Celebrate Halloween on BBO: Special games and ACBL surprise gifts from October 29 to 31

Published 
October 16, 2026
Tricks and Treats: Halloween Bridge from October 29 to 31

Come and play bridge with us this Halloween

This year we are marking Halloween with three days of bridge on BBO. From Thursday, October 29 to Saturday, October 31, you can join special Halloween games, team up with friends or GIBBO, and, if you play ACBL games, you could receive a surprise BB$ gift.

Here is what is waiting for you each day:

  1. Halloween Goulash Madness, a free game with goulash deals
  2. Free Halloween Pairs, three games every day
  3. Ben & Friends Daylong, free and open to all
  4. Surprise BB$ gifts in ACBL games

🎃 1. Halloween Goulash Madness

A free game with goulash deals, where every hand has unusual distribution. You don't need a partner to register: you'll get a new partner and new opponents every round.

GAME INFO
  • 3:30 pm ET
  • Individual
  • Matchpoints
  • 7 boards (1 board per round)
  • Free entry, open to all players

👻 2. Free Halloween Pairs

Our Halloween Pairs tournaments are free to enter and open to everyone.

Time (ET)Details
10 amPairs, matchpoints, 10 boards, 2 boards per round
2 pmPairs, IMPs, 10 boards, 2 boards per round
7 pmPairs, IMPs, 10 boards, 2 boards per round

If you don't have a partner, that's no problem. You can visit the Partnership desk to find another player, or team up with GIBBO.

Have you met BBO's Ben? Ben (Bridge ENgine) has been trained on hundreds of millions of deals played by people on BBO (mostly ACBL-sanctioned games). We are improving Ben so it makes more human-like leads and avoids bidding misunderstandings. Play this Ben & Friends Daylong to try Ben's latest improvements. Please tell us what you think.

GAME INFO
  • 8 boards, matchpoints
  • Free entry, open to all players
  • 24 hours to play all 8 boards
  • Ben plays a variation of 2/1, closely related to the GIBBO system. Read more about Ben on BBO.

You can find Halloween Goulash Individual, Free Halloween Pairs, and Ben & Friends Daylong in Special Events from October 28.

How to join the free games
  • Go to Competitive > Free Tournaments, or the Special Events menu on BBO.
  • Look for tournaments hosted by BBOFest, with “Tricks and Treats: Halloween” in the title. You can also see the list of BBOFest games.
  • Registration is free and opens 24 hours before game time.
Special Events menu on BBO

Everyone who plays an eligible game from October 29 to 31 will automatically have a chance to receive a surprise BB$ gift. Lucky players will be selected every 10 minutes throughout all three days.

Regular entry fees apply. All ACBL games are eligible except ACBL Daylong tournaments and Instant Tournaments.

ACBL World

All ACBL Pairs, ACBL Robot Duplicate games, and ACBL Individual games in ACBL World are included in this celebration.

ACBL Clubhouse

All ACBL Clubhouse pairs games are included in this celebration.

We hope to see you at the table this Halloween. 🎃
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