Celebrate Father's Day with Free Games and Surprise Gifts!

Let's mark Sunday, June 16, 2024 as a day to appreciate the amazing fathers in our bridge community for all they do. Celebrate this Father's Day with us by playing some friendly games of bridge. You'll have the chance to enjoy free games and win surprise gifts. Here's what's happening:

Free Pairs Tournaments | ACBL World | Ben & Friends Individual

Free Father's Day Pairs Tournaments

There'll be 3 free pair tournaments throughout the day. Everyone is welcome to play and remember, it's free to enter!

Free tournament schedule:

10am New York Time (16:00 Paris): Pairs, Matchpoints, 10 boards, 2 boards per round
3pm New York Time (21:00 Paris): Pairs, IMPs, 10 boards, 2 boards per round
7pm New York Time (1:00 Paris): Pairs, IMPs, 10 boards, 2 boards per round

How to join the free tournaments:

• Click Competitive and then Free Tournaments on BBO and search for tournaments hosted by BBOFest with the title “Father's Day Bridge Tournament“.
• Alternatively from 24 hours before the start of the game you can use this link for quick access to the list of BBOFest games
• Registration is free and opens 24 hours before start time. You will need a partner to register. If you don't have one, you can register with one of the BBO Robots, or head over to the Partnership Desk where you can add your name, or invite someone.

ACBL World: Father's Day Celebration with Surprise Gifts

Win surprise gifts by playing in any of ACBL sanctioned games during the Father's Day. Regular fees will apply and players participating in any of the pair games, individual, and robot duplicates in ACBL World games on June 16 will have the chance to win BB$ prizes. A surprise BB$ gift will be awarded every 10 minutes throughout the day.

Joining the ACBL Sanctioned Games:

• Go to ACBL World on BBO.
• Select any of the upcoming ACBL sanctioned games (ACBL Daylongs and ACBL Instant Tournaments not included).
• Everyone welcome. You do not need an ACBL membership to participate, except for the Limited Pairs games.

Ben & Friends - Father's Day Individual

Celebrate Father's Day with an innovative bridge experience in "Ben & Friends - Father's Day Robot Individual." Discover the blend of the classic game of bridge with our experimental AI bridge engine, named ‘Ben’ (Bridge ENgine).

Game Format

• 8 boards, Matchpoints
• Free entry, open to all players
• 24 hours to complete your hands

Explore our latest experimental AI bridge engine variation. Play against Ben, an AI bridge player trained on 100 million deals played by people in our ACBL sanctioned games on BBO. Ben plays a variation of 2/1, closely related to the usual GIB System.

Joining the Ben and Friends Robot Individual

• Go to 'Competitive', then 'Free Tournaments' and look for Ben & Friends to sign up. You do not need a partner to register.
• Everyone welcome. Free entry.

Happy Father's Day to the extraordinary fathers who make the world a better place!