Masterpoint Ranks

These rules apply to you if you joined the ACBL prior to January 1, 2010 and maintained continuous membership. If you joined the ACBL after January 1, 2010 or let your membership lapse after that date, click here to see the 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 (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**

*A member who had red masterpoints or a fraction thereof prior to Jan. 1, 1969, is required to possess at least 50 red or gold masterpoints in any combination. Any new member or player in an unpaid status for six months or more after Jan. 1, 1999, will be required to earn 50 black points to become a Life Master.

**This is the highest rank in the ACBL. It requires 10,000 masterpoints and one victory in a North American Bridge Championship with no upper masterpoint restriction or an Open Team Trials or its equivalent or a Women’s Team Trials or its equivalent or any of the following WBF events: Bermuda Bowl, Venice Cup, Rosenblum Cup, McConnell Cup, Open Pairs, Women’s Pairs, Olympiad, Women’s Team Olympiad, WBF Senior Pairs event, WBF World Swiss Teams, WBF World Mixed Teams, and WBF Senior Teams.

***Online points count towards rank advancement - however, no more than 1/3 of the requirements for a particular rank may come from online play. For example, to make Club Master requires 20 MPs - a player would need 13.33 (or more) points from face-to-face competition in addition to the 6.67 (or more) earned online - any online points over 6.67 would not count towards earning the rank.