Calendar Updates
Stardust Week runs Monday through Sunday, Dec. 16–22. All club games offer 25% Gold Masterpoints and 75% Black Masterpoints!
Party! Party! Party!
Friday 12/20: Open Game (and Annual Meeting)
Saturday 12/21: 0–500 and 0–20 Games (Brunch)
Food at 11:15 Friday, 9:15 Saturday. Don't forget to pre–register, and feel free to bring a dessert!
Junior Fund Game The game takes place on Friday, 01/10. At Junior Fund Games, players earn extra masterpoints while helping the Junior program for youth up to age 26.
Sectional Tournament at Clubs (STaC) The next District 4 STaC takes place Monday–Sunday, 01/27–02/02. Earn Silver Masterpoints at any Club game all week!
Friday and Saturday Mini–Lessons start at at 9:20 AM. This is to allow sufficient time for the Friday Come Out and Play session and the Saturday duplicate game to start on schedule at 10 AM.
Handicapped Teams Events and other Special Events take place on Mondays as announced. Our December team games are on December 2 and December 16. Start time is 11:30 AM, with pizza served at 11:15 AM. Email the Club at kopbridgeclub@gmail.com to register or to request players to fill out your team.
Bridge Lessons for Winter 2025
1. Join Dennis Shaub for Bridge Basics 3, a course on Popular Conventions using the Audrey Grant system. Lessons take place at the King of Prussia Bridge Club on five consecutive Thursdays from 9:30 to 11:30 AM starting January 09, 2025. The course fee is $100, with the textbook available for purchase at $20, payable at the first lesson. To register, contact Dennis at bridgemasterofpa@gmail.com or call 717–723–0323. Click here for the flyer and complete details.
2. John Dickenson's series based on Larry Cohen's 12 Conventions Everyone Should Know resumes on Tuesday mornings from 10–11:30 AM beginning January 14. Larry believes that players would be better off playing a few conventions WELL versus many conventions POORLY. Each lesson will cost $20 cash at the door – no preregistration is necessary. Here are some upcoming topics:
01/14: Handling opponent's interference over our 1NT opener
01/21: 4th suit forcing and artificial
01/28: 2NT after partner's weak 2 bid as feature ask
02/04: Negative and support doubles
3. Lisa Mita will be offering a series of Online Classes on Play of the Hand beginning Wednesday, January 15. Learn to take more tricks in both suit and notrump contracts. Every student will play every hand. Click here for all the details.
4. Join Linda O'Malley for Learn How to Play Bridge, a series for beginners on Wednesday mornings from 9:15–11:15 AM starting February 5. The course includes six instructional sessions and one all–practice session. The cost for the entire series is $150, payable by cash, check, or Venmo to @Linda-OMalley-4. Click here for the flyer, or contact Linda at LindaforBridge@gmail.com or call 484–919–0425.
Expert Deal Analysis Diamond Life Master Mark Henderson is offering expert analysis of deals played at the club that involve advanced topics. This addition to our website should be of interest to all levels of players. Most recent analyses can be reached from the main menu with the Deal Analysis Button. Archived material can also be accessed at left under the main menu. Mark is also giving in-person expert reviews of selected hands on Thursdays after the Open Game. He fields and answers questions with an emphasis on commonly encountered themes in bidding, declarer play, and defense. Conversation will center on advancing and intermediate players.
Additional Saturday Section for Advancing Players
We have added a separate section to our Saturday game for players with no more than 20 masterpoints if the number of players is sufficient. Winners in the 0–500 section will get masterpoint awards based on the total number of tables in play in both sections.
Points and Pointers Join us on Wednesdays for Points and Pointers, a real duplicate game designed for beginning and advancing players. The game is limited to players with 0–50 ACBL Masterpoints. Each table will play the same boards at the same time, and the leader of the session will discuss each board immediately after it is played. The table fee is $15, and the game will run from 12 Noon to 3 PM. Register by emailing the Club at kopbridgeclub@gmail.com or call 610–232–2250. You can also register in person at the Director's desk.
Click here to open an online archive where you may view or download Instructor Deal Notes and Hand Records for previous weekly sessions.
Free Mini–Lessons Our popular Friday and Saturday Mini–Lessons are regular weekly events. Rex Saffer presents selected topics in offensive and competitive bidding, declarer play, and defensive principles from 9:20–9:50 AM (please note change in time!) before the Friday Come Out and Play session and again before the Saturday 0–500 Limited game. Conversation will focus on fundamentals and is directed toward advancing and intermediate players.
Rex maintains an online repository of the handouts distributed at lessons. Click here to view or download these documents.
Come Out And Play Just getting started with bridge? Join us on Friday mornings from 10–11:30 am for a relaxed session of bridge. There will be no scoring, no masterpoints, and no pressure! – for only $10 per person. Come on out and drop in, no commitment or advance registration needed, and singles are welcome! Mentors will be available to answer any questions that may arise. This is a fun way to improve your bidding and play while meeting other advancing players.
Game Results You can see your Common Game results at left under the menu, or click here to go straight to ACBL Live for Clubs.
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