B�idge Under the Palms in the Palms

You do not have to travel abroad next winter to get out of the cold while enjoying an amazing bridge vacation.

Bridge Sprees with Gail and Jeff is coming to the delightful West Palm Beach Marriott Courtyard from

FRIDAY FEBRUARY 10 TO SUNDAY FEBRUARY 19, 2017.

B�idge Camp will include all of the following: • Daily bridge lessons for players at all levels • Duplicate sessions at the Marriott and nearby clubs • Informal supervised bridge games • Bamberg Symphony at the Kravis Center for the Performing Arts and another performance

Daily B�idge Camp Schedule:

MORNING: 3 hour bridge lessons with breakfast and lunch snacks. AFTERNOON: 3 hour bridge lessons with lunch snacks. EVENING: Informal bridge play specifi c types to be determined by camper’s preferences. ridge mentors Gail Greenberg and Jeff Hand are super stars B both as instructors and players. Gail is a six time World Champion, author of several bridge classics, and a member of The Bridge Hall of Fame. Jeff is a national and international champion and full-time bridge instructor of both groups and of individual students. They are both brilliant and passionate bridge teachers.

Whether you attend with a partner or as a single Whether you plan to stay for a full ten days or just a portion Whether you wish to stay at the hotel or commute Whether you wish to dine separately or “en famille”

We can adjust to your preferences.

Fee Schedule Per Person:

ENTIRE 10 DAYS INCLUDING HOTEL (9 NIGHTS) - Morning and Afternoon 3 Hour Bridge Class – Breakfast and Lunch Snacks – Evening Duplicates and Informal Play – Single Occupancy $4,500 / Double Occupancy $3,200

BY THE DAY AND / OR BY THE SESSION - To Be Determined On a Case By Case Basis

FOR MORE DETAILS PLEASE CONTACT: GAIL GREENBERG: by email at [email protected] or by telephone at 917-257-5277. Bridge Under the Palms Gail Greenberg Tentative Teaching Schedule February 10 – 19, 2017

Mornings (except in the afternoon on February 10) 9 AM – 12 PM: Breakfast and lunch snacks before and after class Feb. 10: Interfering with the opponent’s opening 1NT. (including Cappelletti, Meckwell, DONT) Feb. 11: Countering the opponent’s interference over your side’s 1NT opener (includes The Three Lebensohls.) Feb. 12: Preemptive opening bids and the Theory of Captaincy. How to respond to your partner’s . How to defend against the opponent’s preempt. Feb. 13: Double Trouble: Differentiating between penalty, take-out, cooperative, lead-directing, and equal-level conversion. Feb. 14: 57 varieties of Cue Bids. When are they Game Invitational, Game Forcing, or slam going? When are they asking, telling or neither? Feb. 15: Jump raises and jump shifts, in and out of competition. Feb. 16: Artificial raises of Partner’s suit (including Jacoby, Jordan, Drury, Inverted Minor raises, Rosenkranz and McCabe.) Feb. 17: Bidding in the position. Bidding in the 2nd or 3rd round having bid or not bid originally. Delayed Take-out Doubles or . Feb. 18: Roman Key Card Blackwood Feb. 19: The Trilogy: Checkback Stayman, New Minor Forcing, Fourth Suit Forcing Afternoons (Except in the evening on February 10) 1 PM – 4 PM: Lunch snacks before class Declarer Play Topics Feb. 10: Suit combinations: When to go with/against the odds. Feb. 11: Planning your play based on the contract level, or form of competition. The Hold-up Play and its first cousin, “Avoidance.” Feb. 12: Reading the spots and counting out the opponents’ shape and/or points. Feb. 13: More advanced techniques including the Strip and , the Dummy Reversal, and the Simple Feb. 14: Deception: Earning the Bridge Medal of Honor by fooling and/or swindling the opponents.

Defense Play Topics

Feb. 15: When the card you play show attitude or count or suit Preference. What the card you play in the 2nd round indicates. (including Smith, suit preference, and current count.) Feb. 16: The Play (Rule of 7) on defense. When to return Partner’s suit or shift. Suits that are safe or dangerous to switch to. Opening lead strategy. Feb. 17: Reading the spots and counting Declarer’s size or shape, Rule of Eleven. Feb. 18: Deception: When do you earn the Medal of Honor by anti-carding. Feb. 19: Grand Finale: Review of all the bidding and play Techniques in a special Duplicate game.