fimre

The GIB can't notice penalty situations and always bid after a double even on 4th level. Have a look at this hand: [hv=https://www.bridgebase.com/tools/handviewer.html?lin=st||pn|~~v3fakebot,~~v3fakebot,fimre,~~v3fakebot|md|4ST64HT982DA2CAKQ6,SQHAK43DKJ9643C53,SAK532HQDT5C98742,SJ987HJ765DQ87CJT|sv|b|rh||ah|Board%2010|mb|P|mb|1C|an|Minor%20suit%20opening%20--%203+%20!C;%2011-21%20HCP;%2012-22%20total%20points|mb|1D|an|One-level%20overcall%20--%205+%20!D;%208-17%20HCP;%209-19%20total%20points|mb|1S|an|Free%20bid%20--%204+%20!S;%206+%20total%20points;%20forcing|mb|P|mb|1N|an|3-5%20!C;%202-4%20!D;%202-4%20!H;%202-3%20!S;%2012-14%20HCP|mb|2D|an|6+%20!D;%2017-%20HCP;%2012-19%20total%20points|mb|3C|an|4+%20!C;%204+%20!S;%209+%20total%20points|mb|P|mb|P|mb|3H|an|6+%20!D;%204+%20!H;%2017-%20HCP;%2018-19%20total%20points|mb|P|mb|4D|an|2+%20!D;%208-%20total%20points|mb|D|an|3-5%20!C;%202-4%20!D;%202-4%20!H;%202-3%20!S;%2014%20HCP;%2015%20total%20points|mb|P|mb|4S|an|4+%20!C;%206+%20!S;%209+%20HCP;%2010-17%20total%20points|mb|P|mb|P|mb|P|pc|D7|pc|DA|pc|D4|pc|D5|pc|S4|pc|SQ|pc|SA|pc|S8|pc|SK|pc|S9|pc|S6|pc|H4|pc|C2|pc|CJ|pc|CA|pc|C3|pc|CK|pc|C5|pc|C4|pc|CT|pc|CQ|pc|D6|pc|C7|pc|S7|pc|SJ|pc|ST|pc|D9|pc|S2|pc|H7|pc|H2|pc|HK|pc|HQ|pc|DK|pc|DT|pc|D8|pc|D2|pc|DJ|pc|S3|pc|DQ|pc|C6|mc|9|]400|300|[/hv] 4♦ doubled would be +100, but 4♠ couldn't be made and struck a bottom. Why isn't t/o double limited upto 3♠ as common?

At every user's profile appears a button entitled 'Report abuse'. Many times (sorry to say: too many) I need to use it. Rudeness, deliberate bad results, harrasment became common on BBO. I do not experienced any consequences of the report. I would ask the BBO admins, if they read the report or that button were to be a 'safety valve' which let you off steam?

When vul against non vul, we were sitting at E-W and the bid was: [hv=d=e&v=e&b=6&a=p1hdp1s2hd]133|100[/hv] My first question is what the second double means? In my opinion, West's bid was penalty with ♥ and a strong (18+ HCPs) balanced hand. In contrary, with a ♥ stopper and 18+ he would bid 2NT, without a stopper he would bid 3♥. I've passed and the 2♥ contract was made doubled for -470. (It was an IMP tourney, so we lost zillions of IMPs.) At the post-mortem West stated that his second double was support double with exactly 3 card ♠ support. Is that possible? I do not imagine that support double may be applicable is this situation, because West promised a 4 card ♠ suit with his first (take-out) double (or an extremely strong hand). The second question is connected the hand he held: [hv=pc=n&w=s985hakqdqt85cqj7]133|100[/hv] I think West would have bid pass or even 1 NT (but with 14 HCPs vul against non-vul it would be risky). T/o double isn't option for me in this situation. As it happens, my hand was: [hv=pc=n&e=skq72h74dj974c865]133|100[/hv] What is your opinion?

