[Walddk]

Most of us have given the ACBL some stick over the years, and rightly so. However, it's getting better in my opinion. The coverage of the Vanderbilt Knockout Teams has been excellent so far.

I know, we haven't received as much information as we would have liked and we would no doubt have preferred to have more tables up, but the connection from St. Louis has been flawless, and the operators are very competent. Alerts, explanations and comments from the tables along with results from other matches as soon as they were available.

Thanks to Rick Beye, Kevin Perkins, Jan Martel, Catalina Robles and John Schwartz for all their hard work and good luck for the semi-finals and finals. It is not impossible that we will be showing both semi-finals today: Tuszynski vs. O'Rourke and Cayne vs. Henner-Welland.

Interestingly, all seven Italians are still in the event: Lauria - Versace, Fantoni - Nunes, Bocchi - Duboin and Sementa ... and only seven native Americans among the 24 players: O'Rourke, Jacobus, Cayne, Seamon, Henner-Welland, Welland and Greco.

Roland

[mrdct]

I agree that the BBO coverage has been first class with a nice stable internet connection and very accurate operators. The bridge has been pretty good to watch also.

The broader coverage, however, has not improved. No hand records, no convention cards, no timely scores (particularly in early rounds) and no detailed scores from any matches other than the broadcast match.

Well done to the ACBL for getting the BBO coverage right, but they still have a long way to go to get anywhere near world's best practice for online coverage of a bridge event.

[Gerben42]

*Cheer*

Can't wait for the final!