Virtual Club Game - Aug 5, 2020

ACBL Results
CommonGame Results

★ ★ ★  MASTERPOINT WINNERS  ★ ★ ★
N/S
Paul Bacon - Philippe Galaski		55.16	1st A	0.89
John Debaggis - Motoko Oinaga		55.16	1st C	0.89
James Nowill - Jan Nettler		53.17	2nd B	0.53

E/W
Margaret Winslow - Tim Joder		68.25	1st A	1.05
Angela McDonough - John Castonguay	57.94	1st B	0.74
Allison Ryan - Barry Laflam		46.83	1st C	0.53

Virtual Club Game - Aug 4, 2020

★ ★ ★  MASTERPOINT WINNERS  ★ ★ ★

N/S
George Abbott - Liz Hildebrandt		61.56	1st C	1.2
Margaret Winslow - Tim Joder		60.2	2nd A	0.84
Alan Frank - James Osofsky		58.84	3rd A	0.6   	
David Rosnick - William Scott		52.38	2nd B	0.33

E/W
Michael Ramella - Sharon Strassfeld	59.52	1st B	1.2
Judith Hyde - Robert Sagor		58.84	2nd A	0.84
Philippe Galaski - Roger Webb		56.12	3rd A	0.6
Judith Simon - Sheila Terens		49.66	2nd B	0.33
Andrew Batchelor - Tim Bakker-Norton	40.82	1st C	0.24

Club Names		RESULTS	Contact Person
Northampton	Schedule	ACBL / CommonGame	rjsagor@gmail.com
Pembury	Schedule	ACBL / CommonGame	Rogbert690@gmail.com
Hartford	Schedule	ACBL / CommonGame	hartfordclub@sbcglobal.net
* Nearby clubs are listed here for your convenience.

Virtual Club Game - July 30, 2020

★ ★ ★  MASTERPOINT WINNERS  ★ ★ ★
N/S
Barry Laflam - Robert Sagor	58.57	1st A	1.02
Alan Peterfreund - Roberta Francis58.57	1st B	1.02
Allison Ryan - Robert Leitch	47.62	1st C	0.44

E/W
Tim Joder - Yan Drabek		58.10	1st A	1.20	   	
Sheila Ryan - Steve Peck	55.71	1st C	0.84
James Osofsky - Markus Wagner	53.81	2nd B	0.44

Vitural Club Game - July 29, 2020

★ ★ ★  MASTERPOINT WINNERS  ★ ★ ★
N/S
James Osofsky - Robert Sagor	70.54	1st A	1.8
Paul Bacon - Philippe Galaski	62.5	2nd A	1.26
Barry Laflam - Yan Drabek	51.79	1st C	0.96
Margaret Winslow - Tim Joder	48.51	4th A	0.64
Elizabeth Lincoln - Marlene Myers47.62	2nd B	0.68

E/W
Amanda Chohfi - Esther Bean	62.5	1st A	1.8
Muriel Dane - Myrna Butler	59.52	2nd A	1.26
Daniel Hoch - Roger Ketron	58.63	1st C	0.96
John Debaggis - Motoko Oinaga	55.95	2nd C	0.68

Virtual Game Results - July 28, 2020

★ ★ ★  MASTERPOINT WINNERS  ★ ★ ★

N/S
Philippe Galaski - Sheila Ryan	64.63	1st A	2.2
Margaret Winslow - Yan Drabek	61.93	2nd A	1.54
George Abbott - Liz Hildebrandt	54.26	1st C	1.1
David Rosnick - William Scott	51.96	2nd C	0.78

E/W
Kurt Schneider - Markus Wagner	66.06	1st B	2.2
Alan Frank - James Osofsky	60.9	2nd A	1.54
Roger Webb - Tim Joder		59.89	3rd A	1.1
Judith Larsen - Steve Peck	52.94	1st C	0.78

Club Names		RESULTS	Contact Person
Northampton	Schedule	ACBL / CommonGame	rjsagor@gmail.com
Pembury	Schedule	ACBL / CommonGame	Rogbert690@gmail.com
Hartford	Schedule	ACBL / CommonGame	hartfordclub@sbcglobal.net
* Nearby clubs are listed here for your convenience.

Special Game This Thursday!

At 7PM July 30 Thursday, the Northampton Club is offering a special game to give a chance to our membership to get extra silver points. Please sign on at least 10 minutes before 7PM. 

See you at the table!

Are You Missing Seeing Your Fellow Players?

