Announcements & Results, May /June

Tuesday 30th June

Winner tonight were Pat & Robot, followed by Catherine Egan & Olive Connaughton in second and Bernie Rountree and Margaret Maher in third.

Well done all!

Here are the links to our      RESULTS      and    BOARDS & TRAVELLERS    on BBO

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End of month Announcements

FINAL Honours list, May/June 2020

1st : Billy Ronan

2nd : Betty Cody

3rd : Pat Cassidy

4th : Fran Ronan

5th : Anne Marie Heavey

Congratulations to you all, and everyone else that made the honours list this period.

Showing member averages above 50% only. Only members with more than one game listed.

Honours list restarts afresh on 1st July

Other recent Paddyi hosted competitions

Surplus & Prizes

We are running a surplus for June, which as previously mentioned will be distributed in prizes. Details as follows :

Honours list prizes increased : 1st 12BB$,  2nd 10BB$,  3rd 8BB$,  4th 6BB$,  5th 4BB$.  Prizes apply only to members paid up to 30th June or later.

Honours list restarts afresh on 1st July.

Gala night Sunday 28th June : 1st 20BB$ (2x10),  2nd 10BB$ (2x5),  3rd 6BB$ (2x3).  Prizes apply to members paid up to 30th June  (or later) and their partners

July First Full Week : Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Thursday & Friday, 5th-10th July 

        EVERY NIGHT 1st 12BB$ (2x6),  2nd 8BB$ (2x4) 

Prizes apply to members paid up to 31st July (or later) and their partners 

• Robots - If you qualify for a prize playing with a Robot you get the Robot’s prize too.
• Winnings will be transferred to your BBO account.
• Substitutes don’t qualify for prizes, but members Partners do qualify for prizes in pairs events.

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Renewals : July

It’s renewals time. Some of you are already paid up for July, for everyone else, if you wish to continue playing in the PaddyBBO group next month please make the transfer by July 6th.

Pay €10 either via a “Revolut" peer to peer transfer or directly to my account, details on request

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Monday 29th June

Winner tonight were Pat & Robot, followed by Jim O'Reilly & Kieran Connolly in second and Catherine & Robot in third.

Well done all!

Here are the links to our      RESULTS      and    BOARDS & TRAVELLERS    on BBO

Sunday 28th June, Gala Pairs Results

Winners tonight were Betty Cody and her Robot friend with a very convincing 67.19%, a score that now has her snapping on Billy Ronan's heels for top prize on the honours list. Second place goes to Billy & Fran Ronan on 61.98%, which would win most nights,  and third place goes to Peter Ryan and Liz Jennings on 55.73%. Just behind them, and just missing out on the prizes in 4th place were Patricia Collins and Antoinette Harrison with a very credible 54.17%. Well done all.

Here are tonight's top 10 :

Here are the links to our      RESULTS      and    BOARDS & TRAVELLERS    on BBO

Friday 26th June

Congratulations to Catherine Egan & her Robot who took the honours tonight on 63.02%, ahead of Billy Ronan and Dave Terry in second on 60.24%, well ahead of joint third Bernie Rountree & Robot and Pat Egan & Robot on 55.9%
Well done all.

Here are the links to our      RESULTS      and    BOARDS & TRAVELLERS    on BBO

Thursday 25th June

All very tight tonight with first second and third all above 60%. Congratulations to Claire Streckler and Deirdre O'Halloran, winners tonight on 62.7% ahead of Catherine Egan & her trusty robot on 61.9% and Pat Egan + Robot in third with 60.32%.
Well done all.

Here are the links to our      RESULTS      and    BOARDS & TRAVELLERS    on BBO

Tuesday 23rd June

Congratulations to Bernie Rountree and Margaret Maher, winners tonight ahead of Mary Deane & Declan Murray in second, and Pat Cassidy & Brendan Rushe in third.
Well done all.

Here are the links to our      RESULTS      and    BOARDS & TRAVELLERS    on BBO

Monday 22nd June
Congratulations to Ann Marie Heavey and Betty Cody who won tonight, ahead of Catherine Egan & her chatty Robot in second place.
Well done all.

Here are the links to our      RESULTS      and    BOARDS & TRAVELLERS    on BBO

Friday evening 19th June
Best all-human pair tonight were Mary Deane & Declan Murray, pipped for top spot by a Robot. Joint third were Sean Whelan & Brendan Rushe and Kay Russell & Eithne Petit. Well done all,
Here are the links to our      RESULTS      and    BOARDS & TRAVELLERS    on BBO

Weekly update 19th June :

Once again we had good support for our evening competitions, but insufficient support for our three daytime competitions.  It seems there’s too much other stuff going on in the daytimes, so if we’re still here in September we’ll give them another go, but in the meantime we’ll just stick to our evening games.

