{"id":187,"date":"2018-12-14T01:08:46","date_gmt":"2018-12-14T01:08:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pinochle.org\/blog\/?p=187"},"modified":"2018-12-14T01:08:46","modified_gmt":"2018-12-14T01:08:46","slug":"bridge-mixer-dec-26","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.pinochle.org\/blog\/2018\/12\/14\/bridge-mixer-dec-26\/","title":{"rendered":"Bridge Mixer &#8211; Dec. 26"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">You&#8217;re invited!<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Event:<\/strong>    Bridge Mixer at Seattle Bridge Center<\/li><li><strong>Who:<\/strong>    Anyone interested in the game of Bridge &#8212; whether you already play, or not!<\/li><li><strong>When:<\/strong>    Wednesday, December 26th, 7pm &#8211; 10pm<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What&#8217;s going on<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The holiday season is playing havoc with our regularly scheduled games, so let&#8217;s mix it up and have some fun!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Maybe you&#8217;re a bridge player who would like to introduce a friend or two to the game &#8212; bring them along!  No partner?  No problem.  Come meet new people!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What we&#8217;ll do<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>At the start of the evening, we&#8217;ll spend 15-20 minutes learning how to play Minibridge.  Minibridge makes it easy to learn some of the basics of the game of Bridge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Then we&#8217;ll split up into groups of 4-7 people.  Decide your partnerships and how extra players will rotate into play.  Each group then plays Bridge or Minibridge (whichever the group chooses) in shuffle-and-deal play.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We&#8217;ll use bidding boxes and we&#8217;ll take tricks in duplicate style.  Discussion after each hand is encouraged, but remember to keep it friendly!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Play with your group for about 45 minutes, then we&#8217;ll mix up the groups and do it again.  Bring your sense of adventure!  You can expect to change partners each time we mix the groups.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This event is appropriate for families and adults.  Under-18s should be accompanied by an adult.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bridge is a &#8220;brain&#8221; game &#8212; if you&#8217;re bringing kids, be confident they have the ability to concentrate for long periods of time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Sign up<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Light snacks will be provided; small donations are welcome to help offset costs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Help us make sure we are ready for you!  Send a note to <a href=\"mailto:SeattleBridgeCenter@gmail.com?subject=Bridge%20Mixer\">SeattleBridgeCenter@gmail.com<\/a> (use the subject &#8220;Bridge Mixer&#8221;) to let us know who&#8217;s coming.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Seattle Bridge Center is on the southeast corner of 15th Ave NE and NE 145th St. We share parking with QFC &amp; Dollar Tree. We are in the strip mall to the south of Dollar Tree.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You&#8217;re invited! Event: Bridge Mixer at Seattle Bridge Center Who: Anyone interested in the game of Bridge &#8212; whether you already play, or not! When: Wednesday, December 26th, 7pm &#8211; 10pm<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-187","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.pinochle.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/187"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.pinochle.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.pinochle.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.pinochle.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.pinochle.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=187"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/www.pinochle.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/187\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":190,"href":"http:\/\/www.pinochle.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/187\/revisions\/190"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.pinochle.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=187"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.pinochle.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=187"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.pinochle.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=187"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}