Winter Swiss - Standings after Round 2

Reviewing Hands played on BBO

In my opinion one of the best features of BBO is that you can always review every hand played afterwards. Its better than just getting a hand record. You can go over every hand, trick by trick and card by card. You can even get GIB to do a double dummy analysis on a trick by trick basis (this feature works best with "lin" files). Here's some information on how to review hands:

1. The best way of reviewing a match that you have played is to do the following:
   Using the same computer that you played the match on open bridge base (without logging on).
   Then click the bottom button called “Open Bridge Movie from your Computer”.
   Double click on the folder which is named with your BBO name (eg tarakiwi).
2. You should now have a list of all the BBO sessions that you have played on that computer. Teams matches will be named something like “Tournament ### 03 26 08”. Where ### is a unique tournament number assigned to your match and 03 26 08 is the date of the match in (US) mm dd yy order. You may have to scroll along the grey scroll bar at the bottom of the box to find the right file (they are in alphabetical order). Double click on the appropriate file and Voila! You now have the full record of the match. If you click on any result you get the full record of the hand which you can replay card by card! Even better you can get to see (card by card) the full record of what team mates did. It’s great for “apportioning the blame!”.
3. Alternatively you can do much the same thing by clicking this link. Enter your (BBO) user name (eg “tarakiwi”) click “get hands” and you get all the hands you have played on BBO in the last two days. (You can adjust the time to retrieve up to one months worth of hands.)

Results of Casual Matches Played 27th April

Match 7: Y20: janwhy/blair20 & jaymac/middlec beat KK’s: gillyfleur/lugiu & kiaora/koppie 46-31

Match 8: Froggy Homers: patricck/barry & gerry/Kermit beat Joking Tigerbees: kiwi_joker/coldplay & tigerboy1/buzzybee 32-21

Match 9: Musketeers: hoki/clavis & ickool/memell beat Gunners: major_blue/nzchuck & diatribe/petermct 43-24

Winter Swiss - Round 2 - Results

Match 1: Breg: gerry/tarakiwi & diatribe/bruzo beat Musketeers: hoki/memell & ickool/halfbach 20-10 (25-8 imps)

Match 2: Youthz & Oldz: susanjane/ninja89 & hda/motbocaj lost to Homer's Heros: patricck/quikjanz & barry/jenm 10-20 (4-23 imps)

Match 3: Tiger-Bees: buzzybee/tigerboy1 & andrewnz/abeljan beat Hugh's BBC: best_minor/varange & crowie_11/whichname 23-7 (46-14 imps)

Match 4: House: acolitecs/gypsy1308 & major_blue/john_4nz beat Online Go Girls: seychelles/lmu & blinkers/glennis 16-14 (40-37 imps)

Match 5: The Masters: mastersg/tuckaway & clientje/cyber lost to Ojay's: jenter62/judyon & ikanarat/judz1 9-21 (16-38 imps)

Match 6: Oakura's Apprentices: oakura/mccullagh& manawa/hermman lost to Trudy's Treasures: trudy nz/gogga & nztipg8/bluelabel 14-16 (24-30 imps)

Winter Swiss - Draw for Round 2

Match 1: Breg: gerry/tarakiwi & diatribe/bruzo v Musketeers: hoki/memell & ickool/halfbach
Match 2: Youthz & Oldz: susanjane/ninja89 & hda/motbocaj v Homer's Heros: patricck/quikjanz & barry/jenm
Match 3: Tiger-Bees: buzzybee/tigerboy1 & andrewnz/abeljan v Hugh's BBC: best_minor/varange & whichname/crowie_11
Match 4: House: acolitecs/gypsy1308 & major_blue/john_4nz v Online Go Girls: seychelles/lmu & blinkers/glennis
Match 5: The Masters: mastersg/tuckaway & clientje/cyber v Ojay's: jenter62/judy o & ikanarat/judz1
Match 6: Oakura's Apprentices: oakura/mccullagh& manawa/hermman v Trudy's Treasures: trudy nz/gogga & nztipg8/bluelabel

2009 Winter Swiss – Format, Rules and Timetable

Format:

1. There are 12 teams entered including a “house team” which will be made up each week to avoid a bye.
2. There will be five rounds of qualifying with a random draw for the first round and a swiss draw thereafter. Each round will be of 12 boards commencing 8pm each Monday night.
3. After qualifying there will be a final for the top four teams, a plate competition for teams 5 to 8 and a consolation event for the remaining teams. These will each be separate three round, round robin events of 12 board matches commencing 8pm each Monday night. The formula for the Round Robins will be:
   
