[Foxx]

I was at a table that reached a total of 300 boards recently. Of course, I wasn't around for all 300 of these boards; I arrived at the scene when the table was at board 280 or so. Still, I thought it was remarkable that someone, at any given time, was around to keep the table going, over an interval that must have added up to well over 24 hours total.

Does anyone here know if there was ever a table that lasted for a higher number of boards?

(If anyone here demands proof, I will be willing to post it. In case someone still isn't clear on what I'm talking about, the top left-hand corner of the screen clearly read "IMP Pairs - - Board 300" on the last hand played at the scene.)

[Tola18]

Im not sure someone individual must keep the table playing.

F.eks. Im kibitzing, and surfing the Internet simultaneously. Ie, I´m on the balcony together with others kibitzers, but surfing...
After I while I look what is happening. Nobody there, the machine says: you are now the host, Tola18.
Ie, the machine dont kills the table when all the players left as long as there are any kibitzers left. Any of these kibitzers left (in any case the new host!) can proceed to play, adding on the numbers.

Another example is the players changing, but the numbers of boards adding - also if you wash out the movie/Imps, the boards are adding on.

So the 300 IS a interesting curiosity yes, but no proof at all somebody individual was playing them all.

Although I suppose it must have happened folks did played around the clock: some players seems to be there almost anytime you visit BBO...

[Mr. Dodgy]

I am currently kibbing a table on board 553.

I'm sure Uday could probably give a definitive answer if he felt so inclined, but I would not be at all surprised if it were 1000+.

[Rossoneri]

I think some group tried to keep a table going over Chinese New Year. IIRC, Rain was one of them.

[slothy]

I played 12 1/2 successive boards without my p running away (1/2 board coz she had to get off to go to Mushroom Ikebana class) ....

Thats a record aint it?

[JoAnneM]

I would say that Slothy puts everything in the proper perspective! It would be more interesting to see how many people played those 300 hands. Probably a lot.

[uday]

There is a command called 'Help me find a game'

When used, it takes you to the 1st avail table in the Main Bridge Club

This command is used tens of thousands of times a day.


So, i'm sure that a table in the MBC survives well past the original players.
As players come & go, the host changes, but that's all.

So it would not surprise me that a table lasted for hours or days


U

[sceptic]

We can always try and set the record, someone open a table Marathon record attempt or something like that, just ask to sit a t the table and play when ur board you have to find a replacement for yourself and see how long you can get it to last

[Aberlour10]

sceptic, on Dec 25 2007, 07:28 AM, said:

We can always try and set the record, someone open a table  Marathon record attempt  or something like that, just ask to sit a t the table  and play when ur board you have to find a replacement for yourself and see how long you can get it to last

I remember, somebody posted in Forums about successfully 24-hours-play-in-MBC "solo" attempt 3 or 4 years ago

Robert

[slothy]

JoAnneM, on Dec 24 2007, 12:15 PM, said:

I would say that Slothy puts everything in the proper perspective!

You know me too well JoAnne...<all the forum members nod (vertically) in passive agreement>

[Mr. Dodgy]

I am now at a table on board 744

[skjaeran]

Online, it's possible for a table to play on for a long time. It's a little different IRL.

But I can remeber an easter some 25+ years ago. I, my parents and an old friend of ours went to his cabin for 3 days. As he was in his mid-70s, he was allowed to decide how much bridge we'd play. Of course that meant we played from early morning to late night all three days.

If you needed to visit the toilet you had to wait till you were dummy. Same with preparing food etc.

We managed 274 boards.

[Rossoneri]

skaeran, on Mar 7 2008, 05:38 AM, said:

Online, it's possible for a table to play on for a long time. It's a little different IRL.

But I can remeber an easter some 25+ years ago. I, my parents and an old friend of ours went to his cabin for 3 days. As he was in his mid-70s, he was allowed to decide how much bridge we'd play. Of course that meant we played from early morning to late night all three days.

If you needed to visit the toilet you had to wait till you were dummy. Same with preparing food etc.

We managed 274 boards.

And how much sleep did you get in those few nights? Or none at all?

[Mr. Dodgy]

kibbing 920

[mtvesuvius]

I've played up to 116 Boards personally, but I have kibitzed a table that was on their 916th board... That would make me too tired I think...

[TwstofLime]

♦♦♦ BIL MARATHON09 ♦♦♦

The Beginner/Intermediate Lounge (BIL), a private club for beginners and intermediates on BBO, hosted a Marathon that began at 6pm EST on December 30, 2008. The primary table of MARATHON09 was chaired by thousands of players around the world for 58 hours and 56 minutes. A total of 577 boards were played at that table alone, averaging 6.13 minutes per board. Many tables were in play as adjuncts to the primary board to accommodate the hundreds of additional players, at one point 25 additional tables. The total boards played were well over 1,000; however, only the primary board was documented for length of time and number of boards played.

Richard Reisig, Sharon Osberg, Shelagh Paulsson, David Smith, Ricardo Poleski, Albrecht Hollstein, and 2008 Norwegian Gold Medalist Baard Olav Aasan were among the world champions that joined MARATHON09 to celebrate bridge as an international language of friendly competition--and to welcome 2009 with a BIG BRIDGE BANG!

The BIL was founded in 2003 by Maureen Hall with the sponsorship of BBO President Fred Gitelman. Maureen and the BIL volunteers continue to provide an international meeting ground for beginning and intermediate players who wish to advance their game. The BIL Mentorship Program and the BIL Library are invaluable assets offered to BIL Players.

Among those who contribute their time for teaching in the BIL are David Stern, Migry Zur Campanile, Ron Klinger, Nafiz Zorlu, Bénédicte Cronier, and Ron Klinger. Visit www.bilbridge.com.

[Mr. Dodgy]

playing 1001