BAND Online Game Calendars

Hi Donna,


Sunday is the last day of January Double Black Masterpoints. Congratulations to all of the winners and everyone who enjoyed their BAND Online game today.


Join us for the BAND Online Birthday Party on Friday, January 31st Open/499er/299er games at 1:15pm. BAND Online Members with January birthdays play free! Scroll down to see who all has January birthdays.

  • If you see a (M) by your name, enjoy your free game. Your entry will be refunded into your BB$ account.
  • If you see a (G) by your name, click here to join the BAND today. Membership is free!

 *** CONGRATS TO THE BB$ WEEKLY WINNERS ***

Congratulations to the Weekly BB$ ~ Open, 499er and 299er Prize Winners!

1st Place enjoys up to 1 Free $6 game. BB$ Transfers at end of month.

Must be a BAND Online Member to receive BB$ Prizes.

 

Click here to become a BAND Online Member today.

All KIND players welcome. It's easy and FREE to join!

 

Congratulations

WEEK OF January 19th-25th Local Points Winners:

Open ~ Craig Gardner & Robert Gardner

499er ~ Ray Nolan & Karen Boquet

299er ~ Sally Finn


Visit www.BANDOnlineBridge.com to view top 10 lists in each catergory!


 BAND Online Game Registration Open at 11:15am Central Time.

THE SOONER YOU REGISTER, THE BIGGER THE GAMES!

You do not need to stay online.

Register and log back on 10-15 minutes before Game Time.

The BIGGER the games the MORE Masterpoints.

 

Follow VACB260117 to easily find BAND Online Games.


Enjoy this week's PBB YouTube Featured Video @playbetterbridge

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The BAND Online Team knows you have a choice in where to play online. We appreciate you Choosing Bridge Kindness (#cbk) and Choosing BAND Online!


Donna & Chris Compton

Overall Winners

 ~ 1:15pm Open ~

Tim Joder - Yan Drabek 65.47% 5.00 B

 

 ~ 1:15pm 499er ~

Jane Gerik - Tom Hubbard Jr 64.81% 1.12 B

 

 ~ 1:15pm 299er ~

Nancy Olt - Patricia Grasso 68.4% 1.44 B

Morning Breakfast Club Mini Lessons

~ Weekdays ~

Monday through Friday


9:45am-10:15am Central

Play Better Bridge Breakfast Club

FREE ZOOM MINI LESSON


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1:15pm Open Masterpoint Winners

1:15pm 499er Masterpoint Winners

1:15pm 299er Masterpoint Winners

Bridge Player's Dream Vacations!

Bridge on the Kansas City Plaza & Santa Fe Plaza

www.UltimateBridgeVacations.com

It's Time to Join the Fun with an Ultimate Bridge Vacation!

Join World Champion Donna Compton and Chris Compton, Grand Life Master with over 55,000 Masterpoints for an educational and fun-filled bridge vacation! Morning lessons for all levels; along with afternoon SILVER Open, 299er and 49er games.

Kansas City

June 1-6, 2025

Starting at $2,495.


Make this your Summer Bridge Vacation at the Intercontinental Kansas City on Country Club Plaza.


In addition to lessons and games, plan on exploring local attractions including over 200 Fountains, Jazz, BBQ, and the outdoor Starlight Theatre.

Santa Fe

August 17-22, 2025

Starting at $2,795.


Looking for a late Summer getaway? Join us at La Fonda Hotel on the Santa Fe Plaza!


Between lessons and games, plan on exploring local attractions including the Santa Fe Opera, Georgia O’Keeffe Museum, Indian Market & the Miraculous Stairway.

