Bernard Magee Bridge – Week 87 – 4-4-4-1 Hands

[Helen Magee]

Monday, 7 February 2022

 

I hope you are enjoying Bernard Magee Bridge.


_{This week we will have a set of 8 x Mixed Set Hands (taken from previous content of the website) for you to play in organised BBO sessions.}

• _{MIXED SET HANDS No.19 = w/c 21 February for one week}

_{The accompanying LIN and PBN files will also be available for you to play at your leisure. Having played the 8 x Set Hands you can then watch Bernard’s accompanying videos explaining the play of each hand.}

 

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WEEK 87 – 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. These are four clickable cards that take you directly to these locations:

• LATEST NEWS (red card)
• Current Week LIVE SHOWS (yellow card)
• HOLIDAY NEWS (green card)
• BRIDGE CLUB NEWS (blue card)

 

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):

February

22 – TUESDAY          11am & 2pm
23 – WEDNESDAY    11am & 2pm
24 – THURSDAY        8pm
25 – FRIDAY              2pm
26 – SATURDAY        11am

 

The 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.

REALBRIDGE:
We are running one game a week on RealBridge which will be on Friday evening at 7.30pm.
To charge up your wallet and access the game please click here to go to the RealBridge Homepage.

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 [email protected] with any feedback you have.

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Bernard is LIVE on the website and on YouTube today at 11am on the theme of4-4-4-1 Hands (part 1).

Make sure you tune in early so you don’t miss anything.

Our live events this week:

MONDAY 11am [on website] – subject 4-4-4-1 Hands (part 2)
WEDNESDAY 7:30pm – Bernard plays PRIZE TEAMS LIVE on BBO [commentary on website]
FRIDAY 11am [on website] – subject is Five Card Majors (part 2)

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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: Sheila Furniss

 

WEBSITE UPDATES:

• 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

Thank you

Bernard Magee

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