uva72uva72 Posted September 10, 2014 Report Share Posted September 10, 2014 My link Matchpoints, ACBL robot individual Here I am getting a bad result as I try to imitate the players I have seen overruling the robot when it runs from 1NT holding a hand with which it should stick. It always seems to work for them, but when it plays with me the robot is unwilling to play for overtricks in 1NT but is willing to risk going down in 3NT (admittedly in response to my tinkering). The GIB Bid Description claims that the software "takes into account the form of scoring." Well, maybe in other instances, but not in this sequence; and not when South opens 1NT and North holds a long minor and slightly less than game-going values. In each instance, the robot retreats from NT, something that a human matchpoint player would avoid because it almost always leads to a bad result . After all (to be obnoxious and state the obvious) NT does score higher than ♦s. In fact, you can find sequences akin to mine (insisting on NT instead of suit play) in old books on duplicate strategy, whereas you'll find North's bidding in discussions of how IMP strategy differs from matchpoint strategy. In all the expert opinion I've found, North should remove to the minor from 1NT at matchpoints only when weak (certainly <9 HCP when facing a 1NT rebid, in some opinions even less than that) or very distributional and, QED, expecting to score more in the minor than in NT. As an aside, I'm curious about the function of the 3♥ cue-bid-after-sign-off, which I've encountered before en route to a bad result. Is North now proposing we play in other than ♦ or NT (maybe a 4-3 ♠ fit with the 4 being ♠8xxx)? Or is it perhaps the robot equivalent of a vertically-extended middle finger? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bbradley62 Posted September 10, 2014 Report Share Posted September 10, 2014 how do you keep duplicating the "http//" without a colon? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uva72uva72 Posted September 10, 2014 Author Report Share Posted September 10, 2014 I'm using the method recommended in the pinned post "When Reporting GIB's bugs..." If there's a better way that doesn't require a computer science degree, tell me and I'll use it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve2005 Posted September 11, 2014 Report Share Posted September 11, 2014 http://www.bridgebas...|S8|pc|SK|pc|SJ| you invited its a max so it went Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uva72uva72 Posted September 11, 2014 Author Report Share Posted September 11, 2014 No issue with the result, which I know was a self-inflicted wound; my issue is with the original takeout to 2♦, which should show a weaker hand in my opinion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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