[peachy]

GIB explanation* makes no sense. In the following auction, my 4H bid was explained as 4+ clubs, 4- hearts, 2- spades, probable two stops in h. The 3C** bid was explained as twice rebiddable clubs. Not sure how, or if, I confused the robot.

GIB1 Me GIB2 GIB3
1S Dbl P 3C**
P 4H* P 5C
P 5S P 6C
grazillion down

My hand AJ-AQ10xxxxx-Ax-x (pretty sure this was it)
My GIB's hand x-Kxx-10xxx-KJxxx

Anyway, GIB needs to learn that 4H in the given auction shows long strong hearts and a hand too good to make simple overcall. Fixable bug?

[gwnn]

isn't 3H forcing in that auction? not saying gib's interpretation makes any sense but maybe that would have confused him less.

[helene_t]

I think it makes sense to play 4♥ here as showing some kind of trial for 6♣. With hearts you just bid 3♥.

[peachy]

helene_t, on May 2 2010, 05:30 PM, said:

I think it makes sense to play 4♥ here as showing some kind of trial for 6♣. With hearts you just bid 3♥.

Depends on whether that is GIBs "system" or, the explanation is in error. I wasn't even sure GIB wasn't passing 3H...if it thought that cuebid is the only force after takeout double. So many weird things with it happening lately, or maybe I just have been playing more with GIBs and the odds are on that I see bugs or weird things more....

[JoAnneM]

I have learned (the hard way) that GIB does not recognise "double and bid". It is going to bid its suit that it "thinks" you have a fit in until it runs out of bidding space.