Here is how the game will work Wednesday:
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On the afternoon, your players go online to BBO at 1.50 p.m say, and await an invitation from their table host, noting their BBO name.?
On receipt they click ¡°Accept¡±. When all 8 players have done this the game will start. If one or more players refuse for whatever reason, the host will reissue invitations until all accept.
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The game will start. There will be barometer scoring so that the players can see what is happening to the score board by board..the scoring is in imps.?
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Each match is individual to each pair of teams.?
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After 8 boards the first stanza ends and the score shows. There is then a 5 minute break to take the cat or tortoise for a walk, and the table is switched by the host. Then invitations are reissued just as at the start, and the pairs now play the other members of the opposition team.?
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The table at which I sit always starts the game last, to ensure the any techno problems are addressed and we can be sure that all matches are up and running.? ? ?
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After all matches have ended I review all the imps scores and convert them to VPs (Victory Points) on the standard table for 16 board matches, as follows:
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The standard IMP to VP scale for 16 board matches is:
IMP? ? ? 0-1 ? ? 2-4 ? ? 5-8? ? 9-12? 13-17? 18-22 ? 23-28 ? 29-35 ? 36-43? 44-53 ? 54+?
VP? ? ? 10-10? 11-9 ? 12-8 ? 13-7 ? 14-6? ? 15-5? ? 16-4? ? ? 17-3? ? 18-2? ? 19-1? ? 20-0
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Then I send you a completed sheet of the results for you to share with your players.?
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The winner takes the glory, the loser takes stock to see if they would like a rematch.
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There is no charge for the game. Normally it is all over by 4pm and it¡¯s very sociable, very chatty, and fun.
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For our teams, I have paired Bob-Harold with Gery and Hollis Barry, the dominant pair from the Old Lyme CC game. Hollis played with Alice Hummel in the OLCC Member-Guest in September and the Barrys later played with Alice and Ken Steele in a sectional, but alas Kelice had a bad day.
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After that we will have
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Erik-Jim with Hank-Steve
Amina-Marie Jose with Hara-Linda
Irene-Louise with Phoebe-Vicki
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If anyone has to back out, please let me know ASAP.
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