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<html><head><TITLE>Floater Tutorial</TITLE></head>
<body bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000" link="#CC0000" alink="#FF3300" vlink="#0000CC">
<P align=center>
<img BORDER=0 SRC="medwhitefloater.gif" ALT="Floater">
<center><H3>Tutorial</H3></center>
<p>
This tutorial was constructed using Floater 1.0beta in late 1996. It
is still a good introduction to using Floater, however.<p>
For the purposes of this tutorial, we will use screen shots from the
Floater's textual user interface. In real life, most people will use
the GUI instead. Nonetheless, this should be useful to all.<p>
Here is what you see when you start up Floater:
<pre>
<!-- including gtextscreen1.txt -->
Floater 1.0beta S 876
Not at a table H 876
D 876
C 6543
-----------------
| |
S JT9 | | S 5432
H JT9 | | H 5432
D JT9 | | D 5432
C T987 | 7n | C 2
-----------------
S AKQ
H AKQ
D AKQ
C AKQJ
command
talk
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
</pre>
To get started, you either use <tt><a href=ref.html#login>login</a></tt> or, if you are new,
<tt><a href=ref.html#newuser>newuser</a></tt>. For demonstration purposes we use the latter;
<tt><a href=ref.html#login>login</a></tt> is similar except that it queries you for your password
rather than for your email address.
<pre>
<!-- including gtextscreen2.txt -->
Floater 1.0beta S 876
Not at a table H 876
D 876
C 6543
-----------------
| |
S JT9 | | S 5432
H JT9 | | H 5432
D JT9 | | D 5432
C T987 | 7n | C 2
-----------------
S AKQ
H AKQ
D AKQ
C AKQJ
command newuser
talk
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
</pre>
Above, I have typed "newuser" and Floater has displayed what I
typed on "the command line." After pressing return, I then enter my
chosen name and press return, and enter my full email address:
<pre>
<!-- including gtextscreen3.txt -->
Floater 1.0beta S 876
Not at a table H 876
D 876
C 6543
-----------------
| |
S JT9 | | S 5432
H JT9 | | H 5432
D JT9 | | D 5432
C T987 | 7n | C 2
-----------------
S AKQ
H AKQ
D AKQ
C AKQJ
Name Buzz
Email qx@slat.grat.com
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
` Enter your desired name and your email address.
` Use a blank name to abort.
</pre>
After pressing return again:
<pre>
<!-- including gtextscreen4.txt -->
Floater 1.0beta S 876
Not at a table H 876
D 876
C 6543
-----------------
| |
S JT9 | | S 5432
H JT9 | | H 5432
D JT9 | | D 5432
C T987 | 7n | C 2
-----------------
S AKQ
H AKQ
D AKQ
C AKQJ
command
talk
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
` Enter your desired name and your email address.
` Use a blank name to abort.
` Attempting to connect to login server at 128.32.34.48:2140
` Logging in...
` You are now logged in as Buzz
` You will receive your password by email
</pre>
Now I am "logged in." Because in the future I must enter a password
to play as "Buzz," and only I will receive that password by email, no
one else can play as Buzz. Also, now that I have logged in, Floater
will attribute my results to me.<p>
I would like to play some bridge, so I use the <tt><a href=ref.html#tables>tables</a></tt>
command to what tables are being hosted by other players. That is, on
the command line, I type <tt>tables</tt> followed by return or enter.
The result:
<pre>
<!-- including gtextscreen5.txt -->
Floater 1.0beta S 876
Not at a table H 876
D 876
C 6543
-----------------
| |
S JT9 | | S 5432
H JT9 | | H 5432
D JT9 | | D 5432
C T987 | 7n | C 2
-----------------
S AKQ
H AKQ
D AKQ
C AKQJ
command
talk
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
` You will receive your password by email
` Attempting to connect to login server at 128.32.34.48:2140
` Bill A is now hosting a table.
` Jonathan is now hosting a table.
Tables: Jonathan IMP 3 need 1
Tables: Bill A IMP 6 full, kibbitzers welcome
</pre>
I see Jonathan has 3 players and seems to want someone to <tt><a href=ref.html#join>join</a></tt>, so I
go to his table by using the command
<tt>join Jonathan</tt>
. (If I'd wanted to, I could instead have used the
<tt><a href=ref.html#host>host</a></tt> command to host a table of my own.)
