BAND Online Game Calendars

Hi Donna,

What a great week of Double Black Masterpoints! Mark your calendar for our next Double Black Masterpoint week ~ February 17th-23rd. Don't miss the Birthday and New Rankers Special days between now and then. Scroll down for the week's top Masterpoint winners and Sunday's winners.

  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.

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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

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

 ~ 1:15pm Open ~

Craig Gardner - Robert Gardner 69.07% 5.00 B

 ~ 1:15pm 499er ~

Beverly Stamper - Bruce Stamper 63.89% 0.96 B

 ~ 1:15pm 299er ~

Catha Abrahams - Cheryl Walker 72.62% 1.28 B

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.

~ 1:15pm Open ~

Section A

North/South

Becky Ridge - Robert Buchanan 64.07% 3.00 B

East/West

John Brady - Robert Dennard 58.89% 3.00 B

Section B

North/South

Cathy Alexander - Viswanath Khaitan 56.85% 3.00 B

East/West

Craig Gardner - Robert Gardner 69.07% 5.00 B

~ 1:15pm 499er ~

Section A

North/South

Beverly Stamper - Bruce Stamper 63.89% 0.96 B

East/West

Susan Foxworth - Warren Foxworth 52.08% 0.96 B

Section B

North/South

Pam Marks-Shulman - William Shulman 57.64% 1.12 B

East/West

Susan Grieb - Thomas Dilger 58.1% 1.12 B

 ~ 1:15pm 299er ~

North/South

Catha Abrahams - Cheryl Walker 72.62% 1.28 B

East/West

David Tooker - Nico Comunian 65.08% 1.28 B

Barbara Aide

Club Manager

Taylor Compton

BAND Online Director

Webmaster

Technical Support

Joaquin Flores

Loyalty Program Manager

~ 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.

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: 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!

If you are not an ACBL member, then Click Here to join.

This link will make you an instant member of BAND Online.