onoway Posted January 30, 2014 Report Share Posted January 30, 2014 Got GIBS again after swearing I wouldn't and just had this happen. Opposing GIBS in 2♠contract. My partner GIB leads the K♣ on which I discard a ♦ showing a void, and its ♣K takes the trick. After about 5 seconds of analysis, it then leads a TRUMP. Enough stress in my life I don't need this sort of idiocy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diana_eva Posted January 30, 2014 Report Share Posted January 30, 2014 You shouldn't get emotionally involved with a bot, Pam :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1eyedjack Posted January 31, 2014 Report Share Posted January 31, 2014 Care to post the full hand? For all that I can tell from the information given a trump switch at trick 2 might be the correct long term winning action. Equally, it might be completely absurd. But how can we tell? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antrax Posted January 31, 2014 Report Share Posted January 31, 2014 Yeah, GIB isn't generous about giving ruffs, but if you look at four hands you often find a ruff would just give you a warm fuzzy and not increase the number of tricks on defense. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onoway Posted January 31, 2014 Author Report Share Posted January 31, 2014 Sorry. Declaring GIB speedilly drew all my 4 small trump and was succcessfully setting up a lovely outside suit, while I was getting more and more frustrated and annoyed so I left. (I don't do that at tables with humans, but sometimes GIBS drive me crazy, to think I paid to get so frustrated). Not being anywhere near expert, I have never quite figured out why defending GIBS are so fond of leading trumps against suit contracts. This isn't the first time by any means, and so far I don't remember it ever working out well. It's generally a singleton trump finessing anything I might have for declarer. This time I had no honors to finesse, but indeed it was a singleton trump lead. I had passed throughout the bidding including over p's opening bid, so most humans would realize I had a very weak hand and would be unlikely to be able to contribute any winning high cards to the effort. To give declarer the chance to strip my hand of trump takes away any possibility of contributing at all. Obviously I should have stayed and brought the whole hand but I was feeling so extremely frustrated this was more just needing to vent than anything. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
helene_t Posted January 31, 2014 Report Share Posted January 31, 2014 Yes GIB loves leading singleton trumps. It is true that it often finesse partner but in the DD analysis this doesn't matter since declarer, playing DD, could have taken the finesse himself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cloa513 Posted February 2, 2014 Report Share Posted February 2, 2014 It also loves leading trumps when dummy has one or less and no ruffing ability. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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