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I played with 3 GIB's on open table for the second time. And now the hands aren't even on MyHands so I can't point to the hands that I am talking. One hand I played in 4 hearts and the defence killing line is lead a club (his partner winning with the A♣ needs to return a diamond (GIB returned K♦) for a ruff and then enter the same hand with K♣ and repeat the ruff. Otherwise declarer has only two losing clubs. Are the trial GIBs the same as the other ones?

Its programmed into it- often drop a high card for no reason- it happens far too often to be due to simulations and next impossible for one simulation to suggest that.

How about just you claim all the remaining tricks then if the claim is false then you lose all the remaining tricks-playing against 3 GIBs. Sure that's not bridge law but most GIB tournament rules are outside bridge law such as its alerting.

If you treat a Kingleton as a singleton then you can't treat it as an honour too.

East has 5 spades and 5 hearts and 3 clubs- his partner is off with the fairies thinking the contract will be down. East probably interpreted North's bid as a purely speculative bid so much for being an expert.

Its a nuisance that you have play through the cards when sometimes the contract is solid DD. And a worse pain for those who are playing a speed event. So allow claim the rest of tricks against GIBs and they just autoplay it DD.

That's too strong to open 1NT especially playing against GIBs- its more like 1C followed by 2NT.

Exactly- I'd say 2S is clear. Then if he has strong slam potential he can bid 2NT (moderately balanced) or 3C (long clubs) or 3D (wild two suiter) to allow for slow exploration or 3NT for hand with moderate to low slam potential.

What partner will balance with ♠xxx ♥ KQxx ♦Kxxx ♣ xx a wide range of distributions are fine too. That's all you really need to make 3 NT a decent proposition.

Truly pathetic. Equally pathetic is GIB bidding against NT particularly 2NT sometimes it has 11HCPwith a six card minor and it treats it as though its just 11HCP so horribly underbidding.

Unfair advantage against GIBs but who cares about them.

This would be simpler- Leave 2 levels as currently GIB defined. Redefine 2C,3C as very weak clubs suit. 2C, 3D as better clubs suit but not great major interest. 2C, 2D, 3C (either minor with one major (3 or 4 card))- you can force more with a hand that seriously considers slam or just dislikes one major and not many aces e.g. singleton/void in one major. 2C, 2D, 3D (both majors and a minor) 2C,3D, 3H (minors or clubs) 2C,3D,3S (diamonds or too strong no trumps for any other bid)

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I think really the problem is people who eschew the role of director. Someone realise there is an irregularity and then someone "applies" the law (such a secretary bird). If all players realise there is an irregularity but fail to use their right as appropriate to call director as soon as possible then they can't call the director later (stiff bickies). Of course the cases where the irregularity cannot be realised until later are reasonable exceptions like a revoke. There should be a severe penalty for trying act like director.

I don't agree- East's hand is aceless outside of hearts- the heart honours beyond the A♥ really don't add anything. West's hand needs to be fabulously good to help East to slam (like it is).

2NT isn't forcing so GIB has a bias to avoid it. 2♥ is just show in that suit. Anyway its just the atrocious programming so GIB doesn't understand forcing to game.

I can't get GIB to takeout double when I open 1♣, opponent GIB bids 1♥ and it hold 5 hcp and 5 spades so why is 4 hcp with 7 diamonds OK.

GIB's 1♦ is total waste of space and misleading - either 3♦ preempt or pass is the correct bid.

East hasn't put his bid in yet- hard to believe a GIB wouldn't put in 2♦

2♦ should be a whole range of hands- including strong balanced with one or two four card majors. Of course GIB should have bid 2♥ but the blockheads who programmed it don't think.

South is apparently human so his second bid should have been 2♥ (-hopefully 4th suit forcing.)

I think 4NT should be something unusual like six very solid spade-versus a void and AQ or AJ10 of clubs. 3H should be a general purpose force- could be over strength NT or hearts support or moderate slam potential spades without club cover. 3S should be a different force Good spades overstrength either poor slam potential or too strong slam potential- without much in clubs. 4C is cue for diamond. 4D is minorwood. 4H is a cue for diamonds.

Except GIB locks up on my playing Solitaire so long that they close the table. As long as it free I don't care about it.

Do you remember what sort of game that you were playing?- if its Solitaire Bridge then there aren't hand records! doubler is a GIB right?

Why they can turn it off- it like the other player delaying their bid anyway.