However if anyone wants their own game for any time let me know & I will try to facilitate.  This can be for just members of the group, or for your own supplied list of of people, or other other defined groups. 

My apologies for Thursday night's game which was cut short before the last round.

Here are this week's winners,

Sunday 14th 7pm

1st : Peter Ryan & Liz Jennings

2nd : Vistors Fer & Jacqueline

3rd : Mary Deane & Declan Murray

Monday 15th 7:45pm

1st : Pat Egan & Robot

2nd : Fran Ronan and Conor O'Hara 

3rd : Catherine Egan & Robot

Tuesday 16th 7:45pm

1st : Bernie Rountree & Margaret Maher 

2nd : Brendan Rushe & Robot

Joint 3rd : Olive Connaughton & Daphne Morgan 

Joint 3rd : Claire Streckler & Fedelma Martin

Thursday evening’s came failed.

Friday 18th 7:45pm

1st : Pat Egan & Robot

2nd : Mary Deane & Declan Murray

Joint 3rd : Kay Russell & Eithne Petit

Joint 3rd : Sean Whelan & Brendan Rushe

Tuesday evening, 16th June

Winners tonight were Bernie Rountree and Margaret Maher, ahead of Brendan Rushe & his mate Bob, and Olive Connaughton and Daphne Morgan tying with Claire Streckler & Fedelma Martin for third. Well done all.

Here are the links to our      RESULTS      and    BOARDS & TRAVELLERS    on BBO

Monday evening, 15th June

Best all human pair tonight were Fran Ronan and Conor O'Hara, pipped into second by your Robot assisted host. Third place went to Catherine Egan and her friendly Robot.

Well done all.

Here are the links to our      RESULTS      and    BOARDS & TRAVELLERS    on BBO

(The latter link might not work for an hour or so).

Sunday evening, 14th June

Winners tonight were Peter Ryan & Liz Jennings, ahead of our visitors from The Netherlands, Fer & Jacqueline, and Mary Deane and Declan Murray making their debut tonight came in third.

Well done all.

Here are the links to our      RESULTS      and    BOARDS & TRAVELLERS    on BBO

(The latter link might not work for an hour or so).

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Friday 12th June, weekly update :

The good news is all of our evening games ran this week with a minimum of 21 boards in 7 rounds, or 24 boards in 8 rounds when we had sufficient tables. 

However, none of our daytime tournaments had sufficient support to run (minimum 3 tables). This is understandable considering the longer Summer days, lockdown easing, and the CBAI getting all the Clubs setup with their own BBO platforms. 

I’ll give them another week, if you want these games to continue you’ll have to play in them. Otherwise we'll abandon them for now, but try again in September. 

If this results in a surplus at the end of June there’ll be an increased prize fund for the May/June honours list and prizes for Sunday 28th June. 

Friday evening, 12th June

Winners tonight were Billy Ronan & Pat Cassidy on 65%, cementing their first & second places on the honours list. Second place goes to Margaret Maher & Fedelma Martin, with Bernie Rountree & Mary Flynn in third.  Well done all.

Here are the links to our      RESULTS      and    BOARDS & TRAVELLERS    on BBO

(The latter link might not work for an hour or so).

Thursday evening, 11th June

We had a 5 table howell tonight, so we had our full compliment of 24 boards. 

Best human pair tonight were James & Catherine Connolly, but they were pipped into third place by a couple robot assisted humans. There was a three way tie for fourth place between Margaret Maher & Mary Flynn, Anne Darmody & Mary Power, and Jim O'Reilly & Kieran Connolly. 

Well done all.

Here are the links to our      RESULTS      and    BOARDS & TRAVELLERS    on BBO

(The latter link might not work for an hour or so).

Tuesday evening, 9th June

Billy Ronan and Pat Cassidy are tonights winners with over 5.5% to spare over second placed Catherine Egan and her pal Bob, and Anne Darmody & Mary Power in third, just pipping out Bernie Rountree and Margaret Maher. Well done all.

Here are the links to our      RESULTS      and    BOARDS & TRAVELLERS    on BBO

(The latter link might not work for an hour or so).

