nor750ton

I run Tournaments, for my private members Club, of 3 to 5 tables. Hopefully this will grow due to Covid restrictions. I had comments, from my members, that they would like to play, as they would face to face, at the Club. The placement of pairs, by the BBO system, did not appear to have any logical arrangement. Players were just seated in a random order. I ran a trial whereby I asked 1 pair to logon and 'sit' in the Competitive/Free server area. When the Tournament started the Show Tables revealed a sit out pair. I then substituted players until I got the strong players either sitting N/S or E/W, using the minimum of substitutions. This reduced the risk of slow players being on the same table and allowed a more even level of competition.

Try reading this in the Forum and see if it helps you. https://blog.bridgebase.com/2020/05/11/bbo-upgraded-version-5-6-0-is-here/

I have just find this entry in the Forums. It explains the situation but I have not tested it yet. https://blog.bridgebase.com/2020/05/11/bbo-upgraded-version-5-6-0-is-here/