<pre>
<!-- including gtextscreen6.txt -->
Floater 1.0beta (North) S
Connected H
D
C
-----------------
Turbot (W) | | David (E)
S | | S
H | | H
D | | D
C | 7n | C
-----------------
Jonathan (S) S
H
D
C
command
talk
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
` Communication established
` Turbot has joined (2).
` David has joined (3).
` Jonathan has joined (4).
` Jonathan is sitting South
` David is sitting East
` Turbot is sitting West
</pre>
I am now at Jonathan's table and I see Jonathan, Turbot, and David
are seated.<p>
At this point, however, some of the information at the bottom of the
screen has scrolled away, and I'd like to go back to look at it. In
the GUI, I could just use the scroll bar, but for the textual user
interface I need to use the arrow keys (or the <tt><a href=ref.html#scroll>scroll</a></tt> command).
Just to illustrate, here is what I see after pressing the up arrow key:
<pre>
<!-- including gtextscreen7.txt -->
Floater 1.0beta (North) S
Connected H
D
C
-----------------
Turbot (W) | | David (E)
S | | S
H | | H
D | | D
C | 7n | C
-----------------
Jonathan (S) S
H
D
C
command
talk
-----------------------------------------------------------------13-19/20-------
` Attempting to connect to 128.32.34.47:4062
` Communication established
` Turbot has joined (2).
` David has joined (3).
` Jonathan has joined (4).
` Jonathan is sitting South
` David is sitting East
</pre>
Notice that the text at the bottom of the screen has scrolled back one
line. Also, on the "status bar"---the line just below "talk" and just
above the scrolling text region---notice that <tt>13-19/20</tt> indicates
I am now viewing lines 13 through 19 of the 20 lines that have
been presented to me thus far in the talk region.<p>
However, since we aren't playing bridge yet, I might as well switch to
the other view of the world that Floater's textual user interface
offers. By typing Control-v I can toggle between a screen that
looks like the previous screens in the tutorial and a screen that
looks like:
<pre>
<!-- including gtextscreen8.txt -->
` Enter your desired name and your email address.
` Use a blank name to abort.
` Attempting to connect to login server at 128.32.34.48:2140
` Logging in...
` You are now logged in as Buzz
` You will receive your password by email
` Attempting to connect to login server at 128.32.34.48:2140
` Bill A is now hosting a table.
` Jonathan is now hosting a table.
Tables: Jonathan IMP 3 need 1
Tables: Bill A IMP 6 full, kibbitzers welcome
Tables: a total of 2 tables
` Attempting to connect to 128.32.34.47:4062
` Communication established
` Turbot has joined (2).
` David has joined (3).
` Jonathan has joined (4).
` Jonathan is sitting South
` David is sitting East
` Turbot is sitting West
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
command
talk
</pre>
Now the scrolling text region that had just occupied a few lines at
the bottom of the screen is much larger---at the expense of not
showing the "newspaper bridge column" view of the action (also known
as "the matrix"). By the way, the arrow keys and the
<tt><a href=ref.html#scroll>scroll</a></tt>
command also work here, but at the moment they are unnecessary because
everything that has been displayed thus far fits on the screen at once.
(Note that the Control-v feature is not implemented for the GUI.)<p>
Moving along: below we see that Jonathan and Turbot have said hi, and
I'm about to ask "need 1?" by entering it on the "talk line." To
switch between typing on the talk line and the command line, use the
tab key.
<pre>
<!-- including gtextscreen9.txt -->
` Enter your desired name and your email address.
` Use a blank name to abort.
` Attempting to connect to login server at 128.32.34.48:2140
` Logging in...
` You are now logged in as Buzz
` You will receive your password by email
` Attempting to connect to login server at 128.32.34.48:2140
` Bill A is now hosting a table.
` Jonathan is now hosting a table.
Tables: Jonathan IMP 3 need 1
Tables: Bill A IMP 6 full, kibbitzers welcome
Tables: a total of 2 tables
` Attempting to connect to 128.32.34.47:4062
` Communication established
` Turbot has joined (2).
` David has joined (3).
` Jonathan has joined (4).
` Jonathan is sitting South
` David is sitting East
` Turbot is sitting West
Jonathan: hi Buzz
Turbot: hi Buzz
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
command
talk need 1?
</pre>
The North seat is not spoken for, so I take it by using the
<tt><a href=ref.html#north>north</a></tt> command. In practice I typed <tt>/north</tt> on the
talk line, which is equivalent to typing <tt>north</tt> on the command
line. (In general, anything on the talk line that starts with
<tt>/</tt> is interpreted as if it were typed on the command line.
