FEATURED TEACHER: Enid Roitman
This month's featured teacher is ABTA Teacher of the Year Award Nominee Enid Roitman, who lives in Toronto, Ontario, but has taught in many places around the world. As part of July's interivew, Enid talks about teaching while she travels, how learning to speak Mandarin makes her a better teacher, and why everybody needs a Bridge Buddy.
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FEATURED TEACHER: Norris Peterson
June's Featured Teacher is Norris Peterson, from the Pawleys Island Bridge Club in South Carolina. Check out our interview with Norris to hear how he matches conventions with levels of experience, about one of his claims to fame, and how KISSing helps his students...
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DIFFERENCES BETWEEN POKER AND BRIDGE
While bridge is a popular card game, the card game that really has captured the imagination of the general population is Texas Holdem poker.
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FEATURED TEACHER: Dave Glandorf
This month's featured teacher is ABTA Teacher of the Year Award Nominee Dr. Dave Glandorf, from Houston, Texas. Dave talks to us about why you should really THINK about bridge, takeout doubles, and a rather special version of the Hold-Up play...
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FEATURED TEACHER: Jo Bryan
This month's featured teacher is ABTA Award Nominee Jo Bryan, who lives in Denton, Texas, but teaches all over the North Texas area. In April's interview, Jo tells us all about her busy schedule, her many students, and turning the Denton Bridge Center into a success!
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AUTHOR SPOTLIGHT:
BARBARA SEAGRAM
Master Point Press publishes the work of many terrific bridge writers, and we would like you to get to know some of them a little better. This month, we will focus on the illustrious writer and teacher, Barbara Seagram.
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FEATURED TEACHER: Judy Skellenger
This month's featured teacher is ABTA Award Nominee Judy Skellenger, who currently teaches in Michigan, but taught for several years in Washington prior to that. Judy's students rave about her classes at the "Older Persons Commission", and her beliefs about how good bridge can be for the brain as it ages.
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FEATURED TEACHER: Bobbie Gomer
Our ABTA award nominee this month is Willow Grove, Pennsylvania-based Bobbie Gomer. Bobbie has been teaching bridge since 1995, and is particularly revered among her students as a "bridge matchmaker".
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FEATURED TEACHER: Kathy Rolfe
In the months leading up to the first ABTA Master Point Press Teacher of the Year award, Mastering Bridge thought you might like to meet some of the teachers being nominated.
First up is Missouri’s Kathy Rolfe. For eight years, Kathy has taught middle and high school students in multiple districts of Missouri. An electrical engineer by trade, Kathy didn’t participate in her first duplicate game until 2001, but was playing bridge long before then.
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BIL LESSON WITH LINDA LEE
On Saturday, September 26th 2009, Linda Lee hosted a practice session on BBO in the Beginner/Intermediate Lounge. Download the PDF from this session, complete with full hand diagrams and a write-up of each practice hand.
