October 10th NEWSLETTER

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New Minor Forcing

• This is a very important convention that you need in your arsenal.
• Barbara Seagram makes it easy to learn.

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ONLY $25.00 CDN (approx. $19.00 USD)

Timing and Magic in Declarer Play Lessons

• Take your Declarer Play to a whole new level! Watch the spots and learn to develop extra tricks like magic.
• 
  Suit contracts and NT contracts. To pull or not to pull (trumps that is). All that and more...

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ONLY $55.00 CDN (approx. $44.00 USD)
NOTE: $25.00 goes to Water filters in Laos charity.

• Big Hand Bidding and Play
  (2 hour Recorded Video Lesson + Notes)
  
  
• Judgement at Bridge
  (2 hour Recorded Video Lesson + Notes)

If you do not know how to evaluate and revalue your hand, you will miss a whole lot of games and you will also miss lots of slams. You simply have to get a few realities cemented right now, if not sooner. Avoid errors in judgement and improve your bidding, declarer play and defense.

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ONLY $55.00 CDN (approx. $44.00 USD)
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if you are in USA.

FULL access to the lesson recording for an unlimited time

BARBARA'S NEWEST BOOK (# 36) IS NOW OUT
PLAY IT SAFE

Playing party bridge or teams, declarer's objective is to make his/her contract -- nothing else matters. Playing it safe is of vital importance.

Yet playing safe can take many forms -- it might involve simply choosing the best line of play, or keeping one opponent off lead, preserving entries, or even giving up a trick you don't have to lose, all in the cause of bringing that contract home securely.

Playing matchpoints (regular duplicate bridge), there are times when safety is more important than anything else.

Recognizing all these situations, and knowing what to do when you encounter them, will improve your bridge scores by leaps and bounds.

Retail: $25.00 On special: $22.00 CAD.
$20.00 USD Postage extra.

You can also pick up at 220 Lawrence Ave East, Toronto. (Near Yonge & Lawrence)

OR you may order from our online store but above is best for us.

• Canadian Store: store.barbaraseagram.com
• USA Store: storeus.barbaraseagram.com

  

2021 marks our 11th year of working to support schools, education,
sanitation and the villagers in Cambodia!

Did you know? The Laos Water Filters last for over 12 years,
with very little care and maintenance!

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HOT OFF THE PRESS!
BARBARA'S QUIZZES

$20.00 CAD but on special for $18.00 CAD
or $16.00 USD
plus postage (if you cannot pick up in Toronto)

Pick up in Toronto is at 220 Lawrence Ave East (between Bayview & Mt Pleasant)

I cannot tell you how excited I am about this new book. SO much work has gone into it. This is the preface:
When I first began to learn this wonderful game of ours, it was explained to me by my teachers that the key to successful bridge is not being more brilliant than your opponents. In the long run, you will win more games by making fewer errors than they do. If you and your partner are communicating effectively (making bids that state your shape and values accurately) then your partnership will reach the right contract (and, even better, keep your opponents from theirs) more often.

Time and time again, in my bridge career, I have found this advice to be proved only too true. But how do you make sure your bidding is up to scratch? The answer is easy:

1. You buy this book, and
2. You do the quizzes

And, because you are serious about your bridge, you score 100% (well done!)

And then...and this is the important part... you make sure partner does the quizzes as well. (I would suggest buying partner another copy of this book because I know you will not want to risk losing this one!)

You may have to work with partner until partner does as well as you. But, I promise, this journey will be worthwhile.

All kidding aside, I've written this book so you have a fun way of finding out how much of modern bridge bidding fundamentals you have mastered. It is also a tool that will help you identify and improve any areas of your game that may need some work. I suspect (and am hoping) you will want to share this with your regular partner.

There is some similarity to some of the Covid quizzes but these have all been completely revised, and reworked. The answers are far more comprehensive and this is now such a great learning tool.

I urge you not to write the answers in the book but to use a scrap of paper because you will want to return to the book time and time again to see how much your bridge has improved.

2 Ways to ORDER

Order by emailing Barbara

• In Canada, you may pay by etransfer to AKORNEL@SYMPATICO.CA.
  But email me so that we have all your details
• Americans, you can mail a check to:
  Barbara Seagram,
  220 Lawrence Ave East,
  Toronto, ON M4N 1T2 CANADA.
  But email first so we can get the book on the way to you.

OR you may order from our online store but above is best for us.

• Canadian Store: store.barbaraseagram.com
• USA Store: storeus.barbaraseagram.com

NOW AVAILABLE - LESSON WITH BARBARA OPENING LEADS

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ONLY $25.00 CAD (approx. $20.00 USD)
The site will automatically convert to USD on your credit card
if you are in USA.

FULL access to the lesson recording
for an unlimited time

The opening lead is so very important. It communicates so much to partner and often sets the tone for the entire contract.
This one card can explain the triumphs or the disasters for the defenders on any given hand.

