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1. good contract or not It simply compares how many tricks you won as declarer or defender to how many tricks you should have won when playing in that denomination In the example above if NS bid 6CX and go off by three tricks Pianola will report that they made all the tricks they were expected to i e good card play If they only go off by two tricks Pianola will say that they made an extra trick over the expectation and that EW made one trick fewer than they should have done pianola Smart tools for bridge clubs Session report The session report gives you a complete breakdown of the game z 1 pianola Competitions Members Partner finder Plus 2 TE My history Allby month Allbyweek All club results 2 a gt NGS Strength of field 28 Tuesday Pairs Session All CEP 50 37 Ranking Handicapped Travellers Scorecards Session report Hands Summary Your partner was G Ruth Roope You scored 46 11 which placed you 10th You underbid on 2 hands and the score for these boards was 47 52 You failed to double on 3 hands and the score for these boards was 69 84 You bid correctly on 16 hands and the score for these boards J was 41 55 Overall you made 7 tricks fewer than you were expected to compared to the double dummy On the boards where your bidding and A text S u m m ary of the g am e S resu Its card play both matched or exceeded double dummy your average score was 55 19 Declarer Dummy Defender on l2. Preferred system NGS grade NGS band Ranking n Pamela Adler Standard English Acol 41 76 Four Club Master Q n Sandra Andrews Benji Acol 50 32 Eight 1 Star Master Q n Eileen Armstrong 51 79 Nine Advanced Master Q n Dan Ash 50 05 Eight District Master q n Hilary Asoko 47 30 Seven District Master Q n Alan Barnett Reverse Benji Acol 55 75 Jack Advanced Master Q n Jeremy Bart Unranked Q n Olga Bartram 47 41 Seven Advance d Master Q n Alan Benstock 40 30 Three Unranked Q n Barb Berson 48 18 Seven Area Master Q n Stephen Berson 56 71 Jack Master Q Pranjit Bhattacharyya Standard English Acol 52 19 Nine Area Master Q n Ann Binns Unranked Q n Jim Binns Unranked Q n Geoffrey Birks Weak twos in th t Unranked Q First Previous 1to150of323rows Next Last 15 Show mobile version pianola Smart tools for bridge clubs Partner Finder You can see who s looking for a partner and create an advert for yourself when you need a partner This number shows how many people are looking for a partner and how many are new since you last looked 1 1 new Partner finder If you see someone you d like to play with send them an email or give them a call using the contact details shown pona on their advert System Session date May 2015 Su Mo Tu We Th If you d like to post and advert yourself click on the Create new advert button A pop up window will appear Click on the date you want and then 24 25 25
3. and provide you with a tool to replay hands with card by card guidance When you have Pianola Plus you will see additional data on the results history graph These show your bidding accuracy and card play in comparison to the double dummy or makeable contracts which is the theoretical optimum result for any given board Score Biddingaccuracy Card play Bidding accuracy For both sides declarer and defender Pianola will assess whether or not the pairs bid to the right level taking into account their vulnerability and whether there was a profitable sacrifice available This is represented by the red line of the graph The bidding accuracy does not take into account how many tricks you actually won It looks purely at whether you were playing in a good spot Example On this board vulnerable EW can make 4H with an overtrick to score 650 However non vulnerable NS can afford to bid to 6CX which would score 500 when they go off by three tricks as expected This is cheaper than allowing EW to make their game contract in hearts In actual fact the optimal contract or par on this hand is EW bidding 6HX 1 to score 200 This is because neither side has a bid available to them that can improve on this score Card play The yellow bars on the results history graph show you how many tricks you won above or below what you were expected to according to the double dummy This statistic ignores whether you were in a
