so I can prepare the
appropriate number of materials. Email me at: [email protected] . The
minimum number of participants is 12.
This class is designed for intermediate or advanced players. It is not suited for
beginners.
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The Play at Trick One
Don’t Touch That Card!
With Dennis Dawson,
National Champion
Santa Fe Bridge Club Wednesday, March 11, 2020
9:30 – 11:30
You cannot become a good player by memorizing a lot of rules. You must learn how to think at the table. Dennis will show you how to do this at trick one, the single most important trick for the declarer. Learn what to think about before playing from the dummy, not after when it is often too late. Practice what you’ve learned by playing several hands. Dennis will discuss each one after you’ve played it. You will be able to tackle even the most difficult hands with more confidence.
Notes are included. You don’t need a partner.
Details soon on how to make a reservation and payment.
$35 per person
Money back guarantee!
If you are not satisfied, leave at the break and receive a full refund.
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2/1 Game Force
Kathy Adelsheim, ACBL Accredited Teacher
Two-Over-One Game Force is an adaptation of Standard American
Bidding. It is considered mainstream by most players. Even if you
do not use the system, it’s an advantage to understand it.
Class 1- What is Two-Over-One and why play it?
Class 2- Forcing 1 NT with weak responding hands
Class 3- Forcing 1NT with Invitational Responding Hands
Class 4- Opener’s Rebids
Class 5- Responder’s Rebids
Class 6- Questions and Hands to bid and play
Text: 2/1 Game Force by Audrey Grant and Eric Rodwell
6 Classes— Wednesdays 9:30-11:30 AM
March 18, 25, April 1, 8, and 15
With the 6th session on May 13th, 2020
$149 for all 6 classes paid at first class session
or $30 per class
Please Pre-register with Instructor
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ACBL Unit 383
ANNUAL AWARDS GAME OPEN SECTION & 499 NLM SECTION
WHEN
Thursday March 12th 12:30 pm
WHERE
Leonard Helman Bridge Center 3827 Thomas Road, Santa Fe NM
BRING A DESSERT & CONGRATULATE THE WINNERS
ACE OF CLUBS WINNERS (PRELIM): Ann Perilloux-Ross Christine Morton Sandra Woodall Tom Carr Michael Hall Patty Stevens Larry Saine Charlie Wilkins Don LoCrasto Greg Goggin Harold Paul Ken Hirshon Jerry Ruther Kay Enfield Dennis Dawson
MINI MCKENNEY WINNERS (PRELIM): Dick Cramer Christine Morton Sandra Woodall Tom Carr Gene Covington Suzi Borgo Larry Saine Charlie Wilkins Donna Sirubi Richard Leonardon Joan Vernick Ken Hirshon Bill Heid Kay Enfield Bill Harker
NEW LIFE MASTERS Andy Cornett Paul Lazarus Helen Newton Gary Lowenthal
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Santa Fe Spring Sectional May 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 2020 (Friday, Saturday, Sunday)
NEW
LOCATION
St. John’s United Methodist Church 1200 Old Pecos Trail, Santa Fe, NM
Friday, May 1
9:00 AM 2:00 PM
Stratified Open Pairs (single session) Stratified 299er Pairs (single session) Bracketed Teams (Round 1)
Stratified Open Pairs (single session) Stratified 299er Pairs (single session) Bracketed Teams (Round 2)
Saturday, May 2
9:00 AM 2:00 PM
Stratified Open Pairs (single session) Stratified 299er Pairs (single session) Bracketed Teams (Round 1)
Stratified Open Pairs (single session) Stratified 299er Pairs (single session) Bracketed Teams (Round 2)
Sunday, May 3
10:00 AM Bracketed Teams ( 2 Sessions) - Lunch included with play through a short break
Stratified Open Pair Events A= 2000+; B= 750-2000; C=0-750 299er Pair Stratification D= 150-300 E= 75-150 F= 0-75
Top bracket of teams on Friday and Saturday may be handicapped at discretion of director.
Tournament chair: Richard Rosenthal [email protected] Partnerships: Charles Wilkins [email protected] Director in charge: Carolyn Pinto [email protected]
Fees: ACBL member $13 per session; Unpaid ACBL members $17 per session
Sunday Teams: $116 per team ALL players must have an ACBL number.
All ACBL members with less than 5 points play FREE.
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ACBL Unit 383 of Santa Fe
Santa Fe 499’er Non-Life Master Sectional
February 29th & March 1st, 2020 Leonard Helman Bridge Center
3827 Thomas Road, Santa Fe NM 505-303-3813
Saturday, February 29th
9:00 am 2:00 pm
Stratified Pairs (Single Session) Stratified Pairs (Single Session)
Fees: $10.00 per session for ACBL Members $14.00 per session for unpaid ACBL members
(Fee includes snacks, coffee, tea)
Sunday, March 1st
9:00 am
Stratified Swiss Teams -Two Sessions with a short break for lunch
Fees: $24.00 per person for ACBL Members $28.00 per person for unpaid ACBL members
(Fee includes lunch, snacks, coffee, tea)
All events will be stratified by average master points: A=300-500; B=100-300; C=0-100
Tournament Chair: Rick Rosenthal ([email protected]) Partnership Desk: Charlie Wilkins ([email protected]) Director: TBD The Leonard Helman Bridge Center is a smoke free facility with free parking.
Enjoy Santa Fe Restaurant Week (February 23rd -
March 1st) each day after Bridge. List of restaurants
available at santafe.nmrestaurantweek.com