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Player Training Resources

• From BBO
  • New to Bridge Base Online?
  • What you need to know to play on BBO
• Print Ready Guide
  • The Basics for New BBO Users( PDF Guide) - Susan Powell
• Sagamore Bridge Club videos (click for URLs you can copy)
  • How to Join BBO 
  • How to add BB$
  • How to find YOUR club's games
  • Need a Partner? Learn how to use Partnership Desk
  • How to Bid & Play on BBO
  • How to Alert bids on BBO
  • How to make a BBO Convention Card
  • COMPREHENSIVE Tutorial (38min) for new players
• Bridge Academy of Dallas Help Videos
  • How to Join Bridgebase
  • How to Add BB$
  • How to Add your ACBL number
  • How to Save Convention Cards

WARNINGS for Online Players
 

• DO 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, they will not find Virtual Club games.  They may not be using it on purpose, they may have an old bookmark.  If they are having mysterious problems, check into that.
   
• Android users may need to update if they can not see ACBL Virtual clubs line.
   
• Players are advised to be online and ready to go 10 minutes before start time. 
   
• Players are advised 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, and the player doesn’t get in. 
   
• If the ACBL number is not present or wrong players will not receive masterpoint, which is fixable after the fact, and they will be in the A strat which is not fixable.
   
•  New friends are not known to a tournament immediately. If you are planning to play in a game for the first time, please contact the director to make sure the BBO user name known to the Virtual Club.  There may still be a minute delays before it takes effect.  If a player enters his ACBL number within 24 hours of the tournament, Live4Clubs will not present the player's name.  Make sure the player logs off and back on so that his masterpoints will be updated and the stratification will be accurate.
   
• 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
   
• Unethical behaviors are easily picked up by the algorithms (talking on the phone while playing, playing in the same room, playing as 2 different people in a partnership).  BBO is able to detect automatically such things as unusual bidding, unusual results, etc.