Similarly, entering <tt>"Hi there</tt> on the command line is
equivalent to entering <tt>Hi there</tt> on the talk line.)
<pre>
<!-- including gtextscreen10.txt -->
` Attempting to connect to login server at 128.32.34.48:2140
` Bill A is now hosting a table.
` Jonathan is now hosting a table.
Tables: Jonathan IMP 3 need 1
Tables: Bill A IMP 6 full, kibbitzers welcome
Tables: a total of 2 tables
` Attempting to connect to 128.32.34.47:4062
` Communication established
` Turbot has joined (2).
` David has joined (3).
` Jonathan has joined (4).
` Jonathan is sitting South
` David is sitting East
` Turbot is sitting West
Jonathan: hi Buzz
Turbot: hi Buzz
Buzz: need 1?
Jonathan: sure, take N
` Requesting seat...
You haven't seen any hands from 15Sep96IMP
You haven't seen any hands from 15Sep96MP
` You are sitting North
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
command
talk
</pre>
I have taken the North seat, and some cursory discussion of
system ensues...
<pre>
<!-- including gtextscreen11.txt -->
Tables: Jonathan IMP 3 need 1
Tables: Bill A IMP 6 full, kibbitzers welcome
Tables: a total of 2 tables
` Attempting to connect to 128.32.34.47:4062
` Communication established
` Turbot has joined (2).
` David has joined (3).
` Jonathan has joined (4).
` Jonathan is sitting South
` David is sitting East
` Turbot is sitting West
Jonathan: hi Buzz
Turbot: hi Buzz
Buzz: need 1?
Jonathan: sure, take N
` Requesting seat...
You haven't seen any hands from 15Sep96IMP
You haven't seen any hands from 15Sep96MP
` You are sitting North
Buzz: system, pard?
Jonathan: SA?
Buzz: ok
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
command
talk
</pre>
At this point, I check on both our convention card and the opponents'.
Normally, the <tt><a href=ref.html#ccdump>ccdump</a></tt> command displays our convention card; by
specifying a direction, I can see their convention card (in this
case, <tt>ccdump EW</tt>). Here is the result of entering the two
commands <tt>ccdump</tt> and <tt>ccdump EW</tt> in succession:
<pre>
<!-- including gtextscreen12.txt -->
Jonathan: hi Buzz
Turbot: hi Buzz
Buzz: need 1?
Jonathan: sure, take N
` Requesting seat...
You haven't seen any hands from 15Sep96IMP
You haven't seen any hands from 15Sep96MP
` You are sitting North
Buzz: system, pard?
Jonathan: SA?
Buzz: ok
` CC for NS is empty.
` CC for EW (9 lines):
2/1; 1N=10-13 nv123; 1N=15-17 otherwise
mulch; cole runouts; lebensohl
2N=20-21+; jacoby, texas, puppet stayman; super gerber
negative & responsive doubles to 4D
negative free bids
support doubles and redoubles
inverted minors
x-over limit raises
reverse drury (on in competition) and forcing notrump by a passed hand
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
command
talk
</pre>
Apparently we don't have a convention card set (though we have
verbally agreed to play SA); the opponents are playing 2/1 with
various gadgets.<p>
Now, the host of the table has decided to start play. (He issued the
<tt><a href=ref.html#deal>deal</a></tt> command. Only the host may do so.) I see:
<pre>
<!-- including gtextscreen13.txt -->
Buzz: need 1?
Jonathan: sure, take N
` Requesting seat...
You haven't seen any hands from 15Sep96IMP
You haven't seen any hands from 15Sep96MP
` You are sitting North
Buzz: system, pard?
Jonathan: SA?
Buzz: ok
` CC for NS is empty.
` CC for EW (9 lines):
2/1; 1N=10-13 nv123; 1N=15-17 otherwise
mulch; cole runouts; lebensohl
2N=20-21+; jacoby, texas, puppet stayman; super gerber
negative & responsive doubles to 4D
negative free bids
support doubles and redoubles
inverted minors
x-over limit raises
reverse drury (on in competition) and forcing notrump by a passed hand
` New hand is 15Sep96IMP2; East dealt
` Displaying hand 15Sep96IMP2
-------------[ NS vul., E dealt | S AJ6532 H 65 D 86 C T43 ]--------------------
command
talk
</pre>
My cards and other relevant information are visible on the status bar,
but since we're playing now, I decide to use Control-v again to switch back to
the other view.