Our club will start experimenting using Zoom's Breakroom feature when we play our Vitual Club Games. Anyone who is interested in seeing and conversing with other players will need to send Bob Sagor an email at rjsagor@gmail.com telling him so. Then you will receive an invitation to join our zoom session. The Zoom session will open 15 minutes before the game to allow socializing. During the game players will only see and be able to talk to the other players at their table. After the game there will be another short whole club meeting. For simplicity, Bob recommends to use a separate device such as an ipad or phone for the Zoom feature. Those facile with computers can run both BBO and Zoom on the same device by splitting the screen, but this is a level of complexity best left to individuals who know they can handle it.

Since the Zoom feature operates totally independently from the BBO games, players can opt out of the Zoom program without disturbing their game or anyone else’s.

There is an article about clubs using this feature in the July issue of the ACBL Bulletin on page 16.

Virtual Game Results, Wed July 22, 2020

★ ★ ★  MASTERPOINT WINNERS  ★ ★ ★

N/S
Philippe Galaski - Robert Sagor		59.52	1st A	1.35
Ornit Grossman - Walter Ruland		59.23	2nd A	0.95
Angela McDonough - John Castonguay	56.55	1st B	0.72
Gail Bleifer - Paula Dambrauskas	54.29	2nd B	0.51
Jan Nettler - Sheila Ryan		43.03	1st C	0.36

E/W
Barbara Speight - Kathy Meyer		61.73	1st C	1.35
James Kronholm - Robert Leitch		60.97	2nd B	0.95
Motoko Oinaga - Yan Drabek		59.78	2nd C	0.68
Amanda Chohfi - Esther Bean		52.25	4th A	0.48

Virtual Game Results - Tue July 21, 2020

★ ★ ★  MASTERPOINT WINNERS  ★ ★ ★

N/S
Alan Frank - James Osofsky		63.48	1st A	1.95
Margaret Winslow - Tim Joder		62.26	2nd A	1.37
Paul Bacon - Yan Drabek			56.47	3rd A	0.98
Allison Ryan - Richard McClure		55.51	1st C	0.96	
Elizabeth Lincoln - Norann Coggins	54.53	2nd B	0.68
John Debaggis - Motoko Oinaga		52.55	2nd C	0.48

E/W
Philippe Galaski - Roger Webb		69.28	1st A	1.95
Judith Hyde - Robert Sagor		57.35	2nd A	1.37
Constance Dube - Teresa Sedgwick	56.73	1st B	0.98
Harshad Patel - Wayne Peters		54.98	4th A	0.69
James Nowill - Susan McCoy		52.1	2nd B	0.68
David Rosnick - William Scott		49.93	1st C	0.48
Andrew Batchelor-Tim Bakker-Norton	45.08	2nd C	0.33

Club Names		RESULTS	Contact Person
Northampton	Schedule	ACBL / CommonGame	rjsagor@gmail.com
Pembury	Schedule	ACBL / CommonGame	Rogbert690@gmail.com
Hartford	Schedule	ACBL / CommonGame	hartfordclub@sbcglobal.net
* Nearby clubs are listed here for your convenience.

Congratulations to Northampton Bridge Club Players Who Advanced in Rank

(reported by ACBL 04/01/20 - 07/01/20)

NEW JUNIOR MASTERS

Andrew M Batchelor, Northampton MA

NEW CLUB MASTERS

Kathy M Meyer, Amherst MA

NEW SECTIONAL MASTERS

Sally H Zigmond, Amherst MA

NEW REGIONAL MASTERS

Dr Robert Leitch, Amherst MA
Dr Alan Peterfreund, Amherst MA

NEW NABC MASTERS

Richard D McClure, Easthampton MA
Susan K McCoy, Amherst MA

NEW GOLD LIFE MASTERS

Dr Robert J Sagor, Greenfield MA

Congratulations To Bob Sagor for Attaining the Gold Life Master!

Congratulations to Bob Sagor who attained his Gold Life Maste (2500 MPs)! Bob has managed to find time to play while getting our online games up and running and continuing to offer support to members and Directors. While we can’t throw him a party to celebrate this achievement, please congratulate him if you “see” him at the Bridge table.

Play Virtual Bridge Club Games on BBO

ALERT

The ACBL and BBO have purged all club eligible players lists of every name that has been manually added. What this means is that TONIGHT (June 23), every person who has asked to be made eligible for our game is no longer eligible unless Bob adds them again.

