Tom E

Thanks. The popups came back today as mysteriously as they disappeared. I sure will miss the flash version when it goes away - I like the summary of hands played and results that is always on the screen (in tournaments).

Popups stopped working for me a couple of days ago, e.g. I do not get a popup with the tournament results. I cannot look at mail also. I use the adobe flash version. https://www.bridgebase.com/client/currelease6/bbo.php?cb=I5mAaSUOiq

Thank you helene_t! I wish I would have thought of that!

The BBO robot will invariably interpret the double as a takeout double and put you in a contract that scores -10 IMPs, when you would have had +10 IMPs if the robot had simply passed your double.

Thanks - that cured my problems.

Same here. I'm getting 'aw snap' at least once in every 8-hand tournament. I use the older 'flash' version because the new version does not show the results of hands as conveniently as the old

On Nov 28, 2018, in a 8-board robot IMP tournament, I bid NT games seven times and a NT slam. I scored a net 38 IMPs and took first place easily. Three of the contracts were set, but I still netted positive IMP's from those three :rolleyes:

Why not bid 4♣ in response to my takeout double? [hv=sn=Tom E&s=SA4HK98DAJT65CQJT&wn=Robot&w=S92HAJT6432D943C5&nn=Robot&n=SJ876H75DK2CAK862&en=Robot&e=SKQT53HQDQ87C9743&d=w&v=o&b=8&a=3H(Preempt%20--%207+%20%21H%3B%205-9%20HCP%3B%20%21HQ%3B%206+%20total%20points)PPD(3-5%20%21C%3B%203-5%20%21D%3B%202-%20%21H%3B%203-4%20%21S%3B%2013+%20total)P4S(5+%20%21S%3B%2011+%20HCP%3B%2012-20%20total%20points)PPP&p=HQHKHAH5C5C2C4CQD5D3DKD7D2D8DAD9D6D4S6DQC6C9CJS2HJH7S3H8C7CTS9C8HTS7STH9C3DTH6CKSJSQSAH3S4H4S8SKS5DJH2CA]640|480[/hv]

Thanks, a valuable insight I never considered before.

I had a stark example of robot inconsistency in the play of the hand. I was playing a daylong 'just declare' tournament (so bidding is the same for all competitors). My contract was 5 clubs. The E-W robots took three high-card quick tricks then started a cross-ruff. I watched helplessly as they took the first seven tricks. Down 5. I figured my score would be around 50% because everyone else who played the hand would be in the same boat. Wrong. My score for the hand was 30%! Shouldn't an algorithm always produce the same result?