chasetb Posted October 1, 2010 Report Share Posted October 1, 2010 http://tinyurl.com/2a72wqz While I slightly shaded my hand, where did GIB come off with jumping to 4!H??? Not only did GIB NOT have the max for his jump, he had no distribution for which to help out his hand... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TylerE Posted October 1, 2010 Report Share Posted October 1, 2010 Making balancing doubles with GIB is really not recommended. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bbradley62 Posted October 1, 2010 Report Share Posted October 1, 2010 I also don't think West's 2♣ bid fits the description given: "3-S; 11+ HCP; rebiddable C; 12-16 total points". What are the requirements for a reverse to 2♦ instead? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hotShot Posted October 1, 2010 Report Share Posted October 1, 2010 Well I'm not GIB, but you promised 4+♥ and GIB has 6 to the K.Combined 10+ should be "save" following the Law of Total Tricks. You lost 6 tricks, 2 of them to ♥AQ. Unfortunately you only had the smallest (J) of the 3 missing honors and the 4th trump, that you did not have, might have been worth an extra trick. So with the hand GIB expected from you, making 10 tricks is no that unlikely. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chasetb Posted October 1, 2010 Author Report Share Posted October 1, 2010 Well I'm not GIB, but you promised 4+♥ and GIB has 6 to the K.Combined 10+ should be "save" following the Law of Total Tricks. You lost 6 tricks, 2 of them to ♥AQ. Unfortunately you only had the smallest (J) of the 3 missing honors and the 4th trump, that you did not have, might have been worth an extra trick. So with the hand GIB expected from you, making 10 tricks is no that unlikely. SOMEBODY needs to re-read Larry Cohen's book. You are WRONG for two reasons. The first one is that the "Law of Total Tricks" only really works if you have between 18-22 points. Only if I have a true hand with a maximum should GIB jump. Second, the LoTT breaks down after 9 trump- you need distribution or overwhelming HCP to compete to 4♥. GIB had NEITHER of those. Therefore, I still don't see why GIB had to jump. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manudude03 Posted October 2, 2010 Report Share Posted October 2, 2010 Robots are not trained to think, we haven't gotten that far with technology quite right. Regarding GiB's 4♥ bid, the extended law of total tricks does have it just right. Sure it's a little off, but not as much as you might think (make those Ks into As and I may well be doing the same thing, if I hadn't acted already) EDIT: ok rechecking, it is 1 trick out on the extended version too, but the LOTT is hardly perfect, it's just what the gib uses. And 1 trick isn't that bad a deviation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.