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Spicy HandsBlass has taken a solid lead ahead of Street and Tulin. Gupta is in 4th, but De Botton and Donner are trailing within 2 VPs. Donner play Gupta in our last match of the Round Robin today, so they get a shot at their own fate, though de Botton sho face Gillis may overtake both on the battlefield.

Last night Jason Hackett made the following comment:

"So spicy were the hands today in the ALT VI event today that you could fill 10 bulletins."

We only filled one, but there is plenty of spice in this one.

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ALT VI • BULLETIN 3 • Thursday June 11 2020 • editor: Christina Lund Madsen clm@christina-bridge.com

Today’s Schedule RR 7 & SemisThursday June 11 Thursday June 11 10.00 EDT/16.00 CET 14.00 EDT/20.00 CET

Blass - Lebowitz Semifinals Gupta - DonnerStreet - Tulin Gillis - De Botton

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Swing of the Day by Christina Lund Madsen

I love swinging, both as a player and kibitzer. This was a lovely board for any with my preferences. We begin with the biggest swing:

Board 13. N / All

♠♥♦♣

A 5 A K TK J 9 2 J 7 4 2

♠♥♦♣

Q 9 7 6 4 3 24 A T T 6 5

NW E

S

♠♥♦♣

TJ 8 7 5 36A K Q 9 8 3

♠♥♦♣

K J 8Q 9 6 2Q 8 7 5 4 3-

WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH

Bertens Nowosadzki Gupta Kalita

— 1NT 2♦* 3♣*

Pass 3NT All Pass

2♦ Hearts 3♣ ♦ Inv. +

It is hard to blame neither North nor South. EW simply did well to keep quiet. East led ♣K followed by the ace and got the 5 and 6 from his partner. Now the suit is in fact blocked, but hard for declarer to know that. East shifted to the ♠T, won by dummy's king, and declarer played diamonds. West won, played the ♣T, and North tried the jack, not guessing the 2♥-overcaller to have a semi-solid 6-card suit. Minus 300.

WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH

Pepsi Lorenzini Lesniak Bessis

— 1NT 3♣ Dble

Pass 3♦ 3♥ 4♣5♣ 5♥ Pass 6♦All Pass

Well bid by the French. 12 tricks for +1370 meant 17 IMPs for Gupta. Despite this board Blass won the match 73-37, 16.64-3.36.

In Street vs. Lebowitz the junior could not resist doubling Nicolas L'Ecuyer - Paul Street after this auction:

WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH

K. Rosenberg L’Ecuyer Z. Grossack Street

2♠PassPassPassPassDble

1NTPassPass3♠4♥5♦All Pass

PassPass3♣ PassDblePass

3♣ Dble3♦4♣PassPass

South meant the X of 2♠ as T/O but explained he was not sure about their agreement. Despite cuebidding in both clubs and hearts the rest of the auction did not seem very convincing for the juniors, who finished off with a double.

West led a heart, but when he got in with the ♦A, he could not get his partner in the for the ruff. 12 tricks and +950 for Street.

WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH

Pachtmann M. Rosenberg Zatorski Zia

Pass1NT3NT

2♥All Pass

3♣*

2♥ Hearts+minor 3♣ ♦ Inv. +

There was a lot less bidding at the seniors' table, and Michael Rosenberg bid what looks like a completely natural 3NT from his seat.

East led the ♣Q. I am not sure about their methods, but many play the king as a strong lead. The Q you may lead from (K)QJ if you would like partner to encourage with the ten. Pachtmann did indeed play the ♣5, then the ♣6, and yet again the suit was blocked. Zatorski tried cashing out in case his partner had 4 clubs and then led a diamond, but now declarer claimed 9 tricks to limit the IMP-loss to 8.

A way to lead from this suit to make it easy for partner can be to lead ace (partner will most likely discourage), now continue with the queen and shift after that holds. You could also lead K or Q, depending on which card is looking for the club jack according to your agreements. If partner has 4 clubs, you might be in trouble figuring that out, but that is only a problem if declarer has 9 quick tricks.

In Donner vs. Gillis Brad and Joe contrary to their style refrained from doubling Bakke-Grude in 5♦.

WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH

Moss Bakke Grue Grude

3♣3♠All Pass

1NTPass4♦

2NTPassPass

Pass3♦5♦

WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH

Brogeland Michielsen Lindqvist Cullin

4♣PassDble

1NTPass4♦All Pass

3♣PassPass

DbleDble5♦

Sadly for the Norwegians, Brogeland-Lindqvist could not resist the temptation, so it was 8 IMPs for Donner, but still Gillis wont their first match 12.33-7.67.

In Tulin vs. De Botton, Birman-Padon found an alternative contract:

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Christian Bakke

WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH

Malinowski Birman De Botton Padon

PassDblePass

1NT3♦Pass4♥

PassPassPassAll Pass

3♣3♠4♦

Janet De Botton kept quiet the entire bidding, and NS reached 4♥. She led a spade as ordered, where a club might have worked better tapping declarer at trick 1.Declarer won the ♠A and played a dia-mond. East won and gave his partner a spade ruff, and next followed a club, ruffed. declarer played one round of hearts and now diamonds, while East pitched clubs twice to ruff North's last diamond. She now played another club, and now South did best by crossruffing ending up down 1.

With Hydes-Hackett North-South at the other table there was as usual a lot of bidding.

WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH

Verhees Hydes van Prooijen Hackett

PassPassPassPassAll Pass

1NT3NT4♥RDbl5♥

2♥*PassDblePassPass

3♣* 4♣Pass4♠6♦

2♥ Hearts+minor 3♣ ♦ NF or GF 3NT Super accept

Contrary to the other two tables with similar auctions, Hackett did not leave Hydes in 3NT after he showed a super accept of diamonds. He cuebid 4♣, and from there they got to the cold slam.

16 IMPs for De Botton, who defeated Tulin by 92-45 in an IMP-orgie and are now within reach of the coveted 4th spot.

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Alon Birman

Rules and regulationsThe numbers 1 through 4 from the round robin will go to the semifinals. In case of a tie in victory points:1. the mutual result will decide2. still equal: the most ’wins’ (BAM-ish) will decide.3. after that: the team with the highest IMP score on a board will go through

The winner of the round robin may choose its opponent between the teams placed 3 and 4. The captain will mail their choice to info@netbridge.online within an hour after the round robin is finis-hed. If late, then matches will be: 1 versus 4 and 2 versus 3.

Link to results

Alt VI results

Link to previous Alts & bulletins

Bulletins

Results / Ranking

RR5 IMPs VPs

BLASS STREET 56 39 13.72 6.28

GILLIS GUPTA 38 91 1.53 18.47

DE BOTTON LEBOWITZ 89 64 15.08 4.92

TULIN DONNER 88 74 13.15 6.85

RR6 IMPs VPs

BLASS GUPTA 73 37 16.64 3.36

STREET LEBOWITZ 48 47 10.25 9.75

GILLIS DONNER 48 38 12.33 7.67

DE BOTTON TULIN 92 45 17.89 2.11

After RR 6 VPs

1 BLASS 90.96

2 STREET 75.66

3 TULIN 68.70

4 GUPTA 56.73

5 DE BOTTON 56.54

6 DONNER 54.58

7 LEBOWITZ 48.27

8 GILLIS 28.56

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With Hearts in our Hearts By Martin Cantor

Going into Round 5 just one and a half VPs separated Blass and Street, both unbeaten, at the top of the table. So their head-to-head clash had to be the match to watch. Yesterday’s hands were largely about dia-monds. Today it was to be hearts. Spades tomorrow perhaps? The very first board set the scene:

Board 1. N / None

♠♥♦♣

9 6 42Q 5A K 7 6 5 4 3

♠♥♦♣

A K 3 Q T 4 3 A T 7 6 4 J

NW E

S

♠♥♦♣

8 5K J 7 6 5K J 3 28 2

♠♥♦♣

Q J T 7 2A 9 89 8Q T 9

WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH

Street Upmark L’Ecuyer Nystrom

— 2♣* Pass 2♠*

Dbl 4♠ 5♥ DblAll Pass

2♣ 10-15 5+♣ no 4M2♠ nat F1

As so often, double fits make for lots of tricks, and Nick L’Ecuyer got the diamonds right to score 650.

WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH

Kalita Pachtmann Nowosadzki Zatorski

— 3♣ Pass Pass

Dbl Pass 3♥ All Pass

Also as so often, pre-empts make it hard for the opponents to reach the right con-tract. Pachtmann had quite a lot to spare for his first seat pre-empt but it worked very well when the hand belonged to his opponents. East and West both had good value for their bids, but you can’t really argue that either of them should have done any more.

Nowosadzki made the same 11 tricks, but 200 was a loss of 10 IMPs and a flying start for team Street.

Board 4. W / All

♠♥♦♣

Q T 69 5K 6A K Q T 6 3

♠♥♦♣

J T 7 4 3 2 A Q T 7 5 9 2

NW E

S

♠♥♦♣

7 4 3A K Q J 8 6J 8 3J

♠♥♦♣

A K 9 8 5 2—9 4 28 7 5 4

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WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH

Street Upmark L’Ecuyer Nystrom

2♥* 3♣ 4♥ 4NT*

Pass 6♣ 6♥ PassPass Dbl All Pass

2♥ ♥ & 4+ minor4NT good 5♣ bid

Another effective pre-empt; when his partner saw his own heart holding he might have quickly checked that they were playing the same board. With the heart void, two quick tricks and four card sup-port for partner’s suit, bidding 4♠ would be a horrible distortion of the potential of Nystrom’s hand, so spades got buried.

With the effect that NS could do no better than to double 6♥ and take 500.

WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH

Kalita Pachtmann Nowosadzki Zatorski

Pass 1♣* 2♥ Dbl

4♦ Pass 4♥ PassPass 5♣ 5♥ 5♠All Pass

1♣ 2+

No immediate pre-empt here, but NS still failed to get to grips with the hand. It did not help their side that South did not bid 2♠ on the first turn, whether that would be one-round forcing or non-forcing.

12 easy tricks were worth 5 IMPs. Maybe the hand is tougher than it looks; none of the other tables found the spade slam, so no EW pair had to find the 7♥ save. In fact only one other pair were pushed to 6♥. Star result belonged to the Grossack bro-thers who stole it in 5♥ undoubled.

Board 12. W / NS

♠♥♦♣

K Q J 4 2J 4 2—K J 6 5 2

♠♥♦♣

5 K Q T 7 J 6 5 2 A Q 7 3

NW E

S

♠♥♦♣

A T 79 8 6 5 3A Q T 38

♠♥♦♣

9 8 6 3AK 9 8 7 4T 9 4

Michal NowosadzkiPhoto: WBF

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WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH

Street Upmark L’Ecuyer Nystrom

1♦ 3♣* 3♥ 4♠

5♥ Pass Pass DblAll Pass

3♣ ♠ & ♣ non-forcing

WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH

Kalita Pachtmann Nowosadzki Zatorski

1♦ 1♠ 2♦* 3♥*

4♥ 4♠ 5♦ Dbl5♥ Dbl All Pass

2♦ hearts3♥ mixed raise

4♠ can’t be beaten, so both EW pairs did well to save. 5♥ might look like it only has two losers, but with trumps 3-1 it only has ten tricks. Half the field were allowed to play 4♠, three of them doubled, while one pair took the push to 5♠.

Board 15. S / NS

♠♥♦♣

A J T9 2A J T 9 4 3T 7

♠♥♦♣

Q 9 5 3 K J T 6 Q 5 2 J 5

NW E

S

♠♥♦♣

K 6A Q 8 7 4 3KK 9 6 3

♠♥♦♣

8 7 4 258 7 6A Q 8 4 2

WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH

Fergani Upmark Pollack Nystrom

— — — Pass

Pass 2♦* 2♥ 4♣*4♥ All Pass

2♦ 10-15 5+♦ no 4M4♣ fit jump

WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH

Kalita Pachtmann Nowosadzki Zatorski

— — — Pass

Pas 1♦* 1♥ Dbl*3♦* Pass 4♥ All Pass

1♦ 4+ unbalanced Dbl 4♠s3♦ mixed raise, on the weaker side

Both Easts got to play the heart game, as did all the rest except Alex Hydes for De Botton who stopped in 3♥. And all the Souths led a diamond. So where is the interest? It is all a matter of what North does on the first trick.

