When: Tuesdays, 7pm to 9:30pm

Where: Room 24-307 on the MIT Campus.

Map with building 24 highlighted.

This Bridge plus game will focus on enjoyment and improving fundamental skills. The game is for individuals with little or no club experience, or ACBL members with fewer than 50 masterpoints. We also welcome experienced bridge players if they would like to bring a novice to introduce them to the wonderful world of duplicate, however masterpoints are only awarded to novices.

Each game starts with a short 20 minute lesson and then a relaxed duplicate game, where you can ask questions and get help, if needed. Feel free to attend one or all.

Mailing lists - The club maintains a mailing list for novices: mitdlbc-novices at mit dot edu. The list is mainly used for announcements about the Tuesday Novice Game and for players looking for a partner for the game. If you have an MIT athena account, you can subscribe/unsubscribe yourself. Otherwise, you can make subscription requests to mitbridgeclub at mit dot edu.

Pre-game lesson	Date			Results		Hands
IAP Individual Tournament	1/31/08			short	long	pdf
Strong 2C and responses: "Wow this is a nice hand": What to do when you have 22+ points.	2/5/08			short	long	pdf
Defensive Methods "I can bid, I can play, now I need to work on my defense.": Leads, Signals, Discards. More Notes	2/12/08			short	long
Weak 2's "I have no points but a nice long suit.": How to get in your opponents' way.	2/19/08			short	long
Jump overcalls & 3-lvl openings: "I want to bid my weak 2 but they bid first." Getting in your opps' way, part II.	2/26/08			short	long
Defensive Methods, Part II: "Wow, defense is hard, I need more help." Rule of Eleven, more leads and signals.	3/4/08			short	long
Jacoby transfers: "I bid 1N, I should get to play the hand": How to conceal the hand with all the points.	3/11/08			short	long
Blackwood & Gerber: "I know we have a lot of points, but do we have enough Aces?": Staying out of bad slams.	3/18/08			short	long
Negative and takeout doubles: "Partner can't really think we are setting 1S": More than just Penalty.	3/25/08			short	long
Michaels and Unusual 2NT: "I have 2 suits, which do I bid?": Bidding 2 suits using only one bid!	4/01/08			short	long
Cappelletti: "They bid 1NT, and I want to bid": Defenses to 1NT (Getting in your opponents' way, part III)	4/08/08			short	long
Balancing: "1S, Pass, Pass to me, now what?": When to pass and when to bid.	4/15/08			short	long
Last Novice Game: What do you need to feel comfortable playing in a regular club game?	4/22/08			short	long

directions & parking to 4-149

Web and Book Recommendations

Playing the Hand - Notes and Tips on How to Play the Hand (by Karen Walker)