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About the Author

Richard Pavlicek began to play bridge in 1964 at the age of 18 while stationed in Stuttgart, West Germany, with the U.S. Army. Upon returning to Florida in 1966 he started to play in bridge tournaments in his spare time. Since then he has won over 400 events and accumulated more than 15,000 masterpoints. He is a Grand Life Master, the highest attainable rank in the American Contract Bridge League.

Mr. Pavlicek has won 10 North American championships, including a record-setting three straight wins in the Reisinger Cup, 1982-84. In 1990 his team mounted an exciting come-from-behind finish to win it again. He won the prestigious Vanderbilt Cup in 1983, 1986 and most recently in 1995 playing with a team that was arranged the day before the event! He won the Grand National Team Championship in 1973 (its inaugural year) and again in 1997 — an interesting sidelight is that in 1973 one of Richard’s teammates was Billy Seamon, and in 1997 he played with Billy’s son Michael. His other national win was the Open Swiss Teams in 1990.

Richard Pavlicek is the author of a variety of bridge textbooks and lesson material. He is noted for his practical, well-organized material, which is derived from years of tournament experience. He is co-author of Modern Bridge Conventions, published in 1981 and still a popular best-seller in the bridge marketplace.

Richard and his wife Mabel (since 1969) are not only a partnership in life but also in bridge teaching. Together, as the Pavlicek School of Bridge, they have taught thousands of students in South Florida. Many of their alumni have gone on to become winning tournament players, and some have even won national titles. Richard and Mabel still teach regularly in the season and enjoy every minute of it.

Mr. Pavlicek is well-known as a bridge columnist and composer of bridge puzzles, double-dummy problems and other novelties, which have appeared in a variety of publications. He is highly respected as a hand analyst, and since 1987 has written the analysis booklet for the continent-wide “Instant Matchpoint” games of the American Contract Bridge League.

In recent years, Richard’s favorite hobby has been the Internet. His highly acclaimed web site (www.rpbridge.net) is a cornucopia for bridge players, with vast amounts of instructive and entertaining material. Since 2000, he has conducted monthly bidding polls and play contests with thousands of regular participants from over 80 countries. Most who participate for the first time only regret that they didn’t find out about it sooner.

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