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Bidding Toolkit
Board
These are explanations of how to play
commonly used conventions.
http://www.acbl.org/common.
Black points
Masterpoints awarded at club and unit
level games are black. A new member
needs at least 75 black points (out of a
total of 500 points of all colors) to
become a Life Master.
Blackwood
A convention in which a 4NT bid is used
to discover the number of aces held by
partner that was invented by Easley
Blackwood in 1933 and has attained
worldwide popularity. Blackwood, an
ACBL executive who was credited with
putting the ACBL back on a sound
financial basis in the late 1960s, became
one of the most famous bridge
personalities in the world as a result of
this convention.
Blackwood Award
Named in honor of the late Easley
Blackwood, this Hall of Fame award was
established in 1996 to honor bridge
players, living or deceased, who
contributed to the game in areas outside
of bridge-playing expertise. Albert H.
Morehead, an ACBL official, bridge
writer, editor and player, was the first
recipient of the award.
Blue Ribbon Pairs (Kaplan)
See Kaplan Blue Ribbon Pairs.
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1. A duplicate board.
2. The dummy's hand, so called
because it lies on the table.
Board-a-Match
Board-a-Match is a form of duplicate
scoring used in team contests in which
one matchpoint is awarded for winning
the board and half a matchpoint is
awarded for a tie.
Board of Governors
The ACBL Board of Governors serves in
an advisory capacity to the ACBL Board
of Directors. This body meets during
each NABC.
Board of Directors
The ACBL Board of Directors
determines the policies and direction of
the ACBL. The Board elects a president,
vice president and a treasurer, each for a
one-year term. The Board meets three
times a year, usually during the week
prior to each NABC. It also elects five
representatives to the World Bridge
Federation Executive Council for threeyear
terms.
Bracketed knockout teams
This event is run as a knockout team
event with one exception. All teams will
play against similarly rated opponents.
Each team's bracket is determined by
averaging the entire team's masterpoint
holdings.

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