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Looking for a partner. Since the self-proclaimed 'experts' often turn out to be just aspiring experts :-), I really am looking for someone who is bboskill.com rated as Expert or Advanced+ (like myself).
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Looking for an expert partner
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Posted 2014-September-03, 02:11
You are right - anyone rated Adv+ or better on bboskill must surely be a true expert. 
(-: Zel :-)
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Posted 2014-September-18, 16:46
pgaw, on 2014-August-25, 21:57, said:
Looking for a partner. Since the self-proclaimed 'experts' often turn out to be just aspiring experts :-), I really am looking for someone who is bboskill.com rated as Expert or Advanced+ (like myself).
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Posted 2014-September-22, 14:19
Zelandakh, on 2014-September-03, 02:11, said:
You are right - anyone rated Adv+ or better on bboskill must surely be a true expert.
Not necessarily so.
The adjustment factor has a large bearing on the final rating and this is one part of the calculations that BBO Skill uses that is totally unreliable. I have an adjustment factor of -18 and I play with the same partner most of the time and we mostly play in the main room against all comers (for the board or 2 they will stay). I have a BBO Skill Rating of Advanced and my partner is rated Advanced +. The numerical value used for my rating has not changed in more than a year due to the large number of boards in their database for me (18,000+). I don't expect my rating will ever change.
For grins I sometime pick a full table of "Experts" and run BBO skill for their ratings and most often not a single player at the table is rated Expert and many times they are rated as Novice or Intemediate.
BBO Skill is a pretty reliable indicator of a BBO players real skill, however be wary of the rating of anyone with a very large number of boards and a very negative adjustment factor.
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Posted 2014-September-23, 23:27
Wayne, Zel clearly meant that as a joke - he even put in the rolling eyes smiley. I'm very surprised that you didn't know that.
To stay on topic, welcome to the forums pgaw. You should give a little more information, like favorite system, time zone, best times to play, etc.
To stay on topic, welcome to the forums pgaw. You should give a little more information, like favorite system, time zone, best times to play, etc.
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