dcohio Posted February 26, 2010 Report Share Posted February 26, 2010 Auction, opps silent 1♠(me)-1NT(GIB)2♦-AP GIB did not correct back with: ♠532, ♥T63, ♦A83, ♣Q763 Why would gib want to play in a possible 3-3 fit instead of a known 5-3 fit at the 2 level? In fact, why would GIB not just give a simple 2♠ raise with 3 card support and 6 points? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barmar Posted February 27, 2010 Report Share Posted February 27, 2010 The answer to the second question is that GIB downgrades 4333, so it treats this as a subminimum. Don't know why it didn't take preference back to spades, though. I've never seen it do this to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rogerclee Posted February 27, 2010 Report Share Posted February 27, 2010 I don't know the exact hand, but this has also happened to me before. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1eyedjack Posted February 27, 2010 Report Share Posted February 27, 2010 Perhaps GIB fears that opener will make another move, and prefers to play in 2♦ in a 4-3 fit than 3♠ in a 5-3 fit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcohio Posted February 27, 2010 Author Report Share Posted February 27, 2010 GIB is a robot... it has no fear! The problem is that a minor after forcing no trump is only defined as 3+. Playing in a 3-3 fit at any level is uncomfortable especially when there is a known 5-3 fit to play in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arigreen Posted March 1, 2010 Report Share Posted March 1, 2010 Thanks for the report. There was a typo in the rules that has now been fixed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcohio Posted March 2, 2010 Author Report Share Posted March 2, 2010 Thanks Ari! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barmar Posted March 2, 2010 Report Share Posted March 2, 2010 I also saw one of these yesterday, on a 1S-1NT-2H-AP auction when responder was 3-3 in the majors. It worked out OK that time (I think they made an overtrick) because opener was 5-5. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bb79 Posted March 8, 2010 Report Share Posted March 8, 2010 [hv=d=s&s=st87hkj972dt963cx]133|100|1♠-1nt2♣-2♥** [/hv] gib didn't bid 2♠ here.2♥ alerted as 5+♥ 6-9 hcp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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