2 hour bridge training + Barb's Notes!

Purchase and watch anytime afterwards.

TWO HOUR LIVE LESSONS
Defensive Thinking & Strategy

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ONLY $50.00 CAD (approx. $40.00 USD) total
for both recordings. (i.e. $25.00 CAD each)

FULL access to the recordings for an unlimited time

Receive a full set of notes too!

Purchase and watch anytime afterwards.

Each lesson has some guiding principles, followed by play of hand with commentary all the way.

BOOK OF THE YEAR:

Barbara’s
Bridge
Tips

Whether you have been playing for a while or you’re not very experienced, this book will help you to move your game up to the next level.

The tips cover all aspects of bridge — bidding, play and defense. Advice and examples are drawn from material Barbara Seagram has developed for her students over the last twenty years — it’s like having your own personal bridge coach sitting beside you!

$22.00 CAD + postage
Or
$20.00 USD + postage

Email Barbara ( ) to order
or
pick up from Barbara in Toronto!

This is my fourth time winning the Book of The Year award and I am thrilled. "Barbara's Bridge Tips" is my first solo book. It was my Editor's (Ray Lee) idea and he was an enormous help.

TWO 1 HOUR RECORDINGS

1. Balancing

2. Michaels Cuebid & Unusual NoTrump

ONLY $25.00 CAD
(approx. $19.00 USD) total
for both recordings.
(i.e. $12.50 CAD each)

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THESE RECORDINGS

Unlimited access and notes will be provided.

Declarer Play Techniques:
Collection of 5 lessons WITH handout (PDF), 10+hours of Video Training

• Play of the hand in NT contracts, safety plays, danger hands & hold up plays.
• Play of the hand in suit contracts, when to delay drawing trump, how to choose which technique is best for playing a hand.
• Ruffing, cross-ruffing, discarding, developing long suits, finessing and ruffing finesses.

• Lesson 1: Play of the hand in a No Trump Contract
• Lesson 2: The Dangerous Opponent
• Lesson 3: Play of the Hand in a Suit Contract
• Lesson 4: Loser on a Loser
• Lesson 5: Long Suit Establishment

Get Unlimited Access

A little bit of everything for players of all levels. Something for everyone.

The Summer Bridge Bundle:
Collection of 20 Lessons WITH handout (PDF), 40+hours of Video Training

Get Unlimited Access
Total Value $800
NOW ONLY $216 CAD

What You're Going To Get In The Summer Bridge Bundle:

• Lesson 1: All About No Trump
• ​Lesson 2: All About Doubles
• ​Lesson 3: Negative Doubles
• ​​Lesson 4: Major Suit Raises
• ​Lesson 5: Killing Defence
• ​Lesson 6: Play of The Hand
• ​Lesson 7: Control Bidding in Slams
• ​Lesson 8: To Strip and Conquer
• ​​Lesson 9: Practice Your Slam Bidding and Play
• ​​Lesson 10: Defense Against No Trump Contracts

PURCHASE May / June
Collection of 9 recordings WITH handout (PDF), 18+hours of Video Training
ONLY $89 CAD

PURCHASE July
Collection of 5 recordings WITH handout (PDF), 10+hours of Video Training
ONLY $49 CAD

Barbara's three Quiz books on Declarer Play, Bidding and Defense.

Special: All 3 for $39.00* or 2 for $28.00*

• Reg. price: $15.95* + tax each

Also on SALE are 2 Eddie Kantar books. Declarer Play and Defense.

These two books are the two best bridge books ever written.

Your Declarer Play and your Defense will improve so much when you read these books. VERY easy reads! Revised and updated very recently by Barbara Seagram.

• $32.00* CAD / $24.00* USD for both
• $17.95* CAD + tax for one
  $13.95* USD + tax for one

NOTE: *Postage extra. Email Barbara, with postal mailing address, or pick up at 220 Lawrence Ave East, Toronto

NEW!!!
Planning the Defense
by
Barbara Seagram & David Bird

Ten years after their award-winning Planning the Play of a Bridge Hand, Seagram & Bird tackle the hardest part of the game: defense.

Using the same step-by-step approach, they guide the reader through the minefield of:

• signaling
• making a defensive plan and, above all
• counting - points, tricks and distribution.

Available at our school or at Lee's bridge club or Wayne's bridge club or at Stephen's bridge club or by contacting Barbara at

BARBARA'S NEW 26th BOOK

PLANNING THE PLAY: THE NEXT LEVEL
by Barbara Seagram

Barbara's first book in this series (also co-authored by David Bird) won Book of the Year Award by the American Bridge Teachers' Association: Planning the Play of a Bridge Hand.