4. 24 45 PASS N 211 Well bid Danny 25 50 2NT N 1 8 11 Underbid 1 Dummy 27 50 4y N 8 11 Well bid Dummy 1 55 3NT E 8 11 Well bid Defender on lead 22 55 4a E 10 11 Well bid e Defender on lead 14 2A w 1 7 12 Well bid D Defender not on lead 15 85 3NT E A 4 Failed to X Defender on lead 19 85 4y s 5 11 Well bid Declarer 17 3A s 3 11 Well bid Declarer 18 6NT w 2 1 11 Failed to X a Defender not on lead Print this page Show mobile version pianola Smart tools for bridge clubs Interpreting the charts Pianola Plus provides three charts for your bidding accuracy and card play The first chart shows your boards divided into four areas When Pianola says good or bad it is only in comparison to the double dummy it s not making value judgements about your game Card play GOOD 00090 Bidding GOOD BAD BAD 00000 ee 18 9008 e The top left quadrant are the boards you bid well and played well e The top right are the boards you bid well but played badly e Bottom left are the boards your bid badly but played well e Bottom right are the boards where both the bidding and the card play were wrong The next two charts show your bidding and card play for each board Bidding We show you for each board whether you bid correctly ie in line with the double dummy or whether you underbid overbid failed to double or doubled incorrectly Card p
5. 27 28 31 select from the games available on that day if there s more then one When you re done click Save and send emails This will send an email notification to anyone who s opted in to receive them Session 1 Tuesday Pairs Main Section Save and send emails Click on the Preferences link to select who can see your adverts You can choose the default setting and then make individual selections for specific players Notify means you will receive an email when this player is Partner finder notification preferences looking for a partner Pianola can notify you when people you re interested in are looking for a partner and also hide your adverts from people you d prefer not to partner with By default all players are in the neutral column but you can change those settings here Any changes you make are saved instantly Neutral means you will not receive an email but they will Your default preference is Notify Neutral Block Update preference ctaceiyiangitiaiarch anata be able to see any adverts you Firstname Lastname a Currentavg NGSgrade NGSband Rank system Notify Neutral Block p ost n Pamela Adler 42 1 41 76 Four Club Master Std Acol O O n Sandra Andrews 49 6 50 32 Eight 1 Star Master Benji Acol O n Eileen Armstrong 49 0 51 79 Nine Advanced Master None set O B loc k means t h j S p aye rw j not see any adverts you post pianola Smart to
6. Pianola User Guide for Players How to analyse your results replay hands and find partners with Pianola I finished classes two years ago having retired I love bridge just wish I had started years ago Obviously I have so much to learn Before Pianola I used to bring home the print out of all the hands and examine them for where I bid wrong or how could I have played better I would make up the hands manually so I could replay them Now Pianola gives me all the stats how well or badly I bid best defensive leads and card play I can also look and examine each hand and replay Edna Paterson Player Glasgow Bridge Centre Pianola is a great addition to the club Our players really benefit from the information it provides Andrew Robson Writer Teacher and owner of the Andrew Robson Bridge Club pianola Smart tools for bridge clubs Contents Introduction Compare Pianola and Pianola Plus Results Pianola Plus Bidding accuracy Card play Session report Interpreting the charts Summary table Pianola Replay Competitions Members Partner Finder Other options My account pianola Smart tools for bridge clubs Introduction Pianola is a tool to help club owners and managers to run bridge clubs but it also gives club players like you new ways to analyse your results and find partners Pianola gives you a personal history of your own results with your average score over time and with each of t
7. depending on their choice of lead You don t play the hand against the computer Instead you play all four hands and can choose to follow the advice or ignore it so you can see how the whole hand plays out Regular use of Pianola Replay will help you understand how to play the hands better pianola Smart tools for bridge clubs Competitions If your club uses Pianola to calculate the results of any competitions you will see those listed here 1 new A 1 pianola Results Members Partner finder Plus Competitions Active Start date Enddate Name Type Gender Handicap Completed Start date Enddate Name Type Gender Handicap 01 Sep 2014 30 Apr 2015 Championship Pairs 2014 15 Pair Any No Q 01 Sep 2014 30 Apr 2015 Championship Pairs 2014 15 handicapped Pair Any Yes Q Show mobile version Members The members page is a list of all the members of your club Find a member by typing a name in the search box at the top Click on a member s listing to see more information about them What you can see will depend on how much they have chosen to share Each member can choose whether or not to share their contact information and or the results history They may also add information about their preferred system a biography and a photo 1 1 new pianola Results Competitions Members Partner finder Plus tart typing to search members First name a Last name a
