mghatiya

You are right. I am able to get LIN file now. I was referring to the actual "myhand=M-3192794530-1580644538" format page. That page doesn't have an option of exporting to LIN. But yes, the "myhands" page does have a way to download LIN file.

But from the link format I mentioned in my first post we don't have any option to export either to LIN file or any other, isn't it?

Hi, I know that when we export hands from BBO we get a URL that has the hand record in URL itself and hence the hand record is permanent. That is very good feature. However, when we go to a hand from a tournament history, then the URLs we get there are of different structure. They are like http://www.bridgebase.com/tools/handviewer.html?bbo=y&myhand=M-3192794530-1580644538 . Such URLs are don't work after some time. Can we do something to get permanent URLs in these cases too? Thanks, Mukesh

Ah well. Thanks so much. It is very hard to figure that out. Don't know why the click on white area and the blue area be behaving differently. Something for designers to consider I suppose.

Earlier there was an option where one could click on a person's name, see which table they are playing on, who all are there and then join it. In the new version, that option is gone. I can only see what table they are playing on, but can't see players on it and can't join the table either. It was really useful, to be able to login and join star players' or friends' tables to watch them. Wonder why it was removed and if there is a plan to reinstate it.

Hi All, I wanted to understand if there is a bridge law/guideline which mandates usage of bidding boxes. We are having a debate whether we should be mandating bidding boxes in our local club events or not. People have their different opinions. I wanted to understand if some guideline has been put around it. I have seen this: https://www.acbl.org/tournaments_page/charts-rules-and-regulations/bidding-box-regulations/ This is helpful, and it seems from this that bidding boxes are not mandatory except for NABC events. I couldn't understand what is I/N event. Also, not sure if this is just applicable for ACBL/NABC or it is a guideline for all official Bridge events. Please guide. Thanks, Mukesh

Hi All, I am keen to understand if there is a clear guideline on what should be the time allotted to play per board. From whatever I have read, it appears 7 minutes are allotted per board if only one board is in play per round. As the number of boards increases, the time per board reaches about 6.5 minutes. However, other than this guideline I couldn't get anything which states how does the time per board change on the basis of whether the game is being played with bidding boxes or not, being played with screens or not, whether it is a team event or pairs event, whether it is a knock out stage game or a league event game etc. Does the time allotted per board change on these things or it remains same? I did quite a bit of searching here and there but couldn't find anything. But intuitively I do feel that time allotted per board should change on the basis of some of these things. Please guide. Thanks, Mukesh

Thanks Barmar. Yes, having hand details in URL is a neat thing. I assume tinyurl URLs also would be permanent? Or should we rather use some other url shortener if we want to store URLs for long term personal usage?

Thanks for looking into it. I also have a few things to check e.g. this one: http://webutil.bridgebase.com/v2/tview.php?t=1210-1537633200&u=mghatiya Would look forward to the resolution. Btw, I have faced this problem in past too. Couple of months back I was trying to retrieve a hand that I had encountered a few months ago, but it was simply not showing up. The "No data found" was coming. How long do we hold hands for? Also, I assume hands urls are independent of storage and would work even if the hand record is deleted from the system. I have been storing links on that assumption. Please let me know if that is correct.

Thanks folks for the suggestions. I've a list of books to catch up with, now :) (Not that, that list was small earlier) As of now my first priority is to come to a basic set of understanding which is complete and clear (if not the best and most modern). That way we avoid the mishaps due to confusion. Then I'd get on to improving those to cater to different scenarios in better way. For this first step, I guess the suggested books should be good stepping stone. @Jogs: I agree that keeping up with latest in bidding world is probably not done best by books as things develop fast. What are the resources would you suggest to do that? Should that be material for a different thread?

Hello All, I am looking for a book/guide on all types of doubles. I know there are books on "takeout doubles", "negative doubles" etc. But the problem is doubles come in so many flavours in competitive auctions (especially after couple of rounds of bids), many a times it becomes confusing as to whether this double is penalty oriented or a takeout one or value showing or lead directional or responsive or balancing and so on. So I am looking for some material which can put forward some guiding principles around identifying which doubles are what. Please share if you know of such materials. Thanks, Mukesh

Thanks folks for the replies. Looks helpful on first glance. Will look through deeper and get back if these work.

[sorry, I couldn't find any existing thread on this. If they are there, please point them to me] I am working on building bidding notes with my partner and am wondering on what should be the best way to structure it. I don't want it to be limited to just uncontested auctions as is to be seen in notes most of the times. I also want to include details like "responses to overcalls", "when do we balance", "how do we manage when opps do takeout doubles", "Defense to multi" etc. It would be good to see some examples to take inspiration from. Are some of the notes of experts public? In best case, I could probably directly use the structure and replace the notes with our flavour wherever we have different understandings. Please let me know if you know of such notes. Thanks, Mukesh

Link given in the first post is no longer working? In fact the domain also doesn't seem to open. Has it been moved somewhere?

I remember reading somewhere that 4-4 fits are better than 5-4 fits to decide the trump, as 5 carder can be utilised to throw a loser. I used that principle and bid accordingly in this hand and landed in 4S contract. http://tinyurl.com/owa66nw Apparently 4H was cold while 4S requires specific play. Did I remember the principle wrong? Or was it just exception? Also, what do you think is right play after ♦K lead and switch to small ♣? Opponents have remained silent throughout the bidding.