Bernard Magee Bridge – Week 124 – Sacrificing

[Gary Freeman]

Monday, 7 November 2022

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I hope you are enjoying Bernard Magee Bridge.

This week the topic of Defence at Pairs continues.

Please do email any example hands – Bernard likes to have hands from real games to demonstrate his ideas.

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WEEK 124 – CONTENT GUIDE:

Once you have logged in to fourmstaging.duqakibfdx.cloudpages.xyz, you will arrive at your ‘My Homepage‘ where you will see the latest BMB UPDATES. Under this you will have large red buttons that will take you to all the new weekly content – designed in bitesize modules:

• LIVE SHOWS
• QUIZZES
• HANDS (OF THE WEEK)
• BIG SEMINAR & SET HANDS (MONTHLY)

The COMMUNITY Forums and Facebook Group are also regularly updated.

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Playing Set Hands on BBO:
The Set Hands are available for you to play online through Bernard’s organised BBO sessions. If you have not played the set hands yet, here are all the opportunities to play them (also on the BMB CALENDAR):

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November

08 – TUESDAY           2pm

09 – WEDNESDAY    11am
10 – THURSDAY        8pm
12 – SATURDAY        11am
15 – TUESDAY           2pm
16 – WEDNESDAY    11am

17 – THURSDAY        8pm
19 – SATURDAY        11am
22 – TUESDAY           2pm
23 – WEDNESDAY    11am
24 – THURSDAY        8pm
26 – SATURDAY        11am

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he LIN and PBN files are available to download from the website. They are at the bottom of the ‘big’ Seminar page, underneath the 8 Set Hands videos.

You would only use these if you want to use your own software, or you want to organise a private game on BBO.
[note: See the HELP MENU for guides on using the LIN and PBN files.]

 

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BMB Bridge Club

BBO:
We have one 16 board game on Monday evening at 7.30pm.

CASUAL BRIDGE:
Casual bridge is still being played in the Pogo Bridge Refugees Club at the regular times.

Check the times of all of our bridge sessions on the BMB CALENDAR or on our BridgeWebs page.

Please email info@fourmstaging.duqakibfdx.cloudpages.xyz with any feedback you have.

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Bernard is live on the website and YouTube today (Monday 7th November) at 11am covering the theme of Sacrificing

Make sure you tune in early so you don’tmiss anything:

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Our live events this week:
MONDAY 11am – subject is Sacrificing
WEDNESDAY 7:30pm – TEAMS LIVE on BBO and the website
FRIDAY 11am – subject is Third Hand Bidding (Part 3)

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To access the LIVE SHOWS via the website:

• Log in to fourmstaging.duqakibfdx.cloudpages.xyz
• Click the yellow ‘Live Shows’ card – this takes you to the next Live Show
• Click the ‘triangle’ play button in the middle of the screen to play the live video and then wait for the show to start
• ALTERNATIVELY if you want to view with the ‘Live Chat’ please click the large red button under the video screen (without clicking the ‘triangle’ button) and this will take you to a new page on YouTube with the Live Chat – you will need to ‘Subscribe’ to the page in order to be involved in the Live Chat

You can also get to the ‘Live Show’ from the ‘BMB Bridge Hub’:

• Click BMB Bridge Hub
  
• Click on ‘Live Shows & Archives’ card
• Click the ‘triangle’ play button in the middle of the screen to play the live video and then wait for the show to start

 

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To access the LIVE SHOW ARCHIVES via the website:

• Log in to fourmstaging.duqakibfdx.cloudpages.xyz
• Click the yellow ‘Live Shows’ card – this takes you to the page showing the next Live Show
• Scroll to the bottom of the page and you will see: MONDAY LIVE ARCHIVE; FRIDAY LIVE ARCHIVE; TEAMS ARCHIVE

You can also get to the ‘Live Show Archives’ from the ‘BMB Bridge Hub’:

• Click BMB Bridge Hub
  
• Click on ‘Live Shows & Archives’ card
• Scroll to the bottom of the page and you will see: MONDAY LIVE ARCHIVE; FRIDAY LIVE ARCHIVE; TEAMS ARCHIVE

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NEWS:

• Congratulations to this week’s Prize Quiz winner: Angela Buckley 

WEBSITE UPDATES:

• You asked and we listened, the new and updated Bernard Magee Bridge website has launched today!  Our new website makes it easier to find what you are looking for.  We have also introduced courses based on your level of expertise with a brand new scoring system which rewards you with points so you can keep track of how well you are doing on your courses.  Visit http://www.fourmstaging.duqakibfdx.cloudpages.xyz for a look around.
  
• We have made some changes to help you navigate BMB content more easily via the BMB Bridge Hub. This is now the central hub to access all bridge areas of BMB. So, if you ever get lost, simply click BMB Bridge Hub from the main menu on any page.
• We are continuing to do a lot of work to improve your experience on BMB. Part of this involves transitioning all members to our new management system which will give you much greater control over all your membership details. You may receive an email from BMB requesting you to contact us to update certain details. If you are ever concerned that an email from Bernard Magee Bridge is not genuine, you can check the contact details given on the email against those on the website. Always feel able to call us to check on 01344 205120.

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Thank you,

Bernard Magee

 

 

 

 

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