[cencio]

In the provisional result box, what is the meaning of the number under the tables voice.

[harikannan]

It shows the number of players who had played that same deal upto that point of time.

[cencio]

But sometime there is a greater number in the last hands that in the first one

[mycroft]

If you're playing in the open club, that can happen. There are a huge number of hands that are parcelled out as needed, until it gets to 32, and then retired for a new hand.

Sometimes one hand gets jammed for some reason and is only played 3 or 4 times during your game, while others (done earlier by others, and sent to you now) have been done 25 already.

There's not just "one list" and everyone gets them in order.

I'm not 100% sure what you're asking about (a screenshot would help), but that's how hands have always been handled in the open rooms.

[barmar]

They're talking about the provisional result that pops up when you finish playing a daylong tournament.

To prevent cheating, each board number has a pool of multiple hands that can be played. So different people play different combinations of hands, and each hand can be played by a different number of people at any point. Of course, when calculating matchpoints or imps, you're only compared with the people who played the same hand.

So the table count is the number who have played the same hand as you have by that time.

[harikannan]

cencio, on 2024-June-06, 07:44, said:

But sometime there is a greater number in the last hands that in the first one

That is because no two persons play the same set of hands.

[cencio]

But so the final result is distorted

[mycroft]

I don't understand. The *provisional* result is distorted, yes, but of course it is, it's provisional. As the game continues, the rest of the tables play the boards you are currently short in, and the final result changes.

If what you're complaining about is "different people play different hands (sometimes completely different hands), so the result isn't "fair" - well, yeah. That's known. It's a safety requirement, absolutely required for a "daylong" (think: burner accounts. think: streaming. think: texts).