BRIDGE News:

In Monday’s game last week, in Flight A, Jerry Morzinski and Sig Lodwig were 1st in Flight A, Jennifer Young and Steve Kemic were 2nd, Cliff and Michelle Rudy were 3rd, and Martin Cooper and Jerry Fleming were 4th. In Flight B, Bev Cooper and Helen Butler were 1st, Jan Barnes and Reggie Fuchs were 2nd, and Neill Goltz and Tom Alexander were 3rd.

In Wednesday’s game, in Flight A, Sig Lodwig and Jerry Morzinski were 1st, Cliff Rudy and Jerry Fleming were 2nd, Alan Wadlinger and Randy Baker were 3rd, and Sam Brokowsky and Martin Cooper were 4th. In Flight B, Neill Goltz and Bev Cooper were 1st.

Both of next week’s games are local Sectional Tournament at Clubs (STaC) games.

The following is a very competitive hand. The HCP are almost evenly divided, and both N/S and E/W have good suits. The auction should be bid at least to the 3-level, and perhaps beyond.

This is Board #6 from our April 29 game.  East is the dealer, and E/W were vulnerable.

After East passes, South opens the bidding with 3♥. showing support for all the unbid suits.  After South raises to 2♥, West should compete to 3♦.  Many Norths will now compete to 3♥, which will likely end the auction at most tables. 

This contract should be defeated one trick, as long as the defenders do not lead clubs. However, the best result for E/W is to compete to 4♦!  Declarer in this contract should lose only two spades and one club.

When this hand was played locally, one pair played in 3♥/S making 6, a second pair played in 3♥/S making 4, the 3rd pair played in 3♥/S down 1, and the 4th pair played in 2♠/E making 2. It’s hard to get to game with only 21 HCP, but 4♥/S should easily make.

Hello, fellow “game enthusiast”.  Are you interested in a game that will test both your mental acuity and your communication skills as you and a partner enter the field of intellectual combat? Then perhaps you’ve seen the historical card game “Bridge“ mentioned in a book or seen it being played in an old black-and-white movie on the Orient Express or by Gloria Swanson in “Sunset Boulevard.”  Bridge is not a game of the past, though, but is still played worldwide and by millions of Americans at least once a week, in venues ranging from competitive in-person tournaments with hundreds of players to casual play at home or on the internet.

Interested in Learning how to, RESUMING or playing Beginner Bridge? Contact Neill Goltz—641.236.1170, neill.goltz2@gmail.com—for further info, schedule, location confirmation, or any other questions!  The Los Alamos Duplicate Bridge Club games are held at the Betty Ehart Senior Activity Center (BESAC) at 12:45 p.m., Wednesdays, and at the White Rock Senior Activity Center (WRSAC) at 12:45 p.m., Mondays. We will continue to meet regularly on Saturday mornings from 10 a.m. to noon at the Mesa Top game store (next to Booomerang) on Central here in Los Alamos.

Here in Los Alamos and White Rock, our local club is ready to bring you on board with nighttime, after work or weekend FREE lessons and playing opportunities with other newcomers, resumers, and beginners.