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The Edinburgh No fears Bridge Club
The site where all the action happens!
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Online No fears pairs
BBO
Director: Derek Sanders
Live No fears pairs
Carlton
Director: Derek Sanders
Online No fears pairs
BBO
Director: Derek Sanders
Live No fears pairs
Carlton
Director: Derek Sanders
How to register for online No Fears BBO events

1) Login to BBO with your partner.

2) Go to competetive

3) Click all tournament

4) In search type stdomingo

5) Enter you partners name and click invite

6) Your partner will receive an invitation and accept

7) When the Tourney starts you will be automatically taken to a table.

8) Good luck and have fun!

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BBO Sunday evening pairs tournament and the live Friday evening pairs at the Carlton!

Hazel runs the Carlton BBO Sunday pairs tournament. Its great fun 24 boards, eight three board matches. Meanwhile Neil does the 'live Friday evening event' at the Carlton. No need to be a member, everybody is welcome for both! Not to mention the superb catering on Friday. So please come along!

Relaxed and friendly Bridge
Please contact  me to play the online BBO No Fears or Live tourney! Everybody welcome!

Edinburgh No Fears Bridge club help line.

Phone 07930144819 or use the form belowsmiley.

The Live 6:45 Thursday No Fears!
The Live 6:45 Thursday No Fears!

The 'live' Thursday No Fears pairs is a relaxed 24 board tourney held in room 1, Carlton Bridge club. Jane Mawdsley provides excellent catering. Please note its a 6:45 start time. If you are running late, just phone and i will reserve a table. Everybody welcome, parking is right outside the card rooms, so super easy access. Let me know if you need a partner its, great fun!! 

Meanwhile if you fancy some online bridge, please login, its on BBO every Tuesday 7.00! See below for more details.

Guidelines and rules for the Edinburgh No Fears Bridge club Tuesday 7:00 BBO tourney.

This relaxed tourney is twenty-four boards of 8 three board matches with an estimated run time of about 2 hours and 30 minutes. Everybody who have attended council classes, private classes and all SBU Bronze players are welcome to join in the fun ($4:00 buy in). Please phone if you have trouble registering (i can fix itsmiley).

1) Please announce your system, for example '12-14 NT, five card spade suit, 3 weak 2's, rev attitude and standard count' is fine.

2) a) If you make a misclick in bidding or play no probs..its easily done and it is 'right and proper' to correct your bid or play. Just request an undo. Note: You are not allowed an undo if you change your mind about an action or lose concentration. When your opponents ask for an undo, you should generally accept. If you are not sure, please call mesmiley and i will give a ruling. It keeps everybody happy. 

b) If you feel an opponent is slow, please be patient. Should the clock start running down, just call me and request extra time.

3) Please alert and explain conventional bids. You explain your own bids, partner cannot see the explanation.  For example, transfers, the Landy convention and Stayman. 

4) Edinburgh No Fears bridge club system limitations: 

 a) The Multi 2D is not permitted.

 b) When you open 1C you must have at least 3 clubs. 

c) Apart from strong 2C and Benji Acol all two-level opening bids must be natural and single suited.

5) Please, as a courtesy to your opponents display your name on personal details. Its nice to know whom you are playing! 

6) The main thing is to have fun and be kind to your opponentssmiley

Note: Sometimes we get a half table so you will need to wait a minute or two. This allows me to substitute in No fears late comers, a player on standby or friends that fancy playing a few boards. Sorry if you start off against a pair of 'Pesky Robots' crying but it gives me flexibility to add players who would normally miss outsmiley

Also, if you get disconnected from BBO and can't get back for a while to keep things going i may ‘sub in a robot’. Anyway, if you are subbed by a robot, don't worry, just hang in there and on your return, you will be reseated to the table for the next dealwink.

This is not an SBU event, and Edinburgh No Fears bridge club rules apply.

Tuesday 24th September BBO results summary!

Six tables. Winners were Daphne and Ann , runners up Jim and Irene with third spot going to Jackie and David.  A very well done themyes.

The Live No fears is on every Thursday 6:45 at the Carlton. Jane provides excellent catering and there is easy access parking right outside the card rooms. So just a ten yard walk from your car to the playing area!

Meanwhile anybody who does the double cool, that is... winning the Tuesday 'BBO' No Fears and then the Thursday 'live' No Fears in the same week or just as good, the Thursday 'live' and then Tuesday BBO consecutively will receive a No Fears winners crocodile 🐊 mug!

BBO master points are awarded to players who finish in top positions. A number appears beside your username, increasing as you accumulate more points.enlightened.

 

A slightly unlucky grand slam!

Board 14 might have come from last weeks Goulash such was the extreme distribution of the deal. 

In the illustrated auction this weeks winners bid to a grand slam after east opened 1and with massive five card support and controls Richard clicked the 7  button. This action is slightly speculative but to be fair will very often will land you in a grand slam that has some play as was the case here.  Beryl needed diamonds 2-2 and when the suit broke 3-1 ended up with twelve. Sure you can take the deep diamond finesses and pick up the suit for no losers but this is not a percentage action, so a little unluckysad

Meanwhile well done to Anne M, Carol and Stephen who all made the more conservative raise to just 6 wink and take a joint top boardyes.

Preserve partners entry!

This hand turned up when i was playing with my mixed pairs partner Fiona, in the online BBO ACBL tourney.

We came across a pair who in the illustrated auction bid to 3NT, despite their good eight card spade fit. This action can work a treat when you make the same number of tricks in both the  major and 3NT. Typically 420 versus 430enlightened. Anyway I lead ♣Q and declarer won in dummy with ♣K and immediately played ♠10.

Meanwhile Fiona, aware that she needed to protect my entries grabbed her A and returned a club. No way home for the U.S. expert Paul Markarian, his goose was cookedwink. I still had A entry to cash club the winners and with K offside he only had eight tricks, so that was +50 to the Scots rather than +420 for the U.S. had he played 4♠ with the 6-2 fit. Nice defence Fionayes.

See how if Fiona plays low on 10 declarer can win K and now switch to hearts, duck my club continuation to land his contract with the required overtrick. i can stop the over trick by a switch to diamondssurprise

Calendar
26th Sep 2024
Live No fears pairs
Carlton 6:45
Director: Derek Sanders
1st Oct 2024
Online No fears pairs
BBO 7:00
Director: Derek Sanders
3rd Oct 2024
Live No fears pairs
Carlton 6:45
Director: Derek Sanders
8th Oct 2024
Online No fears pairs
BBO 7:00
Director: Derek Sanders