My district has a pro am game on the Monday of the regional, where a newer player is randomly paired with an experienced player and a 24 board game is played. I brought a player who is not an ACBL member, has played social bridge only and is now recently ...
I am surprised there is no limited BAM event anywhere in the NABC, (unless you consider Mixed to be protected.) I think that there should be a limited BAM to introduce players to that format. It's intimidating to play open BAM when you haven't had much exposure.
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Sorry. I should have been more clear. Should a player who has won an open national event be allowed to compete in a limited event? I would include wins in second string open events such as Wernher Pairs as a national win, but not flight 0 to 10k events and ...
The GNT B results appear to be after 7 matches instead of 8, and the list of qualifiers is incorrect, at least for our score, but I believe for others as well. I don't know if the other flights are correct or not, but B was a much larger ...
I was once told that another part of the issue is that higher ranked teams will then be playing down a bracket and players in that bracket might not like seeing higher ranked players in their protected bracket. I used to round every person's masterpoint holding up to the ...
Hello,
I can volunteer myself for Monday. My credentials for childcare are not too bad; I am a pediatric ICU nurse with 35 years of experience. I am taking Monday and Tuesday off of play and would be willing to babysit 1 or 2 girls around the same age. If ...
It is true that there is a lot of disparity in B flight, but players who only win their district because of a handicap will not be competitive at the NABC.
I thought the point of the GNT is to send the best team in each flight. I don't see how handicapping is part of that effort. I do agree that B is a very wide bracket in terms of levels of experience. I would rather see the lines moved ...