Indianapolis Bridge Center - Club Regulations

Indianapolis Bridge Center
8030 Castleway Drive
Indianapolis IN 46250
(317) 845-5887

Club Regulations

NOTE: This page is under construction.

Alerts and Announcements
We follow the ACBL tournament regulations for Alerts and Announcements. Click here to view them on the ACBL Website.

Allowed Conventions
For open games we follow the ACBL General Convention Chart. Click here to view it.
For games that are limited by masterpoint we have some additional restrictions. Click here to view them.

Bidding Box Regulations
Click here to view the ACBL Bidding Box Regulations

Slow Play"Bridge is a timed event."
Slow play is the second biggest cause of complaints at most Bridge clubs. (The first is the room temperature.) Slow play disrupts the game and is rude to the other players. We all occasionally get a difficult hand that takes a bit longer to bid and play. That is NOT what we are talking about here. In those situations though we may finish that round a bit late we are expected to get caught up the next round. What we are talking about is players who regularly and repeatedly do not finish rounds by the time the timer reaches zero and who do not catch back up.

The Indianapolis Bridge Center does not give "Late Plays." If a board has not been started by the two-minute warning you will be given a "No Play." "Started" means that the bidding must have been started. The "two-minute warning" is when the clock beeps with two minutes left, or the Director announces "do not start a new board" or "move for the next round", whichever comes first. The penalty for starting a board after the two-minute warning is a full board.

Slow pairs will be warned by the director and given a couple of rounds to get caught up. Continued slow play will result in a 1/2 board penalty. A first "no play" is one type of warning. Another type of warning is the director saying "Please catch up." Failure to catch up or a second "no play" for a pair will certainly result in such a penalty.

Players (or pairs) who are chronically slow may be given a warning that extends beyond a single game and they will be subject to penalty for any "no plays".

Late Arrival

Cell Phones

Zero Tolerance

Score Corrections

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