Results of All Matches Played 18th May

8.00 pm:
Winter Swiss:

Match 1: Homer's Heros: patricck/quikjanz & barry/jenm drew with Breg: gerry/tarakiwi & diatribe/bruzo 15-15 (25-25imps)

Match 2: Tiger-Bees: kiwi_joker/tigerboy1 & andrewnz/abeljan lost to Youthz & Oldz: susanjane/ninja89 & hda/longlegs 10-20 (29-46 imps)

Match 3: Musketeers: ickool/halfbach & janwhy/ken 436 lost to House: gypsy1308/web70 & angel733/lexitnz 7-23 (20-50 imps)

Match 4: Online Go Girls: seychelles/lmu & sandrac/blinkers beat The Masters: mastersg/tuckaway & clientje/cyber 18-12 (30-19 imps)

Match 5: Trudy's Treasures: trudy nz/gogga & nztipg8/maggies_s beat Ojay's: jenter62/judyon & ikanarat/judz1 23-7 (32-2 imps)

Match 6: Hugh's BBC: best_minor/glennis & varange/whichname beat Oakura's Apprentices: oakura/manawa & bewoulf100/mccullagh 19-11 (52-38 imps)

Casual Match:
Match 7: Kiwi Jays: kiwibridge/blair20 & jaymac/jinxii lost to Home Crows: crowie_11/hermman & kiaora/ homelea 31-41

9.30 pm
Casual Matches:

Match 8: Humph Homers: patricck/barry/hda/dolbeldjd beat Musketeers: hoki/memell & ickool/halfbach 62-26

Match 9: Gypsies Angels: angel733/gypsy1308 & crowie_11/whichname lost to Blairs Web: blair20/web70 & maggies_s/ manawa 25-51

Winter Swiss - Full Draw for Round 5

Match 1: Homer's Heros: patricck/quikjanz & barry/jenm v Breg: gerry/tarakiwi & diatribe/bruzo

Match 2: Tiger-Bees: kiwi_joker/tigerboy1 & andrewnz/abeljan v Youthz & Oldz: susanjane/ninja89 & hda/motbocaj

Match 3: Musketeers: ickool/halfbach & janwhy/ken 436 & v House: gypsy1308/web70 & lexitnz/angel733

Match 4: Online Go Girls: seychelles/lmu & sandrac/blinkers v The Masters: mastersg/tuckaway & clientje/cyber

Match 5: Trudy's Treasures: trudy nz/gogga & nztipg8/maggies_s v Ojay's: jenter62/judyon & ikanarat/judz1

Match 6: Hugh's BBC: best_minor/glennis & varange/whichname v Oakura's Apprentices: oakura/manawa & bewoulf100/mccullagh

Winter Swiss - Standings after Round 4

Results of All Matches Played 11th May

Winter Swiss:
Match 1: Tiger-Bees: buzzybee/tigerboy1 & abeljan/andrewnz lost to Homer's Heros: patricck/quikjanz & barry/jenm 9-21 (13-34 imps)

Match 2: Breg: gerry/sunline77 & diatribe/bruzo beat Youthz & Oldz: susanjane/ninja89 & hda/motbocaj 19-11 (33-19 imps)

Match 3: Online Go Girls: seychelles/egmont & lmu/blinkers lost to Musketeers: ickool/halfbach & memell/hoki 13-17 (20-27)

Match 4: House: davetaupo/acolitecs & lexitnz/john_4nz beat Trudy's Treasures: trudy nz/maggies_s & nztipg8/alcihil 25-1 (72-15)

Match 5: The Masters: mastersg/toddnz & clientje/cyber lost to Hugh's BBC: best_minor/glennis & crowie_11/whichname 13-17 (21-29 imps)

Match 6: Oakura's Apprentices: oakura/masham & manawa/mccullagh lost to Ojay's: jenter62/dave27nz & ikanarat/judz1 2-25 (14-68 imps)

Casual Match:
Match 7: Jan’s Angels: jaywhy/ken 436 & rhonndaswe/angel733 beat Cold Macs: oakuramac/coldplay & derfson146/nomanacero 66-5

