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.
The 2011 La Jolla Unit Masterpoint Race Winners are final. Carolyn Casey was also the District 22 Mini-McKenney winner in her bracket (0-5 MP) and Elaine Chan was second in the district in her Mini-McKenney bracket (500-1000 MP). Maritha Pottenger, a regular player in our unit games from the San Diego unit, won the district Ace of Clubs in her bracket (5000-7500).
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ACBLmerge 1.3.0 is out! New features include team game support, list of masterpoint winners, significantly faster double dummy analysis, and Bridgemate / BridgePad support on non-Windows platforms. Read more.
Since last December, Philippe Lamoise, a bridge player in the North County unit, has been creating the Bridge Results website and I have been making many improvements to ACBLmerge to integrate with the functionality provided by his website. Now it is easy for club directors, club managers, and tournament officials to upload game results using a web interface without knowing anything about running ACBLmerge. Read more about Bridge Results.
Upcoming Events
| May 25-27 | - | Sectional (flyer) |
| June 10 | - | Annual Meeting & Election Stratified Open Pairs |
| June 24 | - | Stratified Open Pairs |
| Full 2012 Schedule | ||
| District 22 and 23 tournaments |
The 2012 Youth North American Bridge Championships (YNABC) will be held the last weekend of the Summer NABC in Philadelphia, July 19 - 21. More info. Poster.
Recent Results
May 13th winners: Fumie Graves and Joel Hoersch (Flt A), Brnko Obradovitch and Randall Fadem (Flt B + C).
April 29nd winners: Samuel Jordan and Yoko Davis (Flt A), Jimee Wood and Lawrence Sherman (Flt B + C).
April 22nd winners: Kent Hartman and Maritha Pottenger (Flt A), Lamya Agelidis and Jim Johnsen (Flt B + C).
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Full results for the San Diego regional are available online.
Full results for the Palm Springs regional are available online.
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
The latest ACBLmerge release (1.3.0) supports team games, displays a summary list of winners, performs faster double analysis on Windows, and extends Brigemate / BridgePad support to non-Windows platforms. Full results for the Palm Springs regional. Social network diagrams.
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.