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03/07/2026

Jerry Helms Seminar - Where else can you get 5 1/2 hours of bridge instruction plus another hour plus of conversation and Ask Jerry type questions for just $200? And that includes 2 meals and a workbook to take home. What a deal! https://mokanbridge.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/FLYER-.pdf

May 9!

03/07/2026

flyer for the Jerry Helms Workshop Weekend. Fun begins May 8, Seminar is May 9.

02/21/2026

I just finished playing duplicate bridge in Alabama and Mississippi this week, now I just need to get to 16 more states to finish playing bridge in all 50 plus D.C. My pick up partners and I came in first in both of the games in AL and MS. Must be a fluke!

02/18/2026

Save the Date! June 10, 2026. 16th annual fundraiser for my scholarship funds at Truman Heartland Community Foundation. Come an deat or just pick up via drive through, from 5 to 8 p.m. and those funds get 10% of sales! Read more about here https://wannaplaybridge.com/.../02/18/fundraiser-at-culvers/ or with the flyer here.https://WannaPlayBridge.com/.../2026/02/fundraiser-2026.pdf

02/07/2026

Want more fun with Jerry Helms?
Jerry has agreed to be raffled off in two different ways! You can buy raffle tickets to win him as your partner in the noon game May 8 at the KC Bridge Studio. ($10 or 6 for $50) If you'd rather just have time to sit and talk to him, you can buy a raffle ticket to have dinner with him at Jack Stack BBQ beginning tat 4 p.m. after the Friday game. ($5 or 6 for $25) Or buy both! There will be two winners for the dinner and each winner will be able to bring someone else of their choice. Each dinner winner will get the cost of their raffle ticket back to start them off on paying for their own dinners. All raffle winners will be notified by 9 p.m. on May 7. Check out all things Jerry on the website and buy tickets there. https://mokanbridge.org/more-fun-with-jerry-helms/
or just go straight to the raffle ticket purchase with this QR code

02/07/2026

Jerry Helms, Grand Life Master and ACBL Columnist, is coming to Kansas City for a bridge workshop on Saturday May 9. Flyer with all the details coming soon! However tickets are on sale now! You can read the details there before you hit the pay button. You may also win a chance to play with him as your partner on May 8 or go to dinner with him on May 8. More details in the flyer! https://mokanbridge.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/FLYER-.pdf
He is doing this as fundraiser for Mo-Kan to help us get into space in Lee's Summit by early 2027!

01/25/2026

We had a mini-ABTA reunion tonight at dinner, from left to right- Sandy Stevens (TX), Sharon Carter (FL), Sarah Sentman (WV), and Kathy Rolfe (MO). All except Sharon are playing bridge in the Jacksonville Sectional Tournament this weekend, but Sharon was nice enough to join us for dinner at Tacolu. Lynne Wenski from Kansas City is partnering with Kathy in the tournament and was nice enough to snap the picture.

12/17/2025

Mo-Kan Bridge Academy is kicking off a major fund raising campaign-We will be in a new space in Lee's Summit by early 2027. We have a donor willing to match at least $20,000 in donations made between now and the end of 2026. Help us out, this link tells you how! Mo-Kan Bridge Academy is kicking off a major fund raising campaign-We will be in a new space in Lee's Summit by early 2027. We have a donor willing to match at least $20,000 in donations made between now and the end of 2026. Help us out, this link tells you how! https://mokanbridge.org/donations-and-volunteers-needed/. Stay tuned for some fund raising events coming this year.

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10/07/2025

Had a great time at the Seaside, OR Regional Bridge Tournament in early October. A lot of people from Kansas City were there, making dinner fun even if the bridge didn’t go quite as well as I might have liked. Another state added to my list of states in which I’ve played bridge. 18 more to go!

09/06/2025

CURRENTLY SCHEDULED CLASSES! Might be some more in December.

Competitive Bidding: Next class will be Wednesdays 6 to 8 p.m. Aug. 13, 20 & Sept. 10 & 17. Call, email, or click to sign up!

Responding to an Opening 1NT: From Partscore to Slam! Next class: Wednesdays, 6 to 8 p.m. Sept. 24, Oct. 1, 8, 15. Call, email or click to sign up now!

Slam Class – just classes 1 & 2-see below. Wed. 6 to 8 p.m. Oct. 22 & Nov. 5. Call, email, or click to sign up!

Doubles Class is a four session series, but the next time I am offering it we will just do Class 1 & 2. Wednesdays, 6 to 8 p.m. Nov. 12 & 19. Call, email , or click to sign up!

Classes are $22 per each two hour class. Attend what you can-you don't have to take them all, I know that life happens!

ONLINE CLASSES If you sign up for a class or supervised play and then must cancel, you will be charged 1/2 the cost of the class if cancellation is not done at least 24 hours ahead of the scheduled class time! This allows me to try to fill your spot or to decide to cancel the class, freeing up my sc...

08/08/2025

Just got back from the NABC in Philadelphia and a 3 day swing through 3 states to add to my states i've played bridge in! I got to play against one of my online students while playing in New Jersey.