<pre>
<!-- including gtextscreen14.txt -->
Floater 1.0beta Jonathan (S) S
Connected H
15Sep96IMP2 D
NS vul. C
E dealt -----------------
David (E) | | Turbot (W) ................
S | | S .LHO Par RHO you
H | ? | H .?
D | | D .
C | | C .
----------------- .
Buzz (N) S AJ6532 .
H 65 .
D 86 .
C T43 .
command
talk
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
negative free bids
support doubles and redoubles
inverted minors
x-over limit raises
reverse drury (on in competition) and forcing notrump by a passed hand
` New hand is 15Sep96IMP2; East dealt
` Displaying hand 15Sep96IMP2
</pre>
Now the auction begins...
<pre>
<!-- including gtextscreen15.txt -->
Floater 1.0beta Jonathan (S) S
Connected H
15Sep96IMP2 D
NS vul. C
E dealt -----------------
David (E) | ? | Turbot (W) ................
S | | S .LHO Par RHO you
H | 1h | H .1H ?
D | | D .
C | | C .
----------------- .
Buzz (N) S AJ6532 .
H 65 .
D 86 .
C T43 .
command
talk
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
negative free bids
support doubles and redoubles
inverted minors
x-over limit raises
reverse drury (on in competition) and forcing notrump by a passed hand
` New hand is 15Sep96IMP2; East dealt
` Displaying hand 15Sep96IMP2
</pre>
...and the auction continues...
<pre>
<!-- including gtextscreen16.txt -->
Floater 1.0beta Jonathan (S) S
Connected H
15Sep96IMP2 D
NS vul. C
E dealt -----------------
David (E) | p | Turbot (W) ................
S | | S .LHO Par RHO you
H | 1h ? | H .1H P ?
D | | D .
C | | C .
----------------- .
Buzz (N) S AJ6532 .
H 65 .
D 86 .
C T43 .
command
talk
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
negative free bids
support doubles and redoubles
inverted minors
x-over limit raises
reverse drury (on in competition) and forcing notrump by a passed hand
` New hand is 15Sep96IMP2; East dealt
` Displaying hand 15Sep96IMP2
</pre>
...and then RHO takes a bid...
<pre>
<!-- including gtextscreen17.txt -->
Floater 1.0beta Jonathan (S) S
Connected H
15Sep96IMP2 D
NS vul. C
E dealt -----------------
David (E) | p | Turbot (W) ................
S | | S .LHO Par RHO you
H | 1h 1s | H .1H P 1S ?
D | | D .
C | ? | C .
----------------- .
Buzz (N) S AJ6532 .
H 65 .
D 86 .
C T43 .
command
talk
-<BID>--------------------------------------------------------------------------
negative free bids
support doubles and redoubles
inverted minors
x-over limit raises
reverse drury (on in competition) and forcing notrump by a passed hand
` New hand is 15Sep96IMP2; East dealt
` Displaying hand 15Sep96IMP2
</pre>
OK, my turn to bid! This is indicated on the status bar and by the
<tt>?</tt>'s in the obvious places. Pass seems clear, so I enter <tt>p</tt>
on the command line.
<pre>
<!-- including gtextscreen18.txt -->
Floater 1.0beta Jonathan (S) S
Connected H
15Sep96IMP2 D
NS vul. C
E dealt -----------------
David (E) | p | Turbot (W) ................
S | | S .LHO Par RHO you
H | ? 1s | H .1H P 1S P
D | | D .?
C | p | C .
----------------- .
Buzz (N) S AJ6532 .
H 65 .
D 86 .
C T43 .
command
talk
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
negative free bids
support doubles and redoubles
inverted minors
x-over limit raises
reverse drury (on in competition) and forcing notrump by a passed hand
` New hand is 15Sep96IMP2; East dealt
` Displaying hand 15Sep96IMP2
</pre>
My pass appeared in the matrix and in the auction summary on the right,
just as expected.
<pre>
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Floater 1.0beta Jonathan (S) S
Connected H
15Sep96IMP2 D
NS vul. C
E dealt -----------------
David (E) | ? | Turbot (W) ................
S | | S .LHO Par RHO you
H | 2d 1s | H .1H P 1S P
D | | D .2D ?
C | p | C .
----------------- .
Buzz (N) S AJ6532 .
H 65 .
D 86 .