(Follows from the previous post) Bad hand play from GIB http://www.bridgebase.com/tools/handviewer.html?bbo=y&lin=pn%7CSouth%2CRobot%2CRobot%2CRobot%7Cst%7C%7Cmd%7C4SKQ92HKQ8DK6CJ974%2CST8653HAT754D7CA8%2CSAJ74H96D832CQT62%2CSHJ32DAQJT954CK53%7Csv%7CE%7Cah%7CBoard%206%7Cmb%7C1D%7Can%7CMinor%20suit%20opening%20--%203%2B%20%21D%3B%2011-21%20HCP%3B%2012-22%20total%20points%7Cmb%7CD%7Can%7CTakeout%20double%20--%203-5%20%21C%3B%202-%20%21D%3B%203-4%20%21H%3B%203-4%20%21S%3B%2012%2B%20total%20points%7Cmb%7C1S%7Can%7CFree%20bid%3B%20new%20suit%20--%204%2B%20%21S%3B%208%2B%20total%20points%7Cmb%7C2C%7Can%7CFree%20bid%3B%20new%20suit%20--%204%2B%20%21C%3B%206-10%20total%20points%7Cmb%7C2D%7Can%7COpener%20rebids%20his%20D%20--%202-%20%21S%3B%2011-15%20HCP%3B%20twice%20rebiddable%20%21D%3B%2012-16%20total%20points%7Cmb%7CP%7Cmb%7C3H%7Can%7CTwo%20suited%20invitational%20--%205%2B%20%21H%3B%205%2B%20%21S%3B%2010-12%20total%20points%7Cmb%7CP%7Cmb%7C4H%7Can%7C3%2B%20%21H%3B%202-%20%21S%3B%2014-15%20HCP%3B%20twice%20rebiddable%20%21D%3B%2015-16%20total%20points%7Cmb%7CP%7Cmb%7CP%7Cmb%7CP%7Cpc%7CC2%7Cpc%7CC3%7Cpc%7CCJ%7Cpc%7CCA%7Cpc%7CD7%7Cpc%7CD8%7Cpc%7CDA%7Cpc%7CD6%7Cpc%7CDQ%7Cpc%7CDK%7Cpc%7CH5%7Cpc%7CD3%7Cpc%7CHA%7Cpc%7CH9%7Cpc%7CH2%7Cpc%7CH8%7Cpc%7CC8%7Cpc%7CCQ%7Cpc%7CCK%7Cpc%7CC4%7Cpc%7CDJ%7Cpc%7CC7%7Cpc%7CS8%7Cpc%7CD2%7Cpc%7CDT%7Cpc%7CC9%7Cpc%7CS5%7Cpc%7CH6%7Cpc%7CCT%7Cpc%7CC5%7Cpc%7CS2%7Cpc%7CHT%7Cpc%7CS6%7Cpc%7CS7%7Cpc%7CH3%7Cpc%7CS9%7Cpc%7CD9%7Cpc%7CHQ%7Cpc%7CS3%7Cpc%7CS4%7Cpc%7CHK%7Cpc%7CH7%7Cpc%7CC6%7Cpc%7CHJ%7Cpc%7CSQ%7Cpc%7CST%7Cpc%7CSJ%7Cpc%7CD4%7Cpc%7CSK%7Cpc%7CH4%7Cpc%7CSA%7Cpc%7CD5%7C Against me, GIB found the winner play. My robot partner has no sense the trump opening lead. I call this bid and play as "mockingbridge". The sad fact that players like that believe that they are good at bridge just winning against errornous GIB robots. They filled their profiles accordingly, their skills are "advanced" or even "expert"! And you are surprised reaching bad results partnering them...

