Auckland Bridge Club
Tips
- During the play if your camera or audio glitches, try pressing the redial icon
which is at the bottom of the screen to the right of your name next to the eye icon - If you are disconnected, log back in with exactly the same name and number (capitalisation and spaces matter) - you will automatically resume your seat.
- The gray cog wheel settings icon
lets you can change the look of the cards, and change the input from a single press to a double press - Your microphone is very sensitive—if you can hear a noise in the background then so can your microphone—and the rest of the table. Locate that mute button to the left of your name
- Not receiving the results email at the end of the session? Perhaps it has been going into your spam folder. If so, you need to 'white list' these email addresses: realbridge@akbc.co.nz and aucklandbridgeclub
@xtra.co.nz. This article describes how to go about it: How to White List - When you go to top up your account balance please don't create a new account - you already have one. If you cannot remember your username go through the lost username/password process.
- Audio or Video issues - RealBridge have a problem solving page here.
- Rudeness and discourtesy will not be tolerated. Please contact the director immediately.
- ALERTING is just like at the club—alert partner's bid, announce 1♣ and 1NT.
- UNDOs
The following modifications to the Laws and Regulations will apply in any Auckland Bridge Club event held online for UNDOs. They deal with how the director should try to assess whether an UNDO should be granted to correct a possible misclick.
The details below are as specific as possible, but two simple pieces of advice for players encountering this situation are:
- Be quick about telling the table to stop because an UNDO will not be granted when partner has bid or the hand opposite has played. It may be quicker to say UNDO than to look for the UNDO button to make an electronic request. However you do it, be quick.
- The director will NOT award an UNDO if the call or play first clicked was consistent either with a potential logical action or with not paying sufficient attention to previous actions in the play or auction
Law 25A
(i) A change of call will be permitted via “Undo” for a misclick where the Director is satisfied that the original call made was unintended.
(ii) A call may be changed under (i) provided partner has not subsequently called.
(iii) In the case of an unintended call by either of the last two players to call in the auction, the call may be changed under (i) provided the opening lead has not been made.
(iv) When a board has been passed in and the Director is satisfied that a pass made by the third or fourth player to call was unintended, the Director may award an artificial adjusted score under the provisions of Law 12C2, treating both sides as non-offending. Law 86B may be applicable.
Law 45C4b
This Law specifically mentions playing from dummy, but it was written for the 2017 rules. These rules will modify it for online play to include cards played from declarer’s or defender’s hands as well as those played from dummy.
i) A change of a played card will be permitted via “Undo” for a misclick where the Director is satisfied that the original card played was unintended.
ii) A play may be changed under (i) provided partner has not subsequently played.
Principles for allowing or not allowing unintended calls or plays:
Unless the player is able to convince the Director otherwise, a call made or card played will be assumed to be intended. In particular, the following instances should be treated as prima facie evidence that the action taken was not unintended:
(i) The call or card which the player wishes to substitute is not immediately adjacent to the call or card originally clicked;
(ii) The call or card which was originally clicked is a potential logical action given the preceding bidding or play;
(iii) The call or card which was originally clicked is consistent with a careless play or a failure to give full attention to previous actions in the bidding or play.
Some explanatory examples follow:
W N E S
P 1⋄ 3♠ 3NT
P 4♣ P 4NT
P
At this point, while North is thinking, South requests an UNDO and tells the Director that they intended to bid 6♣. No change should be allowed.
W N E S
P 1♥ P 2♥
X P P
At this point, East requests an UNDO. East’s pass is consistent with them not noticing West’s double. No change should be allowed.
W N E S
P 1♥
P 1♠ P 2NT
P 3NT P P
P
North
Q543
65
AQJT8
86
East
T9762
K74
K72
J5
Trick 1: ♣3-♣6-♣J-♣Q
Trick 2: ⋄3-⋄6-⋄Q-⋄x
East requests an UNDO.
Whether East plays either the 7 or the 2 of diamonds no change should be allowed.
If they had played the 2⋄ then the fact that it was not the adjacent card would be a contributing factor. Even if it was the 7⋄ no change should be allowed because holding up the diamond to stop declarer using the suit would be a potential logical action. It doesn’t necessarily work well if declarer switches to play on hearts.
Declarer, with ♦K3 opposite ♦A2, plays the 2 and 3. They might have been thinking of winning in the other hand and got confused. That happens in face to face games too. You can’t pick up your card up there, so no UNDO.
Spades are trumps. ♥A is played on a ♣ lead because it is next to the ♠2. Clearly an accident. No other explanation. UNDO would be allowed.
♥AQ is on the table you lead ♥2, the player on your left plays the ♥K, you play the ♥Q. Oops. You were intending to finesse the Queen, and in a moment of inattention may not have noticed the unexpected play of the King. No UNDO. It is true the Ace and Queen are besides each other and you might have reached for the Ace but the Queen popped out. Unlucky in this case. No UNDO allowed.
You open 1NT and partner bids 2♥, transfer to ♠. You have a great hand and consider super-accepting, but you cannot remember if you discussed how to super-accept with this partner. After due consideration you decide to keep things simple and not super accept. So you pass. Oops. You definitely didn't intend to play in 2♥ but you did, albeit in a moment of confusion or inattention, intend to Pass. No UNDO.