[PassedOut]

Yesterday night my partner, also a long-time LM, kept getting the message "This is a Private Tournament" when trying to sign up for the new LM pairs offered on Monday nights. I suspect it's because BBO does not have one or both of our ACBL #s on file, but I don't know how to check that, nor how to make sure they are on file.

I did not get the "This is a Private Tournament" message at any time, but she got it whether I was trying to sign us up or she was doing so.

She tells me that she gets a prompt asking her to verify that her ACBL # is accurate whenever she registers for a tournament. I never get that prompt, and dimly remember entering my ACBL # some time early on. My online masterpoints are always recorded properly on the ACBL site, but I'm not sure about hers (computers are a bit of a mystery to her).

Any help on how to diagnose the problem and fix it before next Monday would be much appreciated!

[uday]

When you sign up for an acbl tourney, you are prompted for an acbl number only if we do not have a valid number on file for you

You can view/update your acbl number via this link

http://bridgebase04.bridgebase.com:81/orgp...update_acbl.php


or by logging into bbo then clicking

Lobby->Explore->Tools->ACBL->Update ACBL Number


You can also drop me an email -- uday@ -- with your username and acbl number

Nightly, we run a program that check the numbers we have on file, marking them as valid or not, and flagging whether the number belongs to a life master

So: if you update your number now it will take effect overnight. You can always contact uday@ or gerardo@ if you want it to take effect faster than that


Most likely, your P has given us an incorrect ACBL number. that would explain all her symptoms.

The ACBL games run nightly, IIRC.

[PassedOut]

Thanks, uday! My ACBL number is recorded correctly, and I've told the lady I was trying to play with how to check her number.

[pigpenz]

The original posts by Gweny when announcing the Life Master Pairs was that you had to have your ACBL# on file with BBO in order to play in the event.