palabreur Posted March 10, 2011 Report Share Posted March 10, 2011 So in a robot race tourney, I hold ♠A♥AKQJT9754♦A♣A5 which I like the look of. I almost never open 2♣ playing these, but what else can you do, other than get into a blackwood sequence and find out about the ♣K (hooray for specific kings, a convention GIB plays). So the auction proceeds, opponents silent: 2♣ 2♦2♥* 3♥4NT 5♣**5NT 6♥***6NT 7♥****all pass * 2♥ was probably unwise, 3♥ would be better (assuming it shows solid hearts); but given how GIB treats 4NT (keycard for last bid suit) I think I can always get away with it.** zero keycards (no surprise)*** zero kings (oh well, let's play the rock-solid 6NT)**** ZOMFG! :) So I guess my "bug report" is, please, dear whatever deity you want, please stop GIB from "correcting" out of 6NT. (Note: karma was kind; partner dropped with a stiff ♣Q and 3 hearts.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bbradley62 Posted March 10, 2011 Report Share Posted March 10, 2011 So, GIB made a good bid because he had information that you didn't have? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
palabreur Posted March 10, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 10, 2011 So, GIB made a good bid because he had information that you didn't have? Are you just trolling? There's no way to know I have a club loser specifically... though I suppose from GIB's perspective, a club loser is more likely than either of the other side suits. But surely not certain enough to bid the grand. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtvesuvius Posted March 10, 2011 Report Share Posted March 10, 2011 He knows you have all the keycards, and he knows you are missing a King someplace. He gambled that it was in the club suit apparently. Clearly it was a minor suit king since you'd bid 5♠ with ♠ problems, so the 7♥ call was effectively 50-50... Not that I'm advocating it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barmar Posted March 10, 2011 Report Share Posted March 10, 2011 Does GIB really play that 5♠ asks for help in ♠? I think it plays it simply as a cue bid showing first round control there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtvesuvius Posted March 10, 2011 Report Share Posted March 10, 2011 No I mean after keycard. As is, I'd probably try to keycard in clubs, but I like to do that way too much Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barmar Posted March 10, 2011 Report Share Posted March 10, 2011 Even after keycard, I think GIB plays that new suits are cue bids (except for the first step, which is the trump queen-ask). Although it never seems to use this information well; I've made these cue bids, which should have given it all the information it needed to bid the grand, and it stopped in 6. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supersheep Posted March 20, 2011 Report Share Posted March 20, 2011 If you agree on a major suit GIB always pulls 6NT. That's just an unfortunate fact. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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