[thorvald]

Playing semifinal in the Hungarian Bridge contest, and getting to the last board with this hand

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Your bid?

Letting the bot play 4Ma vulnerable or try to steal the board by bidding 5♦?

Double again for T/O is not an option.

Well even in bridge against the bots it is a good idea to play bridge if you want to be better, so I decided to pass

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I did not lead ♠A, so the bot grabbed 11 tricks, and I hoped the 1 Imp wasn't decisive

But I lost the match by one, because my opponent did bid 5♦ and was allowed to play there

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6 down, but still winning 8 Imp and the match.

It would be nice if someone learned GIB about penalty doubles

[johnu]

thorvald, on 2022-September-17, 10:26, said:

6 down, but still winning 8 Imp and the match.

It would be nice if someone learned GIB about penalty doubles

I think West needs better diamonds to make a penalty double.

[pescetom]

Not sure your partner was on the same wavelength about playing bridge when he made that second pass.

[pescetom]

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[thorvald]

I wonder if someone gave GIB a lecture about penalty doubles :-)

Semifinal in the Romanian Challenge, a 32 board match, and I am trailing with 6IMP before the last board (44-50) (Noone knows the score, but I was trailing with 16 after first set, but this set was OK, so I assumed it was close)

I pick up this hand

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I think a new suit at the 2-level normally is forcing, but the tooltip explains 2♥ as 5+♥, 2-♠ and 9-13 points.

But with the very light overcall style from the bot, even when vulnerable, i decided to bid 2♥, intending to bid the some game on next round, but was left there to play

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Seeing dummy even with a ♦-lead it seems 2♥ to be the right contract, but with ♥K in east there was 10 tricks.(Only 10 HCP in the opening hand)

But now look at the replay

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My opponent decided to show the hands as good support in ♠ and 10+ HCP (Understandable), and North rebid 2♠ to show a minimum hand.

Now East found a penalty Double - not often seen.

West retreated to 3♣, and after Pass-Pass it was now South that had the problem

Bid 3♠ after being penalty doubled in 2♠, or selling out to 3♣ (Seems making)

I think bidding 3♥ is the right bridge way, but the Bot will always just see that as some trial bid as there is an established fit in ♠

So North bid 3♠

When I looked at this deal the first time I assumed that Easts Double of 3♠ was penalty, but reading the tooltip it suddenly shows 3+♣ - so I am not so sure it was intended as penalty

But 3♠X was 2 down, and 10 IMP for me winning the match by 4