Monday evening, 8th June

Tonight we had a 4 table howell.

We invited in a couple of Substitutes to fill the half table, ChinEire (Padraig) and "Le Rat" (Traverst) all the way from France. Then they went and won on us, that wasn't in the script. Well done anyway guys.

Second place went to Jim O'Reilly & Kieran Connolly, and Catherine Egan and her chatty robot just pipping Howard and Edythe Jacobs for third spot.  Well done all.

Here are the links to our      RESULTS      and    BOARDS & TRAVELLERS    on BBO

Sunday evening, 7th June

A very interesting 5 table howell tonight, and our emphatic winners were Antoinette Harrison and Patricia Collins, ahead of their robot assisted host, and Elizabeth Meagher and Mark Ryan in third. Well done all.

Here are the links to our      RESULTS      and    BOARDS & TRAVELLERS    on BBO

Friday evening, 5th June

Winners tonight, Mary Flynn & Bernie Rountree, sharing the honours with a robot assisted host. 

Here are the links to our      RESULTS      and    BOARDS & TRAVELLERS    on BBO

ANNOUNCEMENTS

• Prizes
  First, the good news, there will be (modest) prizes for leaders of our Monthly honours list. OK, very modest. The prizes will be in BB$ transferred to your BridgeBase account, and obviously only paid up members qualify.
  
  
  Winners for May are :
  Joint First : Peter Ryan and Liz Jennings, 4BB$ each
  Joint Third : Kieran Connolly & Jim O’Reilly, 2BB$ each
  Fifth place : Colette Allen, 1BB$
  
  
  I wasn’t kidding about modest !!
  Congratulations folks, don’t spend it all on the same robot !!
  
  
  And remember, you must have at least two scores to win.
  
  
• Registering to play
  We have had a few games cancelled because we didn’t have the bare minimum of three tables.
  Someone mentioned that they hadn’t registered because they were waiting to see how many others would be playing. If everyone follows that strategy nobody would register. 
  To reassure anyone with that concern, if we don’t have three full tables, the game will be cancelled 5 minutes before start. Anyone who has registered will not use up a game credit for a game that doesn’t happen.
  If we do only have three tables (5 round howell) we can play 4 board rounds, (or 5 board if registered players ask 5 minutes before start).
  
  
• Sunday 7pm replaces Wednesday game
  The Wednesday game has been particularly poorly attended. So instead from this Sunday, 7th June, there will be a 7PM game on Sundays, replacing the Wednesday night game.
  
  
• Free guests
  As previously announced, for the first week of June any paid up member can bring a guest completely free of charge. This Sunday will be the last day you can do that.
  
  
• Guests
  However, as most of you are not using your full game credit allowance, until the end of August, any paid up member may use their game credits to bring a visitor.
  
  
• Monday morning feeling
  I asked you all whether you would prefer a 10:30 start to the Monday game. Those that responded were pretty evenly divided. In an effort to please everyone from 8th June, the Monday morning game will start at 10:45 a.m.  

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Thursday evening, 4th June

Winners tonight are Billy Ronan & Tom Gilligan on 61.90%, ahead of Kieran Connolly and Jim O'Reilly in second on 57.94. Well done all.

Here are the links to our      RESULTS      and    BOARDS & TRAVELLERS    on BBO

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Tuesday evening, 2nd June

Best all-human pair tonight tonight were Margaret Maher & Bernie Rountree, but they were pipped by a sneaky Robot. A three way tie for third place, between Elizabeth Meagher & Deirdre Leopold, Kieran Connolly & Jim O'Reilly, and Fedelma Martin & Claire Streckler.  Well done all.

Here are the links to our      RESULTS      and    BOARDS & TRAVELLERS    on BBO

Monday Morning, 1st June
Winner this morning was Anne Marie Feeney with her Partner Bob, of the strong, silent type, Strong & 5 that is. I was helped into second place by my trusty Robot, and Richard Hartheimer and Howard Jacobs shared third spot with Catherine Egan and yet another Robot. 

Here are the links to our      RESULTS      and    BOARDS & TRAVELLERS    on BBO

HONOURS LIST : Interim winners for May

Friday evening, 29th May
It seems the Robots were in poor form tonight, three robots played & it was a close run thing for last.
No such doubt about the winners, first timers Fran Ronan and visitor Sean Connor on 66.25% taking an emphatic victory ahead of Fedelma Martin & Margaret Maher.

RESULTS      and        BOARDS & TRAVELLERS    on BBO as usual.

