Cam Mette came in second place with his partner from the SaddleBrooke players at the Unit Membership Game.
Dick Quigg, a frequent winner at the weekly games
Ann Kuperberg
The summer games will be held in the Sonoran Room at MountainView Clubhouse starting July 4 on Tuesday and Friday afternoons at 1:00 p.m.
Many MountainView Bridge Club players participated in a special unit Membership game at the Skyline Country Club. The event was two sessions, morning and afternoon with a delicious lunch in between. Players were divided between Life Masters and those with less than 750 master points.
Open game winners included Greg West and his partner, Cam Mette and partner, Donna DePesa with Steve Maltzman, JoAnn Aiken and partner, Marie Heald with partner, Ann Kuperberg and Fay Kallina, Mindy Hawkins and partner Betty Edwards with Sue Hagerty, Adair Karlin with Joan Merrill and Marian Rogge with partner.
In the below 750 category, Sue and Phil Bush received points as did Sylvia Goldin and Ruth Sakol along with Virginia Brier and her partner.
At the weekly games, some of the players who went to the special Unit game were also winners. It was nice to see Fay Steele and Sonnie Davis among the winners proving you don’t have to be a Life Master to do well in the games.
Some advice from experts:
Marty Bergen says “If you choose to ask another player about a disaster, ask about your hand, not your partner’s.”
He also says, if partner shows a six-card suit, your number of cards matters, so if your partner opens one club, you respond one heart and partner bids two clubs, with the following hand, bid three NT:
K9 – A864 – A87 – 9753
Another expert, Leslie Shafer suggests a takeout doubler should normally be short in the opponent’s opening bid suit. Have three or four cards in all three unbid suits and have the equivalent strength of an opening hand.
Remember, Bridge is a game of communication—and tolerance, especially of your partner.
Keep cool and come for a fun afternoon at the Bridge table.