Five took their ace to return a club, which gave the defence the first four tricks. The other three ducked. Was it so hard to read? A lot depends on your lead style; most played a 3rd highest 6, the exception being Zatorski’s 2nd highest 7.

In our match Upmark got it right, Pachtmann didn’t, so 10 IMPs for team Blass, who went on to win 56-39 or 13.72-6.28, cementing their place at the top of the table, and dropping Street to third place.

One of (the few) joys of Lockdown (but by no means a universal choice) in the UK is to occasionally recapture odd moments from one's formative years by reprising old movies and television shows. In our house, Sunday evening was given over to watching Perry Mason save someone from the electric chair.

Some of the titles of the best-selling series of books by Erle Stanley Gardner might easily be bridge related, The Case of the Silent Partner and The Case of the Ice-Cold Hands being the most obvious.See if you can spot the reason for my title on this deal:

Board 7. Dealer South. All Vul.

♠ J 8 6 3 ♥ K ♦ J 9 2 ♣ Q 8 6 5 2♠ A 10 2 ♠ K Q 9 4 ♥ 10 3 2 ♥ J 6 4♦ K 8 7 5 3 ♦ 6 4♣ 9 3 ♣ K J 10 7 ♠ 7 5 ♥ A Q 9 8 7 5 ♦ A Q 10 ♣ A 4

Open RoomWEST NORTH EAST SOUTH

Cullin Bakhshi Michielsen Tulin

— — — 1♥

Pass 1♠ Pass 3♥

All Pass

West led the ♣9 and declarer put up dum-my's queen, took East's king with the ace and played a heart to the king. Declarer's next move was to run the ♦J. If West had won this and played a second club the contract would almost certainly have gone one down, but West allowed it to hold.

When declarer innocently continued with a diamond to the queen West won and returned the ♦5. East ruffed, cashed the ♣10 and continued with the jack. Declarer pitched a spade, but West matched it with the ♠2 and now East knew she could cash the ♠K before playing her last club to pro-mote West's ♥10 for two down,-200.

Closed RoomWEST NORTH EAST SOUTH

Verhees C Rimstedt van Prooijen Donner

— — — 1♣*

1♦ Dble* Pass 1♥

Pass 2♣ Pass 2♥

All Pass

1♣ 16+Dble 5-7 or game forcing, no better bid

It is generally a good idea to interfere over a strong 1♣, but on this occasion overcal-ling 1♦ did not aid the defender's cause.West led the ♣9 and when that held the trick he continued the suit, declarer win-ning with the ace, crossing to the ♥K, returning to hand with the ♦A and cas-hing two top trumps, claiming nine tricks when the suit divided, +140 and 8 IMPs.

By Mark Horton

The Case of the Devious Duck

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Victim of the DayBoye Brogeland

by Christina Lund Madsen

How has your life in Norway been during corona?

- Coming back from the Winter Games in Monaco in the beginning of March, I had to be in quarantine for a week or so. Since deadline for my bridge magazine was coming up, the quarantine felt more or less like normal working days, so my day to day life wasn’t affected much. The major difference is no travel and no live bridge – and playing much more on BBO, which I had hardly done before Corona. And being able to spend more time with my wife Tonje and daughter Mie (6) and son Anders (15).

What impact do you think corona will have on the bridge world?

- I hope live bridge will come back soon. Internet bridge is fun and good practice, and will probably be more wide spread going forward, but doesn’t get my juices flowing the same way as live bridge.

What has been the most memorable moment of your bridge life so far?

- Winning the Bermuda Bowl in 2007 was a dream coming true, but winning the European Championships in 2008 – in a new partnership and with a new Norwegian team – stands out even more. Winning the Europeans in 2018 on the last hand, and also the Spingold on the last hand in 2017, were two other incredible bridge moments.

Which consequences has the cheating scandal had for your life, bridge and per-sonal?

