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BBF Challenge Event #2

smerriman

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  1. 1. Scoring

    • IMPs
      22
    • MPs
      10

  2. 2. Best Hand

    • Best Hand
      8
    • Not Best Hand
      25

  3. 3. Boards

    • Less - specify below
      3
    • 32
      20
    • 48
      5
    • 64
      6
    • More - specify below
      0

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1eyedjack

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That's correct, each challenge gets its own set of hands. So this will be true in all rounds.

 

As for cheating by kibitzing, the same thing can happen in regular tournaments, main bridge club, etc. No one has ever claimed that cheating is hard on BBO.

I think that cheating in a challenge match *is* pretty hard.

 

First off, there is no menu that allows you to access current challenge matches being played (with a view to selecting one to kibitz). I stand to be corrected if wrong.

 

I am not sure whether you could kibitz a specific player who you happened to know was currently playing a challenge match. Should be possible (and I think sensible) for the server to block kibitzers of challenge matches, if not currently blocked.

 

But if you wanted to kibitz another player in a challenge match you would need to be able accurately to predict when, within a 3 day window, he is likely to be playing the hands.

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gordontd
gordontd

What does this even mean?

Vampyr
Vampyr

I do not think it is reasonable to have a policy that a contestant must play when he has no further interest in the event.   And comparing the size of the differential is meaningless anyway since the

jeffford76
jeffford76

If someone does only play half, it seems reasonable to just double the first half margin. It's not like the victory margin playing completely different hands is all that meaningful anyway.

ovncylmz

ovncylmz

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I think that cheating in a challenge match *is* pretty hard.

 

First off, there is no menu that allows you to access current challenge matches being played (with a view to selecting one to kibitz). I stand to be corrected if wrong.

 

I am not sure whether you could kibitz a specific player who you happened to know was currently playing a challenge match. Should be possible (and I think sensible) for the server to block kibitzers of challenge matches, if not currently blocked.

 

But if you wanted to kibitz another player in a challenge match you would need to be able accurately to predict when, within a 3 day window, he is likely to be playing the hands.

 

You cannot kibitz challenge matches. Also you cannot see challenge hand records of other players. So only way to cheat is to get help from another source about card play or defense - which doesn't matter to me.

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nullve

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frank0 and I have finished our match.

 

1st half: http://webutil.bridgebase.com/v2/tview.php?t=ARDCHALLENGE:ff73f93c.688d.11e6.8e99.0cc47a39aeb4-1471886976

2nd half: http://webutil.bridgebase.com/v2/tview.php?t=ARDCHALLENGE:3fb7dd95.690d.11e6.8e99.0cc47a39aeb4-1471941630

 

Memorable boards for me (and not because I did well on them!):

 

* 7, 1st half (I have to remember that this isn't a GiB (or conservative 2/1) 1♠ opener.)

* 14, 1st half (2♠ really felt like an underbid, but I did have "2+ ♠; 10- total points" and I wasn't sure if GiB would understand 2N followed by 3♠.)

* 15, 1st half (Amusing how GiB's defence depended on whether declarer won with the A or K at trick one. I'm not defending anything I did on the board, though.)

* 11, 2nd half (Resisted the temptation to open 2N(!!). It was also tempting to play for an overtrick (by risking a 6-1 diamond break), knowing that I was down 17 after 1 half. At least I had to think about it. :))

* 15, 2nd half (I thought for ages about what to do at trick 4, but somehow it didn't occur to me that p could have ♥KT left.)

* 16, 2nd half (My line was probably too speculative, but playing low from dummy at trick 1 felt like giving up. (How often does GiB lead from a bare king like that?) Amazing 3N at the other table!)

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barmar

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You cannot kibitz challenge matches. Also you cannot see challenge hand records of other players. So only way to cheat is to get help from another source about card play or defense - which doesn't matter to me.

I guess I sometimes forget what types of tables block kibitzers. Since I'm a yellow the normal blocks don't apply to me.

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frank0

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frank0 and I have finished our match.

 

1st half: http://webutil.bridgebase.com/v2/tview.php?t=ARDCHALLENGE:ff73f93c.688d.11e6.8e99.0cc47a39aeb4-1471886976

2nd half: http://webutil.bridgebase.com/v2/tview.php?t=ARDCHALLENGE:3fb7dd95.690d.11e6.8e99.0cc47a39aeb4-1471941630

 

Memorable boards for me (and not because I did well on them!):

 

* 7, 1st half (I have to remember that this isn't a GiB (or conservative 2/1) 1♠ opener.)

