Kansas collective BBO Tutorial Tutorial-R2.pdf · KANSAS COLLECTIVE BBO TUTORIAL Bridge Base Home Screen Smartphone App Home Screen This is the home screen when you log in via the

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KANSAS COLLECTIVE BBO TUTORIAL

Getting Ready To Play On BBO

Bridge Base Login Page

To login/register

for Bridge Base, go

to bridgebase.com

and you should see

this screen. Click on

the Login/Register

button.

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Bridge Base Home Screen

Smartphone App Home Screen

This is the home screen when you log in via the website. Notice the tabs along

this edge and the BB$

button. If you do not

have the screen

maximized, your tabs

may appear at the

bottom of the screen

like the App view.

If you ever want to

return to this screen,

click the Home button.

This will be in blue if

you are not on the

home screen.

This is the home screen when you log in via the app .

Notice the tabs are now along the

bottom and there is no BB$ button.

You can purchase BB$ by clicking on

the “Shop” button, but they charge a

premium. It is recommended that you

purchase your BB$ through the web

site.

If you ever want to

return to this screen

when using the app,

click the “Play” button.

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Purchasing BB$ Using The Website

After logging on to BBO, in the upper

right corner you will see BB$. Click

here to load your account with BB$.

You can pay with a credit card or

PayPal. You will need BB$ to play in

our “Virtual Club” games.

This box will appear

after clicking on BB$.

This is where you come

to purchase BB$ or to

see how many BB$ you

have left.

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Setting Up Your BBO Account

Click on “Settings” to adjust your BBO Online

settings. I personally turn on “Confirm bids” and

“Confirm cards” since the default setting for both is

“OFF”. I have found that with these off, it is too

easy to make a mistake. I also leave the “Sound”

effects “ON” to alert me of my turn and chat

messages. I also recommend leaving “Speak chat”

on to alert me to partner & table chat along with

messages from the director during the game.

Your “Real Name” and the comments entered

under “Other” is what players see when the

select your BBO “Username”. I suggested

entering major conventions that you play or

differences from ACBL SAYC which is the default

Convention Card on BBO. Here I am showing

that I do not play Jacoby 2NT and my modified

Jacoby Transfers are of 3 Spades to 3 Clubs and

3 Clubs to 3 Diamonds.

Select the “Accounts” tab to update

your “Profile”, adjust “Settings” and

enter a “Convention Card”.

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Setting Up A Convention Card

To use a Convention Card, you

will click here when you are

still in the “Accounts” tab.

If you are using non-standard card, you will click

on this tab to enter it on a blank convention

card. I suggest you start with the ACBL SAYC

“Stock Card” and then edit it for your play. It will

save to your “Personal Cards” where you can

rename it. This is how I got the “George-Merlin

Precision” Card under My “Personal Cards”.

Select the convention card you

want to use when playing today.

Type the “Username” of your

partner in the box to the right of

“Use with partner” button and then

apply. This will save the convention

card in that User's profile too so

they can review it before the game

begins. If you have a regular

partner you can share this with

then at any time since both of you

do not be online for this.

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Making Sure That Your ACBL Number Is Entered In BBO

You will be presented with this

screen of ACBL games. Click on

“Update your ACBL number” at

the bottom.

If BBO has your ACBL# it will

be shown here. If it is blank

or incorrect, then enter your

number and click “Update”.

You must log off BBO and log

in again for your ACBL# to

take effect on BBO.

To play in the Virtual Club

games, BBO must have your

ACBL#. To enter your ACBL# or

to make sure your ACBL# is

already entered, click on “ACBL

World”.

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How To Register For The Kansas Collective Game On BBO

This screen will open. Then

click on “ACBL – North America”

or “All clubs”.

There will be several Virtual

Club games listed. To narrow

it down type “kan” in the

search box for our Kansas

game. Once you locate our

game, select it by clicking on

the name.

To find the “Kansas Collective”

game on BBO, click on “Virtual

Clubs”.

This registration box will open. If

you have a partner, enter their

BBO name here. If you are feeling

generous, you can pay for them

by checking this block. No one

gets charged until after the

tournament is running.

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How To Find A Partner Or Sign Up At The Partnership Desk

How Do I know If I Am Registered?

Click the “Invite” button to ask

someone from the “Partnership

Desk” to play with you. NO, you

do not have to pay for them.

To add your name to the

“Partnership Desk”, click one

of these.

If you do not have a partner,

you can enter your name at the

“Partnership Desk” or choose a

partner from there. If you click

on their BBO name their “Real

Name” will be shown.

