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Online Master Points - EBUThe English Bridge Union and Bridge Club Live have a partnership agreement whereby EBU Online Master Points (OMPs) are awarded exclusively to certain Bridge Club Live events. These OMP’s may be submitted towards an EBU (or WBU) member’s total master points. Bridge Club Live members do not have to pay for these points. Basis of awards.OMP awards are awarded in accordance with the scales provided in the green EBU Master Points Handbook. The number of OMP’s awarded is typically for the top third in the field and the more players or the more minimum number of boards played in the competition, the higher the OMP’s awarded. OMP’s are also awarded to certain special competitions such as swiss pairs or teams events. These OMPs are directly credited to your EBU account (or WBU if you are an Welsh Bridge Union member), and for efficiency, we usually batch these and submit one batch a month. If you are a new Bridge Club Live member or a new EBU member, there may be a delay as we validate your EBU account. Points earned last year or last month are retained in our records indefinitely and can be credited to your EBU account as soon as you are a validated EBU member. The nature of the awards is that a maximum of a third of your total EBU Master Points can be made up of EBU OMPs. So for example, if you had 3,000 OMPs and no local points, then your EBU rank would be based on 1,000 OMPs and you would be a District Master. If you had 7,000 black and green points, then you can count all 3,000 OMP’s and you would be a One Star Master. Note that you can lookup your EBU master point record by going to the EBU web-site (www.ebu.co.uk) and you can drill down to see how many OMPs you have there that have been registered, as opposed to the number shown on your profile. Any difference is that the most recent events probably have not been processed. We are also in discussions with other national bridge organisations especially in terms of recognising these EBU OMPs or processing their own master points in a reasonable manner. I've got 100 Local Points and 100 Online Master Points. Does that make me a Club Master? Sorry but not quite yet. You need 200 total Master Points, but only one third of this total may consist of Online Master points. Therefore, just 67 of your Online Master Points may count towards the total that you need. Therefore your 100 Local Points and 67 of your Online Master Points count, and you need just another 33 Local Points to reach Club Master. Your surplus of 33 Online Master Points will count towards the next rank of District Master. I already have 5000 Local Points. How will Online Master Points affect me? If you have 5000 Local Points, then you have reached the rank of Master. It also means that the first 2500 Online Master Points that you achieve will be valid immediately towards your total Master Points, and, in fact, you will be able to reach the next rank of Advanced Master (7500 Master Points) using Online Master Points alone. I have 4000 Online Master Points and 4500 Local Points and on top of that, I now have 25 Green Points. Does that make me a Regional Master? To become a Regional Master, you need 10,000 total Master Points including a minimum of 25 Green Points (which count as 2500 Master Points), and you now have the required Green Points. Only one third of the total of 10,000 Master points required may be Online Master Points, so only 3333 of your 4000 Online Master Points will count. You need 6667 Master Points to come from non-Online play and you have 2500(Green) plus 4500(Local), which total 7000, which is in excess of what you need! In the last year, I have won 3000 Local Points and 2000 Online Master Points. Any chance of winning the Annual Master Points Competition? Only 1500 of your Online Master Points will count, giving you a total of 4500 qualifying total Master Points, as only one third of your total qualifying Master Points may be Online Master Points.
Current Status of UpdatesUpdated 31st March 2008
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