Playing pairs with a bot and alerts

[thepossum]

Hi

 

Occasionally I have considered playing one of the Pairs tourneys that allows you to join with a Bot (I know that sounds very sad. I have only considered it)

However I am concerned about alerting requirements, as in the details for the tourneys

If you play with a Bot are all your bids automatically described/alerted as per GiB descriptions

 

 

I am also somewhat concerned what happens if you accidentally play too slow and are replaced by another Bot

 

P

[fmjssy]

Hi

 

Occasionally I have considered playing one of the Pairs tourneys that allows you to join with a Bot (I know that sounds very sad. I have only considered it)

However I am concerned about alerting requirements, as in the details for the tourneys

If you play with a Bot are all your bids automatically described/alerted as per GiB descriptions

 

 

I am also somewhat concerned what happens if you accidentally play too slow and are replaced by another Bot

 

P

 

Yes, when you play with BBO Robot all your bids are automatically described and alerted as per the descriptions..

[pescetom]

Yes, when you play with BBO Robot all your bids are automatically described and alerted as per the descriptions..

You also get to see the description of a call before you make it, which is useful if you are uncertain of the system (but is also a violation of the laws of bridge).

Unfortunately for both you and opponents, the description is often inaccurate (see current thread about cuebid as an example) or just the name of a convention (which is little use if you do not know it well).