Bernard Magee Bridge – Week 99 – Bidding Slams
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Monday, 16 May 2022
I hope you are enjoying Bernard Magee Bridge.
Your new topic of the month is Bidding Slams – we will be covering this topic throughout May.
Please do email any example hands – Bernard likes to have hands from real games to demonstrate his ideas.
WEEK 99 – CONTENT GUIDE:
Once you have logged in to fourmstaging.duqakibfdx.cloudpages.xyz, you will arrive at your ‘My Homepage’ where you will see the latest BMB UPDATES. Under this you will have large red buttons that will take you to all the new weekly content – designed in bitesize modules:- LIVE SHOWS
- QUIZZES
- HANDS (OF THE WEEK)
- BIG SEMINAR & SET HANDS (MONTHLY)
The COMMUNITY Forums and Facebook Group are also regularly updated.
Playing Set Hands on BBO:
The Set Hands are available for you to play online through Bernard’s organised BBO sessions. If you have not played the set hands yet, here are all the opportunities to play them (also on the BMB CALENDAR):May
17 – TUESDAY 11am & 2pm
18 – WEDNESDAY 11am & 2pm
19 – THURSDAY 8pm
20 – FRIDAY 2pm
21 – SATURDAY 11amThe LIN and PBN files are available to download from the website. They are at the bottom of the ‘big’ Seminar page, underneath the 8 Set Hands videos.
You would only use these if you want to use your own software, or you want to organise a private game on BBO.
[note: See the HELP MENU for guides on using the LIN and PBN files.]
BMB BRIDGE CLUB
BBO:
We have one 16 board game on Monday evening at 7.30pm.*** Bernard will be playing in this game this week – please come and join him. ***
*** The game will be recorded with his game play commentary and this will be aired on Wednesday evening in the ‘Pairs on BBO #100’ Live at 7:30pm, as Bernard will be away hosting our first cruise onboard Balmoral. ***
REALBRIDGE:
We are running one game a week on RealBridge which will be on Friday evening at 7.30pm.
To charge up your wallet and access the game please click here to go to the RealBridge Homepage.
CASUAL BRIDGE:Casual bridge is still being played in the Pogo Bridge Refugees Club at the regular times.
Check the times of all of our bridge sessions on the BMB CALENDAR or on our BridgeWebs page.
Please email [email protected] with any feedback you have.
LIVE SHOWS:Bernard is live on YouTube today at 11am covering the theme of Bidding Slams (part 2).Make sure you tune in early so you don’t miss anything.Our events this week:MONDAY11am [on website] – subject is Bidding Slams (part 2)
WEDNESDAY 7:30pm – Bernard plays pre-recordedPAIRSon BBO
FRIDAY11am [pre-recorded on website] – subject is Revision (1)
To access the LIVE SHOWS via the website:- Log in to fourmstaging.duqakibfdx.cloudpages.xyz
- Click the yellow ‘Live Shows’ card – this takes you to the next Live Show
- Click the ‘triangle’ play button in the middle of the screen to play the live video and then wait for the show to start
- ALTERNATIVELY if you want to view with the ‘Live Chat’ please click the large red button under the video screen (without clicking the ‘triangle’ button) and this will take you to a new page on YouTube with the Live Chat – you will need to ‘Subscribe’ to the page in order to be involved in the Live Chat
You can also get to the ‘Live Show’ from the ‘BMB Bridge Hub’:
- Click BMB Bridge Hub
- Click on ‘Live Shows & Archives’ card
- Click the ‘triangle’ play button in the middle of the screen to play the live video and then wait for the show to start
To access the LIVE SHOW ARCHIVES via the website:- Log in to fourmstaging.duqakibfdx.cloudpages.xyz
- Click the yellow ‘Live Shows’ card – this takes you to the page showing the next Live Show
- Scroll to the bottom of the page and you will see: MONDAY LIVE ARCHIVE; FRIDAY LIVE ARCHIVE; TEAMS ARCHIVE
You can also get to the ‘Live Show Archives’ from the ‘BMB Bridge Hub’:
- Click BMB Bridge Hub
- Click on ‘Live Shows & Archives’ card
- Scroll to the bottom of the page and you will see: MONDAY LIVE ARCHIVE; FRIDAY LIVE ARCHIVE; TEAMS ARCHIVE
NEWS:- Congratulations to this week’s Prize Quiz winner: Richard Acaster
WEBSITE UPDATES:
- We have made some changes to help you navigate BMB content more easily via the BMB Bridge Hub. This is now the central hub to access all bridge areas of BMB. So, if you ever get lost, simply click BMB Bridge Hub from the main menu on any page.
- We are continuing to do a lot of work to improve your experience on BMB. Part of this involves transitioning all members to our new management system which will give you much greater control over all your membership details. You may receive an email from BMB requesting you to contact us to update certain details. If you are ever concerned that an email from Bernard Magee Bridge is not genuine, you can check the contact details given on the email against those on the website. Always feel able to call us to check on 01344 205120
Thank youBernard Magee
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