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Hand #3
MP | Both Vul |
You hold:
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AK87542
AK98
K3
It's gone:
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Pass | 4![]() | Pass | ? |
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BBAD Thursday night game time changed to 7:05pm. Mondays 12:45pm Ocon 6:35pm 4 Aces Tuesdays 9:45am WAUK 12:30pm 299er 4 Aces 6:35pm Ocon Wednesdays 9:45am BBAD 2:10pm 4 Aces 6:35pm Ocon Mentor 1st Wed. & 4 Aces 4th Wed. 499er 4 Aces 2nd/5th or Ocon 3rd Thursdays 10:05am 299er Ocon 2:10pm 4 Aces 7:05pm BBAD [1st, 3rd THURSDAY] Fridays 9:45am WAUK 1st/3rd Fridays or 9:45am BBAD[2nd/4th/5th Fri] 12:30pm 299er Ocon 2:10pm 4 Aces 6:35pm Ocon Saturdays 12:30pm 299er 4 Aces Click here for 4 Aces Bridge Club Results Click here for BBAD/Brookfield Club Results Click here for Ocon Bridge Club Results Click here for WAUK Bridge Club Results 4 Aces, BBAD, Brookfield, Oconomowoc, Racine, and Waukesha club players are all invited to come join us. 1.5x the normal club game black masterpoints until further notice. Play with friends and support your local clubs.
Due to Covid-19 ACBL is cancelling all in-person tournaments through 7/31/21. ACBL hopes to start up with in-person Sectional tournaments in August and in-person Regionals in October. John 2/24
On BBO, the self-alert procedure is even more important (and easier) than posting a convention card:
(Source: August 2020 ACBL Bridge Bulletin)
- rico 8/7/2020
Now that you've mastered chatting on BBO, here are some common abbreviations you may find helpful: p - partner typ - thank you partner glp - good luck partner wdp - well done partner wpp - well played partner gtp - good try partner gj - good job glo - good luck opponents wdo - well done opponents lol - laughing out loud brb - be right back or bath room break afk - away from keyboard pos - parent over shoulder np - no problem :) -(colon-close parenthesis) smiley face emoji ;) -
(semicolon-close parenthesis) wink emoji :( -
(colon-open parenthesis) frown emoji !c -
(exclamation point-c) clubs symbol !d -
(exclamation point-d) diamonds symbol !h -
(exclamation point-h) hearts symbol !s -
(exclamation point-s) spades symbol ALL CAPS - shouting (considered rude) - rico 6/13
BBO now has two main servers. Thus two sections on the same website: When you are playing in the Casual area, you will not see players connected to the main BBO server, and vice versa. This means someone playing an ACBL tournament for example will not see in the list of online players his friend who is playing in the Main Bridge Club. When you are playing in the Casual area you will NOT be automatically taken to your tournament, if you are registered for an upcoming game. So if you register for a Virtual Club Game and want to play a few hands in Main Club until it starts, you might miss your game. Remember to switch back to the Competitive area with a few minutes before your tournament is scheduled to start. The link below is from the Dallas Bridge Club. Click on the link and then scroll down until you see the BBO tutorial section. Click here for BBO tutorials You should have a convention card filled out online in BBO for each partner you play with. 1) Once logged in click on account 2) click convention cards (at top) 3) click new ACBL convention card 4) Partner - is your partner's BBO login name 5) when done click save changes 6) click back to get out of convention card mode To add your ACBL # to your login: 1) Click on ACBL World 2) Click update your ACBL number at the bottom 3) Add your ACBL number and click update Your ACBL number must be listed to get master points on BBO. All MP Limited games players must be ACBL members with there ACBL numbers attached to there BBO accounts. ACBL has advised no exceptions. Must be attached at least 24 hours prior to game time. New ACBL members may take up to 4 days to process. If you don't want to buy BB$ online you may mail them a check along with your BBO login name to: Bridge Base On Line LLC 9030 West Sahara Avenue #710 Las Vegas, NV 89117 If you feel you mis-click often in bidding or playing a card, there is an option to confirm your bid or card played to avoid this: 1) Click the account tab 2) Click settings 3) Toggle the bar to confirm bids 4) Toggle the bar to confirm cards This will mean you will tap each twice before the bid or card is played. Looking out for cheaters... The ACBL (and many of you), are concerned about the