La Jolla Bridge (Unit 526)
Welcome to the website for ACBL Unit 526 (U526). We are the La Jolla and Beach Unit in District 22 (D22) of the American Contract Bridge League (ACBL). Our games are held at 1 PM on the second and fourth Sundays of each month at the Soledad Club at 5050 Soledad Road in Pacific Beach (See also the Interactive Google Map of major San Diego clubs). We tradeoff the occasional fifth Sunday with San Diego Unit 539. If you play bridge but are unfamiliar with duplicate (tournament) play, check out Karen Walker’s introduction. Completely new to the game? Check out the ACBL’s Learn to Play software.
Who plays with whom? How often? How well do they do on average? What percent does your partnership need to average to be in the top 10% in a game? Who is promiscuous? For an in-depth look at our social network, read more.
ACBLmerge 1.2.3 is out! This is the bug fix release for the 1.2.0 major update that included support for the Bridgemate and BridgePad electronic scoring systems, face view, and the masterpoint tooltip. This version made its Canadian debut in the huge Penticton regional. This article is excerpted from the Friday Penticton Regional Daily Bulletin.
District president Ken Monzingo asked me to give a talk at the D22 board meeting in Palm Springs about ACBLmerge and what is required to post the full results for a regional. The talk
Rich Results with ACBLmerge
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is available online. Many ACBL leaders were in attendance, including our new CEO, the past and current presidents, and the tournament managers for the Gatlinburg and Las Vegas regionals, the only two regionals with higher table counts than Palm Springs.
Mary Huffaker is a District 22 Area III goodwill nominee. All the nice things said about her are true. I’ve seen it with my own eyes. read more.
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Inspired by the youth bridge camp at the Bridge Academy (flyer), Mary Scott Knoll talked a group of us into putting together a fundraising cookbook for youth bridge. The books have arrived from the printer just in time for the holidays and are available at many local bridge venues. The cost is $10. Get your copy of Shuffle, Deal, and Cook today.
Although the Bridge Academy’s games and adult teaching are for profit activities, the youth teaching is a 501(c)(3) non-profit registered as the San Diego Bridge Academy for Youth and now a full member of the Balboa Park Education Council which runs the Summer Camp Program. The cookbook committee hopes numerous San Diego area bridge teachers will take part in expanded 2012 summer bridge camps.
Upcoming Events
| February 12 | - | Valentines Potluck Stratified Open Pairs |
| February 26 | - | Stratified Open Pairs |
| Full 2012 Schedule | ||
| District 22 and 23 tournaments |
Recent Results
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Looking for Soledad Club results instead? Mon Aft Thu Eve |
Full results for the Palm Springs regional are available online.
*Final revision on Jan 22nd: The 150 result for Grant-O’Neill vs. Koutsy-Knotts Lavine on board 18 had been scored on the wrong side. The correction changes some masterpoint awards. Also, although the hand records say STAC, this was not a STAC rated game.
What is the worth of AKQxxx? — a geeky tale of probability and simulation.
More hands: The King’s Mistress and The Bridge Goddess Thumbs Her Nose
What's New
Full results for the Palm Springs regional. Social network diagrams. Bill Logan pictures and memories. New ACBLmerge release (1.2.3), the third bug fix release for the major 1.2.0 release which added support for Bridgemate and BridgePad electronic scoring devices, face view, and masterpoint tooltip.
Contacts and Board Information
E-mail the Webmaster, E-mail the La Jolla Board, Contact a board member
Board Members, Governance, Minutes, Financials
2011 Annual Masterpoint Races
U526 Mini-McKenney, D22 Mini-McKenney, National Mini-McKenneyU526 Ace of Clubs, D22 Ace of Clubs, National Ace of Clubs
The Mini-McKenney counts total masterpoints earned for the year and the Ace of Clubs counts only masterpoints earned at clubs as opposed to sectionals, regionals, and nationals. There are multiple brackets for each race based on the number of masterpoints a player has at the start of the year.
Other Resources
Find news that has migrated off the homepage on the Table Talk page or the Youth Teaching and Masterpoint Notes blogs. Unit News published in the Contract Bridge Forum is also available on our website. The Education & Resources page contains many links to rules and regulations, San Diego players, bidding and card play, online play, and even a bit of humor. The Free Bridge Software page has descriptions and links to some great free programs.
The Conventional Wisdom series (, 1.6 MB) from the ACBL Bulletin explains how to fill out a Convention Card accurately. Unlike the version on the ACBL website, our version has the entire series in a single document, complete with an index.