   Round 1: 1v4 2v3
   Round 2: 3v1 2v4
   Round 3: 1v2 4v3

Rules:

1. IMP scoring will be used with the results being converted to Victory Points. Results will be collated from BBO records and there is no need for Captains to submit results. Captains should, however, check results once published and point out any mistakes.
2. Each week the draw (including team line-ups) will be published by 7.00 pm by email to all captains and by publication on this blog site.
3. The team named first on the draw is the home team. The captain of the home team is responsible for creating the match on BBO. Instructions on creating matches are on the blog site here.
4. The captain of the home team chooses who “sits” where and thus which of his/her pairs play which opposition pairs. Any team without a captain able to create the match in any particular round will lose home team advantage.
5. If any player is not online and available to commence the match at 8pm the captain setting up the match shall immediately arrange a replacement, by calling for all comers from the Lobby if necessary.
6. Positions after qualifying and final positions will be determined by Victory Points. For the final and the plate there will be a carryover from qualifying of 40%. For the consolation there will be no carryover.
7. Teams must play each round. Outside substitutes are allowed. Any team defaulting will score no victory points for the round. The opponents of any team defaulting shall receive 18 VPs or the average number of VPs won by the team in all its other matches in the stage (including later matches), or the average number of VPs won by the opponents of the forfeiting team in matches played against that team in the stage (including later matches), whichever is the greater.
8. Ties will be broken by Swiss Points, then by net imps. Any remaining tie will be broken, if possible, by a 4 board head to head match arranged before the next round or within one week after the final round. If this is not possible the remaining tie will be broken by the toss of a coin.
9. Kiwi Teams rules apply to all matches:
   - Undo’s are allowed but should be used for genuine mis-clicks only.
   -The Barometer is on.
   - Kibbitzers are allowed.
   - Kiwi (NZ Bridge) alerting and pre-alerting rules apply.
   (The NZ Bridge manual which contains these rules (at pages D38 to D41) is available online here).
10. Please note that alerting on BBO is different to over the table alerting. Each player must alert their OWN bids. This is sometimes referred to as “self alerting”. Do not confuse this with NZ Bridge rules as to “self alerting” calls which are referred to in 12 below.
11. To alert your bid either click the alert button before making your bid or click on your bid after you have made it. Next, type a brief description of your bid in the box provided, then hit the “enter” key. Your alerts can only be seen by your opponents and cannot be seen by your partner. Accordingly there is no harm in over alerting because your partner is never aware of your alerts. Equally you can privately ask either opponent about a particular bid by clicking on the opponents bid. This will prompt a box to come up on the opponents screen for an explanation to be typed in. In addition you can privately provide further information about your bid to both opponents simultaneously by using the <==> button at the bottom of the screen. All of this asking and telling should be done privately (rather than to the whole table) so that your partner never knows what is being asked or told.
12. For non New Zealanders please note that all doubles, redoubles, cue bids, strong 2c openers, 2c stayman bids and 4 level or higher bids are “self alerting” calls. You should not alert them (although for BBO play where partner does not see the alert there is no harm in alerting them). Opponents are expected to ask about these calls if they wish to know. However, unusual agreements regarding these calls which may surprise opponents should be pre-alerted at the start of the match.
13. There are no prizes for winning or otherwise :-( Just Glory!!! :-)

Time-table:

20th April Round 1 Qualifying
27th April Round 2 Qualifying
4th May Round 3 Qualifying
11th May Round 4 Qualifying
18th May Round 5 Qualifying
25th May Round 1 Final/Plate/Consolation
1st June Queens Birthday Weekend NO PLAY
8th June Round 2 Final/Plate/Consolation
15th June Round 3 Final/Plate/Consolation
END

Winter Swiss - Standings after Round 1

Results of Casual Matches Played 20th April

Dandilions: hoki/gypsy1308 & ickool/halfbach lost to Gypsies: suescott/nomanacero & tigerboy1/kiwi_joker 24-29
Ev's Everreadys: hda/dolbeldjd & petermct/diatribe beat Homeric Jokers: patricck/barry & best_minor/buzzybee 32-11

Winter Swiss - Round 1 - Results

Match 1: Musketeers: ickool/halfbach & suescott/janwhy beat Oakura Apprentices: oakura/mccullagh & manawa/desilva 25- 2 (56-5imps)

