EASY PASS….75 students strong and growing each month.
EASY PASS covers every course listed below.
With EASY PASS ($65 a month) you’ll enjoy the following:
$15 off every Putting it All Together class (P.A.T class).
$15 off every Advanced Beginner and Intermediate lesson.
$10 off our Friday evening Seminars.
EASY PASS continues to grow. We are up to 75. You can be sure more will be joining at the start of next month.
EASY PASS can be put on hold or cancelled at the end of any month. Please feel free to email or call me with any questions.
Jeff Bayone….honorsbridge@gmail.com (917)544-1224
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Please note that the classes below require that you have a basic knowledge of Zoom. Almost all these classes are $35 ($20 with EASY PASS) and are from an hour and forty-five minutes to two hours in length.
ADVANCED BEGINNER COURSES:
A. Our P.A.T. courses.
Putting it All Together with Shlomit Rind shlobridge@gmail.com
P.A.T. puts bidding, declarer play, and defensive concepts into actual practice. The first three classes listed below are on the Advanced Beginner level.
1. Mondays at noon: While Shlomit discusses all aspects of the hands played, the focus is on declarer play.
2. Thursdays at 10:00 am: An introduction to the Two-Over-One bidding system. Six weekly sessions, starting February 11th.
3. Thursdays at 4:30pm: Her Advanced P.A.T. course is for players transitioning to our Intermediate courses.
Some knowledge of 2/1, slam bidding, Jacoby 2NT, and defensive carding is a prerequisite.
OR:
$20 if you are one of our sixty-five Online EASY PASS card holders.
B. With Barbara Bayone…Tuesdays from 1:00 pm
2/23 and 3/ 2…An Introduction to Inverted Minors…with Barbara Bayone
3/9 and 3/16…Scoring and Match Points.
3/23 for six weeks…Competitive bidding.
$35.00…$20.00 with EASY PASS.
Email: bbayone@gmail.com for reservations.
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C. Your first look at bidding strong hands and slams…with Barbara Bayone.
Thursdays from 10:30 am
Barbara starts with the three types of “strong bids”: Jump Shifts, Reverses, and the strongest of all, 2-Club openings. Then comes Key-Card Blackwood and control-showing cue-bidding. Lots of examples and practice hands.
$35.00…$20.00 with EASY PASS.
Email: bbayone@gmail.com for reservations.
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D. Basics of Defensive Play…with Shlomit Rind
Tuesday’s from 10:00 am
Basic concepts in defense. Where are your tricks coming from? Where are declarer’s? Counting declarer’s points. Trying to figure out declarer’s shape. The three types of signals. And lots of practice hands.
$35.00…$20.00 with EASY PASS.
Email: shlobridge@gmail.com for reservations.
INTERMEDIATE COURSES:
1. Declarer Play….with Joe Byrnes
2. Bidding basics for the Intermediate level player…with Jeff Hand
Mondays from 1:50 pm.
This month: Types of doubles
These next couple of weeks will be Negative doubles.
$35.00…$20.00 with EASY PASS.
Email: hand_jeff@hotmail.com. cell: 914-960-3055
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3. All sorts of DOUBLES…with Yefim Shoykhet
4. Card Sense Basics…with Jeff Hand
Tuesdays from 9:50 am
This month… the basics of defense in no-trump contracts.
2nd and 3rd hand play, when to cover, when not, opening leads…sequence versus 4th best. And lots more.
$35.00…$20.00 with EASY PASS.
Email: hand_jeff@hotmail.com. cell: 914-960-3055
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5. Play and defense for the strong Intermediate player…with Andrea Hayman
$35.00…$20.00 with EASY PASS.
6. Our basic two-over-one bidding course with Yefim Shoykhet
Basic 2/1 bidding from the ground up. Complete with the entire Forcing No-Trump structure. This course is for the low-intermediate and intermediate student of the game. Lots of interesting hands to play.
$35.00…$20.00 with EASY PASS.
7. Hand Evaluation…with Joe Byrnes.
Wednesdays from 10:00 am.
Looking for slam……how well do the hands fit? What to look for when thinking about bidding those close slams.
Jacoby 2NT, Splinters, more advanced 2 over 1 auctions, seldom analyzed NT slams auctions.
$35.00…$20.00 with EASY PASS.
Email: bridgeprojoe@gmail.com for reservations.
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8. Advanced Card Sense…with Jeff Hand
Wednesdays from 3:50 pm
Deep finesses…finessing for two and even three honors.
$35.00…$20.00 with EASY PASS.
Email: hand_jeff@hotmail.com cell: 914-960-3055
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9. Play of the hand…with Yefim Shoykhet
Wednesdays from 6:30 pm (If sold out, Thursday at 6:30 pm).
One or both of your opponents have entered the auction. If you buy the contract, how will their bidding influence you? After their opening lead, what assumptions should you be making to guide you to the best line of play?
$35.00…$20.00 with EASY PASS.
*Email: yefim50@verizon.net for reservations.
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10. Advanced Declarer Play…with Joe Byrnes
Wednesdays from 6:30 pm.
We play. We play lots and lots of hands each session.
Squeezes, end plays, loser on loser, difficult card combinations, trump contro; issues.
$35.00…$20.00 with EASY PASS.
*Email: bridgeprojoe@gmail.com for reservations.
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11. Advanced Bidding…Students request the topic…with Jeff Hand.
Thursdays from 9:50 am
Intensive training…This particular class will be limited to five students!!
$35.00…$20.00 with EASY PASS
Email: hand_jeff@hotmail.com cell: 914-960-3055
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12. Declarer play….with Adam Parrish of ACBL’s Bulletin’s Parrish the Thought fame.
Thursdays from 1:00 pm
Intermediate play of the hand class starting on January 14th.
$35.00…$20.00 with EASY PASS.
Email Adam at adamparrish2@gmail.com for reservations or for more information about the class.
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13. Essential conventions…with Jess Jurkovic
Thursdays from 6:30 pm
Slam Bidding Primer….Begins early January. Everything you ever wanted to know about slam auctions.
Remember to invite your partner. Refining your bidding is the goal of any good partnership and of this course.
$35.00…$20.00 with EASY PASS.
Email: jesster2@aol.com
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14. Defense…with Jess Jurkovic
Fridays from 10:00 am
2nd and 3rd hand play. Signaling, Counting….Begins early January. Everything you ever wanted to know about defense.
Remember to invite your partner. Refining your defensive techniques and your partnership understanding is critical..
$35.00…$20.00 with EASY PASS.
Email: jesster2@aol.com
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15.Bidding for the intermediate player…with Joe Byrnes.
Fridays from 10:00 am. (See Saturday)
Each week a brief lecture on a specific area of bidding followed by anywhere up to 14 illustrative hands. No play.
We just bid. Email Joe for upcoming topics.
$35.00…$20.00 with EASY PASS
Email: bridgeprojoe@gmail.com for reservations.
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16. Bidding for the more advanced player…with Joe Byrnes.
Saturdays from 10:15 am. (See Friday)
Each week a brief lecture on a specific area of bidding followed by anywhere up to 14 illustrative hands. No play.
We just bid. Email Joe for upcoming topics.
$35.00…$20.00 with EASY PASS
Email: bridgeprojoe@gmail.com for reservations.
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