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Declarer bids an unmakable small slam and intentionally plays so slowly that director awards unfinished game to him. Is there any point in calling the director when the next hand has already been dealt?
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Intentionally playing slow in Express game Director awards unfinished game to declarer
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Posted 2024-September-26, 14:36
j23185, on 2024-September-26, 14:25, said:
Declarer bids an unmakable small slam and intentionally plays so slowly that director awards unfinished game to him. Is there any point in calling the director when the next hand has already been dealt?
Of course there is.
Although if you are talking about a free Express tournament, as I recall the whole thing is automated and there is no Director on call.
You get (or should) what you pay for.
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Posted 2024-September-26, 14:39
pescetom, on 2024-September-26, 14:36, said:
Of course there is.
Although if you are talking about a free Express tournament, as I recall the whole thing is automated and there is no Director on call.
You get (or should) what you pay for.
Although if you are talking about a free Express tournament, as I recall the whole thing is automated and there is no Director on call.
You get (or should) what you pay for.
Yes, I am talking about a free tournament and there is a menu item labelled "Call director"
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Posted 2024-September-26, 14:45
j23185, on 2024-September-26, 14:39, said:
Yes, I am talking about a free tournament and there is a menu item labelled "Call director"
So probably there are multiple types of Free Express tournaments, my experience is with the "Free Express TCR90(80)" where there is no Director.
If you can call a Director of course you should do so.
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Posted 2024-September-26, 17:39
j23185, on 2024-September-26, 14:39, said:
Yes, I am talking about a free tournament and there is a menu item labelled "Call director"
If you click the Call Director button the only option available in the free Express is to "Withdraw".
There is no TD in Express games, they are fully automated.
You can however report someone who is intentionally stalling to get an average score -- tell us the username at abuse@bridgebase.com - and we prevent players who "game" the system from playing in Express.
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Posted 2024-September-27, 00:45
Why not just reduce the allowed time for each bid/play of card to match the time allowed per round?
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Posted 2024-September-27, 12:15
j23185, on 2024-September-26, 14:39, said:
Yes, I am talking about a free tournament and there is a menu item labelled "Call director"
So probably there are multiple types of Free Express tournaments, my experience is with the "Free Express TCR90(80)" where there is no Director.
If you can call a Director of course you should do so.
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