As of June, we added a new type of tournament to the BBO schedule:
BBO’s Newcomer Pairs Tournaments are dedicated to new players (with less than 5 BBO Points) and offer a safe space for beginning players to dip their toes into the world of duplicate.
Directed by world class directors, with strict no rudeness rules, these tournaments are perfect even for the most shy pairs to get started with competitive bridge.
Tournament specifics
- 12 boards
- 8 minutes per board
- Matchpoints
- Entry fee: 0.60 BB$
- You can register with a robot
- Awards: BBO Points
- Conditions of Contest
Who can play?
These special Newcomer Pairs games are limited to players with 0 to 4.99 BBO Points (no award symbol in profile, or award symbol 2).
If you are new to BBO:
- We are happy to welcome you and
- Don’t be afraid to play with your rookie fellows in this tournament.
How can I play?
Want to play? Youpi!
Click on “COMPETITIVE” —> “BBO POINTS TOURNAMENTS” and Search for “Newcomer Pairs (0-4.99 BBO Points)”. Or, visit the new Virtual Clubs menu and click BBO World.
When Can I play?
Every day, every hour.
Tips&Tricks
- Comments or suggestions are of course welcome, write to us and tell us about it at support@bridgebase.com
- Want to know what are the other tournaments offered by BBO? Just click here.
- You are new to BBO and you need some help, you can find useful links here and a welcome guide here.
Comments
22 responses to “BBO Tournaments: Newcomer Pairs”
Good Beginning
Gute Idee
This is very exciting. Thank you.
are you setting up tournaments for players with 20 50 or 100 poin ts
If we want to join these games from the UK what time do we need to register please?
good idea, only I couldn’t see the tournament listed as running
Very good idea! On suggestion, would it be possible for the tournaments to have a ‘partnership desk’ where you could find a human partner instead of having to use a robot? (I play ACOL Bridge and the robots seem to use SAYC).
Also, small thing, but the link in ‘Tips & Trick’ to useful links doesn’t appear to be working, though the link to the ‘welcome guide’ is ok.
There is a partnership desk where you can add your name or invite someone. Notice the links at the top, one of them is Partnership Desk.
Great, thanks Diana! The message, didn’t mention a partnership desk, so I didn’t know it was already an option
this sounds very interesting but could there be earlier times for the Europeans? Thank you
Yes! I also would love to have an earlier time for us South Africans! Please! It would be similar to the European times. Very excited about trying to play with real people. I am so new to bridge that I haven’t played with anyone other that my fellow students.
what are BBO points
Tried to register, (3+ level), could not get in…
Sounds like fun! Thanks for setting this up.
how do you know if you are registered?
Are ACBL MPs awarded on top of BBO Mps?
No, this is a BBO game, it doesn’t award ACBL points.
For 0-5 ACBL players there is free entry in any of the ACBL sanctioned Daylong tournaments (note that those are robot games). So there is a newcomer variation for ACBL too, in a different type of game. To find these, click ACBL World and all the ACBL Daylongs should show as Free if you have a valid ACBL number on file and less than 5 ACBL points.
What is the start time for Pacific Standard time. How do you get to play in the Newcomer Pairs tournament if you are in California.
don’t like letting people register alone and play with robots
There seem to be some advanced players taking part in the Newcomer tournaments. I thought it was meant to be more for those who haven’t taken part in tournaments before?
I would like to play in the Newcomers Tournament with my partner Grantlet but am not sure how to go about paying the fee??
PPlease advise me Thank you trishlewiHow do you pay?
I am in Canada in Saskatchewan. What is the last starting time for me?