[spectzpro]

Can we play 2 over 1 in BBO/ACBL speedball games? They always send a message prior to game saying must play SAYC.

[steve2005]

the message is:
"post a convention card or play basic SAYC"


which means you must post a convention card or you can be forced to play SAYC
This is an ACBL rule which is usually ignored. On BBO it is almost totally ignored.

[barmar]

You can play whatever you want in speedballs.

if you don't post a CC, it will automatically select the SAYC CC for you, which is what the message says. But if you're playing something else and don't have a CC, you should announce it to the opponents at the beginning of the round and be very diligent about alerting.

[steve2005]

barmar, on 2020-April-04, 20:59, said:

You can play whatever you want in speedballs.

if you don't post a CC, it will automatically select the SAYC CC for you, which is what the message says. But if you're playing something else and don't have a CC, you should announce it to the opponents at the beginning of the round and be very diligent about alerting.

as i said the actual rule is largely ignored