That first book introduced the basic concepts of how to go about making a plan as declarer for beginning and improving players, and is a popular text for bridge teachers. This sequel extends the plan to more complex situations, and covers ideas such as safety plays, avoidance play, trump control, dummy reversal, and endplays.

It will appeal to players who have a good grasp of the basics of declarer play
and are looking to improve from there.

Books are available from:

• Lee or Wayne at their excellent Tuesday and Wednesday afternoon and evening games at Temple Sinai Synagogue @ 210 Wilson Ave.
• Josee at Trinity Presbyterian Church at 2737 Bayview Ave on Tuesdays and Wednesdays
• By email from Barbara
• You may pick up the books from us at a convenient address in North Toronto if you pre-arrange by email. We leave orders between our doors.

BARBARA'S

NEW BOOK

PRACTICE MAKES PERFECT
by Barbara Seagram

Over the years, readers have suggested that it would be an even better book if it offered some way to practice what they had learned. Now, here it is: Barbara's 25th book...a brief summary of each of those 25 conventions, together with example hands that can be dealt out and used to apply your new or brushed up knowledge.

It can be mailed to you or you can pick it up in Toronto.

Available by emailing Barbara at , or at Temple Sinai 210 Wilson Ave or at 2737 Bayview Ave on selected days only. It can be mailed to you or you can pick it up in Toronto!

NEW:

TWO OVER ONE TEXT BOOK
by Barbara Seagram

Simply explains all you need to know about this system that has swept the world. Quizzes within will make you very comfortable with the system very quickly. And if you don’t play it, at the very least you should understand what your opponents are playing.

Available by emailing Barbara at

Barbara Seagram's DOUBLES CHEAT SHEET

Takeout doubles, Negative Doubles, Support Doubles, Redoubles, Lead Directing Doubles, Lightner Doubles, Responsive Doubles, Penalty Doubles

Available in person at our Bridge Studio, or by email to

Everything you need to know about this system, in a nutshell. Simply explained. Why you need to know the system that has swept North America by storm!

If you don't have Barbara's other cheat sheets, we will be happy to send these out to you. Just send us your postal mailing address and we will send.

When you receive the package, have a look to see cost of postage on outside of packet. Send us a cheque for cost of the product and add the postage. Sorry but we do not take credit cards.

A summary of all the fancier conventions. A VERY useful summary in a nutshell. You will love it.

BARBARA SEAGRAM BRIDGE BOOKS

Which book will help YOU the most?

• Books on Conventions: For Advanced, Beginners and Intermediate Players
• Books on Bidding, Playing and Defending at Bridge: For Beginners and Intermediate Players
• Quiz Books: For Beginners and Intermediate Players

BRIDGE LESSON LUNCH & PLAY IN PERSON IN TORONTO

FRIDAY OCTOBER 22nd: 9.30 am - 3 pm

ARMOUR HEIGHTS PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, 105 Wilson Ave. Toronto

You must be double-vaccinated to attend.
Email PROOF OF DOUBLE VACCINATION to barbaraseagram@gmail.com
or show forms at the door (but before is best).
MASKS ARE REQUIRED TO BE WORN

Alex Kornel & Doug Cowan will direct the game at 12.15 pm. Thank you, Doug!

• 9.30 am - 11.30 am HANDS-ON LESSON
  IMPROVE YOUR PLAY OF THE HAND by Barbara Seagram
• 11.30 am - 12.15 pm: LIGHT LUNCH
• 12.15 pm - 3.00 pm: DUPLICATE GAME with MASTER POINTS

Come and see all of us before you head south!
Barbara & Alex, Pani Lee, Josee Hammill, Enid Roitman, Ann Katz will all be present to welcome you & have a visit in person! We will sell books and scarves that day also!

$40.00 for the full-day. $7.00 will be retained 10 cover costs (Feel free 10 donate more)
Remaining proceeds will all go to Armour Heights Church. Tax receipt will be issued.

Cheque made out to: ARMOUR HEIGHTS PRESBYERIAN CHURCH
and mailed to: Barbara Seagram, 220 Lawrence Ave East. Toronto ON M4N 1T2

Or email transfer to AKORNEL@SYMPATICO.CA
Specify Oct 22 in your email transfer and email Barbara barbaraseagram@gmail.com to hold your spot.

NEED A PARTNER? LET BARBARA KNOW

FALL CLASSES WITH JOSÉE ON ZOOM

Keep checking Josée's website, https://www.bridgewebs.com/josees for future updates on games for novice players and course packages to be purchases.

Contact Josée preferably by email at mjhammill@rogers.com or by phone at 416-300-9140.

NEW: NOVICE BRIDGE PLAYERS:
If you have 0-20 master points, OR know someone new to the game, note that Josee and Lee are now running games for new players:
Wednesdays 10:00 am and 7:15 pm,EASTERN TIME. For MORE information, click here

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