ability for a pair to cheat using the online engine. They are improving their program that runs in the background to pick up unusual bids and play of the hand. If someone is flagged, then they will be expelled from ACBL and all their points taken away. Apparently, the onus will be on the players to prove that they didn't cheat and not for ACBL to prove they did. What happens with late finishers in ACBL BBO Games? You are automatically taken to the next hand - try and forget about the previous one. The computer program, looks at the tricks already played and if towards the end of the hand or the outcome is obvious it automatically adjusts the score. All players will be notified of the adjustment. If it can't do that, then the director is notified. We look at it decide if we can determine a normal and clear bridge result. If we can we will adjust the score. We do our best. If too early and not clear Average is awarded Ave==. Of course, when you see the score you can ask for it to be checked, but carry on playing as we can adjust for 15 minutes after the game as well. Do not make for another late play whether the 1st one was your fault or not. If somehow you lose the internet connection when playing in a game, don't panic. 1. Try to login in and if you can't get in, just keep trying, you'll get in eventually. 2. Someone at the table should call the director and let them know. The director will try and get a substitute until the person comes back online. 3. When you come back online, you will automatically be reinserted into the game at the next hand. 4. Partner of the person who gets disconnected, please don't leave. Your partner will be back.
To play in a Tourney Go to Competitive from the Home Screen and Pick the type of Tourney you want play in: 1st Tab will be if you have a partner type in their BBO Username and invite them 2nd Tab will be details about the tourney 3rd Tab will be those already registered 4th Tab will be partnership desk if you see names listed you can invite them or add your name to the list If a pay tourney you will have two options I will pay only for myself or Partner must pay for me If you would like to substitute in tourneys: Go to competitive and click on the running tourneys tab and you will see a substitute button at the bottom If you only want to be a sub for one particular tourney say an ACBL speedball game you click on that tourney Numbers next to your name? You gain BBO points by placing in ACBL masterpoint or pay BBO tourneys Thanks for playing in the Support Your Club pair games. They also have a SYC Blackpoint Daylong cost $6. 18 board individual robot games. You can take a break and come back later. No director bothering you. Click here for BBO Tutorials Click here for Support Your Club FAQs Mark Nehs, oconbridgeclub@gmail.com
Paul Karas, Jill Polacheck, Henry Sokol and I play social bridge on line. We have a blast! It's a private social game, we make comments to each other all the time. Here's how to set it up on BBO: 1) At home page click casual 2) Click "main bridge club" under find your own game 3) Click start a table found bottom left 4) Type in description - "John's Private Game" for example 5) Move option buttons to reflect what you want - the only option we said yes to was "required permission to play" 6) Fill in directions seats with the 4 player's that will be playing with their BBO names; i.e. mine is 4acesmke 7) There is no time to fill in, you set that up with the 3 other people ahead of time off line. We decided our game-time to be 2PM 8) As host don't leave the BBO site 9) The other 3 people need to be off the site until the game is set up by the host, once the game is set up by the host, they login in and will see the invitation 10) The hands you play are actual Common Game hands played by others at that time slot and you can compare afterwards to see how you did versus others 11) You can play as long as you like and it's free. We played 24 hands in 2 hours. Just another option of playing bridge on-line. Any questions let me know. John 4acesmke@gmail.com
It is the Unit's policy to send The ACBL a donation when a Unit member has passed away. Maxine Cohn is the person who advises The ACBL on behalf of The Unit. Therefore, please advise Maxine, preferably via email, when you know a Unit member has passed away. Maxine's contact information is: maxinecohn@gmail.com Cell: 414-581-9493 Thank you. John Pereles Unit President 6/1
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