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Posted 2014-November-15, 11:56
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Posted 2014-November-15, 15:01
I bid the rather obvious (?) 1♦. GIB bids
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Posted 2014-November-16, 14:50
4D is terrible, I think most would agree. I would be more likely to open 5D against live opponents. 1D for sure vs. GIB.
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Posted 2014-November-16, 15:09
iandayre, on 2014-November-16, 14:50, said:
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
Psych (pron. saik): A gross and deliberate misstatement of honour strength and/or suit length. Expressly permitted under Law 73E but forbidden contrary to that law by Acol club tourneys.
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ing) tr. v. - Any bid made by bridge player with which partner disagrees.
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Psyche (pron. sahy-kee): The human soul, spirit or mind (derived, personification thereof, beloved of Eros, Greek myth).
Masterminding (pron. m
str-mnding) tr. v. - Any bid made by bridge player with which partner disagrees."Gentlemen, when the barrage lifts." 9th battalion, King's own Yorkshire light infantry,
2000 years earlier: "morituri te salutant"
"I will be with you, whatever". Blair to Bush, precursor to invasion of Iraq
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Posted 2014-November-16, 15:45
Yes, as Molyb said, GIB opened 4♦, which I think is absurd.
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Posted 2014-November-16, 20:22
1eyedjack, on 2014-November-16, 15:09, said:
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.
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Posted 2014-November-16, 20:24
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Posted 2014-November-18, 12:56
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.
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Posted 2014-November-19, 13:07
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.
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