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GIBs and slam bidding

#1 User is offline   lydiab1 

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Posted 2011-August-13, 20:34

I have been complaining for a long time of a glitch in the robot's slam bidding. For example, there were times when he jumped to slam in a 3-card suit that had never been mentioned. Today, with 6 points vs. my invitation to game, he asked for aces, two were missing and he bid the grand. There were similar occurrences many times. A friend of mine, who plays on BBO a lot, mostly in robot tourneys, has also experienced this problem many times.

Whenever I mention anything about robots, everyone get very defensive. I want to stress that I am in total awe at the level of "knowledge" these robots have so I am mentioning bugs only to try to fix these. The particular issue I am reporting is quite annoying because being in a ridiculous slam is so costly.
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Posted 2011-August-14, 05:50

Moved from "Simple Rulings".
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Posted 2011-August-14, 05:55

Hi, welcome to the forums.

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On this hand, check the explanation for 4D. It includes 25+ total points. So when you replied 5H, it assumed you had all 5 key cards.
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Posted 2011-August-14, 07:11

Bottom line: this should be considered another vote for "that 4♦ bid shouldn't require 25 points". There have been other similar comments, although I can't find them right now.
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Posted 2011-August-14, 09:13

(1M) 3M
(1m) p (1M) 3N

Both technically show 25+ Points in theory I believe... There are plenty of other spots too. I suppose that'd be a cool treasure hunt.
Yay for the "Ignored Users" feature!
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