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card or longer heart suit; the opener is
required to bid 4♥. Similarly, 4♥
requires the opener to bid 4♠
Top
Slang for the maximum matchpoint
score you can make on a hand in
duplicate is " top. "
Tournament Director
The tournament director is the official
representative of the sponsoring
organization, responsible for the
technical management of the
tournament. The tournament director is
charged with restoring equity at a table
when an irregularity has occurred.
When a player summons a director to
the table, it should be done in a clear,
courteous manner. It is suggested that
you call the director to the table by
saying, " Director, please. " Tournament
directors are trained by the ACBL and
ranked according to ability and
experience. The I/N
(Intermediate/Newcomer) directors
have a special knowledge of the
problems arising with new players and
have been trained to address them.
Tournament handbooks
ACBL has developed handbooks for
planning sectional, regional and I/N
tournaments. The handbooks contain
sanctioning information, checklists,
committee assignments and more. All
three of these handbooks can be found
on the ACBL website:
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Tournaments
The ACBL sanctions the following types
of tournaments:
NABCs - three major North
American championships each
year
Regionals - sanctioned to each
of the 25 districts
Sectionals - sanctioned to the
300+ units.
Tournament Events
Tournament events may be classified by:
Type: Individual, Pair, Team.
Expertise (masterpoint
holdings) as: Open, Flighted,
Stratified, stratiflighted,
Handicapped, Bracketed
(Teams), Masters, NonMasters,
Life Masters, specific
masterpoint restrictions (0-5,
0-20, 0-50, etc.). Events may
also be restricted by
Restricted: Women's,
mixed, Junior, Senior
Scoring Methods are:
Matchpoints, IMPs, board-amatch
and total points.
Trap pass
A trap pass is a pass by a player holding
a strong defensive hand. The player is
hoping that the opposition will bid
themselves into difficulties. A trap pass
is usually made by a player holding
length and strength in the suit bid by the
opener on the player's right.
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