DaveRolyat

I had exactly this problem - BBO dropping me from tournaments every 20-30mins and no other internet issues. I am using a DLink Powerline Adapter from my router to my PC and this seemed to have a role in the problem, because if I used a long Ethernet cable instead, it was fine. To solve it I had to use a script that starts on my PC at login and pings the router continually. Of course I have no idea why this works, or why it only affects BBO. Instructions from:

Having played on BBO for years I kind of agree with the OP. Often when playing a hand on BBO I have to double-check and remind myself which is my hand and which is dummy. They look the same and I can see both hands, but I have to remind myself which one opps can see and which one they can't. It's not quite the same as holding 13 cards in your hand and having the other 13 laid out on the table.

I'd advocate that BBO approximates to real bridge practices where possible. i) Bidding hidden after first card played ii) Even more importantly, partner alerts and explains the meaning of a bid, rather than the bidder. Both seem so easy to get right.

Strictly speaking it's BBO's playing field

I guess it's for marketing to casual surfers, but i too have seen it abused

I've just realised what my strange recent issue actually was. When we've all completed a tournament board, and are on the next board, I look at the results from "other tables", but some are missing. Using the Refresh button from that individual board's results page has little or no effect. If I go back to the tournament board results "my table", highlight that board and press Refresh, then go into "other tables", then the results are all there. Issue - the Refresh button when on the "other tables" screen doesn't work, or maybe it's not supposed to?

My website has: A privacy statement A copyright disclaimer Freedom of information statement An accessibility statement A statement of modern slavery A cookie policy And maybe some actual content somewhere, but i can't find it............

Imagine he passes, it's your bid next, and his partner alerts "could have 15pts, but who knows?" - it would freak me out - that'not really a convention

Am I the only one that can't see the scores from completed boards during a tournament, even if I press "Refresh"? https://onedrive.live.com/?cid=695317A6F53EE49E&id=695317A6F53EE49E%21118&parId=695317A6F53EE49E%21116&o=OneUp Not sure if the upload/link works.....

It is a bit odd, particularly in a short tournament with only 6 or 8 boards, in that the strong players continue to play each other and the weaker ones play each other. That would be like Manchester City playing Liverpool every week, and only losing points if they didn't win by as many goals as Norwich did against Sheffield United (I know that's stretching the argument a little).

I still get lots of blanks in the "other tables" scores, even when the boards are complete? I'll try to upload an image if i get it again.

Hi Is the HTML5 version complete now? When I play a tournament, look at the results of the last board/s, I have to click on and off several times before my score updates, and even when it does I can't see the scores for all the other playings of the same boards/s.

I thibnk it looks clean and modern. Everything is there, when you find it, and we'll all get used to it. Even better, it now works through my work firewall.

Sorry, you and the devs. After years of BBO being blocked for me, I think due to the port used, it now seems to work on the V3 version.

The new HTML5 version works from behind our firewall/proxy now, thanks! Are you using a different port or something?