Bbradley62 Posted November 15, 2014 Report Share Posted November 15, 2014 [hv=nn=North&n=STHDAQT97652CKQT4]240|180[/hv] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Molyb Posted November 15, 2014 Report Share Posted November 15, 2014 I bid the rather obvious (?) 1♦. GIB bids 4♦... At least it's not 2♣ :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iandayre Posted November 16, 2014 Report Share Posted November 16, 2014 4D is terrible, I think most would agree. I would be more likely to open 5D against live opponents. 1D for sure vs. GIB. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1eyedjack Posted November 16, 2014 Report Share Posted November 16, 2014 I would be more likely to open 5D against live opponents. 1D for sure vs. GIB. Why the distinction? Just curious. Personally I would go for 5D v both (as voted) but if anything more inclined to do so v GIB than v humans Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bbradley62 Posted November 16, 2014 Author Report Share Posted November 16, 2014 Yes, as Molyb said, GIB opened 4♦, which I think is absurd. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iandayre Posted November 17, 2014 Report Share Posted November 17, 2014 Why the distinction? Just curious. Personally I would go for 5D v both (as voted) but if anything more inclined to do so v GIB than v humans If you start low and keep bidding vs GIB, it starts to believe that you have a huge number of high cards and stops bidding its own hands. I have found that "walking the dog" tends to work quite well against the robots. Decent human players are not intimidated out of bidding the cards they are looking at by the opponents bidding. Basically it comes down to a comment I have made often. GIB can count points with anyone but it can't evaluate the trick taking potential of very long suits. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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chasetb Posted November 18, 2014 Report Share Posted November 18, 2014 The only time I would bid 4♦ with that is playing my fantasy system, where the 4♦ and 5♦ opening bids are swapped. Otherwise, I would bid 5♦, since we have no real defense to either Major. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iandayre Posted November 19, 2014 Report Share Posted November 19, 2014 This is perhaps an even better to open 1D against GIB. I play in the ACBL tournaments where no hand holds more HCP than mine. A 5D opening would end the auction against GIB 95+% of the time. I'd much rather open 1D, see what everyone else does and use my judgment at the end. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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