mizzoukid

I HAD the specific tourney and board written down at home, but tossed it. Wish I could retrieve it but cannot, but this wasn't a one-time thing. Guess I'll have to play another robot tourney and write down any similar experiences. Again, it seems to occur only in TRUMP games, not so much in NT contracts, but I truly DO try to steer the final contract away from any trump bid if it means the robot is going to play it since I've been zapped too many times. Thanks, Randy

I live on the West coast of the U.S., so the tourneys available are more limited. I have played in the robot tourneys often, but am ready to stop. This is due to the fact the robots play trump contracts so poorly. It's amazing how often in a trump game contract where the robot is playing the hand that the robot fails to pull trump when it's obvious that's the best line. As such, far too often, my side goes down on contracts that are very makeable. I find myself bidding wrong just to avoid allowing the robot play the hand. Surely the programmers can tweak the tourney to increase the tendency to pull outstanding trump when it's clearly the best line to make.