Alright, the clock has struck midnight, which means we have confirmed our awful Day 1 results. However, with the pressures of overalls behind us, we can go high vol for the rest of the tournament. If this were a poker table, I’ve become the Loose-Aggressive Maniac. If you don’t believe me, here are my first 5 boards – no holding back versus the bots!
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So a huge security feature of the online NABC is that almost every gets completely different boards. About 30 people play each board, and there are 2334 entries. With only 24 boards per day, it is highly unlikely you have even 3 boards in common with anyone. If you don’t believe me – 2334 people play 24 boards = 56,016 scores recorded. Each board played 30 times, meaning at least 1800 unique boards!
How about those within your “section” of 15 tables? I haven’t confirmed, but I believe even those 15 tables are not playing the same boards as you – the section concept is only for the purposes of scoring your percentage for section tops. Does anyone know for sure?
Furthermore, players who are friends with you or in the same geography as you will not get the same boards. Therefore, I don’t feel guilt sharing my preliminary results with GNYBA readers. Besides, even if you got the 7NT board – it won’t be board 5 for you. I could be any of the 1-24, or most likely none at all!