Category Archives: ACBL News

Silver Linings Week May 25-31

Posted on May 12, 2020 by Lee Lin

With the Big Apple Regional cancelled, ACBL is instead replacing our Memorial Day Weekend with Silver Linings Week! Virtual Private Clubs have received notice that club games will pay triple the normal amount, and all in silver! Only Virtual Private … Continue reading →

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Chance To Become Life Master In Just One Day!

Posted on May 1, 2020 by Lee Lin

Most players have no trouble reaching 500 masterpoints required for Life Master. The bottleneck is the specific pigment requirements. In particular, many struggle to obtain 50 gold point, having long won plenty of the other colors. The ongoing Save Your … Continue reading →

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Online Gold Point Overload

Posted on April 30, 2020 by Lee Lin

Unfortunately, BBO seems completely swamped as we kick off the first online regional, promising to give away tons of gold and red points. Speaking of kicking off, I got disconnected just now from the crowded overload. If you can’t get … Continue reading →

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Win ACBL Gold Points Online April 30 to May 3rd 2020

Posted on April 27, 2020 by Lee Lin

Just when we thought it would be impossible to get lots of gold points online, ACBL comes through with the upcoming “Stay At Home, Play At Home” tournament. I also completely missed the ACBL Club Championship that happened this past … Continue reading →

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Montreal NABC Summer 2020 Cancelled

Posted on April 18, 2020 by Lee Lin

The Summer 2020 NABC held in Montreal is officially cancelled. Many of us saw this coming, but we were holding on to hope that the public health situation was improving. However, even with 3 months to go, the Quebec government … Continue reading →

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Nationwide Versus Virtual Private Club Awards

Posted on April 15, 2020 by Lee Lin

There is just so much changing day to day, it’s hard to keep up. Only last week, we had our first 0-3500 game. For those who were waiting for the dust to settle, we are nearing what should be a … Continue reading →

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How To Get ACBL Masterpoints on Bridge Base Online

Posted on March 27, 2020 by Lee Lin

There is a huge learning curve to playing bridge online. Even if you are a life master or very seasoned player, the shift to playing online is still hard. How do you actually pay and enter events? How do you … Continue reading →

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Letter From Our ACBL District 24 Director

Posted on March 26, 2020 by David Moss

District 24 Director News  As District Director, I had planned on sending regular updates on the goings on of the ACBL Board and District 24 (New York City and Long Island). Like everything else, the bridge world has been turned upside … Continue reading →

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