The jam packed 2025 New Year's Countdown Bridge Event is almost here. Join friends on BBO for the final days of 2024, packed with cards, fun, and celebrations, starting December 28th and running through January 1st.
There’ll be two massive free robot tournaments for everyone, three exclusive holiday games, and a special year-end celebration for BBO+ subscribers, as well as top players, BBO Royals & Masters. It’s the perfect way to wrap up the year and start 2025 in style! Read on for all the details.
There are two massive free robot tournaments open to EVERYONE. You don't need a partner to play. Registration will open on December 27th, and the games will start from December 31st at 2AM ET, and end on January 2nd at 2 AM ET. Here what's available:
24 boards, Matchpoints, you have 48 hours to play your deals. Free to play! Registration opens as of Friday, December 27th and you can start playing as of Tuesday, December 31st.
16 hands, "just declare", featuring deals already bid by the robots, where you are declarer on each hand. You have 48 hours to play your deals. Free to play! Registration opens Friday, December 27th and you can start playing on Tuesday, December 31st.
Find these games under Competitive > Free Tournaments.
These games are only available during the New Year’s Countdown event from December 28, 2024, to January 1st. Be sure to check them out as BB$ prizes and BBO points are up for grabs!
Compete in a New Year's Countdown edition of the ACBL Flighted Pairs. Players are grouped into flights based on how many Masterpoints® they have, and pairs compete only within their own flight. Don’t worry if you don't have a partner, as the partnership desk is available.
Enjoy 12-board quick individual games where your goal is to score 55% or higher to win extra BB$ prizes, on top of the usual ACBL Masterpoints and BBO Points you can win in our ACBL-sanctioned games. You do not need a partner to register -- you will be matched with a new partner each round, and everyone plays the same system !
Find these exclusive ACBL games in the ACBL World area.
Celebrate the New Year with a new twist on everyone's favorite games: Express. In these brand new Express Reward - You & Robot games you're paired with a robot partner and face off against other players and their robot partners. This fast, fun game is open to everyone and only available from December 28th to January 1st.
Find these Express games under Virtual Clubs > BBO World.
Join the friendly BBO+ Get Together, a monthly game exclusively for BBO+ subscribers. The game starts at 2PM (ET) on December 28th.
Let’s ring in the season with a Special New Year's Countdown edition of the Royals & Masters Game on December 28th. This invitational tournament is exclusively for our BBO Royals & Masters and as we wrap up the year, we’re adding some extra BB$ prizes for top finishers!
Mark your calendars and start preparing for a bridge celebration you won’t want to miss!
What field of your site an you register
How do you join any of these events.
come faccio per iscrivermi e giocare?
does one have to wait for the registration & play for these events
For the free New Year's Countdown tournaments you can register now, but you can start playing the hands on Dec 31st 🙂
For the new ACBL and Express games they will be shown near the start time (at least 2 hours)
Hre59
robot play poker not bridge. Sorry but it's impossible to win. No more tourneys like these
ronnitv@walla.com
Yes
Like to join
where are the games listed?
Free games = Competitive > Free Tournaments
ACBL games = ACBL World
Express games = Competitive > BBO Points Tournaments
What/who are BBO Royals or Masters?
Players who have master and royals symbols - find the specification here: https://www.bridgebase.com/points/index.php?