Match 2: Ojays: jenter62/judy o & ikanarat/judz1 lost to Youthz & Oldz: susanjane/ninja89 & hda/motbocaj 5-25 (1-40imps)

Match 3: Hugh’s BBC: best_minor/varange & glennis/crowie_11 tied with House: davetaupo/back55 & lexitnz/major_blue 15-15 (37-37 imps)

Match 4: Online Go Girls: seychelles/lmu & blinkers/sandrac lost to Tiger-bees: tigerboy1/kiwi_joker & abeljan/andrewnz 9-21 (20-42 imps)

Match 5: Homer’s Heros: patricck/coldplay & barry/jenm beat The Masters: mastersg/tuckaway & clientje/cyber 23-7 (35-6 imps)

Match 6: Trudy’s Treasures: trudy nz/gogga & nztipg8/bluelabel lost to Breg: gerry/tarakiwi & bruzo/diatribe 3-25 (16-62 imps)

Winter Swiss - Draw for Round 1

Match 1: Musketeers: ickool/halfbach & memell/janwhy v Oakura Apprentices: oakura/mccullagh & manawa/desilva

Match 2: Ojays: jenter62/judy o & ikanarat/judz1 v Youthz & Oldz: susanjane/ninja89 & hda/motbocaj

Match 3: Hugh’s BBC: best_minor/varange & glennis/crowie_11 v House: davetaupo/nomanacero & lexitnz/major_blue

Match 4: Online Go Girls: seychelles/lmu & blinkers/sandrac v Tiger-bees: tigerboy1/kiwi_joker & abeljan/andrewnz

Match 5: Homer’s Heros: patricck/coldplay & barry/jenm v The Masters: mastersg/tuckaway & clientje/cyber

Match 6: Trudy’s Treasures: trudy nz/gogga & nztipg8/bluelabel v Breg: gerry/tarakiwi & bruzo/diatribe

Teams Entered for Winter Swiss

The Teams for the Winter Swiss competition (captains named first) starting tonight are:

1. Breg: gerry/tarakiwi/bruzo/diatribe/sunline77

2. Online Go Girls: seychelles/lmu/blinkers/sandrac

3. Ojays: jenter62/judy o/ikanarat/judz1

4. Trudy’s Treasures: trudy nz/gogga/nztipg8/bluelabel

5. Homer’s Heros: patricck/quikjanz/barry/jenm

6. Tiger-bees: buzzybee/tigerboy1/abeljan/andrewnz/kiwi_joker

7. The Masters: mastersg/tuckaway/clientje/cyber

8. Youthz & Oldz: susanjane/ninja89/hda/motbocaj

9. Oakura Apprentices: oakura/mccullagh/manawa/hermman

10. Musketeers: hoki/memell/ickool/halfbach/ken436/janwhy

11. Hugh’s BBC: best_minor/varange/glennis/crowie_11/whichname

12. House Team: - personnel will vary from week to week.

Winter Swiss Competition Starts Tonight

Kiwi Teams is alive and well with the 8 round Winter Swiss competition starting tonight. There are 12 teams entered. A full list of entries and the draw for round 1 will be published on this site prior to 7.00 pm tonight. Subsequently this blog site will be used to publish all draws, results and standings for the event.

Kiwi Teams went into recess at the end of November but restarted with casual games each Monday from the 9th March. After the first week we have had between 5 and 7 matches each week.

The Winter Swiss is only played at 8pm each Monday. Casual games will still be available for all who wish to participate at both the 8 pm and 9.30 pm time slots. Just enter in the usual way by responding to the weekly email.

If you are not already on the Kiwi Teams email list and want to be just send a BBO message to tarakiwi with your email address.

Palmy Punters take Nov Knock

In a wild but close final the Palmy Punters have prevailed over the Auckland Tigers in the inaugral kiwi teams November Knockout. Both teams were battle fit after close wins in the semi-finals. In the final no less that 77 imps were exchanged as both sides socked it out. The Auckland Tigers needed 10 imps on the last board but could only manage 7. The final score 40-37 to the southern team.

The playoff for third and fourth was also close with BERGlers stealing the win over Homers Hero's by 28-21.

In the plate final DEAP Thinkers were more dominant in beating Minnt's Moments 52-14.

