Introduction
BBO is an
ACBL-sanctioned
bridge club. Our ACBL games issue ACBL Masterpoints.
We run several types of ACBL games. Here is some information about
the various tournaments:
- These sanctioned games have an entry fee in BB$.
- All issue ACBL (and BBO) masterpoints, and are open to all. ACBL
membership is not required to play in these games, except for the games
with ACBL masterpoint limits (0-20, 0-299, 0-499, 0-1500).
- ACBL Open Chart conventions in all games.
- Either 12 or 18 boards long.
- Speedball pairs games consist of 12-boards, last just under an
hour, start on the hour, and run from 7 AM until 1 AM US Eastern Time,
every day.
- Open-Pairs are 18-boards, last 108 minutes, start 10 minutes past the hour and run from 9.10 AM until 10.10 PM US Eastern Time, every day.
- 0-499 Pairs and 0-1500 Pairs are also available every day,
several
times a day (see ACBL
Schedule).
- ACBL Robot individual games can have 12 or 18 boards, are
available 24 hours a day and last up to an hour.
- ACBL Instant Tournaments can be played at any time, by clicking
the Instant Tournament button in ACBL World.
- Pair games are stratified and offer both section and
overall awards.
- Masterpoints are reported monthly (on the 1st) to ACBL
headquarters and visible on the ACBL website a few days later.
- Masterpoints won online are colorless points and count for rank
advancement the same as any other ACBL masterpoints won in club games.
- Our ACBL directors are called ACBL_01, ACBL_02, etc..
- You can email acbl@bridgebase.com
with any ACBL issues.
ACBL Game Schedule