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as we understand it, BBO does not allow only members from a list. we tried that, and a lot of other people jumped in. it´s ok for eandom games, but if we want to continue a game that was going on at our club it´s annoying. unless we grossly misunderstood it, in the help section there´s this statement: "12) Next make your selections for Restrictions. The option for Include players by player level pops up a window where you can decide what level of player can participate. Unchecked boxes mean that level of player cannot participate, and the level is determined by the player profiles. The default is all levels of players are permitted. You can create and manage a custom player list by clicking the box and then clicking the Manage custom list" when we tried that the manage custom list does not allow players ONLY from a given list. all of the options state "include", and there´s some "exclude" options as well, but there´s no "accept only" list as an option

WAS THERE DAMAGE? In a recent team of four contest with screens the hand below had the following bidding in one of the tables: East South West North Pass 1NT Pass 2♣ Double 2♥ Pass 3♣ Pass 3NT Pass 6♣ Pass 6♦ Pass 6NT All pass South’s opening was 12-14. North bid 2♣, Stayman till further notice, and East doubled. North asked his screen mate if the double meant ♣, to which the answer was “no, just general take-out”. North then asked again “does it ask for a ♣ lead?”, to which the answer was again “no”. As the tray went to the other side, South’s screen mate, when asked about the 2♣ double said it was “natural”, showing a ♣ suit. South bid his ♥ suit and North bid 3♣, alerted and explained as second Stayman. South then bid 3NT which he intended as stopper showing, because he thought that if East had ♣, as it was explained to him, there was no point showing ♣. North was befuddled by the 3NT bid, as it would show a 1-4-4-4 hand by South (South’s answers should have been, as per system, 2♦ - one unspecified 4 suit minor -, 2♥ - no minor -, 2♠ - ♠), but with his monster hand he wanted to play in a slam, so he bid the cheapest slam, “knowing”, as per the explanation given to him, that his partner would interpret it as to play. South, alas, imagined differently: picturing a long ♣ suit on his right he “corrected” to 6♦ which North, in turn, corrected to 6NT. Down 1. The question is, were N-S damaged by the different explanations on either side of the screen? If so, should the score be adjusted?[hv=pc=n&s=s75ha753dq65cajt4&w=sj4hjt92d98743c52&n=saq32hdakj2ckq987&e=skt986hkq864dtc63&d=e&v=e&b=6&a=p1np2cd2hp3cp3np6cp6dp6nppp]399|300[/hv]