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or entertaining or both.
 

Board of the Week 53

Jacoby 2NT at Work

Board of the Week 54:
Mini-Splinter Methods at Work

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Welcome to Little Rock Duplicate Bridge Club

The Bridge House Education Program

Please Practice Active Ethics

Watch your tempo
Don't derive information from partner's tempo or behavior
Make sure you are not sending or receiving signals other than through bids and card play

THANK YOU FOR BEING AN ETHICAL PLAYER! 

BE NICE TO YOUR PARTNER, YOUR OPPONENTS, AND THE DIRECTOR

Updated COVID Vaccines

Little Rock Duplicate Bridge Club does NOT dispense medical advice!

However, the following link will take you to an article about the newest COVID vaccine.  You may wish to read this and then make your own medical decisions.

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CLICK HERE FOR ABSTRACT OF ARTICLE ON COVID-19

70% Games

Congratulations

Charlotte Nabholtz and Lee Lee Hess
71.67% Game!
Sunday, December 8 0-500 Pairs

Beryl Cumberworth and Richard Hixson
71.75% Game!
Friday, January 3 0-500 Pairs

Pat Case and Judy Conley
74.60% Game!
Friday, January 31 0-500 Pairs

Upcoming Events

Check out New Classes for Beginners and 2/1 students

Eight Is Enough Teams Sunday, February 2

Former Member Passing

Two former LRDBC members have recently died, each at age 99:

Gerald Joseph Evert (November 12, 1925 December 28, 2024)
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Johnna Lucile Rice (August 14, 1925 – January 3, 2025)
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Mary Busby Stramel (? – January 23, 2025)
Additional information not available at this time

 

Rank Achievements as of 2025-02-01

Junior Master (5 or more masterpoints)
Mary Fenton

Club Master (20 masterpoints, of which 5 must be black)
Joe Justus

NABC Master (200 masterpoints, of which 20 must be black, 25 silver, 20 red/gold/platinum, and 5 gold/platinum)
Cindy Alexander
Richard Straley
Jim Wilkins

Life Master (500 masterpoints, of which 75 must be black, 75 silver, 100 red/gold/platinum, and 50 gold/platinum)
Scott Johnson

Bronze Life Master (a life master with 750 masterpoints)
Scott Johnson

Ruby Life Master (a life master with 1500, of which 300 must be silver/red/gold/platinum)
Janice Atterberry

Gold Life Master (a life master with 2500, of which 500 must be silver/red/gold/platinum)
Kathy Gates

177,300+ Congratulations Banner Stock ...

Eight Is Enough

Winners January 19

Mary Anne Wildman, Kathy Gates, Lana Foot, Sue Fess

Next Contests

Sunday, February 2 (1:30 p.m.)
Sunday, February 16 (1:30 p.m.)

Conditions of Contest

Each team must include at least one C player.
No team may have more than one A player
.

A = 2000+ MP
     B =
500-2000 MP
      C = Under 500 MP