And that whopping score shoots Fran to the top of our members honours list, but I'm afraid Fran it won't count unless you have at least one more score.

Thursday evening, 28th May
Six tables tonight (well 5 & a half).  Honestly it was so crowded it was hard to keep social distancing.
Clear winners tonight were Liz Jennings and Peter Ryan, well done guys.
RESULTS         and            BOARDS & TRAVELLERS         on BBO as usual.

Tuesday Evening, 26th May
Another 4 table howell tonight. Best human pair were Fedelma Martin and Claire Streckler, well done ladies.
See the         RESULTS       and             BOARDS & TRAVELLERS    on BBO

Tuesday afternoon, 26th May
Another 4 table howell this afternoon. Congratulations to our winners,  Joe Coyne & Mary Brady.
See the       RESULTS         and             BOARDS & TRAVELLERS    on BBO

Monday Evening, 25th May

Catherine & her chatty Robot do it again !!

RESULTS        and             BOARDS & TRAVELLERS

But Kieran Connolly & Jim Reilly that go top of the honours list with an average score of 57.80%

Monday Morning, 25th May
Our first morning game was well supported with a 5 table howell.
Again we had a few minutes break after the 4th round, let me know how that went for you.
Winners this morning are the two Colettes, Colette Allen and Colette O'Callaghan. Congratulations to you both.
Here are the links to our      RESULTS      and    BOARDS & TRAVELLERS    on BBO

Friday evening, 22nd May

Tonight we had 5 table howell. This time with a 5 minute break half way through, which just added 5 minutes to the 4th round. Any feedback on whether you want this break from the screen or not welcome.
Well done to tonight's winners Richard Hartheimer and Joe Coyne.
Here are the links to our      RESULTS      &    TRAVELLERS    on BBO

Thursday evening, 21st May
Tonight we really had a howell !!! Yes folks it all worked. This will make our games a lot more interesting.
Top human competitors tonight were Jim O'Reilly and Kieran Connolly. Next to them were Liz Jennings and Peter Ryan. Well done guys.
Here are the links to our      RESULTS      &    TRAVELLERS    on BBO

Thursday afternoon, 21st May
It's two in a row for Catherine Egan, this time with the non human assistance of her Robot partner. Doing very well is our Catherine, perhaps she has a useful mentor !!
Best of the all human pairs was Bernie Rountree and Mary Flynn, congratulations ladies.
Here are the links to our      RESULTS      &    TRAVELLERS    on BBO

Tuesday evening 19th May
Tonight's winners are Catherine Egan and Eileen O'Hare, pipping Bernie Rountree and Bob, her chatty robot into second place. Congratulations all.
Here are the links to the     Results      &      Travellers     on BBO.

Tuesday afternoon 19th May

Best Human pair this afternoon are Deirdre Leopold & Elizabeth Meagher, well done folks.

Thank you everyone for participating.

Results     & Travellers    on BBO

Monday Evening 18h May 2020
Winner of our first game was Daphne Morgan playing with a Robot. Second place went to Joan MacDonald and Catherine Gilhooly,
Well done all.
Results         &        Travellers on BBO

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Essential User Information

• Instructions for joining on BBO
• Alerting is different on BBO
• Other User Guidelines

Other useful User Informationn

• Finding a Partner / Using the Partnership Desk
• Retrieving data for a completed competition
•    How to save deals for later analysis 

Tournament Director information

• General TD Guidelines
• Adjusting Scores

TD info : Instructions for modifying scores

Usually because a board has been averaged because time ran out when the conclusion of a hand was already certain, but there may be other times that you want to adjust a score.

When a hand that was going to reach an inevitable result is averaged you can adjust the score :

• Click on the tournament ;
• Click on "Adjust score" ;
• Complete the dialog box (Board number, player, contract, etc).

If you want to review the position at the point the board was averaged before adjusting the score :

• Click on the tournament ;
• Click on "Player Results" ;
• Enter the player ID of any of the 4 players ;
  The results sheet for that partnership will appear ;
• Scroll down to the board you are interested in & click on it,
  The board will appear ;
• Play through the hand trick by trick using the buttons at the bottom of the window ;
• When you reach the point that they ran out of time tne "Next trick" button will no longer do anything ;
• Make a judgement from this final position how many of the remaining tricks each side will get ;
• Adjust the score,
  You can do this as per the instructions above, but there is also a menu icon on the board window which you can click & adjust score from there.

