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Sometimes I receive 'one or more players could not play. they may be using older veriosn of bbo...' What is the BBO version required. I am now using 4.5.3. Thx. :ph34r: :ph34r:

Thx Fred!!! No.... not the case for for the login dialog. If you are saying that the preference is kept per user, I have not login yet so that BBO doesnt kow. If you are saying that it is kept locally, whihc file could I take a look? Unless there are many files, one for each individual user? *** BTW if you have time, ignore this question and please look at a problem in Advanced/Expert class posted by Jlall - it came to me in a dream, million thx *********

Still I believe I am correct..... The expert RHO holding Qx doesnt hurt you or himself by discarding H. Yes you know LHO has 3 Dia and expert RHO has 2 Dia. Also you play 1st round DA and collect 2 low D from opps. It is irrelevant. You know it before playing any D. 2nd D from hand LHO low ... <====== problem comes only until this point of time. At this point of time, both LHO/RHO has 1 D left. You have to determine who has the DQ. You can forget anything before the hand.... anything about the D distribution..... It is the same problem as if you are playing 7C holding Your hand S ----- H ----- D Axx C AKQJT98765 RHO hand S AQKQJT9 H AKQJT D Qx C ----- or RHO hand S AKQJT9 H AKQJT D xx C ----- :ph34r: :ph34r: Happy to see more response .....

I think, the question raised here is why an "expert" in EAST would show you his heart with a heart discard, instead of throwing a spade. This leaves you with the following infomation. EAST has two diamonds WEST has three. The "pure guess" is now a no longer an issue. You know that WEST is 3/5th chance to hold the diamond queen, East 2/5th. Instead of a blind guess you are a 3/2 favorite if you hook WEST. The question is, why didn't EAST discard his known spade. Now EAST could have three diamonds west two, or the other way around. You can't know. Did East share this "data" with you so you could calculate the odds favor finessing his partner? Why would he do that? To help you out? Maybe you think he did it so you would finessee his parner becasue he has Qx of diamonds. In that case, you go against the odds. But, maybe he did it because he knew you were good enough to realize he wouldn't be wanting you help you get the count, so he is pretending to have Qx doubleton so you will not hook his partner. This is a mind game. I think that is the point. If EAST is that good, just go with the odds and play the man with three diamonds to have the queen. Agree with Ben's analysis but not with the final conclusion. If we don't think we can beat East at mind games, I think from a game theoretic point of view we should take the hook against West 60% of the time and against east 40% of the time. Otherwise East will do best by only dropping the heart when he holds Qx. After RHO discards his Heart, we could say so LHO is 60% having the DQ. But it does not make finissing LHO for DQ in favor of dropping RHO DQ. Hand LHO Dummy RHO DA Dx D9 Dx Dx Dx ?? Pure guess. The last D from LHO (his 3rd) is 50% DQ. The last D from RHO (his 2nd) is 50% DQ. We are not better off. Whatever card RHO discards on C is irrelevant...... Whatever RHO is (expert/idiot??) is irrelevant.....

I think, the question raised here is why an "expert" in EAST would show you his heart with a heart discard, instead of throwing a spade. This leaves you with the following infomation. EAST has two diamonds WEST has three. The "pure guess" is now a no longer an issue. You know that WEST is 3/5th chance to hold the diamond queen, East 2/5th. Instead of a blind guess you are a 3/2 favorite if you hook WEST. The question is, why didn't EAST discard his known spade. Now EAST could have three diamonds west two, or the other way around. You can't know. Did East share this "data" with you so you could calculate the odds favor finessing his partner? Why would he do that? To help you out? Maybe you think he did it so you would finessee his parner becasue he has Qx of diamonds. In that case, you go against the odds. But, maybe he did it because he knew you were good enough to realize he wouldn't be wanting you help you get the count, so he is pretending to have Qx doubleton so you will not hook his partner. This is a mind game. I think that is the point. If EAST is that good, just go with the odds and play the man with three diamonds to have the queen. If the Expert RHO show me his Heart, he tells he has 2 Dia and LHO has three D. But did he lose anything? No.... We can say that LHO is more likely to have the DQ before playing any D. When we start with DA and small D, what D to play from dummy is pure quess. Even we start with low D to dummy DK, we have not gained anything. Or we have not lose anything comparing with playing DA and small D. We just know the result sooner. Either RHO drops DQ at 2nd D, or we are going to lose a D to LHO if RHO doesnt drop DQ. Agree?? We should start with DA and small D after we know RHO has 2 D? It seems so only. Playing small D to DK in 1st trick is just as good..... P.S. Again edited a few times for complexity. Interested parties pls reread.....

