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Today after one of our players bid "Pass", the word "Pass" in the bidding panel was surrounded by a red circle (actually, a rectangle with rounded corners). What does that mean?
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Bidding panel has "Pass" circled in red
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Posted 2020-May-29, 19:13
It means the person alerted the pass.
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Posted 2020-June-01, 09:38
Any bid with a red border means they alerted the bid.
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Posted 2020-June-02, 02:22
barmar, on 2020-June-01, 09:38, said:
Any bid with a red border means they alerted the bid.
Except, of course, you are supposed to alert your partners bid, not your own. And you need to alert it before rho makes their bid. The 'alert' on this system is worthless - you have to use the 'chat' to do a proper Alert.
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Posted 2020-June-02, 05:34
gbb483, on 2020-June-02, 02:22, said:
Except, of course, you are supposed to alert your partners bid, not your own. And you need to alert it before rho makes their bid. The 'alert' on this system is worthless - you have to use the 'chat' to do a proper Alert.
Online, and with screens in face to face play, you alert your own bids. You can explain your alerted call as you make it and it is a system that has worked well for decades.
It is different from club or tournament play without screens. But most organisations who run online tournaments have different alerting regulations that support the BBO practice.
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