Hello,
ACBL and BBO have teamed up to create club games you can play with robots. You can support your local club and play robot bridge at the same time! $4 of the $6 entry fee goes to the club. Points you win are black points and count for Ace of Clubs and Mini-McKenney awards. You can get up to 2.5 points (top eight places overall).
https://www.acbl.org/clubsupportonlinegames/
If you are min-maxing your points per dollar spent, it is true that these games cost more to play in than a regular $1.35 automated tournament. If you are interested in Ace of Clubs / Mini McKenney awards, these games might have some appeal for you.
Recently I was fortunate enough to score 80% in one of these games for first overall. I have made a video of me analyzing these 18 hands. You can follow along if you want.
This particular tournament took place on March 31, 2020.
Link to tournament is here. I hope that it is clickable for you. It has results for all 18 hands and the travelers.
https://webutil.bridgebase.com/v2/daylong_hands.php?tourney=ARDARD%3A3d7474b9.730d.11ea.b96d.0cc47a39aeb4-1585631129-&username=cake_eater
For this game I will not put comments inline, you can see my comments in the video.
Here’s the link to the video.
https://youtu.be/pteuBwipb7w
Hand 1: 80%
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Hand 2: 98.81%
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Hand 3: 90.48%
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Hand 4: 89.39%
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Hand 5: 93.75%
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Hand 6: 85.56%
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Hand 7: 74.42%
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Hand 8: 39.80%
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Hand 9: 61.25%
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Hand 10: 84.88%
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Hand 11: 98.84%
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Hand 12: 51.32%
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Hand 13: 73.33%
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Hand 14: 81.25%
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Hand 15: 93.06%
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Hand 16: 94.59%
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Hand 17: 54.65%
https://tinyurl.com/ycak3hla
Hand 18: Finishing strong with a cold top, 100%
https://tinyurl.com/y9fda2jp
Cheers,
Daniel
