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I've played a lot of the 8 board daily MP. I played a lot of live bridge in the past and just played in the Reno Regional. I play the daily MP because they are fast so do not require much of a time commitment. They are the equivalent of eating junk food. I'll go through periods of good scores and bad scores. The GIB play their hands very well. Their bidding can be illogical. When I believe a previous bid limits the strength of my hand the GIB thinks I have 25 points on a subsequent bid. A person must be diligent about clicking on your bid and the GIB bid to see what it actually means. The programmers are constantly tinkering with the bidding and sometimes I feel like a lab rat. The quality of the ACBL play in the tournaments I play in is not extremely high. The GIB don't defend like a live opponent. There are a lot of tricks when GIB is defending particularly in NT contracts. When I hold up against a damaging lead, the GIB frequently shifts to another suit. They also like to hold up when defending and a person can steal some tricks. There is a lot more for me to discover. Playing good bridge and playing results are not the same.

I'm going to be at the tournament from October 3-6 and am looking for partners to play flight B open pairs. I have over 300mp and having only been playing online with robots. I haven't played live bridge for some time. Rather than trying to find a partner at the tournament and rushing to fill out a convention card, I would like to work out the conventions before and practice a little for compatibility. My system is modified 2/1 but am willing to work out the conventions.

.06 gold .18 red for my finish.

I joined ACBL in the early 60's and I don't know what color points were awarded other than black. I rejoined in 1978 when I started playing again with my wife as a partner. I believe I was grandfathered in with the requirements when I rejoined. I thought silver points were added to encourage sectional play. I don't know if I would be a LM if I kept my original membership. I played in national and regional events under my old number. I didn't particularly care about being a LM. It is a cumulative rating, unlike chess and other ranked activities. I decided to add becoming LM to my bucket list.

My wife was my bridge partner for over 30 years. She can't travel. I played in one or two Gold Rush events and didn't like them. Playing in flighted events, we had some idea what was happening at the table. If I continued playing, I would have my points.

With the success of this event, ACBL should have more of these events; stratified and non stratified. I haven't played in a Regional event in a long time. I tried this year, but ran into some issues. The first one was health related and the other was finding a partner. I need a few gold points to make LM and that's all I am interested in. My attempt at finding a partner was unsuccessful and I am not optimistic about it in the future. I tried the unit's website for partnership and the partnership desk at the Sacramento regional. To find a partner I would need to find someone at the club games and I am not willing to spend the time. The next alternative is to just show up at the on site partnership desk and take my chances. Expecting to win gold points with a pick up partner is difficult. At least with the robot partner, a person has some idea of what to expect and I can't blame my partner for misplayed hands. The current online format makes cheating difficult (other than being coached through the tournament or having someone play for you). Ethics and pride should help with this. I am looking forward to more of these tournaments.

I suppose I won a moral victory under the latest rules. Top 33% and .25 points.

I learned bridge in the early sixties and played in ACBL events within a few years. I have taken very long breaks in play and whenever I come back, I see the same people. I was always younger than the average age. In 2011, the average age was 69.55. I was 66. That was the most recent I could find. Even with mortality, I believe I am still younger than average. I believe the average age of a BBO member is much lower than that. I played in the 4 day ACBL event and finished in the top third and close to the best of my ability. Playing in a local regional, I expect I would have placed much higher.

I completed my fourth day and don't expect to see any points. I played close to my ability, but it wasn't good enough for this field. I play a lot of bridge with robots and normally have issues with them. I can't blame them for my results. I consider the strength of my game my declarer play and yet it kept me from placing higher. Best session was 63% and a 4 day average of 52.5%. I haven't played live bridge for quite a few years and all I know is the same people that played years ago are still playing now. I played well enough to pick up some points playing in a regional. This field was much tougher. 63% didn't get squat. I'm glad I played and am not terribly disappointed. It was a more valid benchmark of my ability than the live bridge I played. If the event is repeated, I might sign up as it is structured today. I would be more likely if it was stratified. I am a flight B player that needs a few gold points to make lm.

I believe in starting a tournament and finishing, but it makes sense regarding the scoring.

I have been playing in these recently. I do well in IMP and MP, but really suck at TP. I am very curious about all those 5000 pt scores.

I have two newspaper subscriptions. U get most of my national news online. Paper provides local sports, local news, crossword puzzle, sales ads like groceries. My older son has very little interest in bridge. He supported himself for a long time playing poker. He also spends too many hours with phone games. When he plays cards he wants to make money and very few people his age play bridge. I'm trying to learn poker and it's difficult. Making decisions with little information and remembering the behavior patterns of the other players.

The last article I read concerning bridge is that in the U.S. it is fading away. I may give on my search for gold. Chess players are ranked by who they have played against recently. Bridge ranking is cumulative. Bridge is a good game for brain stimulation and more people should play it. I didn't feel I was getting my biggest bang for the buck playing in a regional with an unknown partner. Sticking with bridge but moving on to low stakes online no limit holdem tournaments. Poker adds some additional thought processes.

Is the main bridge club the same tables as take me to the first available seat? If it is, people come and go and your partner may leave shortly after you arrive. I currently don't have a partner on BBO except my wife. When she doesn't play, I usually play with robots and hate it. It also costs some money. The best deal on BBO is the Express free individual tournaments.

Google says there are 8.6 million people in my area. I wonder how man of them are on bridgebase.