Hooray!!!!

Based on The CDC's guidelines and recommendations I am re-opening the club Tuesday June 1st!!

Covid19 Vaccination is required to play in person at the club.

My bridge club schedule will be as follows effective June 1st:

In Person Bridge
Monday     Noon  Open Game    Guaranteed partner - me
Tuesday    Noon  Open & 299'er Game      No guaranteed partner
Wednesday  Noon  Open Game    Guaranteed partner - me
Thursday   Noon  Open Game    Guaranteed partner - me
Friday     Noon  Open Game    Guaranteed partner - me

Here's what to expect:

1)  The Covid vaccination shot will be required.  You must show me 
your vaccination card or picture of same to play each time you play.  
2)  Since everyone will have been vaccinated that is playing, masks will be optional.
3)  I will supply coffee, decaf, hot water and cold water.
4)  I will not be serving any snacks, no food.
5)  No food will be allowed at the table during play
6   I will have hand sanitizer.

Online Bridge
Monday     6:35pm       Open Game
Wednesday  6:35pm       499'er/Mentor Game
      499'er Game - 2nd and 5th Wednesday night of the month
      Mentor Game - 4th Wednesday night of the month
Saturday   12:30pm      299'er Game

If you have any questions let me know.

I look forward to seeing you and getting back to face to face bridge.

John
414-559-3463
jrpereles@gmail.com

Great news! 

We will now be able to play every Friday throughout the summer at the church.
We are happy to afford our players a weekly bridge game until Waukesha Parks
and Recreation reopens for bridge in Waukesha. Game time is 10am.
You must show proof of vaccination.  Masks will not be required.
Coffee will be available but no food yet. 

Looking forward to seeing old and new friends gather over the bridge tables!
Contact Jan Stimpert for partnerships 262 422-9747

Lynette 
262 370-9578
lkoski81@gmail.com

5/17

The Racine Duplicate Bridge Club is open for in person play on Mondays and Fridays with a 12:15 PM start time.
Reservations are no longer required, but advanced notification would be appreciated. 
The club requires all attendees to be fully vaccinated and provide proof of vaccination.  The wearing of a mask is no longer
required, but attendees should know that these rules only apply to a room rented by the bridge club during our game time.
The room is part of a larger facility that has no restrictions on attendance, mask wearing, or vaccination. 
Please do not attend if you are not feeling well or are exhibiting any covid, flu or cold-like symptoms.
The facility is undergoing outside renovations and is closed to the public until 3:00 PM on Mondays.
The building is open to the club via the south doors, where we normally enter, just East of the new concrete patio.

Contact Henry Kensler, Club Manager (262) 652-6173 with questions.
5/15/21

We are very sorry to announce that our good friend, [Avis] Sue Miller passed this Thursday of cancer. Such a nice lady. Always quiet and cheerful. 

We will miss her dearly. 

Her services will be held this Saturday at 1:00PM 
at Saint John's Lutheran Church
20275 Davidson Rd.
Brookfield, WI 53045 


[Scot & Pat Rutherford]

Mondays                              12:45pm Ocon                         6:35pm 4 Aces              

Tuesdays                       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         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 September and in-person Regionals in October.

John
4/2

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

Click here for How to Get Started on BBO

Click here for How to Load a Convention Card on BBO

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