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How do I make GIB pay attention to the bingo card?

#1 User is offline   jdgalt 

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Posted 2012-May-19, 16:52

I had one this morning that was just plain impossible to complete or even get close ... because no matter what you have or how you bid, GIB *will* *not* let you stop in 3 of a major under any circumstances.

Similarly if a 1 bid is on the bingo card, you can forget about it, unless GIB bids 1NT forcing and you pass.
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Posted 2012-May-19, 17:23

GIB of course has no idea that you are playing bingo. So you have to scheme underbidding/overbidding/misbidding to get to some of the contracts. 3M shouldn't be that hard to get to, try to get it in a competitive auction, or coerce partner to reject a game invite.
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Posted 2012-May-20, 01:31

You can get the level 1s by opening 1NT with some huge number of points and then it'll probably pass lol.

And for the level 3s, try to bid at level 2, and then pass what it bids at level 3. Tada, you can pass forcing bids in bingo, which you should not forget. I've opened 2 and it responded 2 and we had a grand slam cold but I passed to get the last space I needed on the bingo card. Remember that it's not about points. You can also do things like open 1NT with a bunch of clubs, and then pass when it does stayman, and that kind of thing. I always like to try to get it to bid what I want since I can pass, but when you bid it can still raise.
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