[beesmimi]

Can someone please tell me what those designations mean. Why do I have a score under A, B and C? Is it by masterpoints, ex. which Designation you play under? thanks

[beesmimi]

beesmimi, on 2011-May-09, 19:14, said:

Can someone please tell me what those designations mean. Why do I have a score under A, B and C? Is it by masterpoints, ex. which Designation you play under? thanks

Sorry, I found my answer.

[awm]

Players are grouped (stratified) by BBO master points with the people having most being in A, least in C, middle in B.

If you don't do well overall, but beat the other people in your stratification or below (i.e. you are in C, you have the best score in C) then you can get points.

[barmar]

awm, on 2011-May-09, 19:22, said:

Players are grouped (stratified) by BBO master points with the people having most being in A, least in C, middle in B.

Isn't it by ACBL masterpoints, not BBO masterpoints? Or are there stratified non-ACBL tourneys?

[Rain]

I think it is by ACBL MP for those registered ACBL members.
For non ACBL members, it could be by BBO MP (though this I'm not 100%)

Also, all stars are always strat A.

[Elianna]

awm, on 2011-May-09, 19:22, said:

Players are grouped (stratified) by BBO master points with the people having most being in A, least in C, middle in B.

If you don't do well overall, but beat the other people in your stratification or below (i.e. you are in C, you have the best score in C) then you can get points.

Everyone is in A, usually about 2/3 in B, and 1/3 in C. Everyone can place in A, but only those in B or C can place in those categories.

[awm]

Rain, on 2011-May-09, 23:44, said:

I think it is by ACBL MP for those registered ACBL members.
For non ACBL members, it could be by BBO MP (though this I'm not 100%)

Also, all stars are always strat A.

As someone with around 3500 ACBL points who often plays in these tourneys I'm pretty certain it's based on BBO Masterpoints. While there are certainly a few ACBL members with more points than I have, I don't believe that enough of them play in a typical large online duplicate to put me and Josh Sher (who has a similar number of points) in strat C, where we often seem to end up. On the other hand, lots of people have more BBO points than Josh and I have (I see them in these tourneys all the time, and can tell by the numbers by their names).

I agree that stars are always strat A.

[barmar]

That's strange. I'm surprised that the ACBL sanction would allow stratifying based on something other than ACBL masterpoints.

I wish the recaps would say where the strat boundaries are, as they do on ACBLScore recaps.