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playing in NT instead of the known Major suit fit GIB bidding error

#1 User is offline   frisbee 

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Posted 2015-August-08, 17:06

I have been asked to post (within reason) clear bidding errors in Robot tournaments, so here is another ...



Clearly, the Robot should bid 4♠ over 3♠ instead of 3NT (because of the known 8+ card Major suit fit). The description (which you can confirm if you must insist on clicking on the picture) describes the 3NT bid as showing 4 ♥s and no more than 3 ♠s. If that is what the Robot actually held, then I would definitely agree with the 3NT bid. Here, however, the Robot holds 4 ♠s and only 2 ♥s.

I hope that GIB does not peek, since 3NT is cold against any defense and 4♠ can be defeated with any reasonable defense, but that is the only rationale that I can imagine for the Robot's 3NT bid.
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Posted 2015-August-08, 17:47

yeah well south has 5♠. probably not making any game with 4♠. Gib is optimistic looking for game with 2 points. Even if south a max communication will make game difficult.
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Posted 2015-August-09, 00:56

Gib probably switched from rule mode to sim mode mid auction.
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Posted 2015-August-09, 07:09

Yes, Steve, playing Results, you certainly belong in 3NT instead of 4♠. In a tournament, I would be rewarding such good fortune by assigning a Monitor to watch that Pair.

This hand was reported to try to have an apparent programming error corrected.
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