[42krunner]

Hi!
Do all members have the two per hour rule?
Thanks!

[Rain]

Hi 42,

Yep this is an ACBL restriction - you can only join up to 2 ACBL tourneys per hour right now.

[Leo LaSota]

ACBL decided to institute the 2 game per hour rule rule at the beginning of 2011. I call it the "Leo rule" as BBO used to offer ACBL matchpoint games every 15 minutes and I would finish a game in 10 to 12 minutes, so I could play as many as 4 in an hour. After I won 3,340 online points in 2010, they decided to put the "Leo rule" into effect.

[42krunner]

Leo, so now you have a free 25-35 minutes every hour?

[Leo LaSota]

When I play 2 ACBL games in an hour, it only takes me about 7 minutes to play each game. Therefore, I have over 45 minutes that I do something else anytime that I play a game on BBO.

Since I win about 85% of the $5 total points games that I enter, I will not have to spend anything this year for my 2,000+ online points.

[mike777]

Just to be clear it takes you roughly 7 minutes to play what? an hour long game online?

Just to be clear you win roughly 85% of these games online?

[Vampyr]

 Leo LaSota, on 2014-June-08, 21:23, said:

When I play 2 ACBL games in an hour, it only takes me about 7 minutes to play each game.

Are all of your partners as quick as this?

[olegru]

They are talking about ACBL robot duplicates. Robots are quick. 12-15 minutes for 12 boards in those games is enough even for players not as fast as Leo.

[Leo LaSota]

 Vampyr, on 2014-June-12, 06:47, said:

Are all of your partners as quick as this?

I am faster than the robots. I am known for being one of the fastest bridge players in the world.

[Leo LaSota]

 mike777, on 2014-June-12, 04:24, said:

Just to be clear it takes you roughly 7 minutes to play what? an hour long game online?

Just to be clear you win roughly 85% of these games online?

ACBL robot duplicate are usually 12 boards where you play with 3 robots. Your results are then compared against other humans. They normally grant the players up to about 59 minutes to complete the 12 boards. I only need about 7 minutes to complete the 12 board tournaments.


I win about 85% of the $5 total points games. In these tournaments, the hands dealt are random and different for every participant. The only constant is that you are always dealt at least as many HCP as the 3 other hands. I am able to play well and play very fast in these, so I normally complete more hands than the other competitors and generally play the hands better than most. Therefore, I usually only lose when someone else is randomly dealt plenty of slam hands.

[Vampyr]

 Leo LaSota, on 2014-June-12, 16:09, said:

I am faster than the robots.

Oh, playing with robots.

[barmar]

 Leo LaSota, on 2014-June-12, 16:09, said:

I am faster than the robots.

Does that mean you no longer use the strategy of trying to make the robot declarer in the race games? You're almost certainly a better declarer than they are, and if you're faster there's no reason to prefer being dummy.

[Leo LaSota]

 barmar, on 2014-June-13, 16:27, said:

Does that mean you no longer use the strategy of trying to make the robot declarer in the race games? You're almost certainly a better declarer than they are, and if you're faster there's no reason to prefer being dummy.

As I stated in a previous thread, the only time that I stretch to have the robot declare a hand in the total points games is when I am doing something else while playing the game. Normally, I take the last 5 to 10 minutes off with an insurmountable lead and get other things done.

[steve2005]

so in total point games, people aren't necessarily playing the same number of boards?

is there a max number of boards that you can play or is it just play as many as you can?

[diana_eva]

 steve2005, on 2014-June-21, 17:35, said:

so in total point games, people aren't necessarily playing the same number of boards?

is there a max number of boards that you can play or is it just play as many as you can?

Play as many as you can in 25 minutes.