Delebripe

Thanks very much for the explanation.

Hi I've played in a few ACBL games on BBO (not the SYC games) and earned points, yet these are not showing in my ACBL account. I thought that the uploads happened on the 6th of the month, yet my ACBL account shows 0 online points earned. Does anyone have an answer? Thanks.

Thank you for that. I hadn’t realized.

I have really enjoyed playing in the SYC games, and thank BBO and ACBL for setting this up. However, automatically revealing opponents hands when declarer “claims” gives declarer an unfair advantage. At the very least, defenders should have the option to show their hands. Showing defender’s hands should NOT be done automatically. In actual table play, only the declarer shows his/her hand, and explains how they intend to play the remaining cards. When all four hands are revealed, it is easy for declarer to show how he would play the hand out, whereas in reality, he may not actually have known which way to finesse, or which card to discard. In actual table play, when declarer claims, and shows his hand, defenders see his hand, giving the advantage to the defenders, thereby discouraging declarer from claiming too early. Furthermore, in the BBO format, revealing all hands incentivizes the declarer to claim prematurely so can see where the remaining cards lie. Delebripe