Partner matching.
Before we arrive, you tell me your conventions and your comfort level, and I pair you with a partner from the group.
Bridge Unleashed · Group TripPlay the Monterey Regional
Play the Monterey Regional
with Tracey
Monday January 4 to Thursday January 7, 2027, at the Hyatt Regency Monterey.
Four days of tournament bridge with a partner matched to you, a team to play with, lessons from me, and a working lunch Tuesday through Thursday where we go over the boards.
$250 for the group experience. Hotel, flights, meals out and entry fees are yours to book and pay.
The first 8 to sign up play a session with me.
Tracey at the table with a partner
The first session starts Monday, January 4, 2027, at 1:30 PM Pacific.
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The idea
Why go as a group
A regional on your own means a stranger from the partnership desk, lunch by yourself, and a hand you misplayed and never got to ask about.
Come with the group and you arrive with a partner who plays your conventions, a team for the team games, and a coach at lunch who saw the same boards you did. I've been going to regionals for years and I know the difference it makes to walk in with your people.
Tracey Bauer, Two-time WBF Women's Spring Festival Champion (2020 and 2022)
What you get
What your $250 covers
Team placement.
The bracketed team games put you against your peers. I build our teams so you play alongside people at your level.
Lessons from me.
Short lessons through the week, built around what is coming up on the schedule and what came up at the table.
Going over the boards.
A prepaid working lunch Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, in the break between the 10 and 3 sessions. Bring your hand records and we walk through the ones that got away.
Group dinners.
I arrange the evenings out. You order what you like and pay for your own meal. Thursday night is Mission Ranch in Carmel, Clint Eastwood's place, with a piano bar. I'm ordering the prime rib.
Your seat at the table
The first 8 to sign up play a session with me.
This is for the first 8 paid registrations only, in order of payment, and it closes when the 8th seat is taken.
Monday 1:30
- ♠Monday 1:30
- ♥Monday 7:00
- ♦Tuesday 10:00
- ♣Tuesday 3:00
- ♠Wednesday 10:00
- ♥Wednesday 3:00
- ♦Thursday 10:00
- ♣Thursday 3:00
Each session, Monday through Thursday, I partner a different one of the first 8, rotating through all of you once, in pairs or on a team depending on the event.
You book these
What you book and pay yourself
Included
Partner matching
Team placement
Lessons
Working lunches
Yours
Hotel.
Hyatt Regency Monterey Hotel and Spa, One Old Golf Course Road. Bridge rate $165 plus tax a night, group code G-BRI7, book before December 3, 2026 by phone at (800) 233-1234 or through the booking link on the ACBL flyer. From December 3 the bridge rate is gone, so book wherever suits you. The rate includes Wi-Fi, self parking and the shuttle to and from Monterey airport.
Travel.
Fly into Monterey (MRY), or into San Jose or San Francisco and drive down.
Entry fees.
Paid to the ACBL at the tournament, $17 a session for ACBL members ($10 if you are 25 or under). The tournament is cashless.
Breakfast and dinner.
Your own tab, including the group dinners.
The four days
The four days at a glance
From the ACBL flyer. Times and events can change, so check the flyer before you book flights. Every session Monday through Thursday you have an assignment, either a pair or a team, and which one depends on how large the group turns out to be.
Sunday, January 3 Arriving early? We go to dinner together Sunday night. You order what you like and pay for your own meal.
Monday, January 4 A morning lesson with me before play starts, then sessions at 1:30 and 7.
Newcomer 99er pairs, charity open pairs, charity Gold Rush pairs (200/400/750), charity bracketed teams, side pairs.
Tuesday, January 5 Sessions at 10 and 3.
Gold Rush pairs, Mid-flight pairs (1500/3000), Top-flight pairs, bracketed teams. Speakers at 2:15. Working lunch in the break.
Wednesday, January 6 Sessions at 10 and 3.
Same pairs events, bracketed teams, and the start of the Soloway KO. Working lunch in the break.
Thursday, January 7 Sessions at 10 and 3.
Same pairs events and bracketed teams. Working lunch in the break, then dinner at Mission Ranch.
Friday is a day off.
Stay for the weekend if you like: Saturday and Sunday are optional. If you'd like to play one of those days with me, tick the box on the partnership questionnaire and I'll reach out to you.
Saturday, January 9Optional
Sunday, January 10Optional
Which events the group enters depends on who comes. Once I know the masterpoint spread I set the schedule and send it to everyone.
The place
The Hyatt, Monterey
Thursday night
Mission Ranch, Carmel
I arrange the evenings out. You order what you like and pay for your own meal.
I'm ordering the prime rib.
Hyatt Regency MontereyMission Ranch, Carmel
After you pay
How it works after you pay
You get a confirmation email with the hotel code and a link to the ACBL flyer.
Right after you pay, you fill in a short partnership questionnaire: your conventions, your masterpoints, the days you are playing, whether you want to play Saturday or Sunday with me, and anything the lunches need to know about (allergies, vegetarian).
Registration closes January 1, 2027. Partner and team assignments go out by January 2.
By January 2, along with your assignments, you get the dinner reservations and the lesson schedule.
Before you join
A few practical things
I have never played a regional. Is this for me?
Yes. Gold Rush pairs are for players under 750 masterpoints and the Monday 99er game is for newer players. You will have a partner and a coach, which is more than most first-timers get.
Do I need a partner before I sign up?
No. Matching you with one is the first thing the $250 does. Every session Monday through Thursday you will have a pair or a team assignment.
Can I come for part of the week?
The group experience runs Monday to Thursday. Come for the days you can; the $250 is the same either way because the matching, the lessons and the lunches are planned for the group as a whole. Saturday and Sunday are optional: tick the box on the partnership questionnaire and I'll reach out to you.
What if I have to cancel?
Cancel by January 1, 2027 and $200 of your $250 comes back to you. After January 1 there is no refund, because the lunches and dinner tables are booked on the count. If travel trouble keeps you home after that date, your $250 becomes credit toward Bridge Unleashed online workshops, courses or VIP.
Do I have to stay at the Hyatt?
No. The games are at the Hyatt and the bridge rate includes parking, so most of the group will be there, but book wherever suits you.
Is the $250 my entry fee?
No. Entry fees go to the ACBL at the table, $17 a session for ACBL members. The $250 covers the partner matching, the team placement, the lessons, the Tuesday to Thursday working lunches and the dinner arrangements.
How many people are coming?
There is no cap. The group is whoever signs up by January 1, and I size the lunches, the dinners and the assignments to that number.
Save your seat for Monterey.
Partner, team, lessons, lunches, and a week of bridge with people who get it.
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