hotShot Posted April 24, 2004 Report Share Posted April 24, 2004 Hi all! Today i had a bunch off interesting cases: Running a tourney with 8min/board 1board/round (announced with 7 but, could not keep the pace) I had 2 Pairs that finished almost no board on time. Second round they meet and they did not even finish the bidding within 8 minutes!For the next rounds one pair asked for setting the result to 6♥X (which should be made without major problems). Questions: Would you adjust a board where the bidding was not completed by passing 3 times? have a nice day hotShot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mirjam_3 Posted April 24, 2004 Report Share Posted April 24, 2004 Hi, Better not to make tourneys with 1 board in a round. With 2 boards a round there is more space to use some more or less time a board. Some tourneys run and some are complicated. Too bad you could not let the 2 pairs there forever... hehe. But, seriously, they get - and at the end they might finish in time or maybe better.. sub them all 4. Slowplay is asking to be subbed. But i know how it goes.. you go there and you see them bidding once or play a single card... so when is the time to take them out... No matter how you solve it (take out is best since most are there to PLAY and not to wait), they are not allowed to slow the tournament down. For yr last question: NO. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spwdo Posted April 25, 2004 Report Share Posted April 25, 2004 hi, When bidding isnt over , our standard approach is A==. It is each pair responsebility to inform TD about possibel damage .Very rare we adjust baords where only a couple of cards are played( if due to subbing or other problems time is lost resulting in a A-), standard appraoch then is in 95% also A==. As for your slowplayers, adjust A-, warn them second time/third time maybe and eventually sub them out. spwdomarc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gerardo Posted April 25, 2004 Report Share Posted April 25, 2004 If you can determine a pair is not responsible, that pair should get A+.A== says both are partially at fault, which seems right (it is their duty to inform the director about the time issues) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted April 27, 2004 Report Share Posted April 27, 2004 In addition to lengthening the time per Board to 8 minutes and taking the suggestion to play more hands per Round, I strongly recommend the Survivor format. Most of the time, players who are unable/unwilling to keep up, end up being some of the early ones to be excused. If a pair is consistently unable to finish a Round, I will adjust twice, but after two adjustments for a slow pair, I will not adjust EXCEPT to protect the opps from being penalized. Often it is only one player in the pair who is at fault, but this is a team sport, so unless it is to remove the slower player, I make no distinction. Both members of a partnership are on the hook to make sure their partnership observes the time limits. Frosty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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