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More ACBL Gold Points: Oct 15-18 Fall Into Bridge

Posted on October 15, 2020 by Lee Lin

The second last online regional for 2020 begins tomorrow, with the usual stratified two-session pairs events each day, as well as many single-session side game series and newcomer games. And for those who like team games, stay tuned. In fact, … Continue reading →

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All For One Gold Point Week Speedballs

Posted on September 21, 2020 by Lee Lin

I was excited for the special Gold Point Week for virtual clubs, less so for the points and more because it would bring back the extra special evening speedballs. In fact, we have stratified speedballs now: Late night session: There will … 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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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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Win ACBL Silver Points Again – Jul 27 to Aug 2

Posted on July 14, 2020 by Lee Lin

Amazing! Just four months ago, there was no way to win pigmented ACBL masterpoints online, other than the three annual Online Individual NABC robot tournaments. The most recent one just finished, by the way, with a record 3400 entries. Black, … Continue reading →

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Super Gold Rush Is Super Successful, But Online Points Reduced

Posted on June 26, 2020 by Lee Lin

Yesterday was the first day of the Endless Summer Regional, offering ACBL gold pigmented masterpoints for online bridge. With so many different stratification levels, you might wonder which event would be most popular. Based on yesterday, the verdict is clear! … Continue reading →

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ACBL Summer Regional – Which Convention Chart Applies?

Posted on June 14, 2020 by Lee Lin

The upcoming June 25th to June 28th Summer 2020 Regional is exciting news, building on the successful Support Your Regional event from May. As discussed, there are more granular stratification levels than ever offered in any regional or NABC event. … Continue reading →

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Gold Points! Endless Summer Regional June 25-28

Posted on June 12, 2020 by Lee Lin

For those who missed the previous online gold point regional, there is another chance two weeks from now! Update 6/26/2020: For More Information on the Endless Summer RegionalGold Point Awards Reduced 20% for this regionalMake sure you know which ACBL … 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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