BBOers Festival: About ACBL 10% Glitter Daylongs

Every month, on the first Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday, the BBOers Festival features three ACBL-sanctioned Daylong tournaments that award a sprinkle of "glitter" ACBL Masterpoints: Red, Silver and Gold, respectively.

Game details

  • Format: 18 boards, Matchpoints
  • Entry fee: 4.25 BB$
  • Awards:
    • BXP (BBO Experience Points)
    • ACBL Masterpoints: 90% Crystal + 10% Red (Monday), 10% Silver (Tuesday), or 10% Gold (Wednesday)

How does this work?
Each table consists of one human player, sitting South, and three robot players sitting in the other three seats. You can play your boards at any time during the Daylong window (from approximately 5am US Eastern Time until 5am the following day).

You may stop and resume play as often as needed. You have 18 boards to complete, so be careful not to start too late, or you may not have enough time to finish before the tournament closes.

Results
Results will be sent to your BBO Mailbox when the tournament ends. You can view a "provisional result" as soon as you finish playing your boards, or by clicking the Completed tournaments link, in the list of tournaments. Final results will be available in Recent Tournaments, in the History tab, once the tournament is completed.

Human Declares
The human player is switched into the North (Robot) seat whenever North is the declarer. The human player then declares the hand. When the hand is over, the human is switched back to his original seat.

Deal Pool
For every board in a Daylong tournament, we deal multiple instances. (ie Not everyone gets the same board 1, board 2, etc.) This is an anti cheating measure.

About the robots
The robots used on BBO are called GIBBO (a modern version of Ginsberg's Intelligent Bridgeplayer). You can find out more about GIBBO's bidding system by clicking here.

GIBBO plays a relatively simple and natural 2/1 bidding system. You can find out the meaning of any bid by clicking on that bid as it appears in the bidding diagram. Furthermore, when it is your turn to bid, hovering over various possible bids will cause an explanation of the bid you are considering (as your GIBBO partner will understand it) to be displayed. These explanations can be somewhat cryptic, but reading them carefully before you bid will help you to avoid misunderstandings with your GIBBO partner.