

kurt schultz - Story from a Life Master
Thank you Rebecca for reaching out and congratulating me. My "abridged" duplicate bridge story goes like this, I came back to Duplicate Bridge after many years away where "life" gets in the way. So I started all over in 2010 and never imagined getting to the "new" 500 MP requirement(s) of Life Master. So I decided what was most important and focused on enjoying the comradery of those who enjoy the game first and competition second. Along this journey I've met a lot of won


Lily Chan - Story from a Diamond Life Master
What a joyous moment to finally make the rank of Diamond Life Master! I started learning bridge about 50 years ago when my husband was a graduate student in Los Angeles. Even though I had no experience at the game, I was asked to play whenever they needed someone to fill in. Eventually, I realized that it was a good idea to develop a common interest with my husband, so I started learning the game in earnest. Our first attempt at duplicate bridge happened in 1978, at the Bridg


Louis Huber - Story from a Junior Master
My father and mother taught my brothers and me to play bridge in the 1960’s. Goren system. I played rubber bridge in college ( I particularly remember playing all night when my stoned fraternity brothers next door played Layla over and over and over). I learned about weak 2s then. At my first job, in the late ‘70’s, we had a foursome that played at lunch and we dove in to Precision. That ended when I changed jobs. My wife and I played social bridge with friends and a neigh