- August to December 2015 was a very stressful time, but luckily I was so focused and motivated that my body and mind refused to give in. In 2016 I had a “down” where everything seemed trivial, but after a while I felt I was getting back to my normal gear. I am very happy for all the support I got in the bridge world, and for all the people who helped me along the way. It was essential for the outcome. It’s nice to still receive E-mails and comments about what we did back then and the posi-tive impact it had on bridge. I am certainly better known in the bridge world today than I was pre-August 2015, but the most important difference is that top level bridge is fairer today than before the cheating scandal.

Did you ever regret going after the cheaters or had moments you felt sorry for them?

- I felt I was on a mission, and that you don’t regret (at least not in the middle of it). The few times I started questioning myself – it normally happened when I was looking at videos in the middle of the night – were difficult, but next morning my head was in the right place again. All the cheaters who were exposed were either friends or acquaintances – I didn’t have a bad relationship with any of them. My hope was that they would admit to what had taken place, stay away for some years and come back playing without

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cheating. The problem is that the cheaters don’t seem to feel any guilt – that what they did is just part of the game (as long as you can get away with it). I still find their denial frustrating.

What were you like as a child?

- I grew up in a town called Moi in Norway with 2000 people. Quiet place, and I used most of my time on football, bridge (played in the local club once a week since I was 12), school and hanging out with friends. Playing “Cowboy and Indian” was a typical afternoon in the early eighties for me, and sometimes I would be picked up (in my cowboy gear) by some older guys who were missing a fourth player for a rubber!

Which time of your life has been the most challenging and how did you cope with it?

- Losing my mother at 11 is the most devastating thing I have experienced. I remember my father telling me “we will manage it”, and he was right, but such a loss sticks with you for life. I think accep-ting the situation and trying to stay posi-tive are very important in difficult times.

You had a New Years resolution with your wife to drink more wine. How is that going?

- Every Monday at 22.30 we watch the Bachelor/Bachelorette (for the 20th year straight), but have now spiced it up with a bottle of wine or Champagne. So for a change I have been able to keep a New Year’s resolution.

Do you have any tattoos? If you were to get one with letters, what would it say?

- No tattoo for me, and I would have to lose a very silly bet to get even a small one. My youngest sister has one, which I think sends the right message: “Never give up.”

Who would you like to partner, kiss, kill among Lotan Fisher, Fulvio Fantoni and Cezary Balicki?

- I have partnered Lotan (good player), kissed Fulvio (nice chap), so unfortunately that leaves the scariest option for Cezary.

Who from the Alt Invitational should be the next victim in the bulletin? Tell us something you would like to know about this person.

- Artur Malinowski, because he is fun, crazy and Polish/Norwegian/English. I would like to know what he thinks is good, bad and different about Poland/Norway/England. And also how he got into bridge.

Boye Brogeland with poker-player Gus Hansen

1. The Tournament Director will create the tables and will arrange duplicated boards (same boards for every team). 2. The table settings will allow kibitzers but forbid communication between players and kibitzers. Barometer scoring will be OFF. The scores are only visible (for the players) after the last board has been played. Kibitzers can see the scores during the match. Undo and claiming according to the BBO-guidelines: all players have the right to reject an undo or claim request for any reason. They are not required to explain why they have rejected such a request. 3. Eight teams play a single round robin of seven matches, each match 24 boards. Four matches at the same time. After that there will be a knock-out phase: semifinal (24 boards) on the same day as RR 7 and a longer final on Friday (3 x 12 boards). Change of the line-up in the round robin and semifinal is possible after 12 boards provided that no player can change the compass direction (so East will stay East and so on). The big final will consist of 3 separate segments, so there are no restric-tions on the line-up. The teams are expected to submit their line-up as soon as possible using the line-up web utility (all captains will be provided with the respective link and the password). It is possible to change the submitted line-up but not later than 30 minutes before the start of the round.

