[aniko2]

hi -- and I have been playing bridge for many years. However I am having difficulties understanding how BBO works. For example, how do you query conventions when they are not on their convention card? What are the rules for the chat room? Is there an introduction to the mechanics of this thing? Thanks... anne

[counter13]

Hi Anne,
Sorry posted in the wrong place.

[fred]

Hi Anne,

We do have extensive help files (which you can access by clicking "Help").

If you can't figure something out, your best course of action is to send an e-mail to support@bridgebase.com.

Fred Gitelman
Bridge Base Inc.
www.bridgebase.com

[aniko2]

OK.

Thanks for the advice. I was hoping for a mentoring system, or a FAQ about BBO etiquette, or an essay comparing BBO to duplicate, or some sort of introduction to the culture. But I'll try the help files and see how that works instead.

Anne

[CarlRitner]

I have a suggestion.

When I go to the

Useful Links and Information and then click on

Bridge Base Standard tutorial/reference, it tells me I can find the convention cards on Bridge Base Online already filled in with these systems.

Well, probably others can, but I cannot find these. I believe I have exhausted the menu options to no avail. Browsing the forums here was not productive either.

What would be helpful is a link within that text directly to the system cards.

[barmar]

Carl, are you using the Windows app or the web client?

In the web app, click on My BBO, then Convention Cards, and you'll see a collection of pre-filled convention cards for various systems.

[CarlRitner]

Oh geez. I am going to guess it's the Windows app. There's another way to get there?

I'd better wake Rip V.W. in that case, he's probably not heard of this either.

[CarlRitner]

What I really wanted to know was if the Bridge Base 2/1 standard opens one notrump with a five card major: never, rarely, sometimes, mostly, always.

The information is just not there for me.

The web based "app" had a flashing "high school" folder that precluded me reading for long without risking a serious headache.

Thanks anyway.