BAND Online Game Calendar

Hi Donna,

Congratulations on achieving last month. If you are a BAND Online Member, please join us for a FREE game on Saturday, April 20th at 1:15pm. BAND Online hosts daily Open, 499er and 299er games.

Scroll down to see your name is on the list.

• If there is a M by your name, you are a BAND Online Member. Play in a game on Saturday, April 20th and you will see your BB$ $6 entry fee refunded at the end of the month.
• If you have a G by your name, please lick on the link below and join today! BAND Online Membership is FREE. Then enjoy your free game on Saturday, April 20th!

If you are not a BAND Online Member, click here to JOIN TODAY!

You must be a BAND Online Member by midnight on Friday, April 19th

to enjoy your free play on Saturday, April 20th!

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~ All KIND Players are Welcome to join the BAND Online Games ~

• Even if you have zero Masterpoints, you are eligible to play in the 299er pairs. BAND Online's 299er Game is the perfect place to jump into duplicate online games. You must be an active ACBL Member to play in the 499er and 299er pairs.



• A special invite to the players who have crossed over 500 masterpoints and are wondering if you are ready to play in the BAND Online Open game. The Open game is stratified 1/3, 1/3, 1/3 so if you are closer to 500 than 5000, you will be in the lowest bracket for masterpoint awards. Yes. The competition is more challenging, but either you win or you learn something new. It's a Win-Win! And, Yes! The Open players Choose Bridge Kindness too!

All BAND Online Games start at 1:15pm Central! Registration Opens at 11:15am Central.

THE SOONER YOU REGISTER, THE BIGGER THE GAMES!

You do not need to stay online. Register and log back on 10-15 minutes to Game Time.

The BIGGER the games the MORE Masterpoints.

Follow VACB260117 to easily find BAND Online Games!

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The BAND Team knows you have a choice in where to play online. We appreciate you Choosing Bridge Kindness and Choosing BAND Online!

Donna & Chris Compton

www.BANDOnlineBridge.com

BAND ONLINE MEMBERSHIP BENEFITS

BAND Online Membership benefits: Weekly and Quarterly BB$ Prizes, Birthday Free Play, New Ranker's Free Play, Pop-Up Zoom Classes with World Champion Donna Compton and more...Invite your friend. Send them the link to join today!

Not a BAND Online Member? Click Here to JOIN. It's FREE!

UPCOMING SPECIAL EVENTS

BAND Online hosts daily Open, 499er and 299er games at 1:15pm CENTRAL. We welcome KIND players from everywhere! In addition to our monthly Birthday Free Play Day and New Rankers' Free Play Day, we also have special Bonus Masterpoint events. We hope you will join us for our daily games; along with our special events throughout the year.

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The Weekly Contests are based on "Local Points" in each Division. This is a European method of tracking the more consistent players, rather than the lucky ones. The way it works is that every pair is awarded "Local Points" starting with the last pair receiving 2 points, the next pair up receiving 4 points and so on. This gives more weight attendance and to those who consistently place in the top half of the field, rather than those who finish on top. 1st place winners receive BB$ prize at the end of the month.

The primary strategy in this type of contest is to play hard until the last board since every place awards some number of "Local Points". No more shooting the moon at the end of the game in an attempt to "win it all" and risking dropping to the bottom of the list.

The Quarterly Contests are based on Local Points and Attendance. Each 1st place winner receives up to 5 Free $6 games in in the month following the quarter's end.

Weekly BB$ 1st place Prize Winners and Quarterly Leaderboards are published in the BAND Online Weekly E-Letter and on www.BANDOnlineBridge.com on Sunday. The BAND Online Team looks forward to seeing your name in "lights" in the near future.

Barbara Aide

Club Manager

Marti Nelson

Deputy Club Manager

Taylor Compton

Media & Marketing Manager

BAND Online welcomes ALL PLAYERS! Please invite your friends to join in the fun at BAND Online "where everybody knows your name and are always glad you came!"

Click Here for Membership Link and begin enjoying the Membership Perks ~ It's Free!

To find BAND Online games on BBO, use the following steps:

1. Under Featured Areas, click on Virtual Clubs.
2. Click ACBL - North America.
3. Search for "BAND"

You have a choice where you play. We do appreciate your playing with us.

OPEN players: BAND Online Stacks limited masterpoint games underneath the Open games so that the overall masterpoints are based on a larger number of tables. So, if you see a 4 table Open game, join the fun and enjoy the extra points without having to compete against 50 other pairs!

Each month we have a special BIRTHDAY Free Play Day to recognize BAND Online Members with birthdays in that month.

• If you play in a BAND Online game on the Birthday Game Day ~ then your entry fee for one game will be returned to your BBO$ account at the end of the month.
• You must be a BAND Online Member by midnight the day before Birthday Free Play Day to enjoy the free play.
• Please send your birthday Month/Day by midnight on February 28th to Marti@BridgeForYourBrain.com.
• No retroactive submissions...until next year!

PLEASE INCLUDE YOUR ACBL # & BBO NAME IN EMAIL.

If you are not an ACBL member, then Click Here to join.

This link will make you an instant member of BAND Online.