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Once you bring in the scores into ACBLScor (Ctrl-P, BMP), those results are locked in. Changes on the Bridgemate server, or deletions and re-entry from the client, will not be automatically moved into ACBLScor for results already brought in. That's why, unless there's a situation where we might lose some scores in the server (and we *don't* want those "losses" to overwrite the correct results), at tournaments we never BMP until we have to - before posting the leaderboards, for instance. Yes, we lose the ability to see "how the game's going", a great pastime for the bored club director. At tournaments, we tend not to be bored. As for other tips: (okay, some aren't relevant to clubs, 99+% of the time. The last one is!) Test the bridgemates before the first session. Especially if you're using a computer you haven't before. The options might be right, but they might not be. And the USB port might not work/be plugged in/be a hub that isn't plugged in/... Ensure that the clients are on the same firmware as the server, if you have your own server or if different places are bringing bridgemates, or if you're using your computer and their bridgemates. Double and triple-check the movement in ACBLScor before BMS. Every session, every section. Even if you've done this movement 14 times before. Especially if it's a web, or a 3 or 4 table Howell, or a bye-relay, or a half table. Yes, everyone gripes when the bridgemates aren't ready immediately when the boards come out; sometimes even after the first people to get boards finish their first hand, even. If you get the movement wrong at all (even "it's only 13 tables, not 14 Mitchell"), when you fix it, the BridgeMate server will wipe the old results. I'd rather have 10 sessions of "aren't the bridgemates working yet?" over one "Sorry, you'll have to put in the first round again." But even that's better than "They're not supposed to be our opponents" (especially when only one table in 5 checked!)

There are several layouts in which a squeeze will operate. The reason I wanted the club Jack in dummy is because the lead of the club king virtually assures us that only LHO can guard clubs. Nobody can guard all three threat suits…so if we can isolate one defender as having to guard clubs, we are likely to have him in a simple squeeze position…indeed, if he has short diamonds, we have him squeezed in the blacks IF he is stuck guarding clubs. Meanwhile, we’d be squeezing east in the pointed suits. After six hearts, a club and two diamonds, we have K10x void void 9 opposite Ax void Qx void and LHO, if guarding clubs, can’t have more than 3 spades, so the last top diamond squeezes him out of spades. And RHO has already been forced down to two spades, in order to keep two diamonds…an easy double squeeze When both defendants can guard clubs, the situation is more complex. Maybe LHO had KQJ10 in clubs….but, more likely, RHO has 10x or better in clubs. Having said that, so long as RHO has 4+ diamonds, he has to unguard one black suit on the run of the hearts. If he unguard clubs, we have the simple double, so he unguards spades. Now we have K10x void void 9 opposite Ax void Qx void and RHO is down to one spade, two diamonds and his club guard. If that sole spade is a honour, it drops under the ace and we finesse against LHO. There are other combinations and exactly how we see the end game will depend on how the opps discard. I didn’t want to spell all of this out in my initial post because I don’t have a definitive answer, nor (imo) is there a 100% line. Matters are much more difficult if LHO guards diamonds. Indeed, I see very little chance of making in that case…we need him to also be dealt either 5 spades or the QJ. I think Given who posted this, I suspect that we do end up finessing the spade 10, which would be a pretty layout.