Author Archives: Lee Lin

Colony Club Wins Interclub 2019-2020 Playoffs

Posted on September 15, 2020 by Lee Lin

The Inter-Club Bridge League finished their 2019-2020 season today with a 5 round BAM playoffs. Congratulations to Kristen Swenson, Hee Jung Moon, Kitty Stanton, and Anna Haas representing the Colony Club, winning the playoffs with a score of 15.5 boards. … Continue reading →

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Bridge Adventures: Face To Face Bridge In Taipei

Posted on September 7, 2020 by Lee Lin

As with some of our other Bridge Adventures posts, we search across the country and international world for interesting games. Today, we report from Taipei, over 7000 miles from New York City, to confirm that face-to-face bridge still exists. I … Continue reading →

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Surprise! You Might Be Eligible Again for Your GNT Flight

Posted on August 31, 2020 by Lee Lin

Clearly the 2020 pandemic disrupted everyone’s plans and lives. In our humble corner of the GNYBA bridge universe, Covid-19 struck just as we reached a euphoria from seeing record-breaking attendance for GNT Flight A/C and GNT Flight B. Special Rules … Continue reading →

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Record Breaking Virtual Vacations Gold Rush – 737 Tables

Posted on August 27, 2020 by Lee Lin

Today begins the 3rd online gold point regional. The early support your club games drew so many players that pairs needed to register 90 minutes early to secure a spot. In April, the first online gold point regional was so … Continue reading →

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Concurrent Games Masterpoint Fix In Action

Posted on August 19, 2020 by Lee Lin

Last month we wrote about the party in the limited game phenomenon. At a physical club, it was not possible for the 0-750 game to pay more masterpoints than the concurrent open game, regardless of the table imbalance*. The open … Continue reading →

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ACBL Changes We Hope To See Very Soon

Posted on August 16, 2020 by Lee Lin

There is a lot of discussion going on right now at the highest levels of ACBL. Covid-19 has accelerated the urgency for many issues, while also opening up new ideas we couldn’t have imagined before the pandemic. Getting From March … Continue reading →

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Win Gold Points! Virtual Vacations Aug 27-30

Posted on August 11, 2020 by Lee Lin

Once again, we have a chance to win gold points. At the end of this month, ACBL is having another online regional-like event, the Virtual Vacation Tournament. Daily Schedule – Simplification to One Page As many noticed, the Endless Summer … Continue reading →

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Get It While You Can – The 9:30pm Speedball

Posted on July 30, 2020 by Lee Lin

For those in the All-For-One alliance, there is a golden opportunity right now to earn your silver points. It’s one of those funny open games that are not really open. But it pays full 2x silver points: the 9:30pm speed … Continue reading →

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Virtual Club “Open Game” Getting An Update

Posted on July 28, 2020 by Lee Lin

A funny thing happened on today’s Silver Lining Week 2.0 Kickoff. The All-For-One evening 7:15pm open game, featuring world champions and Barry Crane winners, only had 6 tables. The real party was in the 0-800, which I’m calling the Silver … Continue reading →

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All-For-One Silver Point Schedule

Posted on July 26, 2020 by Lee Lin

The second Silver Linings week begins tomorrow. From July 27th through August 2nd, all virtual private club games will pay 2x silver points (first place gets 0.2 silver per table). As usual, with higher anticipated attendance, the clubs are preparing … Continue reading →

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