Bluff City is a Social Club that puts fairness

To join our club, click HERE. Remember you must agree to abide by our rules.

We value good bridge but never at the expense of civility. We Play Matchpoint Tourneys, not IMP's.

There are many places to play on-line bridge. If you will not abide by our rules, please find another place to play.

Please do your part to help keep Bluff City a nice place to play. Report offensive behavior & rules violations.

A TD’s ruling is FINAL during the tourney, but may be appealed. Click HERE to email the Rules Committee.

It is the TD's job to resolve disputes or problems-not yours. Call the Director!

	Here are the behaviors subject to penalty.	Here are the penalties.
1	Criticize, belittle or insult a Tournament Director - Our volunteer TD's deserve your respect. If you have a complaint about a TD, click HERE.	1^st - Warning 2^nd - 7 day suspension 3^rd - 30 day suspension 4^th - Removal from club
2	Interpret rules or try to resolve disputes at the table - NO PLAYER is allowed to usurp a TD's authority or impose their opinions on other players - not even Rules Committee Members, off-duty TD's or other staff members. Call the TD to the table. It’s the TD's job, not yours.
3	Psych or illegal bids (gross & deliberate misrepresentation of hand)	1^st - Warning & Adjustment 2^nd - 7 Day Suspension & Adj 3^rd - 30 Day Suspension/Adj 4^th - Removal from Club Adjustment only if damage to opps.
4	Unusual Systems - Systems allowed: Weak 2's, 2/1, Strong 2’s. Multi, Polish Club, highly unusual and highly aggressive systems not allowed. If TD cannot rule on an issue of bidding or play, submit the issue with screenshots and/or chat log to HERE.
5	Give Unauthorized Information (UI) or request Undos. If you make a bidding mistake, do not call attention to it. If opps could be adversely affected, call the TD to the table before play begins. Call the TD to the table. Do not try to resolve it yourself.	1^st - Warning 2^nd - 7 day suspension 3^rd - 30 day suspension 4^th - Removal from club
6	Ask for or give lessons, criticism or critiques during tourney	1^st - Warning 2^nd - 7 day suspension 3^rd - 30 day suspension 4^th - Removal from club
7	Rudeness, disruption or discourteous remarks or behavior. Call the TD to the table. Do not try to resolve it yourself.
8	a. Cheating (Upon receipt of proof) b. Public accusations of Cheating Call the TD to the table. Do not try to resolve it yourself.	8a - Banned from club 8b - 1^st – Warning 2^nd - 7 day suspension 3^rd - Removal from club
9	Profanity, racist, sexist, political, religious, homophobic, ethnic or other derogatory remarks – Just keep all of it out of the club. Take a screen shot. Call the TD to the table.	1^st - Warning 2^nd - 7 day suspension 3^rd - 30 day suspension 4^th - Removal from club
10	Play without setting a convention card or profile If there is a problem, call the TD.	Stop play until card or profile is set.
11	Slow Play - If round time limit is exceeded, there will be a penalty. 1. If there has been no timely TD notification of slow play 2. If there has been timely TD notification of slow play.	1. Boards for which the bidding has not been completed do not get played and will be assigned averages. A pair will not be allowed to start a board within 4 minutes of the round end. Both pairs will get a warning, but if a pair gets a warning on two separate tourney rounds, it will receive a penalty. 2. A team found responsible for slow play will be penalized by a 1-trick penalty on top of an adjustment of the score. The TD will determine what was likely to have been bid and made, then will add a penalty trick to the non-offending team.