Auto-Play Singleton in Dummy

[0 fl]

My suggestion is that if on a play, there is only one possible play in dummy, that should be played.

 

For instance, if the Ace of diamonds is led and the only ♦ in the dummy is a 2 of Diamonds, the 2 would automatically be played.

 

This option, of course, should be toggleable. Whether it's on or off should be based on the option set for who is declarer.

[aguahombre]

There are sufficient ways already, where on-line Bridge differs from the game I love. I would not like to add another.

 

When an opening lead has been made and dummy appears, it is the time for Declarer to plan the play and to give 3rd hand the same courtesy.

[Antrax]

What's the problem you're trying to solve?

[GreenMan]

It could be made to apply only after trick 1, I suppose.

 

That doesn't matter much to me, but I wouldn't mind an "auto-play to last trick" option.

[barmar]

The existing auto-play singleton option already doesn't get used during trick 1. So if we were to add a dummy-only version of the option, we would presumably keep it that way.

 

But why not just turn on auto-play singleton? The main objection to it was that it was easy to tell when someone has a singleton because the card was played instantly, but that was fixed several years ago in the web version. There's now a random delay (except when playing with robots, or when the singleton is in dummy), and I find it's often longer than the normal time I would take to play the singleton.

[Zelandakh]

I find it's often longer than the normal time I would take to play the singleton.

I find that singletons are often played more slowly than the normal time even without this option.

[1eyedjack]

I have noticed that GIB is inclined to "hitch" before following with a singleton, particularly when offering restricted choice.

[barmar]

It used to be very easy to make inferences from GIB's speed -- if you led an honor and it hitched, you knew it was thinking about covering. I think some random delays were added to make it harder to tell.

 

These days, the only time I really notice hesitations is when I take a losing finesse -- it often has to think a bit about whether to take the trick. Which is not totally unreasonable, sometimes it pays to duck. And unlike humans, GIB can't plan ahead so that it can duck smoothly. But it's also very rare than it ducks these (but it's usually pretty good at holding up aces).