We know for always D is either LHO 3 RHO 2 or LHO 2 RHO 3. We shall not see DQ on 1st round if RHO doesnt discard D. Let say RHO holds Qx and did not discard D We play A, LHO play small D. 2nd D, LHO low -> pure guess DK, small D from table, RHO DQ -> no guess (RHO Qx) small D from hand, small D from LHO, DJ (pure guess), DQ from RHO -> results known ....... Every D play we either face with pure guess or see the DQ and no guess. Similar development if RHO start with XXX and didnt discard D DA, LHO small D, Dx, LHO DQ -> no guess (RHO xxx) DK, small D from table, RHO small D -> pure guess low D from hand, LHO low D, DK, RHO low D, Dx from table, RHO low D, pure guess Also same - either we have pure guess, or see the Q (no guess), if RHO start with xx or Qxx. :ph34r: :ph34r: P.S. Edited a few times for complexity. But hope you get my idea/reasoning (though I am not sure if I am right). Enjoyed the problem!!!!

Yes I know. I mean for BEFORE logging in, the login window (play online/open file on disk/exit) where we type the login name and password is wrong, it displays in rubbish character (which is supposed to be actually simplified chinese). After logging in I could see English which is my setting. I could change windows Regional and Language options -> advanced, and set it to simplified chinese. Login windows would then be presented in simplified chinese correctly. But it affects other non BBO programs. :P :D

The problem is difficult .... I think RHO is still possible to have Qx or XXX. He is not necessarily holding xx or Qxx to discard a D. It appears to me that whatever RHO discard on C, he does not lose anything. If he discard D from Qx or XXX, he just let us know the result sooner. If RHO has xx or Qxx, we still have a pure guess if we start with DA and small D. Results known after guessing the 2nd D play. So no psychology involved? :P :D

whenever RHO (palooka/adv) doesnt pitch his known ♠, I assume he is sleeping and finesse LHO for the Q, no matter he pitches ♥ or ♦. Against meckstroth I take a toss.

Please note that Chinese traditional and Chinese simplified are 2 different language setting, unlike English US and English UK. Currently BBO has only Chinese simlified translation. In my Chinese traditional PC, BBO default my language to Chinese. The login window is displayed as Chinese simplified which my PC displays rubbish characters. Please help. :) :lol: :lol:

Running 4.4.2 (the official download) in a notebook, the login window (where I type my user/password) is displayed in simplified chinese even I have set my BBO as English. After login BBO is able to work in English. What bad is that my notebook is running traditional chinese so the login window looks wild. I have another PC (also traditional chinese windows XP) running BBO 4.4.3. But the login window is displayed in English. Is the issue fixed in 4.4.3 onwards? Or have I have any setting in my notebook? In the latest beta 4.5.x is FD bundled into BBO? I prefer a lighter BBO and didn't download beta BBO after FD. :) :)

[hv=n=skq76h83dq65ck654&w=s9842hdak92cqt873&e=saj53ht9542dj8ca2&s=sthakqj76dt743cj9]399|300|S open 1H W 2C N X E 2S S 3H W 3S N X Pass out [/hv] I was poor (or foolish N). Opps play very well to make 3S. What do u think of Xing 3S? Foolish enough? lol Any way to set it? Hand records here (ACBL pair 11am Monday - bd 11) http://online.bridgebase.com/myhands/hands...28351628-730276 :) :lol:

