We now have face-to-face games in addition to our online games.   Meet us at Four Points by Sheraton-Bistro Ballroom located at 5101 California Avenue at Mohawk  Click Here for Directions.  It is a large, well maintained facility with ample parking and accessibility for those with mobility problems.  We have face-to-face games on Tuesdays and Wednesdays soon to be with early lessons then a game  Our online open games continue on Mondays and Saturdays.  Rebel continues her online 499ers games. 

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Judy Moseley has kindly offered to provide a live partnership desk for our games.  If you need a partner for any of our games, email Judy at judyojudy@aol.com, or call her at (760) 376-3138.  Judy will respond directly to whomever writes to her with names and email addresses of all others looking for a partner for that day.  Contacting and agreeing to the partnership will be directly  between the two players.  Once they have agreed to play, Judy will need another email from them so she can remove their names from the list for that day/game.  Thank you Judy.  You are kind to offer your time to do this.

The ACBL awards a 25% Black Point bonus in all of our Virtual Club games.  Choose a partner from our growing list of 112 registered BBO players.   Open games are Monday, and Saturday at 1:10pm.  A 499er game is on Friday at 11:15  am.  (Registration opens 2 hours before gametime).   The fee is $5,  80% of which goes to our club.   In each open game, a total of 21 boards are allotted 7 minutes each,  and a round will be 21 minutes.  You can access our BBO player list at  http://bit.ly/BBOWho.  If you are not on the list, then email win.lievsay@gmail.com with your BBO handle and full name.

Here is how to play.

First enroll in Bridge Base Online (BBO) and have at least 5 BB$ in your account. Also, if this is your first time playing in the Virtual Club, you must first send your BBO user name  (handle) to Win at win.lievsay@gmail.com so that he can enter your user name into the BBO Virtual database for our club.

You cannot register until 2 hours before the scheduled game. We recommend that you register as soon as possible, but no later than a half hour before the game’s start time. This will give the Director time to rectify any potential login or registration problems.  This is the internet after all.  It is heavily loaded in these 'Stay at Home' times.

1. Log in to BBO. No earlier than 11:10am nor later than 1:00 p.m.
2. Select 'Virtual Clubs' under featured areas.
3. Scroll down to 'All Clubs' – both partners on the team do this.
4. Search for our game using the search box in the top right corner.  Type in "Bak" and you will see our virtual game listed in the main window.
5. Click on the title of the game.   A little Partner selection box will appear where you invite your partner to play in the game. Enter your partner’s BBO user name.  If your partners is online he will accept your invitation.  You're all set.  If your partner isn't online call  or text them go login.  When your invite is accepted you will see a note that you have successfully entered the tournament.  Click on "Entries" at the top of this screen and scroll down to see if you are there.  
6. If you do not have a partner, click on the Partnership Desk and then in the bottom left corner click on the Add your Name “I will only pay for myself”  -- scan the list for someone you would like to invite to partner with – wait a minute or two and they will accept or not.  Keep trying and/or keep waiting there – someone will hopefully come along.
7. No later than five minutes before the game, log back into BBO. Go to Virtual Clubs.  Then Scroll down to the bottom 'All Clubs'.  After you click that, let the list load and then go to the top right corner and enter 'bak' in the search line.   Click on that game,  and then at game time the cards will pop up. Note: you may need to “refresh your browser” by hitting the back button once and then get back into the 'bak' page. For instance, if you have not touched your computer since completing steps 4 and 5, you will likely need to go back one screen and go back to the 'All Clubs'  page.  And reselect 'bak'.
8. Notes:

•     The system uses self-alerting. If your bid is alertable, you should alert the opponents. Your partner will not see the alert.  Here is a video on how it works https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i5d7dBV1pmk
• In the left hand corner, there are three white lines. If you want to call the Director, click on the white lines and you will see an option to call the director.
• You will see a clock in the left hand corner which gives you a gauge on how much time you have left

 Lastly, and most importantly, have FUN!!!!!!

Click on this for a Tutorial on using BBO

The results for game  will pop up on the screen for you a few minutes after the last board is completed.  You  can also find  your results by clicking on the history tab.  And your results will be online on Live4Clubs (through Live.Acbl.Org)  In addition, here is a link to your specific Virtual Club Results: http://webutil.bridgebase.com/v2/tarchive.php?m=h&h=vacb251314&d=vacb251314