For Beginners
Bridge Basics

Common Sense Bridge

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Learn to play bridge, the world's greatest card game! We call this class "Common Sense Bridge" because learning is the accumulation of knowledge, and is most effective if new concepts are related to already known information. The Common Sense approach we employ systematically and clearly layers new information upon previously learned concepts, providing a coherent structure that minimizes the need to always attempt to memorize new ideas in isolation, making learning easier.

This 6-week class will teach you the basics, in a comfortable and fun environment. We will will cover the three pillars of bridge: bidding, defense and declarer play.

You'll also benefit from this class if you've recently started playing bridge. Taking this class will ensure you have a solid foundation in the basics.

Details:

  1. Dates: Wednesday evenings, October 1 - November 5, 6 PM - 7:30 PM
  2. Location: FeatherStone at Hickory Hill, 2450 Hickory Trail, Iowa City
  3. Cost: $90 per student, $170 for partners registering together, $70 for FeatherStone residents
  4. Text: Learn to Play Bridge by Gary Brown, available from Masterpoint Press as an e-book or Amazon and other booksellers

View / download a copy of the class flyer.

For more information, or to register, contact us.

It's a game of a million inferences. There are a lot of things to draw inferences from — cards played and not played. These inferences tell you something about the probabilities. It's got to be the best intellectual exercise out there. You're seeing through new situations every ten minutes. Bridge is about weighing gain/loss ratios. You're doing calculations all the time.