kevincline Posted April 1, 2010 Report Share Posted April 1, 2010 I'm tired of watching GiB go down in cold contracts. It's even more frustrating than watching me go down in cold contracts. Since the Robot tourneys are test of player skill, why not let the player declare all hands played by his side? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barmar Posted April 2, 2010 Report Share Posted April 2, 2010 Isn't it also a test of skill in bidding? If you're not that great a declarer, it might be good strategy to anti-hog the hand. And in Robot Race/Reward tourneys, speed is of the essence. Even if it doesn't play better than me, it often plays faster. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bbradley62 Posted July 27, 2012 Report Share Posted July 27, 2012 Apparently, this has been implemented. How did I miss the announcement? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gordontd Posted July 27, 2012 Report Share Posted July 27, 2012 I'm tired of watching GiB go down in cold contracts. It's even more frustrating than watching me go down in cold contracts. Since the Robot tourneys are test of player skill, why not let the player declare all hands played by his side?Why not just give the player the auction and contract and get him to be declarer on every hand? It's just an extension of the philosophy of "best hand" robot tournaments. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uday Posted July 28, 2012 Report Share Posted July 28, 2012 refer: http://www.bridgebase.com/forums/topic/54714-the-new-human-declares-robot-games/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barmar Posted July 29, 2012 Report Share Posted July 29, 2012 Apparently, this has been implemented. How did I miss the announcement?Because we didn't make one. :) We only enabled this feature in one series of tourneys (free robot duplicate), to test the waters. I expect we'll be more public about it when we expand it to the more popular tourneys. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bbradley62 Posted August 1, 2012 Report Share Posted August 1, 2012 Maybe it could be tested on the upcoming "play with GIB for free day"... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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