I believe that bridge (yes, the card game!) is one of the most enjoyable diversions around, and I love helping bring it to others — at the table, in the classroom, and online.
I’ve been playing since the mid-nineties, and I was an ACBL tournament director for a while. I’m a Sapphire Life Master with about 3,700 masterpoints, and I’ve devised two bidding systems of my own, the “Troll Club” and “Roadrunner” (not for the faint of heart — for more on them, go here).
If you want some help working on your game, whether you’re brand new to it or have been playing for years, or if you’re just stuck for a partner, I can help. I am an advanced player who’s been thinking seriously about the game for many years (including reading voraciously, running computer simulations, designing my own bidding systems…), and I bring that skill plus my experience as a teacher to any bridge engagement. Plus — and most importantly as far as I’m concerned — I love the game. I take it very seriously but I promise to be in a great mood no matter what happens at the table.
The details of a bridge partnership are very individualized so of course we’d have to talk, but to give you a general idea: I can happily play “standard”, two-over-one, or a strong club system; I can play at club games in Tucson (I am near the Adobe Bridge Center), any time on BBO, and at tournaments — I go to most NABCs, including the next one in San Diego. Price is negotiated but is competitive with that of other local professional players. Text me at 512-934-1566 and let’s get started.
I also teach classes and give talks on various aspects of bridge: I taught more than a dozen classes this year, and I have a lecture coming up at a tournament in November. Handouts from some of my lectures are on my bridge lessons page, along with my suggested conventions for basic, intermediate, and advanced players.
Finally, I’m active in the ACBL, the organization that runs most bridge tournaments in North America. I serve on the Bridge Committee and the Laws Commission; I’m a past chair of the Masterpoint Committee and was twice chair of the Advisory Council (formerly the Board of Governors). If you’d like to know more about that, go here.