Section Top Winners

~ 1:15pm Open ~

Section A

North/South

Sylvan Karfiol - William Huber 64.77% 3.75 B

 

East/West

Arbha Vongsvivut - Rod Van Wyk 61.31% 3.00 B

 

Section B

North/South

Foster Osborne - piotreknj 63.13% 3.00 B

 

East/West

Tim Joder - Yan Drabek 65.47% 5.00 B


~ 1:15pm 499er ~

North/South

Jane Gerik - Tom Hubbard Jr 64.81% 1.12 B

 

East/West

Karen Boquet - Ray Nolan 56.48% 1.12 B


 ~ 1:15pm 299er ~

North/South

Sherri Sugarman - Sybil Byrnes 63.54% 1.44 B

 

East/West

Nancy Olt - Patricia Grasso 68.4% 1.44 B

They Say It's Your Birthday!

BAND Online Members with January Birthdays enjoy a free game on Friday, Jauary 31st!

If you see an (M) by your name, you are already a member.

If you see a (G) by your name, click here to join the BAND today ~ It's Free!

Jeannie Burke 1/1 (M)

Valerie Engle 1/1 (M)

Judy Johnson 1/1 (M)

Susan Mason 1/1 (M)

Betty Quirk 1/1 (G)

Yasser Rahim 1/1 (M)

Diane Weissman 1/1 (G)

Sharon Welsh 1/1 (M)

Andrea Hagar 1/2 (M)

Toni Hansen 1/2 (M)

Melissa Himelein 1/2 (M)

Suzanne Kelly 1/2 (M)

John O'Rourke 1/2 (M)

Sandra Berris 1/3 (M)

Joyce Herr 1/3 (M)

Sandra Kingslien 1/3 (M)

Nancy Matkoff 1/3 (M)

Karen Nesbit 1/3 (M)

Genny Nicol 1/3 (M)

Penny Pollack 1/3 (M)

Jim Soller 1/3 (M)

Linda Thomas 1/3 (M)

Julia Cantrell 1/4 (M)

Jan Folmar 1/4 (M)

Harriet Greaney 1/4 (M)

Robert Kayser 1/4 (M)

John Milligan 1/4 (M)

Jana Mueller 1/4 (M)

Laura Turknette 1/4 (M)

Carrie Andrejkovics 1/5 (M)

Carroll Beckham 1/5 (M)

Larry Cain 1/5 (M)

Susan Cumming 1/5 (M)

Carolyn Farren 1/5 (M)

Linda Gurasich 1/5 (M)

Steve Luning 1/5 (M)

Lila Nevrekar 1/5 (M)

Susan Bennett 1/6 (M)

Valerie Collins 1/6 (M)

Mary Lok 1/6 (M)

Peggy Mussafer 1/6 (M)

Karen Scully 1/6 (M)

John Burns 1/7 (M)

Duncan Clore 1/7 (M)

Leslie Collins 1/7 (M)

Kristen Cordes 1/7 (M)

Jerry Eaton 1/7 (M)

Randy Garrett 1/7 (M)

David Joyce 1/7 (M)

Candice Lichtenfels 1/7 (M)

Gary Lloyd 1/7 (M)

Neall Rose 1/7 (M)

Shirley Shi 1/7 (M)

Amy Anderson 1/8 (M)

Ana Franklin 1/8 (M)

Cathy Ranspot 1/8 (M)

Jill Robinson 1/8 (M)

Sherry Siegel 1/8 (M)

Christine Skibell 1/8 (M)

Paula Slesar 1/8 (M)

Ratham Vasanthkumar 1/8 (M)

Callie Weller 1/8 (M)

M Douglas Winship 1/8 (M)

Carl Ebeling 1/9 (M)

Elyse Mintz 1/9 (M)

Barbara Roseman 1/9 (M)

Georgia Schwartz 1/9 (M)

Judy Schwartz 1/9 (M)

Bev Aschenbrenner 1/10 (M)

Kathleen Carr 1/10 (M)

Suzette Charne 1/10 (M)

Ellie Fehrman 1/10 (M)

Nancy Hoke 1/10 (M)

Robert Muscianese 1/10 (M)

