AlanB
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Yes, saved the day (and my NGS score!). New results up and sent to EBU. Thank goodness for this forum and the help given.
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Thanks Gordon and thank you to Robin and Triffid. I'll pass this info straight over to our scorer, Saved the day - I hope. Alan.
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I've just checked and our scorer, who's just back from holiday, is tied up with high priority work and can't look at sorting this out until next week. He was hoping I could sort it out manually but I don't know where to start - help! We use Sco…
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Hi Robin - By checking on the EBU Movement Book I've been able to identify the culprit. There were 6 1/2 tables in play and at one of the sit-out tables the pair looked at the hands and must have put them back in the wrong slots. I need to allo…
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Thanks Gordon. There does seem to be a prima facie case that the EBU recording club psyches would be a good idea. People play in several clubs and in EBU tournaments as well as on-line. Having one central place for recording them might find th…
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We had our first reported psyche at the club for several years. Unfortunately the psyche book has gone missing. I am probably remembering incorrectly but does the EBU now offer to record all psyches? Or do we have to buy a new book?
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Interestingly, I came up with a system about 8 years ago with the sobriquet Major Cocktails. I called it this because it concentrates on the majors and is a mixture of existing systems. I used two probability charts which I took from the web-si…
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Thanks Gordon. I'll pass on your note to other committee members. Alan
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I suppose the best way to counter anything untoward like that would be to have a director alerted to two good results against two robots (more if playing more than two board rounds). That would need a change by BBO, I guess. I wonder if directo…
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Thanks but won't we back to normal in July? After all we'll all be able to go inside for a meal mid-May.
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Clicked that RealBridge is fine in MalwareBytes and all worked OK from then on. Thanks everyone. Not sure I liked my first outing with RealBridge but when I think back I didn't like my first outing with BBO. I guess anything new takes a bit of …
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Thanks Gordon - I'll log in via the EBU website.
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I've an oldish Acer Aspire Timeline X which every now and again freezes. This was most awkward when playing bridge as restarts took some time. My solution was to replace the disk with a solid state one (done at the local shop). It hasn't stopp…
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Thanks Gordon. I guess the problem for EBED is that they may be swamped with requests to attend refresher courses. Maybe on-line training will be the answer. Hope there's not enough time to get a course prepared! - if you see what I mean.
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Thanks Notagain
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Thanks Michael
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Is this free to use for anyone writing articles or books?
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When the results for an EBU game come up why do the Robots have 18 results shown? After all we only play 12 hands. Again, too many robots getting good scores.
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Robots are unusual to play against. For a start their leads aren't always standard and second they can always remember the cards that have not been played. I can play with robots any time I like on BBO and sometimes that's fun but I'm not sure …
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What does the EBU charge for directing club games?
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Add my thanks and agreement to that. On a broader issue has there been any feedback on the games set up by clubs? Some of the things I'd like to know are: was it easy to set up; did many respond; was a dedicated director needed; was…
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I find in the few games I've played on EBU BBO that I've often clicked the wrong card - there doesn't appear to be any way of retracting that mistake,
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Thanks Martin. Lets hope I don't have to use it. Alan.
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Thanks for that reply stayman. I suspect that East deliberately didn't answer.
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I played in this afternoon's tournament (8/4) and on the penultimate board east opened 2D, alerted as a multi. I overcalled 3C passed around to East who bid 3NTs. I led the QDs and East asked if my overcall had any special meaning. In answerin…
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Thanks Gordon. I think your guess at might have happened is the likely one. Alan.
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Here's the link to the five (!) questions which on the first hand I would answer as follows.
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- I polled 3 which included myself.
- That is a question I didn't ask (next time I hope I get it right).
- One passed.
It looks as if I may have got this wrong and thanks for all the answers. The two GMs …
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On the first one , on the night, I was directing and beside myself there were at least two others who know Asptro. I asked them both. A further top club player was asked subsequently about what he would call and without doubt he said …
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I found this on the Northampton Bridge Club site. It's very clear from the poll I did of each player's peers that the bids should have been allowed - hesitations or not.
Thanks everyone for your replies.
in Hesitations - the director's bane Comment by AlanB February 2020