Deal Generator User Guide

Tutorial: Double Dummy Analysis

This is one of several user guides on specific topics. The directory for all user guides is here.

The deal generator itself does not calculate Double Dummy results. However, it can display par scores and makeable tricks if that information is included in a deal file in PBN format. For instance, here I have loaded in the hand record PBN file from a recent session, obtained from the ACBL Live for Clubs website:

If you want to see Double Dummy results for your own generated deals, here’s how:

1. Generate a set of deals and save them to a PBN file. At this point they will not have Double Dummy results.

2. Click the “BridgeSolver” link at the far left side of the deal generator web page. This will open a new Bridge Solver Online page that prompts you to open a file. Note: this is not the BridgeSolver button at the top of the deal display; that button only passes the current deal to BridgeSolver, while the link at the far left will let you load an entire deal file into BridgeSolver.

3. In BridgeSolver Online, Click the “Open File” button and select the PBN file that you just created.

4. The BridgeSolver analysis page will process your PBN file. A green progress bar will show you that the program is working on your file. When it finishes, click the “Save” button at the bottom of the page. A file save dialog will appear. Update the new file name in the dialog, and save the file; you may also simply let it overlay your original PBN file name. This file does have Double Dummy results.

5. Now, when you load the new or updated PBN file into the deal generator program, the Double Dummy results will appear in the deal display panel.