Laura Onsgard 1/10 (M)

Susan Sullivan 1/10 (M)

Janece Tucker 1/10 (M)

Joseph Anderson 1/11 (M)

Buck Buchanan 1/11 (M)

Rhoda Frankel 1/11 (M)

Marsha Gibbons 1/11 (M)

Suzanne Goldberg 1/11 (M)

Walter Hecht 1/11 (M)

Dorothy Quinones 1/11 (M)

Carol Stodghill 1/11 (M)

Bonnie Sweat 1/11 (M)

Penny Thomas 1/11 (M)

Kathryn Wilson 1/11 (M)

Bob Allard 1/12 (M)

Esteban Andryjowicz 1/12 (M)

Janet Bustin 1/12 (M)

Lynn Clement 1/12 (M)

Chris Compton 1/12 (M)

Peggy Hanley 1/12 (M)

Tad Montross 1/12 (M)

Raj Pruthi 1/12 (M)

Gary Sleeper 1/12 (M)

Klee Zaricky 1/12 (M)

El Comstock 1/13 (M)

Janice Hilyard 1/13 (M)

Kathy King 1/13 (M)

Ira Nemazie 1/13 (M)

Gerard Nugent 1/13 (G)

Sherry Peart 1/13 (M)

Karen Wheeler 1/13 (M)

Leslie Nolan 1/14 (M)

Irene Pence 1/14 (M)

Laurie Schulte 1/14 (M)

Sharon Van Tyne 1/14 (M)

Donna Agee 1/15 (M)

Nancy Browne 1/15 (M)

Mary Bush 1/15 (M)

Kathy Myers 1/15 (M)

Louise O'Brien 1/15 (M)

Diana Winkelmann 1/15 (M)

Forrest Gray 1/16 (M)

Randy Patterson 1/16 (M)

Houpei Wei 1/16 (M)

Carolyn Baker 1/17 (M)

Linda Burstein 1/17 (M)

Nancy Love 1/17 (M)

Louise McAndrews 1/17 (M)

Ann Parker 1/17 (M)

Stan Pomarantz 1/17 (M)

Sharon Rubin 1/17 (M)

Matthew Shuman 1/17 (M)

Dean Denis 1/18 (M)

Ayala Ishakov 1/18 (M)

Nancy Latner 1/18 (M)

Sandy Potts 1/18 (M)

Nancy Stanton 1/18 (M)

Carol Stollenwerck 1/18 (M)

Michael Durham 1/19 (M)

Holly Kee 1/19 (M)

Jane Reed 1/19 (M)

Terree Rowbottom 1/19 (M)

Ellen Singer 1/19 (M)

Susan Smith 1/19 (M)

Cindy Wilson 1/19 (G)

Robert Appel 1/20 (M)

Theresa Brantley 1/20 (M)

Winston Gokavi 1/20 (M)

Barbara Santry 1/20 (M)

Pat Wilson 1/20 (M)

Suman Agarwal 1/21 (M)

Jenny Ayer 1/21 (M)

Nancy Cates 1/21 (M)

Anne Crews 1/21 (M)

Sarah Hayward 1/21 (M)

Sue McCulley 1/21 (M)

Timothy Otte 1/21 (M)

Rosemary Sauter Frett 1/21 (M)

Brenda Waters 1/21 (M)

Bill Beach 1/22 (M)

Lori Birnbaum 1/22 (M)

Bob Butterfield 1/22 (M)

Mike Conner 1/22 (M)

Barry Cooper 1/22 (M)

Barbara Dehlinger 1/22 (M)

Maureen Fox 1/22 (M)

Maggie Frick 1/22 (M)

Linda Lane 1/22 (M)

Sue Schleier 1/22 (M)

Audrey Voigt 1/22 (G)

Rhonwyn Weissman 1/22 (M)

Craig Allen 1/23 (M)

Sharon Browning 1/23 (M)

