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It would be nice to have the robot best hand format available in non-tournament form, for teaching purposes.
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non-tournament robot best hand format
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Posted 2009-January-07, 11:10
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Posted 2009-January-07, 15:56
Can you elaborate please? How do you think it will help teaching bridge to let south always have the best hand at the table.
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Posted 2009-January-08, 11:00
Rain, on Jan 7 2009, 05:56 PM, said:
Can you elaborate please? How do you think it will help teaching bridge to let south always have the best hand at the table.
Let's say I want to work on declarer play with a student. I could prepare deals, but that is very time consuming. I could use the bridgemaster deals, but that costs more than I am willing to pay in this case. Is there another way using existing BBO features to get the student to declare as much as possible?
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Posted 2009-January-08, 16:14
Er, I think lesson material is a large part of what makes some teachers stand out. 
There are various ways, but you need to do the work. Even if you buy Bridge Master, it'll be against the copyrights to just copy off of it and have your student (either a free or paying student) use the software that was purchased for your personal use.
You can google some free deal generator software, and use that to deal some deals, set constraints such that a certain side gets more points (and hence may end up declaring more.)
Or you can just use the freely provided teaching table feature and swap seats after each bidding process is over to let your student play.
Even when you set constraint so that a certain side gets the most HCP at the table, does it always mean he'll declare? Obviously not.
There are various ways, but you need to do the work. Even if you buy Bridge Master, it'll be against the copyrights to just copy off of it and have your student (either a free or paying student) use the software that was purchased for your personal use.
You can google some free deal generator software, and use that to deal some deals, set constraints such that a certain side gets more points (and hence may end up declaring more.)
Or you can just use the freely provided teaching table feature and swap seats after each bidding process is over to let your student play.
Even when you set constraint so that a certain side gets the most HCP at the table, does it always mean he'll declare? Obviously not.
"More and more these days I find myself pondering how to reconcile my net income with my gross habits."
John Nelson.
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Posted 2009-January-13, 13:13
Rain, on Jan 8 2009, 06:14 PM, said:
...Even if you buy Bridge Master, it'll be against the copyrights to just copy off of it and have your student (either a free or paying student) use the software that was purchased for your personal use.
Just out of curiosity...
What if the student is using my computer?
What if the student is a family member that lives in the same household (e.g. spouse, child)?
Still not legal?
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Posted 2009-January-13, 13:21
Also, as a side note, I am extremely skeptical that an specific arrangement of 52 cards is copyrightable. Any commentary or analysis, sure, but the deal itself?
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Posted 2009-January-13, 13:52
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Still not legal?
BBO doesn't own the copyrights to Bridge Master (email fred@ , he does ).
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skeptical that an specific arrangement of 52 cards is copyrightable
Why not? specific arrangements of the alphabet seem to be copyrightable, along with specific arrangements of sounds.
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