The 2009 USSBC will be covered on BBO Vugraph from the start of the Knockout stage on Tuesday, July 7th. We hope to cover 2 matches each round.  To watch the Vugraph online, go to the BBO website  where you can either log on directly from your browser, go to "Vugraph" and choose which table to watch, or download the BBO software to run BBO on your computer. If you choose the latter approach, after downloading, install the software on your computer, log on, follow the directions to become a BBO member and you'll be magically transported to the Lobby of the largest bridge club in the world. Click on the button labeled EXPLORE BRIDGE and then on the button labeled VUGRAPH THEATRE and you'll be able to choose which of the USSBC matches you want to watch.

There may be a "yellow" user on BBO called USBF. If you have general questions, please ask USBF, not one of the hard-working Vugraph Operators, some of whom may prefer not to respond to private messages. If USBF is not online, it is because Jan is a Vugraph operator - she will be Vugraphu1 and will try to answer your general questions. Thank you. 

Each day's schedule is the same (these are Las Vegas times; to see the times for your time-zone, go to the BBO Vugraph schedule site)

10:00-12:10
12:25-2:35
4:30-6:40
7:00-9:10

All of the teams in each bracket will play the same boards each segment. If a match is sufficiently far behind that another match starts early, the Vugraph presentation will not start until the slower match starts.

After a session, you can review the Vugraph action on our Web Vugraphs, which show each hand played with a link to bidding and play records. Take a look at the other 2009 events currently available to see what we'll have for the 2009 USSBC. Web Vugraphs are posted as soon as possible after completion of the Vugraph show.

You can usually find the hand records for Vugraph matches on the PSBRIDGE website at http://psbridge.gotdns.com/bbo/allvug/, as well as on this website (links are on the bracket sheets for each round)

If you are going to be in Las Vegas during the USSBC and want to volunteer to help as a Vugraph operator, please This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it .