C T43 .
command
talk
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
support doubles and redoubles
inverted minors
x-over limit raises
reverse drury (on in competition) and forcing notrump by a passed hand
` New hand is 15Sep96IMP2; East dealt
` Displaying hand 15Sep96IMP2
Jonathan: p
</pre>
Ooops! Partner typed <tt>p</tt> on the talk line when he wanted
to pass. No harm done, but Floater didn't interpret it as a call, so
partner had to re-enter <tt>p</tt> on the command line (or <tt>/p</tt>
on the talk line). Skipping ahead a bit...
<pre>
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Floater 1.0beta Jonathan (S) S
Connected H
15Sep96IMP2 D
NS vul. C
E dealt -----------------
David (E) | p | Turbot (W) ................
S | | S .LHO Par RHO you
H | 2d 3c | H .1H P 1S P
D | | D .2D P 3C ?
C | ? | C .
----------------- .
Buzz (N) S AJ6532 .
H 65 .
D 86 .
C T43 .
command
talk
-<BID>--------------------------------------------------------------------------
inverted minors
x-over limit raises
reverse drury (on in competition) and forcing notrump by a passed hand
` New hand is 15Sep96IMP2; East dealt
` Displaying hand 15Sep96IMP2
Jonathan: p
Turbot! Alert! 4th suit forcing
</pre>
Here we see that Turbot has alerted. The fact that we see
<tt>Turbot!</tt> rather than <tt>Turbot:</tt> in front of <tt>Alert!
4th suit forcing</tt> indicates that Turbot's partner did not see
anything. <b>In Floater, one is expected to alert one's own bids!</b>
Several mechanisms are provided for doing. One may either enter, for
example, <tt>3c!4th suit forcing</tt>, or one may use the
<tt><a href=ref.html#alert>alert</a></tt> command. And for particularly unusual bidding or
carding agreements, one may use <tt>3c!!4th suit forcing</tt> or the
<tt><a href=ref.html#redalert>redalert</a></tt> command. Deciding what merits an alert and what
merits a <font color="#FF0000">red alert</font> is completely up to you.<p>
(By the way, just because you are expected to alert your own bids
doesn't mean you shouldn't alert partner's bids as well. Try to be helpful!)
<p>
OK. Later in the auction, I see:
<pre>
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Floater 1.0beta Jonathan (S) S
Connected H
15Sep96IMP2 D
NS vul. C
E dealt -----------------
David (E) | ? | Turbot (W) ................
S | | S .LHO Par RHO you
H | p 6h | H .1H P 1S P
D | | D .2D P 3C P
C | p | C .3H P 4N P
----------------- .5C P 6H P
Buzz (N) S AJ6532 .P ?
H 65 .
D 86 .
C T43 .
command
talk
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
x-over limit raises
reverse drury (on in competition) and forcing notrump by a passed hand
` New hand is 15Sep96IMP2; East dealt
` Displaying hand 15Sep96IMP2
Jonathan: p
Turbot! Alert! 4th suit forcing
David! Alert! artificial game force
</pre>
And after the auction is over:
<pre>
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Floater 1.0beta Jonathan (S) S
Connected H Jonathan's lead
15Sep96IMP2 D Tricks won: 0; lost: 0
NS vul. C
E dealt -----------------
David (E) | ? | Turbot (W) ................
S | | S .LHO Par RHO you
H | | H .1H P 1S P
D | | D .2D P 3C P
C | | C .3H P 4N P
----------------- .5C P 6H P
Buzz (N) S AJ6532 .P P
H 65 .
D 86 .
C T43 .
command
talk
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
x-over limit raises
reverse drury (on in competition) and forcing notrump by a passed hand
` New hand is 15Sep96IMP2; East dealt
` Displaying hand 15Sep96IMP2
Jonathan: p
Turbot! Alert! 4th suit forcing
David! Alert! artificial game force
</pre>
At this point I'm wondering what 4N and 5C meant in this
auction, so I use the <tt><a href=ref.html#opp>opp</a></tt> command to send a message that only
the opponents see. I don't want partner to see what I'm asking,
because that is unauthorized information that he neither needs nor
wants to know. I enter <tt>opp what is 5C?</tt> on the
command line.
<pre>
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Floater 1.0beta Jonathan (S) S
Connected H
15Sep96IMP2 D Tricks won: 0; lost: 0
NS vul. C
E dealt -----------------
David (E) | cq | Turbot (W) ................
S | | S KT74 .LHO Par RHO you
H | ? | H KQT .1H P 1S P
D | | D AJ3 .2D P 3C P
C | | C AK5 .3H P 4N P
----------------- .5C P 6H P
Buzz (N) S AJ6532 .P P
H 65 .
