Feedback on some BBO tourneys

[thepossum]

Hi all

 

Maybe I am imagining it, and it clearly varies across tournament types. But some are setup as very boring puzzles. Rather than just enjoying Bridge as the fun game it is you end up being forced into trying to second guess some puzzle setter which takes the fun out of it

 

Its a game. Hands used to feel natural when playing real Bridge

 

There are people who could actually analyse hands and people's perceptions and how natural they feel versus contrived and engineered to be analysed to death I imagine

 

It appears to be mainly the big MP tourneys. Wasting so much time trying to find a trick that isn't there

 

regards P

[morecharac]

Hi all

 

Maybe I am imagining it, and it clearly varies across tournament types. But some are setup as very boring puzzles. Rather than just enjoying Bridge as the fun game it is you end up being forced into trying to second guess some puzzle setter which takes the fun out of it

 

Its a game. Hands used to feel natural when playing real Bridge

 

There are people who could actually analyse hands and people's perceptions and how natural they feel versus contrived and engineered to be analysed to death I imagine

 

It appears to be mainly the big MP tourneys. Wasting so much time trying to find a trick that isn't there

Even at the virtual club level this seems to be a problem.

 

I can often tell from the first round if it's going to be a session of 5% layout after 5% layout. A waste of time and money that sucks the fun out of bridge that has adversely affected my bridge game.

[barmar]

Other than robot tourneys with the "best hand" option, and "goulash" tournaments, hand dealing is totally random. Nothing is set up as a puzzle.