Social Bridge

This listing is for the IN PERSON meetup of the Sunday Social Bridge group.

As of Feb 2024, we regularly have 4+ tables of players, no matter what the RSVP list says.

We play bridge IN PERSON at Lake Forest Park Town Center, at the intersection of Bothell Way and Ballinger Way in Lake Forest Park, Washington (about 6 miles north of Seattle).

This group is ideal for folks with basic-or-better knowledge of the game of Bridge. Most of us are playing Standard American. We use the No Fear Bridge cheat sheet linked here: https://www.nofearbridge.com/bridge_bidding_cheat_sheet.pdf

Arrive when you can, leave when you must. Players are usually there by 1pm (sometimes a bit earlier) and are sometimes still there at 4pm or later.

We can accommodate a small number of spectators if you are brand new to the game. There's a lot you can learn just by watching. Most players are happy to chat briefly between deals.

We meet in the commons space on the upper level of the shopping center. There is a performance stage in that space; if you stand facing the stage, we are usually off to your left.

We like to be good guests in the space. Please follow all masking guidelines that are posted, and please be respectful to building personnel if they ask us to leave.

See you at the bridge tables!

This event uses Zoom for an audio/video connection, and Bridge Base Online (BBO) to play bridge. You'll need a BBO account to play. For the Zoom link, look at the BBO profile for the host for the specific week.

Your BBO host for April 28 is David98155.

This group is ideal for folks with basic-or-better knowledge of the game of Bridge. We can accommodate a small number of folks brand-new to the game -- send me a message asking for more details.

We'll play bridge online at www.BridgeBase.com while simultaneously meeting on Zoom so we can see each other's smiling faces! We'll try to make this as much like our in-person Sunday Social Bridge events as we can.

We usually have the Zoom meeting open starting a few minutes before 1pm. We'll send folks to Zoom breakout rooms as we get BBO tables created. Within your breakout room, select someone to be the table Host who creates the table (suggested settings below). We usually play at the same tables until 3pm Pacific time. If you need to leave early, or arrive late, just let us know.

The table Host creates the table in BBO. Starting at the BBO Home page:

- Click "Casual"

- Under "Find Your Own Game", click "Start a table"

- Under Privacy Options, for this meetup I recommend:

-- Allow kibitzers ON

-- Allow kibs to chat with players ON

-- Permission required to kibitz ON

-- Permission required to play ON

-- Invisible OFF

-- ...and remember to reserve seats for the other folks in your breakout room!

When we need to add folks to a table, the table Host can unseat and re-reserve spaces.

The meeting host is available to help folks set things up along the way.

If you can't join us via Zoom, but still want to play with us on BBO, look for your meeting host on BBO, and send them a direct message.

See you at the (virtual) bridge tables!