Aurora November 15, 2020 Uncategorized

Weekly Highlights: November 15 – 21

Daily, Every Hour
- Hot Dog Speedball -Pairs
- Cotton Candy – Pairs
- Candy Apple – Pairs
- Churros Open – Pairs

Sunday, November 15
- World Kindness Day Tournament
- 2-Day Free Weekend Event (Day 2 of 2)
- Free Super Sunday Daylong
- 2020 WBF Women’s Online Autumn Festival – last day
Monday, November 16
- Fall 2020 NABC Robot Individual: Early Bird discount till Monday, Nov 16
Friday, November 20
- On vugraph from Wellington, New Zealand: NZ Interprovincial Championship
Saturday, November 21
- Free Weekend Survivor (Day 1 of 2)

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Barbara A. Pianin says:

November 15, 2020 at 7:25 pm

hello, can we earn gold points next weekend?

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- dan says:
  
  November 16, 2020 at 8:40 pm
  
  Yes, the NABC Robot Individual (Nov. 21-23) awards Gold and/or Red points. The event is stratified (open/2000/500), and players are split in sections for increasing opportunities for rewards.
  
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Carol 7147 says:

November 16, 2020 at 3:49 am

I saw a comment that there are boards to play for those under 5 (I think) BBO points. How can I play?

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- Anonymous says:
  
  November 16, 2020 at 5:46 pm
  
  Look for Cotton Candy
  
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Anonymous says:

November 17, 2020 at 1:18 am

would like more tutorials for intermediate players. specially play of the hand and defense.

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Jane says:

November 17, 2020 at 1:37 am

We are having trouble getting all 4 players to sit in our game. Trying to set up a game on the casual site. We have been doing this for years and have had no problems. In the last month the system will not recognize all 4 of us, usually 3 get on in the reserve seats but the system will not accept the fourth player.
Can you suggest something?

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- Diana says:
  
  November 17, 2020 at 6:51 am
  
  Make sure all 4 of you are using the latest version of BBO.
  
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azzuriclub says:

November 17, 2020 at 10:21 am

Can the EBU20b convention card be uploaded onto the BBO, it is appreciated that the BBO is predominantly American, however an increasing number of British bridge players are regular participants.

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elnsie says:

November 17, 2020 at 7:11 pm

A robot tournament where if you’re over 2000 points, you have to play in the unlimited bracket? You expect those of us with not many more than 2000 points to go up against players with more than three, four, five times the number of points we have? Seriously?

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48640T says:

November 18, 2020 at 4:23 pm

(1) Are interim results for daylong tourneys no longer being provided? (2) Are there any pair games for non-life masters? (3) Is it possible to find a schedule for the week in advance? Thanks.

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Sally says:

November 18, 2020 at 8:53 pm

Reply to 48640T item 2: ACBL cancelled 3 daily NLM games due to lack of participation. They said they’re trying to think of another option. I sent ACBL an email asking for once daily NLM to be reinstated and gave my reasons. My partner and I now play in Virtual Club restricted 199er, 499er games when offered. The Open games have too much special bidding was one of my reasons.

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- 48640T says:
  
  November 18, 2020 at 10:09 pm
  
  I agree that even one NLM game a day would be valuable to those newer to the game for whom playing against strong players all the time is non motivating. Not everyone even has a virtual club opportunity available to them. Thanks.
  
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Ida Cohen says:

November 19, 2020 at 6:35 pm

cohenida@gmail.com
We did not inow about NLM games. If counting you have one more.

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Carmel Contardi says:

November 20, 2020 at 2:57 pm

Would you please consider a regional tournament for non life masters. It would be very much appreciated.

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Anonymous says:

November 22, 2020 at 12:16 am

We tried to play cotton candy 0-5 bbo points and no one ever signs up.

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zomuch says:

November 22, 2020 at 1:53 am

whine whine or is it wine wine?? My opinion best way to learn is against better players………..aka learn at the table

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- Ellen says:
  
  November 22, 2020 at 3:31 am
  
  Absolutely! No other game allows a complete novice to compete against the very best in the game. What a privilege to sit down at a table and realize your opponents are authors of bridge books you are studying, winners of the World Cup, Reisinger, etc. etc. In my opinion, playing against the top players is the best and fastest way to become a good bridge player without acquiring some really bad habits.
  
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Wayne Perrin - Ottawa says:

November 22, 2020 at 3:39 am

The fastest road to improving your bridge game is to actively seek out the best opposition available. There were no limited masterpoint games when I joined in the 70’s. We went to a few Regionals, when, as a team, we had under 50 masterpoints. We entered the knockout teams, .knowing that, as the bottom team in the field ( and it was all 1 field in those days ) we would get to play 32 boards against the top team in the event. We lost by 100 of course, but what a bridge lesson it was to play over 3 hours against players that good. When our opps found out about our point totals and that we were there to learn, they very graciously took a minute or 2 at the end of every hand to explain something about the bidding or play.
If you want to learn, there is no better way than playing “up”

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