So the Awards go like this:

Cup: - Palmy Punters: ljs/noelwz & ken436/janwhy

Runners-up: - Auckland Tigers: hoki/gogga & tigerboy1/clavis

Third: - BERGlars: tarakiwi/gerry & diatribe/bruzo

Plate: - DEAP Thinkers: davetaupo/paul3210 & buch99/blinkers

Results of matches on 24/11/08

8.00 pm:
November Knockout Results:
Final:
Auckland Tigers: hoki/gogga & tigerboy1/clavis lost to Palmy Punters: ljs/noelwz & ken436/janwhy 37-40

Third/Fourth playoff:
BERGlars: tarakiwi/andrewnz(cascade –sub) & diatribe/bruzo beat Homers Hero’s: patricck/barry & kiwi_joker/frets 28-21

Plate Final:
DEAP Thinkers: davetaupo/paul3210 & sandrac/blinkers beat Mintt’s Moments: glennis/derfson146 & jaymac/mintt 52-14


Casual Matches:
KAMM Carr’s: kotuku/crowie_11 & manawa/mccullagh beat Challengers: judz1/lmu & oakura/argyll2nz 49-12

9.30 pm
Homers Hero’s: patricck/quikjanz & barry/fretts beat Kool Kiwis: kiwi_joker/ickool & buzzybee/bluelabel 67-6
kotuku/mastersg & blinkers/sandrac beat oakura/argyll2nz & sweetjane/idlelupino 28-1
acolitecs/grazy69 & abeljan/diatribe lost to manawa/lowu & hairy_scot/varma 41-42

Draw for November Knockout 24/11/08 (Finals)

Cup Final:
Auckland Tigers: hoki/gogga & tigerboy1/clavis v Palmy Punters: ljs/noelwz & ken436/janwhy

Third/Fourth Play-off:
BERGlars: gerry/tarakiwi & diatribe/bruzo v Homers Hero’s: patricck/quikjanz & barry/jenm

Plate Final:
DEAP Thinkers: davetaupo/paul3210 & buch99/blinkers v Mintt’s Moments: glennis/gillyfleur & jaymac/mintt

Casual Game:
KAMM Carr’s: kotuku/acolitecs & manawa/mccullagh v chalengers who dare!

This will be the last night of Monday Kiwi Teams for 2008. We will start up again late Feb - Early March 2009.

Results of matches on 17/11/08

November Knockout:
Cup:
Match 1: Homers Hero’s: patricck/quikjanz & barry/jenm lost to Auckland Tigers: hoki/gogga & tigerboy1/clavis 12-30
Match 2: Palmy Punters: ljs/noelwz & ken436/janwhy beat BERGlars: gerry/tarakiwi & diatribe/bruzo 38-28

Plate:
Match 3: KAMM Carr’s: oakura(sub)/acolitecs & suescott(sub)/mccullagh lost to Mintt’s Moments: glennis/gillyfleur & jaymac/mintt 25-31

Casual Matchs:
Match 4: DEAP Thinkers: davetaupo/paul3210 & buch99/blinkers beat Challengers: andrewnz/kiwibridge & crowie_11/dama 1 50-13
Match 5: DEAP Thinkers: davetaupo/paul3210 & buch99/blinkers beat Challengers: kiwi_joker/trudy nz & grazy69/acolitecs 44-25
Match 6: Sweet Latinos: idlelupino/sweetjane & argyll2nz/oakura lost to Kool Kiwis: ickool/varange & derfson146/judy o 7-78

Close Matches in first round of November Knockout

The November Knockout got underway tonight with three relatively close matches. The BERGlars prevailed over Mintt's Moments by 16 imps whilst the Palmy Punters had a winning margin of 15 over KAMM Carr's. The story of the round however came in the match between Auckland Tigers and DEAP Thinkers. The latter were ahead by 4 imps going into the last Board. At one table they chose to defend a vulnerable 3d doubled whilst at the other they defended 3s not vul and undoubled. Unfortunatly 3d made 5 and the net result was -14 imps.

The good news for DEAP Thinkers is that their 10 imp loss was the narrowest of the three losses which means that they are straight through to the plate final on 24th November.

The semi-finals for the Cup will be played on 17th November. They will be fought out between this weeks winners together with Homers Heros who, as top seeds, had the bye this week. Full details of all teams and how the draw works are at http://kiwiteams.blogspot.com/2008/11/draw-and-details-for-november-knockout.html.