Esther Ellis 1/23 (M)

Tasca Feibel 1/23 (M)

Jeff Holloway 1/23 (M)

Bob Jakes 1/23 (M)

Dianne Mall 1/23 (M)

Patricia Marchman 1/23 (M)

Lisa Morris 1/23 (M)

Marilyn Richards 1/23 (M)

Robert Serfling 1/23 (M)

Evelyne Stefanison 1/23 (M)

Pam Woods 1/23 (M)

Liz Castioni 1/24 (M)

Yumiko Hough 1/24 (M)

Georgia Ley 1/24 (M)

Trudy Merritt 1/24 (G)

Judith Minkin 1/24 (M)

Amy Wesner 1/24 (M)

Jo Basel 1/25 (M)

Martha Jenkins 1/25 (G)

Patricia Nickerson 1/25 (M)

Ann Trammel 1/25 (M)

Judi Berman 1/26 (M)

Jack Borenstein 1/26 (M)

Biswajit Chandra 1/26 (M)

Joan Clark 1/26 (M)

Catherine Cormack 1/26 (M)

Susan Lehman 1/26 (M)

Jaye Nash 1/26 (M)

Charlotte Roush 1/26 (M)

Deborah Sherran 1/26 (M)

Patricia Berkley 1/27 (M)

Jay Gibson 1/27 (M)

Melissa Gordon 1/27 (M)

Jean Hoffman 1/27 (M)

Candy Hyman 1/27 (M)

Judi King 1/27 (M)

Janet Kvistad 1/27 (M)

Brian McAulay 1/27 (M)

Shaeron Moorhead 1/27 (M)

Arjun Singh 1/27 (M)

Pat Sortwell 1/27 (M)

Laura Latham 1/28 (M)

Frances Pilch 1/28 (M)

Darrel VanDyke 1/28 (M)

Ruth Veder 1/28 (G)

Rod Wicklander 1/28 (M)

Edward Baron 1/29 (M)

Anne Besser 1/29 (M)

Kim Fusch 1/29 (M)

Clare Glynn 1/29 (M)

Meri Gould 1/29 (M)

Teresa Isaak 1/29 (M)

Jane Koch 1/29 (M)

Suzy Landgraf 1/29 (M)

Lacy Peterson 1/29 (M)

Nancy Stockton 1/29 (M)

Linda Weaver 1/29 (M)

Cheryl Baxter 1/30 (M)

Holly Economos 1/30 (M)

Cindy Lott 1/30 (M)

Frederic Milliken 1/30 (M)

Neill Ray 1/30 (M)

Joan Sullivan 1/30 (M)

Rita Van Lierop 1/30 (M)

Brad Binning 1/31 (M)

Pamela Booher 1/31 (M)

Jerry Frankel 1/31 (M)

B Paul Hirsch 1/31 (M)

Gloria Jackson 1/31 (M)

Carol Jenkinson 1/31 (M)

Patsy RainwaterMaddux 1/31 (M)

Paul Rosenblum 1/31 (M)

Sharon Tomnitz 1/31 (M)

BAND Online Team

Barbara Aide

Club Manager

Taylor Compton

BAND Online Director

Webmaster

Technical Support

Joaquin Flores

Loyalty Program Manager

Kind Players Welcome ~ Invite Your Friends!

~ All KIND Players are Welcome to join the BAND Online Games ~

·   Even if you have ZERO Masterpoints, you are eligible to play in the 299er pairs. BAND Online's 299er Game is the perfect place to jump into RELAXED duplicate online games. If you are closer to ZERO masterpoints, you will be in the lowest division for masterpoint awards. You must be an active ACBL Member to play in the 499er and 299er pairs.



