{"id":28403,"date":"2025-02-17T08:49:55","date_gmt":"2025-02-17T14:49:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/?p=28403"},"modified":"2025-02-17T08:49:55","modified_gmt":"2025-02-17T14:49:55","slug":"monday-news-upcoming-opportunity-to-learn-a-fascinating-card-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/2025\/02\/17\/monday-news-upcoming-opportunity-to-learn-a-fascinating-card-game\/","title":{"rendered":"Monday news: Upcoming opportunity to learn a fascinating card game"},"content":{"rendered":"

Recently, while checking upcoming events at the Renasant Convention Center, I saw that the company I worked for 2009-2018, the American Contract Bridge League (ACBL)<\/a>, is bringing one of its North American tournaments to town March 13-23. <\/span><\/p>\n

Bridge is a trick-taking partnership card game similar to spades, but with more layers of complexity. Your great grandparents may have played it around the kitchen table. If you\u2019ve ever wanted to learn the game of bridge, or you play casually and you want to get better, there will be plenty of games and events designed for you. <\/span><\/p>\n

I\u2019ll come back and see more at the end of this post. But for now let\u2019s get onto the news\u2026 <\/span><\/p>\n

Penny\u2019s Memphis Tigers suffered a road loss to Wichita State yesterday. That\u2019ll probably drop Memphis to a 6 seed in bracketology projections. <\/span><\/p>\n

Next up for the Tigers: They host Florida Atlantic on Sunday.<\/span><\/p>\n

Jaren Jackson Jr. had 2 blocks for Team Kenny in last night’s NBA All-Star Game. WHAT??? Defense in the ASG? They lost to Team Chuck though.<\/p>\n

It’s Presidents’ Day, so government offices are closed.<\/p>\n

And now, back to bridge\u2026 <\/span><\/p>\n

The full name for the game the ACBL sanctions is duplicate contract bridge. It\u2019s duplicate because you\u2019re not really playing against your opponents at the table; you\u2019re playing against all the other partnerships sitting the same direction as you (north-south or east-west), who are playing the same hand as you. <\/span><\/p>\n

It\u2019s called contract because you bid on what you want the trump suit to be (no trump suit also being an option), and how many tricks you believe your partnership can take if that is agreed upon as the trump suit. <\/span><\/p>\n

During the 11 days at the Renasant Convention Center, the ACBL will offer <\/span><\/p>\n

Games you can play against other bridge players with no or limited experience <\/span><\/li>\n

Education seminars where you can learn bridge in a day <\/span><\/li>\n

One-hour celebrity speaker seminars featuring some of the best bridge teachers in the world <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
You don\u2019t need to have a partner to participate in games; they have a partnership desk that can match you up with one.<\/span><\/p>\n
More information<\/a><\/p>\n
Back tomorrow with more news.<\/p>\n
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