2025 USBC Kibitzing

There will be delayed kibitzing for all of the 2025 USBCs

You can watch the Open, Mixed, & Senior USBCs on the LoveBridge website. Live Vugraph is delayed for 30 minutes or until all tables have completed play on a board, whichever is later. See below for the time schedule and some hints for watching on LoveBridge.

Live video commentary of Finals

In addition to your opportunity to watch the 2025 USBC play on LoveBridge Vugraph, Rob Barrington will be hosting full day video commentary coverage of the USA1 and USA2 Finals of each event on the USBF YouTube channel and post game round ups after each stage other than the Finals.

Video commentary will be at 11:30 AM and 5:00 PM EDT, on the following dates:

  • April 30 and May 1, Open USA1 Final, and USA2 Quarterfinal.
  • May 4 & 5, Open USA2 Final.
  • May 13 & 14, Mixed USA1 Final, and USA2 Quarterfinal & Semifinal.
  • May 15 & 16, Mixed USA2 Final
  • May 21 & 22, Senior USA1 Final and USA2 Quarterfinal
  • May 25 & 25, Senior USA2 Final
Round-up Discussions after each stage of each event

Teams of experts, including some of the players in the USBCs, will join Rob for round ups of each stage of play, including reports on who won and who lost and which were surprises, discussions of the most interesting hands, and some interviews, after each stage of play finishes. These BridgeCasts will be posted on the USBF YouTube channel the morning after each segment ends:

  • 4/26 - Open Round of 16;
  • 4/28 - Open USA1 Quarterfinal & USA2 Stage 1;
  • 5/1 - Open USA1 Semifinal & USA2 Stage 2;
  • 5/5 - Open USA2 Semifinal.
  • 5/9 - Mixed Round of 16:
  • 5/11 - Mixed USA1 Quarterfinal and USA2 Stage 1;
  • 5/12 - Mixed USA1 Semifinal at the half & USA2 Stage2;
  • 5/19 - Senior Round Robin;
  • 5/21 - Senior USA1 Semifinal & USA2 Stage 1.
Kibitzing Schedule (EDT) 

For all KO days of the 2025 USBCs, kibitzing times will be :

Segment 1: 11:30 am EDT
Segment 2:  1:45 pm EDT
BREAK
Segment 3: 5:00 pm EDT
Segment 4: 7:15 pm EDT

For Round Robin days, each kibitzing segment will start 30 minutes after play starts.

Play Schedules  (CDT):

Main play schedule.
Mixed USBC USA2 Round Robin Schedule.
Senior USBC USA2 Round Robin Schedule.

Beth Palmer Women's USBC Kibitzing will be on RealBridge

To watch, just log on to the kibitz page, which will take you to the kibitzing lobby. Click on the table you want to watch. For more information, go to this RealBridge page. We will not be organizing official commentary for the Beth Palmer Women's USBC, but you are welcome to join a table and provide voice commentary. If there is a TV icon at a table, that means someone is providing voice commentary and you can listen to them by clicking on the icon and then on their name. The Schedule for the Beth Palmer Women's USBC is here. Kibitzing will start 30 minutes after each segment starts.

More information about LoveBridge kibitzing

Set up your screen as you like it:

Single Table This is what you will see if you click on the blue arrow on the scores page to see the play at a specific  table. It gives you the largest view of one table, with buttons to get to other information.
Match View will show the two tables of a match side by side on your screen;
Split View will give you 4 panes of your window and you can put whatever you want in each of them, so you can watch 2 side-by-side matches at once, or one match and the scores of others, or whatever you think is interesting.

Click on Buttons to get interesting information:

  • The image of the sticker with the number of the board (upper right) takes you to the results of the board;
  • the arrow in the bottom right corner takes you to the scoresheet
  • the DDS shows the double dummy analyses, beside that there is a button for the other table of the same match,
  • at the top left corner you can see the bidding with alerts and the explanations (mouse over), the tricks already played, and the double dummy analysis for the available number of tricks with the par score.
  • NEW THIS YEAR: Written commentary will show in a large area on the left of the screen in Single Table view and at the top of the screen in Match View.

Navigation icons:
While surfing here and there in the vugraph, or amongst the archive sessions, there are icons to help you. You can always go back to the main page with the “house” or to the standings with the “scores”. If you cannot see the icons, move your mouse, or touch your screen and they pop up immediately. There is also a built-in back button because the back button of your browser will always take you to the starting page. If this is not what you wanted, push next in your browser and you can continue where you were.

Replay:
After the event you can find every board from every table easily. While replaying the hands, the only surprise can be the way “next board” button works. If you have arrived from a scoresheet, it navigates through the scoresheet. If you have arrived from a screen where the results were shown for a given board then the same buttons move you through the list. Push every button and enjoy!

How to find System Information

If you want to look at a pair's System Summary Form or ACBL Convention card, just go to the Teams Entered page and click on either player's name.

 

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