·   A special invite to the players who have crossed over 500 masterpoints and are wondering if you are ready to play in the BAND Online Open game. The Open game is stratified 1/3, 1/3, 1/3 (average masterpoints) so if you are closer to 500 than 5000, you will be in the lowest division for masterpoint awards. Yes. The competition is more challenging, but either you win or you learn something new. It's a Win-Win! And, Yes! The Open players Choose Bridge Kindness too! #CBK

 

·   Open Players ~ Remember, your game's masterpoints are based on the total number of tables including the 499er and 299er games. This means when the total number of tables hits 25 ~ the Open masterpoint awards are maximized. In other words, if you play in a 3 table open event with 22 tables of limited games, you get the same overall award as playing in a 25 table open event. And ~ it is easier to win with fewer pairs.


BAND Online welcomes ALL PLAYERS! Please invite your friends to join in the fun at BAND Online "where everybody knows your name and are always glad you came!"


Click Here for Membership Link and begin enjoying the Membership Perks ~ It's Free!


To find BAND Online games on BBO, use the following steps:

  1. Under Featured Areas, click on Virtual Clubs.
  2. Click ACBL - North America.
  3. Search for "BAND"

You have a choice where you play. We do appreciate your playing with us.

BAND Online BB$ Prizes

Must be a BAND Online Member to be eligible for prizes.

Click Here to Apply for BAND Online Membership!

Membership is FREE!

The Weekly Contests are based on "Local Points" in each Division. This is a European method of tracking the more consistent players, rather than the lucky ones. The way it works is that every pair is awarded "Local Points" starting with the last pair receiving 2 points, the next pair up receiving 4 points and so on. This gives more weigh tot attendance and to those who consistently place in the top half of the field, rather than those who finish on top. 1st place winners receive BB$ prize at the end of the month.


The primary strategy in this type of contest is to play hard until the last board since every place awards some number of "Local Points". No more shooting the moon at the end of the game in an attempt to "win it all" and risking dropping to the bottom of the list.


The Quarterly Contests are based on Local Points and Attendance. Each 1st place winner receives up to 5 Free $6 games in the month following the quarter's end.


Weekly BB$ 1st place Prize Winners and Quarterly Leaderboards are published in the BAND Online Weekly E-Letter and on www.BANDOnlineBridge.com on Sunday. The BAND Online Team looks forward to seeing your name in "lights" in the near future.

BAND Online Membership Benefits

BAND ONLINE MEMBERSHIP BENEFITS

BAND Online Membership benefits: Weekly and Quarterly BB$ Prizes, Birthday Free Play, New Ranker's Free Play, Pop-Up Zoom Classes with World Champion Donna Compton and more...Invite your friend. Send them the link to join today!


Not a BAND Online Member? Click Here to JOIN. It's FREE!

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BAND Online is a different

KIND of Online Club

Tired of being rushed by 6 minute boards, having your hand cut off in the middle or your opponent bullying you to play faster? Then BAND Online is your place to play. We put SOCIAL back into online bridge game.


BAND Online gives extra time for each round to make your games more SOCIAL and more KIND. You have time to say hi and bye and when you claim, you have even more time to get to know your opponents and stand up and stretch your legs! It's a small world - you never know who you might meet in BAND Online Games.


As our motto says it all ...

"CHOOSE BRIDGE KINDNESS" #cbk

and you have time to do it too!

BAND Online Special Events

BAND Online hosts daily Open, 499er and 299er games at 1:15pm CENTRAL. We welcome KIND players from everywhere! In addition to our monthly Birthday Free Play Day and New Rankers' Free Play Day, we also have special Bonus Masterpoint events. We hope you will join us for our daily games; along with our special events throughout the year.


JANUARY SPECIAL EVENTS

Double Black Points Week ~ January 20th-26th

Birthday Free Play Day ~ Friday, January 31st


FEBRUARY SPECIAL EVENTS

New Rankers Play Free Day ~ Saturday, February 15th

Double Black Points Week ~ February 17th-23rd

Birthday Free Play Day ~ Friday, February 28th

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