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Check your Masterpoint online at ACBL
Masterpoint Ranks .
If you joined prior to January 1, 2010 and have maintained continuous
membership these rules that apply to you.
Title |
Masterpoints Earned*** |
Rookie |
Fewer than 5 |
Junior Master |
5 |
Club Master |
20 |
Sectional Master |
50 (5 must be silver) |
Regional Master |
100 (15 silver, 5 red or gold) |
NABC Master |
200 (50 pigmented, with at least 5 gold, 15 red or gold and 25 silver) |
Life Master |
300 (50 silver, 25 gold and 25 red or gold)* |
Bronze Life Master |
500 |
Silver Life Master |
1000 |
Gold Life Master |
2500 |
Diamond Life Master |
5000 |
Emerald Life Master |
7500 |
Platinum Life Master |
10,000 |
Grand Life Master |
10,000 and see below** |
Masterpoint Ranks — Effective January 1, 2010
These rules apply to you if you joined the ACBL after January 1, 2010
or let your membership lapse after that date.
Title |
Masterpoints Earned***
|
Rookie |
Fewer than 5 |
Junior Master |
5 |
Club Master |
20 |
Sectional Master |
50 (5 must be silver) |
Regional Master |
100 (15 silver, 5 red or gold) |
NABC Master |
200 (with at least 5 gold, 15 red or gold and 25 silver) |
Advanced NABC Master |
300 (25 gold or platinum, 25 red, gold or platinum, 50 silver, 50 black) |
Life Master |
500 (50 gold or platinum, 50 red, gold or platinum, 75 silver, 75 black)* |
Silver Life Master |
1000 |
Gold Life Master |
2500 |
Diamond Life Master |
5000 |
Emerald Life Master |
7500 |
Platinum Life Master |
10,000 |
Grand Life Master |
10,000 |
Quoted from ACBL
“Masterpoints are “pigmented” to reflect the level of competition.
Unpigmented Points:
These points are awarded for success in online play and are colorless.
Black Points
These points are awarded for success in sanctioned club games and unit games.
There are some special events (usually conducted at clubs) that award points where some portion of the award
will be in black points and the remainder will be in another color.
Silver Points
Silver points are awarded for success in events at sectional tournaments. Progressive sectionals and Sectional
Tournaments at Clubs (STaCs) also award silver points.
Red Points
Regional tournaments and regional events at NABCs award red points except for overall and section tops
(see Gold Points below). Grand National Teams (GNT) events, North American Open Pairs (NAOP)
events and other special games afford players the opportunity to earn red points at their local clubs.
Gold Points
Gold points are awarded for overall placings and section tops in regional and NABC events of at least two sessions.
The upper masterpoint limit must be at least 750 masterpoints and applies only to the top two stratifications of
stratified or stratiflighted events. In open-bracketed events (such as a bracketed knockout team),
each bracket will award some percentage of the overall award as gold, irrespective of the masterpoint holding
of the teams in that bracket. Gold points may be awarded for special games, such as the ACBL-wide Instant
Matchpoint Game.
Platinum Points
Platinum points are awarded for NABC+ events (which are national-rated events with no upper masterpoint limit)
and include the national-rated senior and women’s events. “
Effective January 1, 2010, the requirements for Life Master are modified as follows:
Current |
January 1, 2010
|
300 points (150 pigmented) |
500 points (250 pigmented) |
25 must be gold |
50 must be gold or platinum |
25 must be red or gold |
50 must be red, gold, or platinum |
50 must be silver |
75 must be silver |
50 must be black |
75 must be black |
|
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The new requirements will not apply to people who are ACBL members as of December 31, 2009 and maintain
continuous membership in the ACBL until they achieve Life Master status.
For members achieving Life Master under the new rules, the rank of Bronze Life Master (500 points) is abolished.
The new rank of Advanced NABC Master (the old requirements for becoming a life Master) is created.
