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My curiosity on how BBO decides what game go's to what table. I know it is random, how are the hands determined? I'm assuming that The computer sets up, lets say 100,000 games and assigns a number to each. Lets say # 500 was assigned to the table I played today in CT. A moth or a week from today the program may send game #500 to a table in Great Britain. I am truly enjoying BBO especially with the problems in the World today. A friend says each game is dealt from a deck - scratch as needed. Please let me know if I am basically correct. Thank you, James Eck....2008MAX [Max the cat]
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Posted 2020-June-03, 15:12
Where are you playing? In a tournament, team game, against robots, Main Bridge Club, Relaxed Bridge Club, solitaire games?
In general, you get hands dealt for your particular genre of play. Cards are computer dealt with a pseudo random number generator that attempts to reproduce a truly random deal. Depending on where you are playing, a particular deal can be played many times, e.g. 16 times in the Main Bridge Club.
In general, you get hands dealt for your particular genre of play. Cards are computer dealt with a pseudo random number generator that attempts to reproduce a truly random deal. Depending on where you are playing, a particular deal can be played many times, e.g. 16 times in the Main Bridge Club.
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Posted 2020-June-05, 07:26
johnu, on 2020-June-03, 15:12, said:
Where are you playing? In a tournament, team game, against robots, Main Bridge Club, Relaxed Bridge Club, solitaire games?
In general, you get hands dealt for your particular genre of play. Cards are computer dealt with a pseudo random number generator that attempts to reproduce a truly random deal. Depending on where you are playing, a particular deal can be played many times, e.g. 16 times in the Main Bridge Club.
In general, you get hands dealt for your particular genre of play. Cards are computer dealt with a pseudo random number generator that attempts to reproduce a truly random deal. Depending on where you are playing, a particular deal can be played many times, e.g. 16 times in the Main Bridge Club.
Casual/relaxed bridge is what I' playing. But you did not indicate if the 4 table hands are set up and distributed as 4 hands or dealt at random from a shuffled deck as a game is needed? Thank you for the help. Very interesting. Jim
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Posted 2020-June-06, 12:14
It doesn't deal a whole bunch of hands and then distribute them.
The server deals hands as they're needed. When a table needs a new hand, it asks the server for one. It will find a hand in its collection that hasn't been played or kibitzed by any of the players at the table. If there are none, it will deal a new hand and add it to the collection.
When a hand has been played 16 times it's removed from the collection.
The server deals hands as they're needed. When a table needs a new hand, it asks the server for one. It will find a hand in its collection that hasn't been played or kibitzed by any of the players at the table. If there are none, it will deal a new hand and add it to the collection.
When a hand has been played 16 times it's removed from the collection.
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