D 86 .
C T43 .
command
talk
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Turbot! Alert! 4th suit forcing
David! Alert! artificial game force
Buzz= what is 5C?
David= 5C shows 1 or 4 keycards
Turbot- 5c shows one or four keycards
Turbot: good luck, partner
David: thanks pard
</pre>
The main thing to see here is that an <tt>=</tt> after a
player's name rather than a <tt>:</tt> indicates that the message went
only to that player's opponents; a <tt>-</tt> indicates that the
message went only to me.<p>
Now, as it turns out, the hand is cold for 13 tricks, so declarer claims.
<pre>
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Floater 1.0beta Jonathan (S) S Q98
Connected H 4
15Sep96IMP2 D 942 Tricks won: 0; lost: 0
NS vul. C J8762 Claiming 13 tricks total
E dealt -----------------
David (E) | cq | Turbot (W) ................
S | | S KT74 .LHO Par RHO you
H AJ98732 | ? | H KQT .1H P 1S P
D KQT75 | | D AJ3 .2D P 3C P
C 9 | | C AK5 .3H P 4N P
----------------- .5C P 6H P
Buzz (N) S AJ6532 .P P
H 65 .
D 86 .
C T43 .
command
talk
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
David! Alert! artificial game force
Buzz= what is 5C?
David= 5C shows 1 or 4 keycards
Turbot- 5c shows one or four keycards
Turbot: good luck, partner
David: thanks pard
` Continue playing or use `accept' or `reject' at any time.
</pre>
I use the <tt><a href=ref.html#accept>accept</a></tt> command.
<pre>
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Floater 1.0beta Jonathan (S) S Q98
Connected H 4
15Sep96IMP2 D 942 Tricks won: 0; lost: 13
NS vul. C QJ8762 Claiming 13 tricks total
E dealt ----------------- Made 7, -1010
David (E) | cq | Turbot (W) ................
S | | S KT74 .LHO Par RHO you
H AJ98732 | ? | H KQT .1H P 1S P
D KQT75 | | D AJ3 .2D P 3C P
C 9 | | C AK5 .3H P 4N P
----------------- .5C P 6H P
Buzz (N) S AJ6532 .P P
H 65 .
D 86 .
C T43 .
command
talk
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
David: thanks pard
` Continue playing or use `accept' or `reject' at any time.
Turbot: "sorry pard, my fault for not reaching 7
` Result successfully reported by email
Result: -+> 15Sep96IMP2 <+-
Result: 6H by E, -1010 (0.0 IMPs); 1H 1S 2D 3C 3H 4N 5C 6H; CQ led
Result: Buzz(N) Jonathan(S) David(E) Turbot(W)
</pre>
Apparently partner has accepted the claim as well, and we now see both
our result and the results from other tables, if any. In this case no
one else has played the hand yet, so we just see our result. Later,
after the hands for 15Sep96 are no longer in play, the results that
came after ours as well as those that came before will be scored at
duplicate and posted to the Floater web page.<p>
The first hand is over. I see my cards for the next deal here:
<pre>
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Floater 1.0beta Jonathan (S) S
Connected H
15Sep96IMP3 D
EW vul. C
S dealt -----------------
David (E) | ? | Turbot (W) ................
S | | S .LHO Par RHO you
H | | H . ?
D | | D .
C | | C .
----------------- .
Buzz (N) S J872 .
H QT .
D QJ987 .
C 74 .
command
talk
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Turbot: "sorry pard, my fault for not reaching 7
` Result successfully reported by email
Result: -+> 15Sep96IMP2 <+-
Result: 6H by E, -1010 (0.0 IMPs); 1H 1S 2D 3C 3H 4N 5C 6H; CQ led
Result: Buzz(N) Jonathan(S) David(E) Turbot(W)
` New hand is 15Sep96IMP3; South dealt
` Displaying hand 15Sep96IMP3
</pre>
That ends this brief Floater tutorial. To learn more, look at the
rest of the <a href=index.html>Floater documentation</a>.<p>
Last modified
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Thu Apr 1 20:06:42 PST 1999
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<address>
<A HREF=http://www.cs.berkeley.edu/~pike>Geoff Pike</A>,<A HREF=mailto:floater@priam.cs.berkeley.edu>
<pike@cs.berkeley.edu></A>, is the author of
<a href=../core.html>Floater</a> and maintainer of this WWW page.
</address>
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