IMP's for around the bridge table Moving offline but still have IMPs
#1
Posted 2020-September-29, 04:59
With the COVID 19 lockdown our bridge moved onto BBO and we loved the IMP's. With the easing of lockdown, we are now meeting around the bridge table but are missing the IMP's. These really gave us an excellent indication as to whether we played the hand well or not.
The suggestion is to add a feature to BBO whereby when playing with real cards, each player photographs their hand and with this BBO then establishes the IMPs for that hand. Can this be done? Feasible?
Regards
Caryn
#2
Posted 2020-September-29, 05:31
Caryn1, on 2020-September-29, 04:59, said:
Not really. To determine the IMP score for the hand, you need results at another table to compare your score against. If you're playing home bridge nobody else will hold the same cards, so there's no basis for comparison. Or are you suggesting that BBO could simply generate a score by having four robots play it?
#3
Posted 2020-September-29, 09:02
sfi, on 2020-September-29, 05:31, said:
Well that is a really good suggestion to get four robots to play it. There are also so many thousands of hands being played at any one time on BBO, the bridge table's real card hand could well be played by a number of on-line players simultaneously to obtain the IMPs.
#4
Posted 2020-September-30, 01:42
if you get 4 packs of cards, you could get historical hands and make them up yourselves and then score them against what was achieved at the original event
#5
Posted 2020-September-30, 14:28
I enjoy that with 3 robots instead of solitaire practice. The deals come in sets of 16...
#6
Posted 2020-September-30, 14:55
#7
Posted 2020-October-01, 12:29
nekthen, on 2020-September-30, 01:42, said:
if you get 4 packs of cards, you could get historical hands and make them up yourselves and then score them against what was achieved at the original event
There are around 6 x 10^11 bridge hands and around 10^80 atoms in the universe, so not really more
#8
Posted 2020-October-01, 12:38
dsLawsd, on 2020-September-30, 14:28, said:
I enjoy that with 3 robots instead of solitaire practice. The deals come in sets of 16...
Stunning idea - many thanks
#10
Posted 2020-October-01, 12:39
nekthen, on 2020-September-30, 01:42, said:
if you get 4 packs of cards, you could get historical hands and make them up yourselves and then score them against what was achieved at the original event
great feedback -many thanks