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so these two lobbyists come from the lobby and keep kibbing my table. this has been happening for 2 years and they are likely deaf-mutes they are also logged on as invisible it is downright spooky :rolleyes: :o

Using BBO windows version, how do i reduce log in time-- ie the the time it takes to load table information, etc... flash os not good to me because i9 get disconnected too easy owing to either poor machine, poor coonection or old me and my luck. i alos use the bridgemaster which is not available in flash thanks

I vote for jonottawa as successor to Dr. Phil. He is younger, thinner, better looking. and he can spot a delilah when she comes around. Now, in return, I would like an answer to my own dilemma. I have a guest who keeps using my sponge-bob little soaps in the bathroom. they are there for decoration, how can i gently tell him to stop doing it and use ivory soap instead?

the default level is advanced. no one plays with intermediate rating.

I am never that lucky, in 3nt i get overruffed, when trying to cash side tricks

Hand-dealt hands are often more 'boring' due to the way we shuffle. After a hand, they are collected, often with cards of the same suit grouped. Thus, when dealt 1,2,3,4,1,2,3,4 the hands are thus actually artificially 'boring' compared to real randomly dealt hands. The advent of computer dealing seems to deal more 'freak' hands than hand dealing, but in fact is due to the truly random dealing nature of the computer compared to hand-dealing. On effervescent's point, I have a question, which perhaps should be asked in another forum. In the bridge literature, those odds for card combinarions, were they based on the same odds as those in the dealing program. Also, the bidding of freak hands is specialized, and often ignored. does this mean then that one must be conversant in more techniques, rathe then the same old same old, goren and distribution points?

You get what you pay for. I want my money back. :D :D ;)

Actually, it would be interedting to compare some of the percentages of trump breaks in hands dealt at bbo. Many tournaments will have 3-4 hands with extreme 2 suited distributions and people always ask if it is goulash. After 3 two suiter in a row, people do ask. So can a wise one run some tests on lets say, 5,000 hands dealt last week?

when i grew up i aspire to become a bbo expert can someone tell me what is the best way to achieve that? Please?

Best buy is a GString and an IOpener :lol: :lol: :lol:

I think louis Watson set out to write his book because he thoight put too much emphasis on bidding. Good declarer play will make you play faster in ordinary bidding situations. In Off-the-wall bidding sequences, it will help you play harder contracts. Plus, if you do not have a regular partner, you can study declarer play alone. Both defense and bidding depend on agreements and interations with partner. and, nowadays, what is standard anyway?

Has anyone ever observed, when taking or teaching a general education requirement class, such as math, or science, or whatever, the education major students are usually the dumbest of them all? Has anyone ever observed that, the people who are phd ed candidates are really trained in other areas? Those who can, do it. Those who can't, teach Those who can teach, get a BS degree in education.

I do remember, in the fil version of the musical GREASE, the FBI experts were called to find out which students had mooned the camera at the prom. Was a report ever released?

CEO --Chief Embezzlement Officer. CFO-- Corporate Fraud Officer. BULL MARKET -- A random market movement causing an investor to mistake himself for a financial genius. BEAR MARKET -- A 6 to 18 month period when the kids get no allowance, the wife gets no jewelry VALUE INVESTING -- The art of buying low and selling lower. P/E RATIO -- The percentage of investors wetting their pants as the market keeps crashing. BROKER -- What my broker has made me. STANDARD & POOR -- Your life in a nutshell. FINANCIAL PLANNER -- A person whose phone has been disconnected. MARKET CORRECTION -- The day after you buy stocks. CASH FLOW-- The movement your money makes as it disappears down the toilet. WINDOWS -- What you jump out of when you're the sucker who bought Yahoo @ $240 per share. INSTITUTIONAL INVESTOR -- Past week investor who's now locked up in a nuthouse. PROFIT -- An archaic word no longer in use

Gee thanks Dodgy, you right upt there with the fellas who test them motherboards to see how many decimal places of pi they calculate before they fail. B)

I have one more link, perhaps the answer is there: http://www.bridgehands.com/C/Card_Names.htm

Opener rebid 1nt, HIS HAND IS LIMITED, and must forever remain silent until provoked by responder. 2H IS NOT ENOUGH PROVOCATION

The original post had been removed when I checked the thread. but i am reminded of an online TD who has a sure fire way of making the game continue. he simply states: All must continue the game in silence. If people try to protest or explain or complain of innjury, he goes on: SILENCE, I SAID ABSOLUTE SILENCE. It works. No more grown up people calling for mommy.

would someone tell me which avbl games would allow transfer prenots, if aby. thanks all

Oh Mike, that is because the main room is only for experts. Or, or for hard-heel gals, The rest may kibbitz, or eat brioche.

I do not think it is the default. It is what people wnat to play. Those of us who like matchpoint play will testify that we sit down and open our mp table, and, sometimes we get excellent opposition. They will then ask us to change to imps, or will state that they will open another table with imps scoring and reserve for us. Others are much less diplomatic, and state that: "There is something wrong with the table, the scoring is matchpoints" "We do not play rubber bridge" The other day i saw a lonely player in a matchpoint table and I joined as opp. He was then joined by a very advanced imps player. The poor guy kept complaining to his partner concenring the bidding , defense strategy and card play which were not suitable for matchpoint play-- in reality I suspect that the imps player just joined the table because he is known to me and wanted to chat. the lonely guy eventually left. The thing is, if you want to play matchpoints, just open your own table, or identifytds and tournaments that run matchpoint games. I think to improve in bridge, one ought to learn the matchpoints game.

Hi there, i am forwarding a query from a friend, but have omitted her email for privacy reasons and will forward any answers. thanks all ******************* Subject: bridge movie on BBO I am fitz211 on BBO. my e mail is ******. I had BBO put in large cards. now I cant get the bridge movie or the claim button. they are covered up by things along right side of my screen. I have sent e mail ro BBO no ans. can you help? I want to get rid of big cards. I do not need them. ceww1 cant play regular anymore because of macular degeneration. we play with the robots. thanks. any help you can give appreciated.

sometimes people do not alert their non natural 2club open, or 1 club open because in their country or local club evryone plays the same system, so they see no need to alert. So sometimes it happens out of ignorance. But those no information availabe thing does tick me off. what i do is this, i inquire 1 club bids if the opps have no profile posted or have more than one system listed, and increasingly, i ask, before i make the first bid, what system they are playing. As to tds, much headache could be avoided it the tds were to read the communications concerning games at bbo which are sent to evry td and are pinned in this forum.

Will someone get me courtside seat at the changing room please?

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