THE CACBF MASTERPOINT PLAN 

SIZE OF MASTER POINT AWARDS 

The number and type of MP's awarded for an event varies according to the type of event and the number of participants.  The CACBF MP Plan uses the numbers produced by the CACBF Scoring & Database Program "ACBLScore" for both LOCAL and NATIONAL Master Points. 

The Zonal MPs are only awarded at Zonal Championships and in the Zonal Simultaneous Pairs (DHL). The following table describes the size of awards. 

EVENTS	1st	REMAINING AWARDS
Zonal Simultaneous Pairs (DHL)	10	2nd to 5th : 5,3,2,1
Zonal Open Pairs	50	2nd to 6th : 35,25,15,10,5 (#1)
Zonal Open Teams	15	2nd to 3rd : 10,5 (#1)
Zonal National Open Teams	100 (#2)	2nd to 5th : (#3)
Zonal National Ladies Teams	35	2nd to 4th : (#4)
Note #1: The CACBF Scoring & Database Program "ACBLScore" calculates the remaining awards.
Note #2: 1st place varies according to # of team members, i.e. 4 members=100, 5 members=85, 6 members=75.
Note #3: 2nd to 5th are in % of 1st = 70,50,35,20 (5th only with 15+ teams). Remaining awards as in Note #1.
Note #4: 2nd=20, 3rd=10 (only with 6+ teams), 4th=5 (only with 8+ teams). Remaining as in Note #1.

 The CACBF Board is pending decision on the Zonal National Senior Teams.

For ACBL Members: For ACBL members the CACBF will remit to the ACBL their award provided of course that the player gives us his /her ACBL number. CACBF has a reciprocal agreement with ACBL on a point for point basis i.e. 1 CACBF point to one ACBL point. The ACBL however only accepts black points from us and for a maximum of 50 points per year. Basically their black points corresponds with our Local points and their red points corresponds with our National points and their silver points with our Zonal points.

For NBB Members: ACBL and NBB points are convertible. The NBB however refused ten years ago to award any points for the Curaçao Bridge Festival. This question is brought to the attention of Mr. Gijs van der Scheer from the Dutch Bridge Association and is still pending. We will updated this page as soon as we receive an answer.