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The Alt Mixed Teams on BBO Even If the Alt Mixed Teams Is Not Broadcasted Via the BBO Vugraph, You Can Still Kibitz Any Team You Like ALT Mixed II BULLETIN I THE ALT Tuesday, June 2, 2020 editor: Christina Lund Madsen MIXED TEAMS [email protected] logistics: Rosalind Hengeveld big data: Joyce Tito JUNE 1 - 5, 2020 Team Alt Stars We hope the players did not notice the turmoil behinds the scenes yesterday. A few hours before game time Team Meltzer realised they had signed up for the event, but had no team. Many tour- naments are running this week, and it is easy to get the dates and events mixed up. That meant the organisers had to find capable replacements,PRE-BULLETIN not only for yesterday's match, but also Monday, May 11, 2020 for theTHE week. We ALThave now created Team Alt Stars. A Dutch/Danish combination of three married editor: Christina Lund Madsen pairs and one not-married pair (but there is still [email protected] for that). We welcome our new participants. INVITATIONAL logistics: Rosalind Hengeveld Today's bulletinMAY 11-15, is somewhat 2020 shorter than you have bigbecome data: Joyce Tito accustomed to. One reason is Victim of the Day has suffered som delay (which means some of you might be singled out for questioning online bridge events organized by bid72, bridge24 & netbridge.online soon), another reason is I am today attending Roland Wald's funeral. THE ALT INVITATIONAL Today’sPRE-BULLETIN Schedule Round 1 & 2 Important NoticeTHE ALT Monday, May 11, 2020 Tuesday Juneeditor: Christina 2 Lund Madsen Tuesday June 2 All players MAYshould 11-15, enter 2020 BBO 10 [email protected] INVITATIONAL10.00 EDT/16.00logistics: Rosalind HengeveldCET 14.30 EDT/20.30 CET minutes before their matchMAY starts 11-15, 2020 at big data: Joyce Tito online bridge events organized by bid72, bridge24 & netbridge.onlineRed Sea - Edmonds Red Sea - Parker the latest. Tournamentonline bridgedirector events organized Denis by bid72, bridge24 & netbridge.online Donner - Parker Edmonds - Koeppel Dobrin is waiting for you and will Pepsi - Koeppel Donner - Alt Stars instruct you where to sit. Tiramisu - Alt Stars Pepsi - Tiramisu THE ALT INVITATIONAL MAY 11-15, 2020 online bridge events organized by bid72, bridge24 & netbridge.online sign up for the newsletter sign up for the newsletter - 1 - Teams / Players / Nicknames Red Sea Parker David Birman davidb Adam Grossack nevereast Daniela Birman danniella Christina L. Madsen christinas Lilo Poplilov lilop Christina Parker Cmp56 Matilda Poplilov tida Dennis Bilde Ballebo-jr Cathy Baldysz cathmark Meike Wortel meikever Przemek Janiszewski Janisz1979 Simon de Wijs sm1 Igor Grzejdziak IgorG Stewart Rubenstein Stewr Sabina Grzejdziak SabinaG Koeppel Alt Stars Anam Tebha anamtebha Camilla Krefeld Camse2 Joe Grue joegrue Johan Hammelev Johse61 Signe Buus Thomsen Thomsen Helle Rasmussen helle_r Zach Grossack germs345 Jan Pedersen gobochamp Lynne Koeppel lgkoeppel Jens Ove Henneberg Joh1 Thomas Paske Thomas1000 Marlene Henneberg Makir Sally Brock Saralindaj Aida Jansma AIDA_MK_NL Peter Jepsen P_Jepsen Jan Jansma Jan_Jansma Edmonds Tiramisu Jodi Edmonds jodewagon Thomas Bessis malpaluche Joel Wooldridge firechief Irene Baroni princi Judi Radin Judi R Cedric Lorenzini pierced Sandra Rimstedt Sandria Hilda Setton explumber John Hurd johnhurd Pierre Franceschetti gewd Justyna Zmuda juustyna Joanna Zochowska poetka Michal Klukowski skrzat96 Pepsi Donner Andrei Gromov Agromov017 Geir Helgemo micelle45 Anna Gulevich Katt Cecilia Rimstedt Cillar Danuta Kazmucha dana_5 Marion Michielsen Lady007 Dominic Filipowicz consus88 Per-Ola Cullin pocken Jacek Pszczola pikolo Jessica Larsson jela79 May Sakr mayyou Gary Donner Gdonnersc1 How to kibitz the Alt Mixed teams on BBO Even if the Alt Mixed Teams is not broadcasted via the BBO Vugraph, you can still kibitz any team you like. You simply search for your favourite player’s nickname and join his or her table. If you wish to watch the players whenever they are online, you search for your chosen one (fx Cecilia Rimstedt "Cillar", click on the name and choose ’follow’ instead of neutral. Any time you see her online, you can click on her and take a seat at her table (assuming the tournament allows it). See you on BBO! - 2 - Results / Ranking RR1 IMPs VPs The winners of the first Alt Mixed Teams, Pepsi, have taken an early RED SEA PEPSI 21 41 5.42 14.58 lead, and our rookis teams are off to a TIRAMISU DONNER 45 52 8.17 11.83 good start. ALT STARS EDMONDS 19 37 5.80 14.20 We had some great boards of fire KOEPPEL PARKER 31 42 7.24 12.76 yesterday. We hope for more action today. RR2 RED SEA DONNER 58 20 17.32 2.68 PEPSI EDMONDS 39 19 14.58 5.42 TIRAMISU PARKER 41 45 8.92 11.08 ALT STARS KOEPPEL 53 38 13.61 6.39 Link to results Alt Mixed Results After VPs Round 2 Link to previous Alts & bulletins 1 PEPSI 29.16 2 PARKER 23.84 Bulletins 3 RED SEA 22.74 4 EDMONDS 19.62 5 ALT STARS 19.41 6 TIRAMISU 17.09 Follow us on Facebook 7 DONNER 14.51 Click the link 8 KOEPPEL 13.63 Rules and regulations The numbers 1 through 4 from the round robin will go to the semifinals. In case of a tie in victory points: 1. the mutual result will decide 2. still equal: the most ’wins’ (BAM-ish) will decide. 