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tain club games can award a small number of Gold points. The  ACBL-wide Instant Matchpoint Game in September will award one Gold point  for a section first, and "Club Appreciation" Team Games throughout Octo- ber may award up to  .25 Gold Points

Events at Regional tournaments,  Regionally-rated events at NABCs award Red  points, except for "Overall" awards and Section firsts, which usually award  Gold. Higher stages of the GNT and NAOP events also award Red and Gold  Points. In lower Flights, Strata or Brackets, awards for Overall placings and  section firsts may be all Red, or may be part Red and part Gold. Awards for  single session events are usually Red.

PLATINUM POINTS
Platinum points are awarded for NABC+ events (which are National-rated  events with no upper masterpoint limit). These events last 2 or more days, and  are held at the three National Tournaments.

UNPIGMENTED POINTS
These points are awarded for success in online play and are colorless. The  maximum number of Unpigmented points that can be applied to achieve any  Honor Title is 1/3 of the total masterpoints required for that level.

HONOR TITLES

ACBL awards "Honor Titles" to members as they accumulate masterpoints. The  Honor Titles and the number and color of masterpoints that player must ac- quire to gain these titles are:

ROOKIE:    an ACBL member with less than 5 MP's
JUNIOR MASTER:  at least 5 masterpoints.
CLUB MASTER:  at least 20 masterpoints.
SECTIONAL MASTER: at least 50 MP's, of which 5 must be silver.
REGIONAL MASTER:   at least 100 MP's, of which 15 must be silver and      5 must be red or gold.
NABC MASTER:   at least 200 masterpoints, of which 50 must be      pigmented, with at least 5 gold, 15 or more red or      gold, and 25 silver.
LIFE MASTER (LM):   at least 300 masterpoints, with 50 silver, 25 gold,      and 25 more red or gold.

(Any new member or player in an inactive status for six months or more after  January 1, 1999 must also earn 50 black points to become a Life Master.)

Life Masters can earn additional Honor Titles:

BRONZE LM:   Life Master with at least 500 masterpoints.
SILVER LM:    Life Master with at least 1,000 masterpoints.
GOLD LM:   Life Master with at least 2,500 masterpoints.
DIAMOND LM:  Life Master with at least 5,000 masterpoints.
           GRAND LM:           Life Master with at least 10,000 masterpoints   and who has won either an NABC+ event (a Na  tional-rated event with no upper masterpoint   limit) or a major World Championship Event.


TYPES OF EVENTS

  PAIRS:
Pairs is the most common form of duplicate bridge play. Each player will play 

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