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European Open 2011 Who is going to participate?
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Posted 2011-May-25, 14:10
The European Open in Poznan/Poland will begin in a few weaks. I am just curious who of the BBF members is going to play there....Bridge players from all WBF zones are entitled to participate, any oversea members will visit Poznan too?
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Posted 2011-May-25, 16:05
I'm there for the whole event.
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Posted 2011-May-25, 16:05
I will be there, probably just for the open teams.
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Posted 2011-May-25, 16:14
I'm going to Toronto instead, not least because the teams seems extremely expensive.
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Posted 2011-May-25, 16:38
Playing in the Mixed Teams.
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Posted 2011-May-25, 17:25
I'm there for the main pairs.
... that would still not be conclusive proof, before someone wants to explain that to me as well as if I was a 5 year-old. - gwnn
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Posted 2011-May-25, 18:04
paulg, on 2011-May-25, 16:14, said:
I'm going to Toronto instead, not least because the teams seems extremely expensive.
How much are entry fees?
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Posted 2011-May-26, 00:26
JLOGIC, on 2011-May-25, 18:04, said:
How much are entry fees?
Mixed Teams - 800 EUR (per team)
Mixed Pairs - 270 EUR (per pair)
Open/Women/Senior Teams - 950 EUR (per team)
Open/Women/Senior Pairs - 400 EUR (per pair)
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Posted 2011-May-26, 02:23
Aberlour10, on 2011-May-26, 00:26, said:
Mixed Teams - 800 EUR (per team)
Mixed Pairs - 270 EUR (per pair)
Open/Women/Senior Teams - 950 EUR (per team)
Open/Women/Senior Pairs - 400 EUR (per pair)
Mixed Pairs - 270 EUR (per pair)
Open/Women/Senior Teams - 950 EUR (per team)
Open/Women/Senior Pairs - 400 EUR (per pair)
If you are an average team who is unlikely to qualify for the KO stages, then you will play two days of bridge in the Mixed Team and 2.5 days of bridge in the Open Teams. If you do qualify then you get another 0.5 day per KO round (R32, R16, R8, semifinal). This presumes that you are not in a round-robin group with an odd number of teams.
By contrast, you seem to be guaranteed at least 3, probably 4, days of Mixed Pairs bridge and 4, probably 5, days of Open Pairs.
Valuewise you get a lot more bridge for your euro playing matchpoints.
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Posted 2011-May-26, 03:00
paulg, on 2011-May-25, 16:14, said:
I'm going to Toronto instead, not least because the teams seems extremely expensive.
It's not expensive; it's just that we're just broke
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Posted 2011-May-26, 03:31
paulg, on 2011-May-26, 02:23, said:
If you are an average team who is unlikely to qualify for the KO stages, then you will play two days of bridge in the Mixed Team and 2.5 days of bridge in the Open Teams. If you do qualify then you get another 0.5 day per KO round (R32, R16, R8, semifinal). This presumes that you are not in a round-robin group with an odd number of teams.
By contrast, you seem to be guaranteed at least 3, probably 4, days of Mixed Pairs bridge and 4, probably 5, days of Open Pairs.
Valuewise you get a lot more bridge for your euro playing matchpoints.
By contrast, you seem to be guaranteed at least 3, probably 4, days of Mixed Pairs bridge and 4, probably 5, days of Open Pairs.
Valuewise you get a lot more bridge for your euro playing matchpoints.
Sounds like a good deal. Who wants to go play the pairs?
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Posted 2011-May-30, 13:21
yes I shall be there my BBO nick > bridge9x
Serge de Muller
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Posted 2011-June-01, 05:27
I will be there for the 2nd week (Open Teams and Pairs)
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Posted 2011-June-17, 04:29
Good luck for you all!
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Posted 2011-June-17, 07:08
I'll be there, after the ashes issue was solved.
This post has been edited by Gerardo: 2011-July-01, 20:31
Reason for edit: Fixed typo
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Posted 2011-June-21, 06:40
Will be fun to cheer on FrancesHinden in today's semi-finals! 
update: sadly, board 23 was a 4-1 trump split
update: sadly, board 23 was a 4-1 trump split
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Posted 2011-June-22, 23:02
congrats to Frances, great job from a great poster/player.
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Posted 2011-June-25, 15:08
Nice playing Frances.
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Posted 2011-July-01, 20:38
Met gnasher today. Also bumped into mfa1010 a couple of times, but did not recall his name until now.
On the entry fees issue for my €200, got 250 boards, 100 of qually, 100 of semifinal B (from there, 6 to final A), 50 of final B.
For those playing final A, will be 52 boards more, today, Saturday. (in the Open. Not sure in Women).
For those playing pairs, would be more boards, could drop into pairs competition for free after finishing participation in the teams competition, and for six handed teams would be even cheaper.
On the entry fees issue for my €200, got 250 boards, 100 of qually, 100 of semifinal B (from there, 6 to final A), 50 of final B.
For those playing final A, will be 52 boards more, today, Saturday. (in the Open. Not sure in Women).
For those playing pairs, would be more boards, could drop into pairs competition for free after finishing participation in the teams competition, and for six handed teams would be even cheaper.
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Posted 2011-July-02, 01:37
Gerardo, on 2011-July-01, 20:38, said:
For those playing (TEAMS?), would be more boards, could drop into pairs competition for free after finishing participation in the teams competition, and for six handed teams would be even cheaper.
It was my understanding, reading the regulations and previous events, that free entry to the pairs was only given to the finalists of the teams competition. Just making the KO stages, or even the semifinals, of the teams was insufficient for free entry to the pairs event even though you got to drop in a later qualifying stage.