* 14, 1st half (2♠ really felt like an underbid, but I did have "2+ ♠; 10- total points" and I wasn't sure if GiB would understand 2N followed by 3♠.)

* 15, 1st half (Amusing how GiB's defence depended on whether declarer won with the A or K at trick one. I'm not defending anything I did on the board, though.)

* 11, 2nd half (Resisted the temptation to open 2N(!!). It was also tempting to play for an overtrick (by risking a 6-1 diamond break), knowing that I was down 17 after 1 half. At least I had to think about it. :))

* 15, 2nd half (I thought for ages about what to do at trick 4, but somehow it didn't occur to me that p could have ♥KT left.)

* 16, 2nd half (My line was probably too speculative, but playing low from dummy at trick 1 felt like giving up. (How often does GiB lead from a bare king like that?) Amazing 3N at the other table!)

 

He says all except the overall result :) .

-------------1st-----------2nd------------Total

Nullve___7________39_________46 (win 10)

 

Frank0__24_______12_________36

 

I guess now I have to pray for big swing in other matches.

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Wackojack

Wackojack

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Just played my match agaist Eagles. The Robots had more than their share of the cards making it a bit frustrating.

 

http://webutil.bridgebase.com/v2/tview.php?t=ARDCHALLENGE:e3343da6.690f.11e6.8e99.0cc47a39aeb4-1471942763&u=wackojack

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Phil

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Halftime with Shyams. I'm up by about 3 game swings but admittedly had a little luck when I missed a slam with

 

AQJx

AQxx

Jxx

Ax

 

xxx

Kxxx

AKTxx

x

 

Hearts split 3-2 but both pointed hooks were off.

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zebutin

zebutin

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I finished my 2x 16 deals against manudude03. First set manudude03 won 4-2, second one had much more fireworks and I got lucky to win it 40-11, so overall score was 42-15. Sadly I don't know how to link the scores to here, so can't do that.

 

Edit: Added link to scores using Franks advices.

 

First match: http://webutil.bridgebase.com/v2/tview.php?t=ARDCHALLENGE:01b07a3f.69a3.11e6.8e99.0cc47a39aeb4-1472005951&u=zebutin

 

Second match: http://webutil.bridgebase.com/v2/tview.php?t=ARDCHALLENGE:307620a8.6a90.11e6.8e99.0cc47a39aeb4-1472107820&u=zebutin

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frank0

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I finished my 2x 16 deals against manudude03. First set manudude03 won 4-2, second one had much more fireworks and I got lucky to win it 40-11, so overall score was 42-15. Sadly I don't know how to link the scores to here, so can't do that.

 

 

gordontd vs olegru played the first half, but I have no ideas how to find link to our match.

 

Could somebody help me with instructions?

 

1. Login BBO

2. On top of the screen, click "my BBO"

3. Hands and Results

4. Recent tournaments

5. Find the match, open it, score of that tournament will pop up, on top right corner of the pop up, you can see "open in new window", click it.

6. Now in the new window, copy the link and paste it here.

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smerriman

smerriman

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I'm currently down by 7 IMPs after the first set with jeffford76.

 

For those who haven't heard from their opponent yet - let's give them a while longer (the weekend may be the best time to play); if they haven't responded or at least posted on the forum within a week of the draw, I'll drop them out and re-pair people who haven't played. MrAce can join in if that is an odd number (or we have another late entry before the round finishes).

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MrAce

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I'm currently down by 7 IMPs after the first set with jeffford76.

 

For those who haven't heard from their opponent yet - let's give them a while longer (the weekend may be the best time to play); if they haven't responded or at least posted on the forum within a week of the draw, I'll drop them out and re-pair people who haven't played. MrAce can join in if that is an odd number (or we have another late entry before the round finishes).

 

Ok thanks, please let me know via PM or here if that happens.

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eagles123

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Just played my match agaist Eagles. The Robots had more than their share of the cards making it a bit frustrating.

 

http://webutil.bridgebase.com/v2/tview.php?t=ARDCHALLENGE:e3343da6.690f.11e6.8e99.0cc47a39aeb4-1471942763&u=wackojack

 

 

I won the 2nd half by 6 mainly down to a couple of hilarious GIB ***** ups but its not enough - so well done to Jack :)

 

gl in next round!

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