Alerting

ALERTING is different in BBO !!

Many players are misunderstanding this, so I'm giving it an entry all of its own :

• You must alert your own conventional bid ;
• Please do not alert your partner's bids !!
• Alert your bid before you make it. There is a text field in the bidding dialogue box that allows you to describe the meaning of your bid BEFORE you make it ;

• You should also use this field to enter the range of your NT bids ;
• If you forget to enter the alert description, you can do it later by clicking on your own bid in the bidding box, this will call up an input field ;
  

  In this example I as North passed, then I clicked on my pass & the yellow box appeared




• If your opponent neglects to describe their conventional bid, you can ask them by clicking on their bid. This will cause the input field to appear on that opponent's screen ;
• Your partner doesn’t see your explanation, only your opponents see what you type in this field, so there is never any risk of communicating unauthorised information.

Looking for a Partner / Using the Partnership Desk

If you are looking for a partner for a specific Pairs competition on BBO you can use the "Partnership Desk". You may either register your name on the "Partnership Desk" or invite someone from it.

To do this :
Click on tournament to register as normal
On the line above where you would normally invite your partner click on "Partnership Desk".
You may then either invite anyone whose name is already there, or click on "Add your name".

Games on Paddyi Bridge platform

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For Guidelines, instructions & announcements please see these entries :

Guidelines : https://paddybbo.blogspot.com/2020/03/guidelines.html

Instructions : https://paddybbo.blogspot.com/2020/03/instructions-for-joining-on-bbo.html

DIRECTORS ONLY : Guidelines for delegated TDs

Only someone with  full BBO Director rights can host and direct Tournaments, and only BBO themselves can grant full tournament directing rights.  However anyone with full Host and Direct rights can delegate TD privileges on a particular tournament.

A delegated TD has all the same rights as a BBO Director for that tournament. This includes adjusting scores for improperly completed boards, usually hands that were averaged because the round ran out of time.

For instructions on adjusting scores click here.

When you have been delegated to TD a competition on BBO you will have an extra “Director” tab on the right hand side of your screen when you log in to BBO. The Director tab is below the existing “Messages”, “People”, “History”, and “Account” tabs.

When you click on the “Director” tab, you will have two sub tabs at the top of the Director panel ; “Running Tournaments” and “Pending Tournaments”.

Until the tournament begins there will be nothing in the “Running Tournaments” panel except the message “You are not TDing any running tournaments”.

Click on the “Pending Tournaments” label.
You should see the tournament.
Click on it for a menu of options. Among other things, you can edit the tournament settings.

When the tournament starts it will disappear from the “Pending Tournaments” panel, and appear under “Running Tournaments”.
When you click on it now there will be a new list of options.

The tournament will remain under “Running Tournaments” for 20 minutes after the last board finishes to allow for corrections.

Record the web address of the tournament's results for future reference.

When a player calls the TD (Menu - Call Director) a message will appear on the bottom half of the Director’s panel. Click on the message gives you the option to “Accept” or “Delete”. Clicking either will remove the message, but if you click on “Accept" BBO will bring you to that players table.

BBO have provided a useful guide for TDs. https://doc.bridgebase.com/Help/Guide_for_BBO_TDs.pdf
The first 2 pages largely refer to functions not available to a delegated TD.


Substitutions & Replacing sitouts
Caution : If replacing the sitout with two real players, make sure that you replace both players in the pair within the same round. If you have only one of the sitouts replaced when BBO moves to the next round it will probably crash.

Replacing an existing player with a substitute can be done by Clicking on the tournament, then "Show tables" and then clicking on the players name and choose one of the "Substitute options".

You can not do this if you are replacing a sitout. To replace a sitout click on the tournament and choose substitute from that menu. Then enter "Sitout" as the player you want to replace, and enter the BBO ID of the sub. Repeat for the other person in the pair.

Retrieving data for a completed Tournament

In BBO you can save interesting deals so that you can later reference them. You can also save a link to a tournament on BBO, which will have all the tournament information. But BBO only promises to keep tournaments for about 3 months, but I have been able to access tournaments for longer than that. For certainty, save off the deal,  see here to see how to “save” deals, and how to recover “saved” deals. 

