For 2026, the pricing of your regular club masterpoint (and associated games on this chart) will rise to $1.25/table.

Remember that your Newcomer games, Class 2 — 0-20 limit, allow you to mentor the 0-20 players as they play, and still award them masterpoints! What a great way to bring up your new players.

Concurrent Games
All Clubs on any platform (F2F or online) are allowed to hold 2 concurrent limited games alongside an open.

• If attendance supports it, clubs may hold an open and 2 concurrent limited games both in their e-Club and their Face-to-Face club during the same session.
• You may also hold standalone limited games, 2 concurrently, without having an open game.

All Clubs on any platform (F2F or online) will be allowed to hold 2 “mini-sessions” within one ACBL “Formal Session.” For example, if you hold a game with some number of boards, and you expect to finish in plenty of time to hold another one just like it before the next “Formal Session” starts, you may do this. “Formal Sessions” for purposes of this discussion:

• Games beginning prior to 12:00pm will be considered in the Morning session
• Games beginning between 12:00pm and 5:30pm will be considered in the Afternoon session
• All games that begin after 5:30 pm will be considered in the Evening session

Find the list of 2026 Face-to-Face Special Events, including the important ACBL-wide events. Be sure to register your clubs for the special events you want to offer to your players.

Remember that face-to-face clubs may offer two Club Championship games per sanctioned session, per calendar quarter. There is no charge for these extra-point games, so take advantage of them. You can find all the available special events here, for Club reference (with associated costs for each).

ACBL’s MAP Policy for online games outlines the minimum entry fee that you must charge your players for ACBL-sanctioned games. You are free to charge more, but your advertised entry fee must never dip below the minimum on this document. Please pay close attention to this, as violations are subject to drastic measures.

2026 Fee Schedule for eClubs on BBO

(1) For eClubs hosting more than 250 tables per month on BBO:

• ACBL table fees will remain unchanged at $4.20
• Your club will receive 55% of player entry fees received (This is gross entry fees less processing, capped at 3.5%.)

(2) eClubs who ran both F2F and online on BBO in Q3 of 2025 and held less than 250 tables a month are “Eligible Grandfathered eClubs.” We will use your average tables from that Quarter to establish your rate:

• For tables up to and including what you averaged, you will receive 65% of entry fees received, and pay no ACBL table fees.
• For tables over that average, you will receive 55% of the entry fees received, and standard ACBL table fees apply.

(3) For eClubs who ran online games only, with no F2F component and held less than 250 tables a month:

• For tables up to and including the number you averaged, you will receive 65% of entry fees received, and standard ACBL table fees apply.
• For tables over that average, you will receive 55% of the entry fees received, and standard ACBL table fees apply.

(4) For all NEW eClubs (or other clubs who were not online in Q3 of 2025): Your club will receive 55% of entry fees received, and standard ACBL table fees apply.

Concurrent Games

All Clubs on any platform (F2F or online) are allowed to hold 2 concurrent limited games alongside an open.

• If attendance supports it, clubs may hold an open and 2 concurrent limited games both in their e-Club and their Face-to-Face club during the same session.
• You may also hold standalone limited games, 2 concurrently, without having an open game.

All Clubs on any platform (F2F or online) will be allowed to hold 2 “mini-sessions” within one ACBL “Formal Session.” For example, if you hold a game with some number of boards, and you expect to finish in plenty of time to hold another one just like it before the next “Formal Session” starts, you may do this. “Formal Sessions” for purposes of this discussion:

• Games beginning prior to 12:00pm will be considered in the Morning session
• Games beginning between 12:00pm and 5:30pm will be considered in the Afternoon session
• All games that begin after 5:30 pm will be considered in the Evening session

During e-Club Special Events, ACBL will allow e-Clubs to hold an open and 3 concurrent limited games (instead of 2). This will maximize attendance, allowing players access to the Special Event masterpoints when they are available to play.

Special Events Schedule

All special events scheduled for e-Clubs in 2026:

• Club Manager link – This includes any extra charges you will incur when choosing to run the events.
• Player link – This one has no club cost information. Please distribute this link to your players.

BBO – Bridge Base Online

• Player Instructions – VERY detailed information on anything a player needs to know.

BBO Robots – for VACBs

• To seat a robot, simply click on the seat and choose Substitute. On the line, type the word robot.
• You may seat a “tempbot” at the beginning of the game, allowing yourself time to get a sub. It will “stand up and wait” when the first board is over, and you can then seat your sub. (On the sub-select screen, type tempbot instead of typing robot.)
• +hd+ Use this game hack and you will force the human partner of a robot to declare. The system will move the human to the robot seat if robot wins the contract, and will return the human to their own seat after the hand is completed. (This mimics the way that the BBO robot tournaments work.) This will also apply to any robots that you seat once the game begins, so long as the robot is seated before the auction ends. NOTE: this will also work with Tempbots.
• You may seat a sub to replace a robot AT ANY TIME, even in the middle of a hand, and even if the robot is declaring. (Not sure why we’d wish to put a new human in a seat in the middle of hand, when they can’t see what has thus far been played, but it is possible.)
• If the robot you are trying to replace is one that the player paid for at registration, you will be unable to sub this robot at all.
• If you pay for a robot partner, it’s a “smart robot.” If you seat a robot in place of a sit-out, that robot is a “basic robot.”
• Forum discussion about basic vs advanced robots: https://www.bridgebase.com/forums/topic/79182-basic-robots-vs-advanced/
• Robot 2/1 systems are described here.

RealBridge Online
Find details at the above link for Director features, Movement details, Training, and Pricing.

Give this link to your players for an easy how-to on signing up as a player at RealBridge, and adding funds to their player account.