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Few worse slam hands for GIB than this one.
http://tinyurl.com/gosc4t6
Over my splinter 3H, GIB cue bids, allowing us to stop at 5S. Other players bid only 3S with my hand instead of splintering (not unreasonable). GIB goes off the rails. For starters, it bids BW with the C void. After the 1 or 4 reply, N assumes 4!. But in that case, why not just bid 7S???. It asks for Kings, a truly pointless exercise, then signs off at the 6 level. Of all GIB's weaknesses, I don't think there are any situations where it is quite so futile as when bidding 5NT.
To top it off, the opponents cashed the correct two aces against me, making 5. ALL of those in 6 were allowed to make after a Club lead, ruffed.
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BW disaster at several levels
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Posted 2017-January-22, 19:05
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Posted 2017-January-22, 23:44
Good topic.
1 or 3 kaycards? it's time for Gib programmers to think it over and over.
1 or 3 kaycards? it's time for Gib programmers to think it over and over.
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Posted 2017-January-24, 08:43
iandayre, on 2017-January-22, 19:05, said:
Few worse slam hands for GIB than this one.
http://tinyurl.com/gosc4t6
Over my splinter 3H, GIB cue bids, allowing us to stop at 5S. Other players bid only 3S with my hand instead of splintering (not unreasonable). GIB goes off the rails. For starters, it bids BW with the C void. After the 1 or 4 reply, N assumes 4!. But in that case, why not just bid 7S???. It asks for Kings, a truly pointless exercise, then signs off at the 6 level. Of all GIB's weaknesses, I don't think there are any situations where it is quite so futile as when bidding 5NT.
To top it off, the opponents cashed the correct two aces against me, making 5. ALL of those in 6 were allowed to make after a Club lead, ruffed.
http://tinyurl.com/gosc4t6
Over my splinter 3H, GIB cue bids, allowing us to stop at 5S. Other players bid only 3S with my hand instead of splintering (not unreasonable). GIB goes off the rails. For starters, it bids BW with the C void. After the 1 or 4 reply, N assumes 4!. But in that case, why not just bid 7S???. It asks for Kings, a truly pointless exercise, then signs off at the 6 level. Of all GIB's weaknesses, I don't think there are any situations where it is quite so futile as when bidding 5NT.
To top it off, the opponents cashed the correct two aces against me, making 5. ALL of those in 6 were allowed to make after a Club lead, ruffed.
This would be the perfect time for GiB to make a cue bid, something it does too infrequently. Over 4♣, a bid of 4♠ or even 5♣ keeps you out of trouble.
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