Category Archives: Bridge Thoughts

Gold Points: Online vs Face-to-Face

Posted on September 26, 2023 by Lee Lin

Despite a few proposals and motions to the contrary, there is no distinction between gold pigmented Masterpoints won online versus at a face-to-face tournament. That is, you need 50 gold points to achieve Life Master, and you can mix and … Continue reading →

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The Easiest Gold Points: Bracketed Round Robin

Posted on September 6, 2023 by Lee Lin

We previously discussed various ways to win Masterpoints online. Today’s post is all about getting gold points, the usual last hurdle for most players to reach Life Master. For most players, 500 Masterpoints is easy enough to reach using clubs … Continue reading →

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Do the Masses Prefer Bracketed Or Swiss Teams?

Posted on August 1, 2023 by Lee Lin

Today, the GNYBA Tournament Committee met to discuss whether to have Flighted Swiss versus Bracketed Teams. There are pros and cons. Downsides of Swiss A Flighted Swiss allows you to choose your bracket. However, the bracket could be very large, … Continue reading →

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PickleBridge?

Posted on July 25, 2023 by Lee Lin

Very interesting. Today is the Advisory Council General Meeting, formerly the ACBL Board of Governors. ACBL Executive Director Bronia Jenkins revealed the new Picklebridge initiative. ACBL will work with Pickleball clubs and encourage members to play a game of pickleball, … Continue reading →

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Bidding like it’s IMPs in a Matchpoints game?

Posted on May 20, 2023 by Lee Lin

Serious question. Have you ever played in a matchpoints game but agreed with your partner you will bid as if you are playing IMPs? Mini Bridge Adventures: Edison Sectional Today is my first time participating in the Edison Sectionals, which … Continue reading →

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NABC Reno Day 3: Competitions and Conventions Committee

Posted on March 14, 2022 by Lee Lin

The C&C Committee is holding their meeting on Monday, March 14th 2022 in Reno at the Silver Ballrooms. They are responsible for a variety of procedures and regulations around competitions, convention charts, alert procedures, and many other tournament and competition … Continue reading →

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GNYBA Finals Hand Analysis

Posted on March 6, 2021 by GNYBA

In addition to providing us live entertainment and commentary during the GNYBA Final KOs, David Gurvich offered the following analysis and thoughts on some key boards. All of the boards can be found at the KO leaderboard. For the finals … Continue reading →

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GNYBA League – Thoughts and Thanks

Posted on November 29, 2020 by Lee Lin

Today marks the last round of the first ever GNYBA Winter League regular season. We still have the exciting postseason knockouts, but for now I’ll take some time to reflect. As a reminder, we are an all-volunteer committee of three … Continue reading →

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District 24 Director Newsletter – November 2020

Posted on November 24, 2020 by David Moss

No one has ever accused me of being a glass half full person, but given recent vaccine news, we might be more than half way through our time with no face-to-face bridge. Let’s hope. In the mean time, new options … Continue reading →

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ACBL Side Game Overalls Not Stratified

Posted on October 18, 2020 by Lee Lin

My Howling Winds side game adventure, aka the 9:15pm side game, has been very educational and lots of fun! I could have played with a different partner daily, but for this regional, I was lucky to have 3 sessions with … Continue reading →

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