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#1 User is offline   Bbradley62 

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Posted 2011-April-16, 02:46

Why does North bid ♦ 3 times (including 3♣ bid) instead of showing his clubs also? Why does the 3♠ description include "5-S" instead of "5S" or "5+S"?

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Posted 2011-April-16, 19:03

Who cares?
"The King of Hearts a broadsword bears, the Queen of Hearts a rose." W. H. Auden.
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Posted 2011-April-17, 04:49

View PostBbradley62, on 2011-April-16, 02:46, said:

Why does North bid ♦ 3 times (including 3♣ bid) instead of showing his clubs also? Why does the 3♠ description include "5-S" instead of "5S" or "5+S"?


In deed why does GIB think there is any benefit to continuing past 2NT with crappy counterbalance hand- pass is only real option.
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Posted 2011-April-17, 19:57

GIB really hates letting you play NT when it has a singleton, even if it's opposite your 5-card suit.

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Posted 2011-April-18, 17:50

Wasn't this bug regarding the 3♣ bid supposed to be fixed? That description is wrong.
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Posted 2011-April-25, 10:33

I think once you deny 6 spades by rebidding NT, GIB's never going to believe you no matter how much you try to convince it. It's like the strong hand takeout X where, no matter how much you bid the suit of your single suited hand, GIB still insists you must have 3+ cards in the other suits.

3S probably confused GIB even further because if 3C was a transfer to diamonds, you just superaccepted and agreed diamonds, hence all its further diamond bids. I'm surprised it didn't bid 6D :)

I guess one has to stick to the "book" that GIB reads from, whether you hate the bids or not.

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