duplcat

I have loved BBO for years but have had problems with Robot bids almost always in minor suits. I'm wondering if I'm missing something in bot systems. Tuesday tournament RHO opens 1 s and I double. 2 s by LHO, 3 h by bot, 3 s by RHO and I bid 4 diamonds (17 pts and 6 d). Bot now bid 5 c and I bid 5 d. Bot now bid 6c and I "corrected" to 6 h (down 500). Bot's hand: xx Kxxx Qxx xxxx Where did bot get the idea to bid slam in his own unsupported 4 card minor headed by the 7? Did he take 4 d to be splinter?

playing in a tournament with a robot I cuebid 5 clubs after a series of bids. I checked what my bid would mean, and it said 4 spades, 6+ hearts and 3 diamonds (my exact hand). Imagine my surprise when the robot passed knowing I was bidding a void! I have had other adventures and they usually involve minor suits, either agreed upon minor suit fits, or myself looking for the better minor. The robots seem to feel J1098 is not support for a minor and will instead repeat their 5 card major headed by the Q. Bidding a major following an agreed upon minor suit fit (as in searching for possible 3NT game) has often involved the robot believing I have an even longer major and the bids go 1D,3D,3H,4H,5D,5H,6D,6H with minimal success. Hope something can be done. I know a lot has been done with artificial "intelligence" but I would like to see the robots have a system of artificial "shame" installed. When they realize they've left partner in truly bad contracts they could apologize, return the entry fee, and report themselves to BBO authorities. :)