Jim9baker

So are you saying that BBO does this by default or does the TD have to set this up? I am I guess a little simplistic in that I know if you have a balanced set of ABC teams, then the first table A teams, 2nd Table B team, 3 rd table C team etc will work nicely. If not balanced you can not guarantee balanced resulting pairing. I am seeing unbalanced results with what I think are relatively balanced number of ABC teams

I am looking at the virtual club matches specifically.

In normal ACBL bridge club tournament, to even things out the first round table 1, an A level team plays an A level team, table 2 is a B level tesm plays a B level team and the 3rd table a C level team plays a C level team and an attempt is made to continue this sequence. The purpose is to even the field so each team level plays an equal level of a ABC level teams. This avoids the semi random setup I see presently where C level teams sometimes play a disproportionate number of A level teams and A level teams get to beat up on a disproportionate number of C level teams. I have seen a couple of events were a B level team played 4 A level teams and got beat by an A level team by 2 points in raw score that had play 3 C level teams, a really good day for the B team but not really a level playing field. Leveling the playing field at the beginning of play would at least guarantee playing against the same number of ABC teams or close to it.

Can the director set up tables based on ACBL classification of ABC levels so that teams start at each table have a similar demonstrated ability level?