I get bad results on daylong tourneys since weeks. I examined a couple of hands and find that GIB plays very badly or even fatously. The human opponets bid so that I don't want my partner do. Here are some pearls: 2 clubs opening with 5 losers and a wrong 19 HCP: The doubleton Jx and Qx are not valuable http://www.bridgebase.com/tools/handviewer.html?bbo=y&lin=pn%7CSouth%2CRobot%2CRobot%2CRobot%7Cst%7C%7Cmd%7C3SAKQ72HAK73DQ6CJ4%2CS54HJ9864DA753C98%2CSJ9HQT5D942CAK632%2CST863H2DKJT8CQT75%7Csv%7C0%7Cah%7CBoard%201%7Cmb%7CP%7Cmb%7CP%7Cmb%7C2C%7Can%7CStrong%20two%20club%20--%2019%2B%20HCP%3B%2023%2B%20total%20points%3B%20forcing%20to%202N%7Cmb%7CP%7Cmb%7C3C%7Can%7CPositive%20--%205%2B%20%21C%3B%2011-%20HCP%3B%20%21CKQ%3B%208-12%20total%20points%7Cmb%7CP%7Cmb%7C3S%7Can%7C5%2B%20%21S%3B%2019%2B%20HCP%3B%2023%2B%20total%20points%7Cmb%7CP%7Cmb%7C4S%7Can%7C5%2B%20%21C%3B%203%2B%20%21S%3B%20%21CKQ%3B%208-11%20total%20points%7Cmb%7CP%7Cmb%7CP%7Cmb%7CP%7Cpc%7CH6%7Cpc%7CH5%7Cpc%7CH2%7Cpc%7CH7%7Cpc%7CS2%7Cpc%7CS5%7Cpc%7CSJ%7Cpc%7CS3%7Cpc%7CS9%7Cpc%7CS6%7Cpc%7CSQ%7Cpc%7CS4%7Cpc%7CSA%7Cpc%7CD5%7Cpc%7CD2%7Cpc%7CST%7Cpc%7CSK%7Cpc%7CH9%7Cpc%7CD4%7Cpc%7CS8%7Cpc%7CH3%7Cpc%7CH8%7Cpc%7CHQ%7Cpc%7CC7%7Cpc%7CHT%7Cpc%7CD8%7Cpc%7CHA%7Cpc%7CHJ%7Cpc%7CHK%7Cpc%7CH4%7Cpc%7CD9%7Cpc%7CC5%7Cpc%7CC4%7Cpc%7CC9%7Cpc%7CCK%7Cpc%7CCT%7Cpc%7CCA%7Cpc%7CCQ%7Cpc%7CCJ%7Cpc%7CC8%7Cpc%7CC6%7Cpc%7CDJ%7Cpc%7CD6%7Cpc%7CD7%7Cpc%7CC3%7Cpc%7CDT%7Cpc%7CDQ%7Cpc%7CD3%7Cpc%7CC2%7Cpc%7CDK%7Cpc%7CS7%7Cpc%7CDA%7C At first seat 1 spade with only four cards in the suit http://www.bridgebase.com/tools/handviewer.html?bbo=y&lin=pn%7CSouth%2CRobot%2CRobot%2CRobot%7Cst%7C%7Cmd%7C1SA862HAQDKT976CQJ%2CSK5HKJT42DA3CA962%2CSQT743H63DQJ4CKT8%2CSJ9H9875D852C7543%7Csv%7CB%7Cah%7CBoard%207%7Cmb%7C1S%7Can%7CMajor%20suit%20opening%20--%205%2B%20%21S%3B%2011-21%20HCP%3B%2012-22%20total%20points%7Cmb%7C2H%7Can%7CTwo-level%20overcall%20--%205%2B%20%21H%3B%2010%2B%20HCP%3B%2011-18%20total%20points%7Cmb%7C4S%7Can%7CPreemptive%20raise%20--%204%2B%20%21S%3B%209-%20HCP%3B%206%2B%20total%20points%7Cmb%7CP%7Cmb%7CP%7Cmb%7CP%7Cpc%7CDA%7Cpc%7CD4%7Cpc%7CD2%7Cpc%7CD6%7Cpc%7CD3%7Cpc%7CDJ%7Cpc%7CD8%7Cpc%7CD7%7Cpc%7CS3%7Cpc%7CS9%7Cpc%7CSA%7Cpc%7CS5%7Cpc%7CS2%7Cpc%7CSK%7Cpc%7CS4%7Cpc%7CSJ%7Cpc%7CC6%7Cpc%7CC8%7Cpc%7CC7%7Cpc%7CCJ%7Cpc%7CDK%7Cpc%7CH2%7Cpc%7CDQ%7Cpc%7CD5%7Cpc%7CDT%7Cpc%7CC2%7Cpc%7CH3%7Cpc%7CH9%7Cpc%7CD9%7Cpc%7CH4%7Cpc%7CCT%7Cpc%7CC4%7Cpc%7CHA%7Cpc%7CHJ%7Cpc%7CH6%7Cpc%7CH8%7Cpc%7CHQ%7Cpc%7CHK%7Cpc%7CS7%7Cpc%7CH7%7Cpc%7CCK%7Cpc%7CC5%7Cpc%7CCQ%7Cpc%7CCA%7Cpc%7CC9%7Cpc%7CST%7Cpc%7CC3%7Cpc%7CS6%7Cpc%7CSQ%7Cpc%7CH5%7Cpc%7CS8%7Cpc%7CHT%7C GIB showed the worst defense againnst the 4 spades contract. A beginner or even a moron who can count to 4 could set this contract, but robot stuffed it. But against me 'bot learned to count so I've got a bad score. Taking finesse with a singleton J (more occasions) and fooling the robots and making overtricks is a common.