3. after that: the team with the highest IMP score on a board will go through The winner of the round robin may choose its opponent between the teams placed 3 and 4. T he captain will mail their choice to [email protected] within an hour after the round robin is finis- hed. If late, then matches will be: 1 versus 4 and 2 versus 3. - 3 - Early Reverses By Mark Horton By the time I had logged in and typed the 2♦ Transfer names of the players Donner had already 2♠ Any 5521 or 6421 or 6511/7511 posted 11 IMPs. 3♦ 55 (6511) in hearts and diamonds With ♠A7 ♥AKQJ92 ♦97 ♣AQ5 oppo- THE NEW ONLINE site ♠KQ10984 ♥4 ♦AQ ♣K872 it does North led the ♣4 and declarer won with not look too difficult to reach a grand slam, the jack. A low diamond at this point MAGAZINE but they missed it in the Open Room. would see declarer score 12 tricks, but with little at stake declarer played the ♦Q FOR BRIDGE That was soon followed by an awkward and had to be content with 11 tricks. deal: Closed Room ADDICTS Board 4. Dealer West. All Vul. WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH ♠ J 7 5 Lorenzini Helgemo Zochowska Larsson ♥ J 7 3 2 2NT Pass 3♦* Pass ♦ A WHAT'S NEXT? ♣ K 8 7 4 2 3♠ Pass 4NT Pass ♠ A K Q 6 3 ♠ 9 6NT All Pass ♥ K 8 ♥ A Q 6 5 4 The second issue of BeBRIDGE is a blockbuster, with feature length ♦ Q 6 ♦ K J 9 4 2 ♣ A J 9 5 ♣ Q 6 North was not king enough to lead a dia- articles on the impact of COVID-19 and the affinity between Chess ♠ 10 8 4 2 mond and the ♥2 saw declarer win with and Bridge. We take a trip to the island of Madeira, home of one of the ♥ 10 9 the king and play the ♦Q, North winning great bridge Festivals, and enjoy the latest monastic tale from the ♦ 10 8 7 5 3 and exiting with the ♥3. When South master story-teller, David Bird. Alain Lévy shows you how to improve ♣ 10 3 pitched the ♦5 on the ♥Q declarer threw a spade and ran the ♣Q, two down,-200 and your opening leads and Philippe Cronier starts a new series. Open Room a 13 IMP loss. WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH On Board 7 NS held ♠AK106 ♥74 WANT TO SUBSCRIBE? Cullin Franceschetti Michielsen Setton ♦10873 ♣AQ10 opposite ♠Q843 ♥AQ8 1♣* Pass 1♠* Pass ♦42 ♣K654 and with spades 3-2 and the It couldn't be simpler, go on: ♥K onside there were 11 tricks. Tiramisu 1NT Pass 2♦* Pass stopped in 2♠ and lost 10 IMPs. https://us.lebridgeur.com 2♥ Pass 2♠* Pass 2NT Pass 3♦ Pass Despite these setbacks, Tiramisu stayed in You can also subscribe by phone at +33 (0)1 42 96 87 34 3NT All Pass touch and when I went for me tea-break or by email at [email protected] the score was 21-34 after 9 deals had been 1♣ 17+bal/16+ unbalanced any distribution, completed. I'm sure someone will write Once you subscribe to BeBRIDGE, you will be able to access and download unbalanced 15 w/ 11 zz is opened 1♣. about number 10, which reduced their your magazine anytime on your computer and tablet. 1♠ 5-7 AKQ points (zz points - A=3, K=2, Q=1) deficit to a single IMP! - 4 - THE NEW ONLINE MAGAZINE FOR BRIDGE ADDICTS WHAT'S NEXT? The second issue of BeBRIDGE is a blockbuster, with feature length articles on the impact of COVID-19 and the affinity between Chess and Bridge. We take a trip to the island of Madeira, home of one of the great bridge Festivals, and enjoy the latest monastic tale from the master story-teller, David Bird. Alain Lévy shows you how to improve your opening leads and Philippe Cronier starts a new series. WANT TO SUBSCRIBE? It couldn't be simpler, go on: https://us.lebridgeur.com You can also subscribe by phone at +33 (0)1 42 96 87 34 or by email at [email protected] Once you subscribe to BeBRIDGE, you will be able to access and download your magazine anytime on your computer and tablet. There are Two Sides to every Contract By Martin Cantor WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH One of the potential advantages of the Lorenzini Helgemo Zochowska Larsson multi, compared with direct weak twos, is that it can sometimes allow either hand to — — 2♠* 3♦ declare.
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