Tompster

These are good points. I would definitely support autoplay on the last round. I suspect the software would be difficult to produce which would turn autoplay on after the first trick.

I think there is a misconception here. Autoplay is not instantaneous - there is a noticeable pause before it is played. What are the odds that your partner leads and you have to hesitate over your singleton unless the only object is to confuse declarer? Second, if you can't stand the default option, then go into options and turn autoplay off.

I only recently discovered that I could change default play options to allow for automatic play of singletons. I really think that should be the default BBO setting for all players. It has several advantages. First, it slightly speeds the game up. I play speedballs and anything to help speed it up is good. It also gives nothing away since there is a tiny pause before the system plays the card. Secondly it keeps people from deliberately slowing the game down. More than once I have had opponents just sit without playing in the 13th round. Not sure what they are doing but no reason not to finish the hand. And while I hate to say it, it also limits opponents ability to deliberately give a false impression of their distribution by hesitating over playing a singleton. Yes, I have experienced that one, too. What do you folks think?