9.30 pm
Casual Matches:
Match 8: Evs Boys: petermct/diatribe & hda/dolbeldjd beat Tiger-bees: buzzybee/tigerboy1 & kiwi_joker/abeljan 31-28

Match 9: Dandelions: hoki/angel733 & ickool/halfbach beat Gypsies: acolitecs/davetaupo & manawa/gypsy1308 27-11

Match 10: Homeric Tips: patricck/barry & nztipg8/alcihil beat Taranaki Silver: tarakiwi/coldplay & desilva/trudy nz 48-45

Winter Swiss - Draw for Round 5

Match 1: Homer's Heros v Breg
Match 2: Tiger-bees v Youthz & Oldz
Match 3: Musketeers v House
Match 4: Online Go Girls v The Masters
Match 5: Trudy's Treasures v Ojays
Match 6: Hugh's BBC v Oakura's Apprentices


Home teams are named first. A draw with team lines up will be published by 7.00pm next Monday. All games commence 8pm Monday 18th May.

Winter Swiss - Full Draw for Round 4

Match 1: Tiger-Bees: buzzybee/tigerboy1 & abeljan/andrewnz v Homer's Heros: patricck/quikjanz & barry/jenm

Match 2: Breg: gerry/sunline77 & diatribe/bruzo v Youthz & Oldz: susanjane/ninja89 & hda/motbocaj

Match 3: Online Go Girls: seychelles/egmont & lmu/blinkers v Musketeers: ickool/halfbach & memell/hoki

Match 4: House: davetaupo/acolitecs & lexitnz/john_4nz v Trudy's Treasures: trudy nz/maggies_s & nztipg8/alcihil

Match 5: The Masters: mastersg/tuckaway & clientje/cyber v Hugh's BBC: best_minor/glennis & crowie_11/whichname

Match 6: Oakura's Apprentices: oakura/masham & manawa/mccullagh v Ojay's: jenter62/dave27nz & ikanarat/judz1

All games start at 8pm

Winter Swiss - Draw for Round 4

Match 1: Tiger-bees v Homer's Heros
Match 2: Breg v Youthz & Oldz
Match 3: Online Go Girls v Musketeers
Match 4: House v Trudy's Treasures
Match 5: The Masters v Hugh's BBC
Match 6: Oakura's Apprentices v Ojays

Home teams are named first. A draw with team lines up will be published by 7.00pm next Monday. All games commence 8pm Monday 11th May.

Winter Swiss - Standings after Round 3

Results of Matches Played 4th May

8.00 pm Matches:

Winter Swiss:
Match 1: Breg: gerry/tarakiwi & diatribe/bruzo lost to Tiger-Bees: buzzybee/tigerboy1 & abeljan/andrewnz 11-19 (7-21 imps)

Match 2: Homer's Heros: patricck/quikjanz & barry/jenm beat Musketeers: ickool/halfbach & memell/hoki 18-12 (41-29 imps)

Match 3: Youthz & Oldz: susanjane/ninja89 & hda/motbocaj beat House: gypsy1308/john_4nz & acolitecs/davetaupo 20-10 (44-26 imps)

Match 4: Ojays: jenter62/judyon & ikanarat/judz1 lost to Online Go Girls: seychelles/lmu & blinkers/sandrac 5-25 (15-55 imps)

Match 5: Hugh's BBC: varange/glennis & crowie_11/whichname lost to Trudy's Treasures: trudy nz/gogga & nztipg8/maggies_s 14-16 (16-19 imps)

Match 6: The Masters: mastersg/tuckaway & clientje/cyber beat Oakura's Apprentices: oakura/mccullagh & manawa/suzieh 22-8 (47-21 imps)

Casual Matches:
Match 7: Lexicons: trbm280/janwhy & rhonddaswe/lexitnz lost to Angels: angel733/coldplay & kiaora/gillyfleur 25-32 imps

9.30 pm
Match 8: Tribal Homers: patricck/barry & diatribe/petermct beat Tiger-Bees: buzzybee/coldplay v kiwi_joker/abeljan 27-1

Match 9: Dandelions: hoki/clavis & ickool/halfbach beat Gypsies: acolitecs/davetaupo v gypsy1308/manawa 36-21

Winter Swiss - Full Draw for Round 3

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

All games start at 8pm tonight

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