Winners of the Fall NABC Robot Individual Practice Tournament #2
Last weekend, November 16-17, ACBL BBOers were invited to play in the second NAB...
Here's some great news for all of you who love to play Acol (and we know you are many), an Acol Daylong Tournament has just been launched. This is an 8-board game with robots that don't use the usual GIB 2/1 system, but instead play a simple and friendly version of Acol.
So, if you've been putting off playing against the robots because you're not comfortable with the 2/1 system, then this is for you.
As with all Daylongs you play at your own pace and don’t need a partner as you're playing with and against advanced robots. Everything is alerted and explained. You can click each bid to see what it means before making a move and mouse over your own bids in the bidding box to double check what they mean to your robot partner.
You get 24 hours to complete your boards and can take a break anytime and come back later in the day to resume your game. Just make sure you’ve finished your boards by midnight GMT.
Go to Competitive > All Tournaments > Acol Daylong Tournament to play.
I can not see free acol individual tournament on my login
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[…] Acol Daylong - 25% off entry feeDo you prefer to play Acol? If so, the robots at these tables play a simple and friendly version of Acol. […]
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[…] Acol Daylong - 25% off entry feeDo you prefer to play Acol? If so, the robots at these tables play a simple and friendly version of Acol. […]
Does this Daylong award EBU points? I heard they can be earned on BBO. If not on Daylong, where do I find such games? Thanks.
[…] The Acol Daylong Tournament is an 8-board game with robots that play a simple and friendly version of Acol. […]
Good
Weak 2s ,not Acol as we know it
Nearly all Acol players play some form of weak twos. If you don't you should.
Much of what the notes say is not Acol. It is not tight to call this Acol. Acol is the system promoted by the English Bridge union and is based on four-card suits with a weak 12-14 hcp 1NT opening bid.
The system describes 2Club opening bids as game forcing, This, too is wrong: it is only after opener makes his first rebid in a suit that the sequence becomes a game force; otherwise when opener makes his rebid at 2NT that responder can pass. All other bids are forcing.
It is possible to have Standard Modern Acol and the Weak Twos
I used the the Multi Two Diamond convention to harness the Weak Twos. I don't quite know if it works since I haven't tried it. What did you do to get both?
What has happened to the daily 12-board games?
It hasn't been available since last Tuesday (13th June).
It’s back today (Jun 22nd). Didn’t see any explanation for the absence
Acol Daylong has been missing for at least a week. Any plans to bring it back ?
I know it’s free to play & doesn’t directly bring BBO any income, but I would regularly play on this tournament as a ‘warm-up’ for other tournaments.
Now I don’t logon so much so BBO loses out
Still not there
Hi I cannot find this tournament And I have been trying for 3days
The Acol robots have started using Roman Keycard Blackwood instead of standard Blackwood as stated in their notes. I don’t even know which version they play and the responses differ.
Disappointed that this has disappeared again.
Even though it says an all day tournament It also disappears from my screen for long periods of the day
Please could the robots use Roman key card Blackwood instead?
RKB is the creation of Eddie Kantar - he wrote a book on it. In the notes on Bridge 4 hands and I don't know if the standards are the same in this game it is described as 14 03.
1430 describe the Kantar method; very complicated after that
Can 2 human players play against 2 robots in this daylong?
Is it free
Great to have an ACOL T,TY
But where do I find the Results? (not showing in History)
Results appear the next day. I think this may apply for all daylong tournaments
Are all competitors supposed to play the same boards?
I looked at the results for yesterday to find that my boards played were different to the top 3 players. Are we not supposed to play the same boards?
I believe there’s a ‘pool’ of boards for each day & we each play 12 boards from the pool.
Please would it be possible to use/buy an ACOL robot to play in club games in the UK
Thanks for your suggestion, we will consider it as a future development.
Whatever you do do not use an Acol robot in your club games if you can get one. There are too many differences between BBO and EBU
Please introduce rewards like Zenith Daylong. 80% of the entry fee is distributed to top 30% finishers in Zenith daylong events.
How do i start?
Where is competitive please?
How do i buy bb?
https://www.bridgebase.com/purchase/pay.php
Where is all tournaments?
You can find all tournaments by logging into BBO and then clicking Competitive > All Tournaments > Acol Daylong
Thanks. stupid me. I haven't played BBO for years as we moved to Real Bridge. Your instuctions didn't say log in to BBO which I now see is obvious. Silly me.
How do I get started? Lawsonfred@btinternet.com
Thank You, once again, for this great development.
Hi, I just lost my 0.42. On 3rd hand , the game packed up due to an error. I had 100% in both hands 1&2. Can this be reimbursed.
Hi Veena - ah that's unfortunate. Please drop an email into support@bridgebase.com and they'll be able to help you.
Excellent. One small step towards liberation.
I had written a detailed response to the first reply, but submitting it fails with "You have already said this".
so, TLDR
Acol Gib < 2/1 Gib
TP evaluation sucks
Acol Gib valuation in response to 1NT opener is terrible
I had written a detailed response to the first reply, but submitting it fails with "You have already said this".
so, TLDR
Acol Gib < 2/1 Gib
Gib TP evaluation sucks
Acol Gib valuation in response to 1NT opener is terrible
Only 8 boards of experience with it, but I think GIB plays better ACOL than 2/1. YMMV.
Not my Mileage so far, in fact mine does VVV. ~ 40 hands played in the free section
I have no criticism that this is Acol as Acol is a very loose standard.
However, the Gib engine seems much weaker playing Acol than 2/1.
Acol Gib fails to evaluate many hands over a 1NT opening, especially distributional ones. High-level decisions seem to be based on TP rather than controls. GiB's TP evaluation is a very poor system anyway but the Acol bidding database seems even more bizarre than the 2/1.
The main problem with the rooms though is that people are still bidding 2/1 and this is distorting the results.
Like the Zenith Daylong, this tournament in NOT Best Hand. An important detail not mentioned.
Hi Steve - I've now mentioned it in the bullet points above
Hi!
Do not find this tournament!
Hi Steinar - go to Competitive > All Tournaments > Acol Daylong Tournament. If you want to avoid scrolling to look for the tournament, type Acol into the search box once inside 'All Tournaments'. I've added a screenshot above.
Paul