Would like to see the results last hand in score board, in addition to the session score ... THX :rolleyes: :lol:

Planning to buy a notebook with wide screen 1280*768. Could someone post here the screen of BBO? Grateful if you could post also an IE screen @ e.g. www.bridgebase.com :ph34r: :ph34r:

On a windows XP simplified chinese machine, I could not see the suit symbol in the bidding. Only I see a rectangle. Please help !!!!! :D :ph34r:

Appreciate if in the score board, other than the session overall, results of last hand could be shown. This way we do not have to look at the movie as often. :D :ph34r:

Thanks for the insightful response. Realize now that my hesitation in 7) (if valid) should only suggest pd not to call 6C. If I bid 5C quickly instead there is a problem. How does director resolve if there is hesitation. RHO said there is hesitation. I disagree. LHO said no comments. Is it only established with both sides agreement?

Thx mike. It was not online. It was F2F bridge. I believe the time I quote (2s for 3C and 5s for 5C) are close to actual. There is no considerable hesitation. In fact LHO agree though he said no comment in 16) I would agree I took longer to bid 5C than I bid 3C. Was that a hesitation? Was that a BIT? 6CX -3 is the same result at the other table. Bidding decisions seems normal to me.

Not familiar with the rules. 1) Partner opens 2S (10-16 both minors) 2) RHO X 3) Holding 3334, 5hcp, I bid 3C. Take 2 secnds or so. 4) LHO Pass 5) Partner Pass 6) RHO bid 4H 7) I consider for sth like 5 seconds or so and bid 5C 8) LHO Pass 9) Partner Pass 10) RHO 5H 11) I pass 12) LHO pass 13) Partner bid 6C (partner is holding 1165) 14) RHO called director, claiming I have a hesitation in 7) and my partner could then not bid 6C. 15) Director ask if I agree there was hesitation, which I did not agree. 16) Director ask my LHO if there was a hesitation, he said no comments. 17) Director ask if there was a break in tempo. LHO said yes. 18) Bidding continues. Contract 6CX 19) Results 6CX -3 (500). 5H is cold (650). a) What is a hesitation? Is there a time range? e.g. anything longer than 5 seconds is a hesitation? B) What is a BIT? Is there a time range? e.g. anything longer than 5 seconds is a hesitation? :) :ph34r:

I mean when not all players has accepted the team match. Can I cancel the team match. Will try if I could see the match in pending team match session. I am stuck at the following point, and would be glad to have a Cancel button there. 1. Chat to lobby to invite players. 2. receive reply from players. 3. Create team match entering those who reply. 4. Players accept the team match Player2 of 8 accepted ---- ---- Player6 of 8 accepted One player did not accept nor reject <====== stuck here 5. All players ready team match starting. 6. Team match in play. :ph34r: :ph34r:

Thx Gerado. Sorry for not making clear. I mean when creating team match, player 1 accepted player 2 accepted --- --- player 6 accepted But the last player (who expressed interest in playing) just hang on, not accept and not reject, all the other 7 players are then stuck. B) :ph34r:

Players may not respond when hosts create team match after they chat to the hosts they play. Please provide a CANCEL button .. thx B) :D

As far as I know, Meckwell play something like 1♦ = -ve 1♥ = +ve ♠ 1♠ = +ve ♣ 1NT = +ve ♥ 2♣ = +ve ♦ 2♦ = +ve NT And Hamman Soloway play a step response for strength. It appears to me that Meckwell is clearly superior. Any merits for Hamway way or similar e.g. control response?

I recall that in the myhands page, cells/rows are in alternate colours. But when I browsed myhands page, all the background are in white colours. Is it possible to reinstate the alternate colours, which make the page easier to read? :) :)