8. ead Defender not on lead DOAOACAAE AEN VOO WOOO S The boards you played in each role and what was your 2 average score in each case avg 53 58 avg 36 36 avg 50 00 avg42 51 You and Ruth Summary Bidding Card play Card play 00000 28288 00000 GOOD amp Representation of your bidding accuracy and card play ea 000 ability for each board Underbid Failed to double Overbid Undertricks Overtricks Equals Doubled incorrectly Correct bid Best in field Summary Bidding Card play s ewan deo igi TE BP a EZ 12 20 How the best in field did in the bidding and the card play so you can compare your performance with theirs lt 24 56 7 02 Equals 55 75 Underbid Failed to double Overbid Undertricks Overtricks Equals Doubled incorrectly Correct bid Filter by All roles Q IN wu A o 5 o gt 3NT N 1 1711 Well bid 1 Daniy 2 10 49 w 1 711 Well bid g Defender not on lead 3 6NT E 1 4 11 Well bid Defender on lead 16 15 3A s 1 6 11 Well bid Deciarer 20 4a w 3 m1 Well bid 1 Defender not on lead 21 1NT Ww 1 10 11 Failed to X a Defender not on lead 26 3 w 2 11 Well bid Defender not on lead 13 4a S 1 6 12 Well bid Declarer 4 ao 4y w 1 9 11 Well bid Defender not on lead 28 E 3NT E 11 11 Well bid Defender onid 1 ws mi waia a mee Board by board breakdown of your score bid and 23 ash 1NT s 42 211 Underbid a Daciarer an alys IS
9. ers Matchpoints Change date range partners and scoring type Average score As declarer As dummy As defender on lead As defender not on lead Your average score on the boards where you 0 0 0 0 0 48 12 44 55 47 73 45 54 54 28 were declarer dummy and defender 52 5 i Your scores If you subscribe to Pianola Plus e A you will see extra data on this graph to goa 3 represent your bidding accuracy and card play 8 ability 5 Jan 19 Jan 2 Feb 16 Feb 2 Mar 16 Mar 30 Mar 13 Apr 27 Apr Score Share of contracts Contracts bid as declaring side Your bidding characteristics how often you are on the declaring side and what percentage of the time you bid part score game and slam contracts Declaring side Defendingside Pass Game Partscore Grandslam Small slam Show mobile version You can see your averages over different time periods with each of your partners and for different scoring methods matchpoints VPs IMPs Click on a game on the graph to view those results For each game there is a screen for rankings travellers scorecards session report and hands Tuesday Pairs Session All Ranking Handicapped Travellers Scorecards Session report Hands pianola Smart tools for bridge clubs Pianola Plus Pianola Plus is a set of additional analysis tools that you can add to your account They give you analysis of your bidding and card play
10. he different partners with whom you play We also calculate what is your average on all the boards where you were declarer dummy defender on lead and defender not on lead and show you these statistics as an average over time and on a game by game basis You can also get analysis of your bidding accuracy and card play ability by subscribing to Pianola Plus an optional upgrade When you re a Pianola Plus subscriber you can also play hands again with card by card guidance about how to achieve the most tricks possible Thank you for using Pianola If you have any questions that aren t covered in this guide or have any suggestions please contact us by emailing support pianola net A word about security We take data protection and privacy very seriously These are the things we do to ensure your data is safe with us e Pianola is hosted on a secure server Look for the padlock in your browser that shows data is being encrypted as it passes https app pianola net over the Internet app pianola net d Your connection to this site is private e Our data centre is owned and managed by Amazon It is a secure facility in Virginia USA with multiple intruder protections and backup power supplies e We backup our data every hour and every day e Each user chooses their own username and password All passwords are stored using one way encryption so it is impossible for anybody even us to read them e Each user ca
11. lay For each board we show you whether you made all the tricks you were entitled to or whether you made more or fewer than you should This is compared to the double Pn a dummy analysis for the suit in which the Bidding Card play Underbid Failed to double Overbid Undertricks Overtricks Equals contract was played and provides data whether you were declarer or defender So if the double dummy says NS can make 2S they are expected to make eight tricks even if they bid higher or lower and their opponents are expected to make five tricks Best in field Bidding Card play Bidding Card play Best in field This data is only useful in the context of the best in field In this example that my partner and I bid better than the best in field the blue section of the left hand pie chart However it s our card play with was significantly worse and the reason we got a poor score The best in field made extra tricks on far more boards than my partner and I did Remember these are extra tricks compared to the double dummy not compared to the contract they were in pianola Smart tools for bridge clubs Summary table In the table at the bottom you will see a board by board breakdown of each hand It shows the score the bid and actual result the frequency of that bid the bidding analysis card play analysis and the role you took on that board Filter by All r
