Bridge Base Online Help
Table of Contents
Basics
Overview
Just the highlights
Using
Getting from here to there with BBO
Manners matter
How to get along with the whole world
Playing
Getting a game
Watching
Watching a game
BB$
How to use the BB$ payment page
Quick Search
Find it fast here
How do I .... ?
Hosting a table
What is involved in being a table host?
Masterpoints
Look up your masterpoint balance
Account balance
Account balance and activity
Tournament results
Completed tournaments - leaderboards and hands
Hand records
Hand records from casual or tournament play
Partnership Bidding
Practice with your partner
ACBL number
Entering your ACBL number
Contact BBO
All the ways to reach us
Upload Photo
How to upload a photograph to your profile
People
People
About our community
Profiles
Everyone lies. You can too
Mail and messaging
Talking to people
Friends and Enemies
People you need ( and don't need )
Hosts
These guys are here to help you
Kibitzing
About kibitzing
What are your choices?
Vugraph
Internationalists duke it out for your pleasure
Casual play
Help Me Find a Game
What are your choices?
Start an IMP Pairs Table
How to set up an IMP pairs table
Start a Matchpoints table
How to set up a Matchpoints table
Start a Total Points table
How to set up a Total Points table
Start a Vugraph Game table
How to set up a Vugraph Game table
Tournaments
About tournaments
How they work
How to play
How to get into a tournament
Calling the director
When, why and how
Free tournaments
Free tourneys are fun
Pay tournaments
Pay tourneys can be even more fun
Robot Pay tournaments
Robot pay tourneys can be even more fun and rewarding
Daylong Robot tournaments
Robot tournaments that you can join any time during the day
ACBL Tournaments
How to win ACBL Masterpoints on BBO
ACBL Schedule
Daily ACBL Schedule on BBO
ACBL Stratification
How does stratification work in ACBL tournaments?
Convention cards
What they are and how to use them
Creating a Tournament
Make it your way!
Team Game
How to create a Team Game
Swiss Teams
How to play a Swiss Teams Tournament
Challenges
How to create and play a Friend or Stranger Challenge Tournament
Robots
About GIB Robots
All about robots
How to Rent
All about renting the robots
Solitare Robot Bridge
Fun new free program
Instant Tournaments
What are Instant Tournaments all about?
How to report a GIB bug
Do's and Don'ts for making a GIB Bug Report
Directing Tournaments
Getting Started
Tournament Management Bar
Edit Tournaments
How to add a director, among other things
Show Tables
How to see the list of all tables
Substitution
How to replace players in your game
Tournament Status
How to keep track of time during your game
Player Results
How to review player results
Adjust Score
How to revise a board result
Chat -> Tournament
How to chat to your tournament
Cancel Tournament
How to cancel your tournament
Director Calls
How to answer and track director calls
Helpful Hints
Now, how did that happen and how can I fix it?
Teaching on BBO
Guidelines
General Guidelines for the Teaching tables
Starting a table
How to start a teaching table
Deal Choices
What deals can be used at a teaching table
Prepared Deals
How to create a folder of prepared deals
Helpful Notes
A few notes about preparing deals
Using the "Voice" Utility
An overview on the Voice utility
Voice Table Administration
How to Administer Voice Tables
Speaking at Voice Tables
How to Speak at Voice Tables
Listening at Voice Tables
Listening at Voice Tables
Team games
About team games
How they work
How to play
How to get into a team game
Calling the director
When, why and how
BBO Tools
Handviewer
How to make a Bridge Presentation
Making a Bridge Movie
You're the producer here
Getting the most out of BBO
Some BBO Pointers
Fine tune the way BBO works
Options
Customize your own BBO look
Accessing BBO through your Mobile Device:
Mobile Bridge Base Online
About the new Bridge Base Online mobile application
Watch Bridge
Using your mobile device to watch
Play Bridge
Using your mobile device to play
Start a Table
Using your mobile device to set up your own table for four people
Play Tournaments
Using your mobile device to play in tournaments
Results
Results on your mobile device
Settings
Settings for your mobile device
Bits and pieces
Common on-line abbreviations and symbols in Chat
What do they all mean?
Private and public clubs
What they are
Club contacts
Ask these Club Managers your questions
Masterpoints
Ours, theirs, yours
TCR and MCR Numbers on Profile
What do these numbers mean?