Greenville SC Bridge Clubs
Release 2.19r
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In addition to ACBL sanctioned games, greenville area (simpsonville) has a free game at the simpsonville senior center on tuesday and wednesday. The games are free and start at 12:00. There are usually between 4 and 6 tables playing a Howell movement. Currently the level of competition is C level, so is a great time to meet new people and practice your game. For further information contact Lois Mitchem at:ctyankee710@gmail.com

Please note: Lois doesn't locate partners for the games, so to play you need to find a partner. There is a sub list that can be used and you can be added to this list if you so desire

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HELPFUL INFO FROM BBO and ACBL

 

****** Info for Players on BBO *****

  • Players are advised not to buy BBO Bucks on an APP… there is a 30% premium charged.  Tablet users CAN use the browser to buy BB$ and play in the app.
  • Players are discouraged from using Flash V2… Flash is going away and they may not see “ACBL Virtual Clubs” in the list, therefore, you will not find your games.  You may not be using it on purpose, it may be an old bookmark.  If you are having mysterious problems, you might check into that.
  • Android users may need to update if they can not see ACBL Virtual clubs line.
  • Players to be online and ready to go 10 minutes before start time; sometime start a couple of minutes late.
  • Players need to check their screen occasionally, BBO might boot them for inactivity after a while. Scenario: register to tourney, go off to do stuff, come back, you are logged off for inactivity, the game starts, player doesn’t get in.
  • Players who in the 'Casual' area of BBO are NOT availabe to play in tournaments. To avoid missing a tournament, log out, then log back into BBO, and stay in the BBO Online Home Page.
  • If the ACBL number is not present or wrong you will not receive masterpoints and will be put into the A strat.
  • If a player enters their ACBL number within 24 hours of the tournament, Live4Clubs will not present the player name. 
  • If a player is playing an Instant Tournament and wants to quit, in order to be able to join the VACB game: Click blue box with 3 lines -> Withdraw
  • Players need to be aware that unethical behaviors are easily picked up by the BBO algorithms (talking on the phone while playing, playing in the same room, playing as 2 different people in a partnership, and so forth).   BBO is able to detect automatically such things as unusal bidding, unusual results, etc.  Be smart!  The gain of a few extra masterpoints is not worth being banned from the game!

 

 

Player Training Resources

 

How to Log in to Bridge Base Online and Play ACBL’s “Support Your Club” Games
How to use Bridge Base Online (BBO) YouTube Video

Last updated : 2nd Oct 2023 07:59 CDT