12. med at these groups tick the box and click Save Privacy You can choose whether or not to share your contact details and or your results history Click the box next to each option and click Save pianola Smart tools for bridge clubs
13. n control how much information to share with other players By default all contact information is hidden from view to other players e Our tools help club owners and managers to comply with anti spam laws by always providing an unsubscribe link and never revealing recipients email addresses publicly pianola Smart tools for bridge clubs Compare Pianola and Pianola Plus Pianola s basic version give players access to great features and benefits free of charge For extra analysis and tools upgrade to Pianola Plus for a small monthly or annual fee Here s how the two versions compare Pianola Pianola Plus Cost for players Free Small monthly or annual charge Personal results history JS Average scores by partner Average scores by role Ranking travellers scorecards hands A Y Vv Partner finder Player directory SY Receive results by email Replay hands with card by card guidance Analysis of bidding CQ QQ AS AN Analysis of card play see www pianola net plus for information about our fees pianola Smart tools for bridge clubs Results The first page shows you a graph of all your most recent games in the past three months 1 1 new The main menu to access results member list pianola Results Competitions Members Partner finder Plus z the partner finder and Pianola Plus My history PbO uea a E e A E T gel Results history Jan 1 2015 May 3 2015 v__ All partn
14. oles Biddi You bid a makeable game contract You played in pial ie amp Scere a Bid By eee the highest scoring denomination eS ee Ta eee 12 0 3NT N 1 1 11 Well bid e Dummy 2 10 ay w 1 711 Well bid E Defender not on lead 3 15 6NT E 1 4 11 Well bid Defender on lead e Hover your mouse over the bidding analysis to see the bidding assessment e Clicka row to view the full traveller e Click a column header to sort by board number or by score e Use the filter menu to show boards where you were in a specific role Filter by All roles o Q All roles except dummy Declarer Bid Dummy Board Defender on Lead R Defender not on Lead 2 im o N pianola Smart tools for bridge clubs Pianola Replay Ever wondered how to make the extra tricks that other people took Can t see how to make the contract that the hand record says you should Pianola Replay will show you It lets you play any again with card by card guidance To launch it click the Replay this hand button that you ll see alongside every hand record The hand will open up with the contract that was played at your table pianola Turn guidance off Turn guidance on or off Contract click pencil to change The labels on the cards show the outcome for the contract of each card played assuming best play from that point on So in this example the opening leader will either set the contract or give declarer up to two overtricks
15. ols for bridge clubs Other options Admin area If your club has given you admin permissions say to upload results i a you will see a link here to go to the admin area If you do not have any admin rights you won t see a link here Admin area Change club Change Club This screen allows you to switch between results at other clubs that use My account Pianola Log out My account My account is where you can add extra information about yourself as well as choose how much information to share with other members of your bridge club Personal details Your membership number s name address and phone numbers You can also edit your username and password on this page It will help the administrators of your bridge club if you keep these details up to date especially your email address as they will send you news and information by email in the future Bridge details Your preferred system as well as any other systems you play Please email support pianola net if you play a system that s not listed here and we ll add it You can also add a short biography about your bridge playing history so other members know a little more about you Photo Upload a photo from your computer by clicking on the Browse or Choose file button This photo will be displayed on your profile and in the members list Communication preferences Your club may have created some opt in email lists If you would like to receive information ai
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