Conditions of Contest • ALT INVITATIONAL VI

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The line-up is completely blind and will not be published before the start of the round. The result of the round robin is scored based on the number of VPs. The WBF VP scale applies. In case of a tie in Victory Points:• the mutual result will decide;• still equal: the most 'wins' (BAM-ish) will decide;• after that: the team with the highest IMP score on a board will go through. 4. The numbers 1 through 4 from the round-robin will go to the semifinal. Team number 1 may choose its opponent from numbers 3 and 4. The captain will inform about this choice via the TD and/or will mail to info@netbridge.online within half an hour after the round robin is finished. If not or late then matches will be: 1 versus 4 and 2 versus 3. Numbers 1 and 2 get a carry over of 10.1 / 6.1 IMP.In the final there will be a carry over of 0.1 IMP for the highest placed team in the RR as a tiebreaker. 5. If players explain bids during the bid-ding via chat, then this is not commu-nicated to “the table”, but only to “the opponents”. This way their partner cannot see the explanation, similar to explaining the bids via the BBO alert mechanism.Players alert their own bids. 6. This tournament will of course be played in the most respectful way possible.

Fun and good bridge is paramount. Netbridge relies on reluctance and restraint to call the director. Should a team find a serious cause for demanding a ruling, then this will only be dealt with if the captain of the team announces this via email within 45 minutes after the last board played (with an explanation and a request for a specific adjustment of the score). Netbridge will inform the other team and give that team the opportunity (through its captain) to respond via email within 45 minutes after being informed. The protest will be decided by a qualified director or world class player; no further appeal will be possible after his/her decision.

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Behind the Screens

Do you ever wonder who ensures the event runs smoothly, invites players to the table and makes sure results are up directly after the last table finishes? The answer is Anton Osipov and Denis Dobrin from Russia.Denis is also an EBL-director and our TD in the ALT. Thanks to their excellent software we are able to provide perfect scoring of all matches. Spasibo!

7. To submit protests, you can send emails to: info@netbridge.online 8. The starting times for the Monday-Thursday matches are:

• 10.00 EDT / 16.00 CET (first session) and• 14.00 EDT / 20.00 CET (second ses-sion). The final starts on Friday at 10.00 EDT / 16.00 CET and will be played with 5-10 minutes breaks between the segments.

Conditions of Contest • ALT INVITATIONAL VI

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Teams / Players / Nicknames

Team BlassJacek Pszczola pikoloJosef Blass bljosefJacek Kalita bridge24jkMichal Nowosadzki bridge24mnJohan Upmark MostovoiFredrik Nyström F_Nystrom

Team GillisSimon Gillis rayas78Erik Saelensminde skaal1Boye Brogeland boyeEspen Lindqvist steviegChristian Bakke chrienTor Oyvind Grude teg91

Team LebowitzZia Mahmood ziaLaurence Lebowitz 0 lhl12Adam Grossack nevereastZach Grossack germs345David Gold dagoldMichael Rosenberg ScottyKevin Rosenberg KevstersThomas Paske Thomas1000

Team TulinStan Tulin returnedDavid Bakhshi BakhshiLouk Verhees LoukieRicco van Prooijen RiccovpDror Padon DrorpAlon Birman Hatol

Team De BottonJason Hackett muttonAlexander Hydes itsgrimJanet de Botton capt LuluArthur Malinowski malisuperThor Erik Hoftaniska kasper20Thomas Charlsen tcharlsen

Team StreetNicolas L’Ecuyer caucasePaul Street Boulevard1Ron Pachtman ronpaPiotr Zatorski dzeronimoFred Pollack FredpKamel Fergani fergani

Team DonnerGary Donner Gdonnersc1Cecilia Rimstedt cillarSandra Rimstedt SandriaMarion Michielsen Lady007Per-Ola Cullin pockenJoe Grue joegrueBrad Moss brad

Team GuptaBauke Muller beukertjeSimon de Wijs sm1Cedric Lorenzini piercedHuub Bertens H BertensThomas Bessis malpalucheNaren Gupta narengCurtis Cheek curtis

How to kibitz the Alt Invitational on BBOAs in the previous editions of the Alt Invitational, we expect thousands of spectators on BBO. Even though the Alt is not broadcasted via the BBO Vugraph, you can still watch any of your favourites. You simply search for your favorite player’s nickname and join his or her table.

If you wish to watch the players whenever they are online, you search for your chosen one (fx Simon de Wijs ’sm1’, click on the name and choose ’follow’ instead of neutral. Any time you see him online, you can click on him and take a seat at his table (assuming the tournament allows it). See you on BBO!

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