Draw for November Knockout 17/11/08

Cup:
Match 1: Homers Hero’s: patricck/quikjanz & barry/jenm v Auckland Tigers: hoki/gogga & tigerboy/clavis
Match 2: Palmy Punters: ljs/noelwz & ken436/janwhy v BERGlars: gerry/tarakiwi & diatribe/bruzo

Plate:
(DEAP Thinkers: davetaupo/paul3210 & buch99/blinkers = Bye/Casual Match)
Match 3: KAMM Carr’s: kotuku/acolitecs & manawa/mccullagh v Mintt’s Moments: glennis/gillyfleur & jaymac/mintt

All matches start at 8.00 pm on 17th November. Home teams are named first and the first named player is the captain who is responsible for setting up the match.

Results of matches on 10/11/08

8.00 pm Matches:
November Knockout:
Match 1: BERGlars: gerry/tarakiwi & diatribe/bruzo beat Mintt’s Moments: glennis/gillyfleur & jaymac/mintt 45-29
Match 2: KAMM Carr’s: kotuku/acolitecs & manawa/mccullagh lost to Palmy Punters: ljs/noelwz & ken436/janwhy 10-25
Match 3: Auckland Tigers: hoki/gogga & tigerboy/clavis beat DEAP Thinkers: davetaupo/paul3210 & buch99/blinkers 33-23

Casual Matches
Match 4: Homers Hero’s: patricck/quikjanz & barry/jenm lost to Stroppy Gamblers: gambler3/stroppy & tkkiwi/andrewnz 27-42
Match 5: bythesea/clarkson & oakura/argyll2nz lost to derfson146/trudy nz & blair20/suescott 14-24

9.30 pm Matches (all casual matches):
Match 6: manawa/mccullagh & cyber/nztipg8 lost to noelwz/tkkiwi & kotuku/iamwill 23-71
Match 7: davetaupo/paul3210 & buch99/blinkers beat oakura/argyll2nz & idlelupino/sweetjane 69-31
Match 8: Homers Heros: patricck/quikjanz & barry/jenm beat Stroppy Gamblers: gambler3/stroppy & diatribe/minuet 51-13

Draw and Details for November Knockout

We have ended up with 7 teams in the November Knockout. Seven teams is not ideal but is manageable. All teams will get at least two “live” games. Teams who have a bye will always be provided with a casual game unless they specifically ask, before 5pm on the Monday, that they not play at all.

The teams entered are:

Homers Hero’s: patricck/quikjanz & barry/jenm
BERGlars: gerry/tarakiwi & diatribe/bruzo
Palmy Punters: ljs/noelwz & janwhy/ken436
DEAP Thinkers: davetaupo/paul3210 & buch99/blinkers
Auckland Tigers: hoki/gogga & tigerboy/clavis
KAMM Carr’s: kotuku/acolitecs & manawa/mccullagh
Mintt’s Moments: glennis/gillyfleur & jaymac/mintt

The seeded draw for round 1 is:

Match 1: BERGlars: gerry/tarakiwi & diatribe/bruzo v Mintt’s Moments: glennis/gillyfleur & jaymac/mintt
Match 2: KAMM Carr’s: kotuku/acolitecs & manawa/mccullagh v Palmy Punters: ljs/noelwz & janwhy/ken436
Match 3: Auckland Tigers: hoki/gogga & tigerboy/clavis v DEAP Thinkers: davetaupo/paul3210 & buch99/blinkers

Homers Hero’s: patricck/quikjanz & barry/jenm have been seed straight into the semi final. However they will still have a “casual” match tonight as follows:

Match 4: Homers Hero’s: patricck/quikjanz & barry/jenm v Stroppy Gamblers: gambler3/stroppy & minuet/andrewnz

Please note that captains are named first and it is the responsibility of the captain of the first named (home) team to set up the match. The home team captain chooses which pairs play each other.

Rounds 2 and 3:
Next week Homers Heros will play the winner of Match 3 and the winners of Matches 1 and 2 will play off. The winners of these matches will contest the final on the 24th November and the losers will play off for 3rd and 4th.

The Plate event will run as follows. The losing team from week 1 who loses by the least margin will qualify for the plate final and will only play a “casual” match next week. The other two losers will play off for the right to contest the plate final. The loser of that match will just play a casual match on the 24th November. The least loser from round 1 and the winner of the round 2 match will play off for the Plate on 24th November.

May the best team win!