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GIB "correcting" out of 6NT

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Posted 2011-March-09, 19:15

So in a robot race tourney, I hold

♠A
♥AKQJT9754
♦A
♣A5

which I like the look of. I almost never open 2♣ playing these, but what else can you do, other than get into a blackwood sequence and find out about the ♣K (hooray for specific kings, a convention GIB plays). So the auction proceeds, opponents silent:

2♣ 2♦
2♥* 3♥
4NT 5♣**
5NT 6♥***
6NT 7♥****
all pass

* 2♥ was probably unwise, 3♥ would be better (assuming it shows solid hearts); but given how GIB treats 4NT (keycard for last bid suit) I think I can always get away with it.
** zero keycards (no surprise)
*** zero kings (oh well, let's play the rock-solid 6NT)
**** ZOMFG! :)

So I guess my "bug report" is, please, dear whatever deity you want, please stop GIB from "correcting" out of 6NT.

(Note: karma was kind; partner dropped with a stiff ♣Q and 3 hearts.)
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Posted 2011-March-09, 20:30

So, GIB made a good bid because he had information that you didn't have?
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Posted 2011-March-10, 12:36

View PostBbradley62, on 2011-March-09, 20:30, said:

So, GIB made a good bid because he had information that you didn't have?


Are you just trolling? There's no way to know I have a club loser specifically... though I suppose from GIB's perspective, a club loser is more likely than either of the other side suits. But surely not certain enough to bid the grand.
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Posted 2011-March-10, 13:57

He knows you have all the keycards, and he knows you are missing a King someplace. He gambled that it was in the club suit apparently. Clearly it was a minor suit king since you'd bid 5♠ with ♠ problems, so the 7♥ call was effectively 50-50... Not that I'm advocating it.
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Posted 2011-March-10, 14:03

Does GIB really play that 5♠ asks for help in ♠? I think it plays it simply as a cue bid showing first round control there.

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Posted 2011-March-10, 15:28

No I mean after keycard. As is, I'd probably try to keycard in clubs, but I like to do that way too much
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Posted 2011-March-10, 15:37

Even after keycard, I think GIB plays that new suits are cue bids (except for the first step, which is the trump queen-ask). Although it never seems to use this information well; I've made these cue bids, which should have given it all the information it needed to bid the grand, and it stopped in 6.

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Posted 2011-March-20, 01:38

If you agree on a major suit GIB always pulls 6NT. That's just an unfortunate fact.
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