• The club has NOT changed its eligibility requirements
• HOWEVER, if you are not a member of the Northampton Club, the Greenfield Club, or the Pembury Club, and you want to play in our game, you need to be manually re-added to our eligible list
• “Guests” or their partners, need to email Bob, rjsagor@gmail.com, with their BBO names so he can manually add them. This should be done so that the game can start on time with all interested players properly registered.

Club Names		RESULTS	Contact Person
Northampton	Schedule	ACBL / CommonGame	rjsagor@gmail.com
Pembury	Schedule	ACBL / CommonGame	Rogbert690@gmail.com
Hartford	Schedule	ACBL / CommonGame	hartfordclub@sbcglobal.net
* Nearby clubs are listed here for your convenience.

* Good News: The Northampton Bridge Club Board has decided to reduce the price of our BBO games to $4.00 starting June 23.

Helpful Vedio Links:

• How to register for BBO?
• How to Join BBO
• How to add BB$
• How to find YOUR club's games
• Need a Partner? Learn how to use Partnership Desk
• How to Alert bids on BBO
• How to make a BBO Convention Card

Notes

1. All Northampton members are allowed to play in all Pembury Bridge Club games, All Pembury Members are allowed to play in Northampton games.
2. If you are registering for either Northampton or Pembury for the first time (you or your partner) then PLEASE register early. Do not wait till 15 minutes before game and find you cannot register. It’s a perfectly imperfect system. The best approach is to register 2 hours before start of event. Go offline if you want to, and come back 15 minutes before start time.
3. If you do receive "Blocked" message when registering then the best approach is to email me both you and your partners BBO usernames ASAP. For Pembury games, email Rogbert690@gmail.com. For Northampton games, email rjsagor@gmail.com

Tips

• To avoid accidentally putting in wrong bids, you can turn the "Confirm bids" on. To set that, login to BBO, click the "Account" tab, then click "Settings". Look under "Playing", and turn "Confirm bids" on. With that turned on, after each bid, you will need to click "OK" to commit your bid. If you notice a mistake on the bid before clicking "OK", you can just select a different bid.
• What does the number next to a player name mean? In short, it is the total points the player earned on BBO (this includes ACBL master points and BBO points). To find detailed answer, click on your name button and then click the "Masterpoints" button. From there click "What's this". But please do not let a high number intemidate you because many good players have low numbers because they have just started playing on BBO. Just play your game with your partner and ignore the numbers.
• How do I look at opponents’ cards? Convention cards are available in the blue button with 3 lines during play. You click the opposite direction (I.e. if you are N/S then you want to select E/W convention card).
• What is the proper way to ask opponents to explain their bid? To ask about a particular bid you just need to select it during the bidding. It will prompt opponent who bid it to describe it or describe it further. This prevents cross talk in chat box. (I.e. your opponent bids 2h and you like to know what it means, just click the 2h bid) (I.e. if description not adequate or confusing. Click it again)
• How to Alert my own bid? Click on the ALERT button in the bidding box area, just below where you select your bid. You should do this BEFORE selecting your actual bid. You can enter an explanation for the bid on the line next to the ALERT button. AFTER that, you enter your bid in the usual way. The alert (and explanation) are conveyed to your opponents, but not to your partner.
• How to explain your own bid: Click on a bid that YOU have made, and a box will appear where you can enter information about that bid, which will be conveyed to your opponents.
• Since there is no risk of conveying information to partner, the online culture is to give significantly more explanations to your opponents that you might have done face-to face. Even bids you think your opponents ought to understand, and which might not be alertable normally, might be worth a word or two of explanation (e.g. "5+ spades", or "11-15 hcp", or "negative"). Ethical players are forthcoming about their agreements, and don't wait to be asked.

ACBL Live Virtual Club Game on BBO

https://my.acbl.org/club-results/details/131159

ACBL Live Virtual Game on BBO

https://my.acbl.org/club-results/details/130988

Virtual BBO Northampton Bridge Club Games

Northampton Bridge club is offering two games per week on BBO (Bridge Base Online)
during the time our games are suspended. Games will be held on Tuesdays at 7 PM and
Wednesday at 1 PM at a cost of $5.00 each.  For those of you familar with BBO the games can be
found under"Competitive", "ACBL Virtual Cubs", "Northamton Bridge Club" and will be available
for registration starting two hours before the start of the game.

Specific instructions for joining BBO and loggin are includrd in an email being sent to
all on our email list. 
If you are unable to access the game, please contact Bob Sagor, Phillippe Galaski or
Shelia Ryan.

Hope to see you at the (virtual) bridge table.