BBO Online Guide
While our club is closed several of us are playing on Bridge Base Online and here are some short videos showing you how to do so.
Firstly, if this is all new to you then take the time to look at this overview.
Do Control and Click to look at each of the coloured links. When you have finished close the tab/window to return to this page.
New to BBO
The Essentials:
First get your own username, see how here:
Getting a BBO Username.
Then become familiar with the site, see here:
Familiarise yourself with BBO.
Set up your screen and information how you want it
Account settings
Find out how to make friends and chat to people
Make friends and chat
Now you can really start to use BBO
Start playing Bridge with others
Join or create a table
If you want to play only with your friends then
Create a table for your friends
You will need to know how to bid and alert
Bidding and Alerting on BBO
Compare your results with how others did with the same cards:
Next steps to tournament Bridge
Buying BB$ so you can hire robots and enter EBU tournaments:
How To Buy BB$
How to enter one of the four daily EBU tournaments: Entering an EBU Tourney on BBO.
How to enter a tournament on BBO:
Pairs tournament registration
You can only register for each duplicate session in the two hours leading up to it. By the time you register you will need to have organised a partner, who also needs to be online at the time of registering. Details are shown below on how to register for a tournament.
You must be logged on to BBO at the time the tournament starts (and not playing at any other table and not in the Casual area of the site), at which point you will automatically be taken to your first table of the duplicate and play will commence.
Enter part of the tournament name Helston Duplicate. Click on the title, enter your partner’s Username and click “Invite” (Note that if your partner has already registered and invited you, you will get an “Accept Invitation” request instead. Accept it!!) • Do this as soon as you can – soon after 4.30 for a 6.30pm game. You can then logoff and return at 6:15and wait.
If on your own then follow this
Individual tournament registration
Other things to do
You may be interested in playing Acol with other Acol players.The Acol Players Club may be for you
How to watch or play in Acol Players Club
Test yourself with challenges on BBO:
Take a challenge on BBO
Develop your card play with BridgeMaster:
How to Find BridgeMaster - a declarer play tutor
Finally, here is a link to the BBO Help system which should answer all your questions
BBO Help
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