If you want to look at hands from a tournament you haven't played, or one you cannot find in your history tab, here is a useful method :

Go to https://www.bridgebase.com/

Click “Hand Records” from the top of the screen

Sign in with your BBO credentials if requested

Click on “Click here for results of recent tournaments” (Note)

Click on “Pairs” near the bottom of the screen

Scroll down to find the competition you are interested in

Click on “Boards" for a list of the Travellers 

Click on the title of the tournament for the results

(Note) : You can also fill in the dialogue box prompts & click “Get Hands”

Recovering recent tournaments hosted by a known host

As long as you know the BBO ID of the tournament host here is a useful way to recover all the tournaments that they have hosted for the past week. 

Use the a web address in the format :

https://webutil.bridgebase.com/v2/tarchive.php?m=h&h=XXXXXXXX&d=XXXXXXXX

Just replace “XXXXXXXX” with the actual host’s ID, For example, for these links work for the Bankers & Regent respectively :

https://webutil.bridgebase.com/v2/tarchive.php?m=h&h=CBAI125494&d=CBAI125494

https://webutil.bridgebase.com/v2/tarchive.php?m=h&h=regentman&d=regentman

ALL USERS : Guidelines

1. Please ensure that you have a reliable device / internet connection, and that you are logged in to BBO at least a few minutes before the tournament starts ;
    
2. Please ensure that you are registered for the competition in good time. The TD can only do so much to resolve problems,  messaging the TD in the 30 minutes before start does not leave much time to sort out some of the issues that occur. The tournaments are available for registration two hours before kick off, until you are fluent, please make your entry early ;
    
3. Please announce your basic system at the start of each round, (5 & strong / weak & 4 / etc.), just as you would do in the club. Type this beside the “Table” label in the bottom left corner of the screen ;
   
    
4. You must not communicate with your partner by any other means during play.
   Please do not type messages to your partner or to the table during play. You risk passing unauthorised information ;
    
5. ALERTING is different in BBO !!
   Refer to this separate article https://paddybbo.blogspot.com/2020/03/alerting.html ;
    
6. The TD sets an allocated time limit for each round, typically 8 minutes per board, so a 2 board round will be 16 minutes long. If you are not finished then both pairs automatically get an average ...
• If you want to change an averaged board call the director from the menu, however the TD has only a limited amount of time, so it will greatly expedite matters if you can get one of your opponents to message the TD as well ;
• You can expedite the game by claiming some or all of the remaining tricks,  or conceding all of them.  Click on the relevant button on your screen ;
• When your Opponents claim or concede, you should click on agree (or disagree) as soon as possible ;
   
7. Finally, if you have any issues use the BBO "Call Director" option from the menu. If you can't figure this out, contact the director by any other means.

ALL USERS : Instructions for joining on BBO

For new BBO users click this link for a useful intro https://blog.bridgebase.com/2020/03/09/new-to-bridge-base-online/


Playing on BBO is new to a lot of people, so there are a few things that need to be sorted out to allow the game to be enjoyed by all.

Permission to play in Paddy BBO Group is by invitation only. You must be introduced by an existing member.

To participate I need the BBO IDs for both you and your Partner. You only need to send it once, then you are good to enter all competitions. But send it in good time, as it can take a little time for your access rights to work through ;

I can’t register you for an individual competition, you have to do that for yourself ;

Tournaments only become visible on the BBO site about 2 hours before they start ;


To join a tournament :
Log in to BBO & select :-

• “Competitive"
• "Free Tournaments"
• and under the “Pending” tab find the tournament hosted by PaddyI (paddyi) with the text "PaddyBBO Group" in the title 
• click on the tournament name* to join & follow the prompts
      * Clicking on the host name ("Paddyi") won't work
• Check your entry was successful by clicking on the "Entries" tab & looking for your name
• Make sure that you are logged in to BBO at the start time.

Things to note :
Provided you have registered the partnership to play in the competition and both you and your partner are both logged in to BBO.  When the competition starts it will automatically appear on your screen ;

Your partner must be online to register ;

If you don’t have a Partner BBO will rent you a Robot for BBO$0.25 (About US$0.25).  However, when a Robot plays I still have to pay BBO for the seat at the table, therefore if you use a Robot it will count as you having played twice. ;

To hire a robot you need a credit balance on your BBO account (which you set up & pay into via BBO site) ;

Alternatively, you can invite someone from the "Partnership desk" or add your name to it for someone to invite you ;

Anyone registered for a competition that is Offline, i.e., not logged into BBO will be removed at the start of the competition ;

BBO will issue you a warning after a few minutes of inactivity and then log you off if no action. This could happen if you finish a round early and then get distracted by another task. This could result in your being substituted if you have not returned within a few minutes of the next round.

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