The auction was the same at the majority of tables and the first three tricks essentially the same. West began with ♠9 and the defence began with three rounds of that suit, with West ruffing Round 3. The only variation came from declarer's choice of which Spades to play at which trick. I began with small from dummy and played J - 10 - 2 in that order. In all cases the robot in East played ♠7 at trick 3. I assume this is a gentle Heart signal
At this point there was considerable variation from the robot Wests. Both the ♦Q and 9 were selected making 10 tricks for declarer pretty easy . Some Wests chose a dutiful ♥K and against me a trump was continued.
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I drew trumps played ♥A and ruffed. Noting the ♥Q, I concluded that East was short in that suit and hence took an unsuccessful Diamond finesse. (This counting lark never seems to work!)
What interests me is the variation in the play of the western robot. Is it the result of the variations in declarer's play in the Spade suit or is it just that in close situations (if you think this is a close situation) the robots' actions are somewhat random?
Thanks if anyone can shed any light