Once you are registered for

a game, the game will be

highlighted in Yellow.

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Bidding/Alerting/Misc. During The Game

YOU SELF-ALERT ON BBO.

When you do, you and your opponents

will be able to see the “Alert”, but not

your partner. In fact, your partner will

not even see that the bid has been

alerted. Click on the bid you are going

to make and then click on “Alert” and

then type in the explanation. The order

does not matter if you have “Confirmed

Bid” turned on in “Settings”. Otherwise

you must “Alert” and type in the

explanation before entering your bid.

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To ask the meaning of a bid, click on the

“Bid”. In this example, East “Alerted” that 3

Spades was a transfer bid to clubs. His

partner bid 3NT, remember his partner

West does not have to accept the transfer.

When East bid 4 Spades, South clicked on

the 4S bid which sent an “Explanation” box

to the East player. After explaining the bid

as shown, everyone saw his explanation

except his partner West. West’s bid of 5

Clubs probably meant that he missed the

transfer or realized that East did not want

the partnership playing in 3NT. Remember

West did not see the “Explanation” that

East mis bid. To get rid of the explanation

box click somewhere in the box.

If at any time you want to review the

bid, click on the “Contract” box. To

remove the “Bidding” box you will

have to click on the “Contract” box

again.

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Bidding/Alerting/Misc. During The Game

If you click on “Other Tables” you

will see what other tables bid.

Not a good bid by North. To

see why it was a bad board

click on the board and

another box will pop-up with

the hands and bidding.

If you are ever curious about

how you are doing, click on

the MPs box and the

“History” box will pop-up.

To call the director or to view the opponents’

convention card, click on this blue box

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After The Game – Reviewing Games/Boards

These are the boards from Tournament #2861

To review tournaments and

boards that you have played

in the past, go to your

“History” tab and then

“Recent tournaments”.

There you can choose any

tournament form the list.

You can view the results of

the game by clicking here.

Now you can choose any of the

boards from that game to review.

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After The game – Reviewing Games/Boards

When you send it to another

member, they will be able to

retrieve it from their BBO mail.

To access it click on the

“Messages” tab and then

choose the “Mail” tab.

If you want to review the hand

with another BBO player, you

can “Export” the hand. First

click the blue box with the 3

lines and then click “Export”.

You can advance through the

play of the hand by clicking on

“Next Trick”. This same

procedure can be used with the

“Other Tables” button to view

their bids and play of the hand.

This is Board 15 from “Support

Your Club” Tournament #2861

shown on the previous page

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Becoming A Substitute For Any ACBL Game

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If you would like to offer your

services as a substitute and don't

really care which tournament, the

“Substitutes” button will add you

to the substitute list where any

tournament director can call on

you to sub in any tournament or

team game. Choose Virtual Clubs,

the ACBL – North America and

then click on the “Substitutes”

button.

If you check this box, your name

will be on the “Substitute” list

for all virtual games. Once you

are on the list, you may be called

on to substitute at any time. You

do have the option of refusing or

removing you name from the

“Substitute” list at any time.

Substitutes Never Pay To Play

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Becoming A Substitute For The Kansas Collective Game

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As you may know, a half table is not allowed and the game Directors’ often must resort to

"substitute any", bringing two players in from Greece, India, Spain or wherever. If you would like to

make yourself available to be a sub before a game starts, the following is how someone can

substitute in our Kansas Collective game. This works for any Virtual Club game so if you would like

to sub in another Unit’s game, such as Oklahoma, just search for their name and host number.

Any time before the game (the earlier, the better) start by going to the “Home” screen and click on Virtual Clubs” and then ACBL-North America. Click on the “Pending” tab and then type in a few identifying letters in the search box to narrow down the list of virtual games. For the Kansas Collective game type “kan”.

Once our game is located click on our “Host#” (VACB273458) to message our director and say you are available as a substitute. It is recommended that you stay online since our director will invite you to our game by sending an invite to your “Username”. Normally subs are invited within 15 minutes of game start. You can be registered as a “Substitute” also, but you may have to reject many requests to play as you await an invite to join our game since the “Substitutes” list is global. Our VACB Director is as busy as the proverbial one-armed paper hanger in the minutes before a game. He/she is trying to get everyone online (not easy when the site is hammered) and trying to make sure there is not a half table. Having a couple of substitutes in the lobby is a real blessing and they will love you for it. Then register as a “Substitute” as described previously and await an invite to join our game.

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