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The worst pass ever
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Posted 2013-October-08, 06:01
Roaring!!!
Agreed.
South's pass was inspired also. I wonder how he could possibly have known.
Agreed.
South's pass was inspired also. I wonder how he could possibly have known.
Psych (pron. saik): A gross and deliberate misstatement of honour strength and/or suit length. Expressly permitted under Law 73E but forbidden contrary to that law by Acol club tourneys.
Psyche (pron. sahy-kee): The human soul, spirit or mind (derived, personification thereof, beloved of Eros, Greek myth).
Masterminding (pron. m
s
t
r-m
nd
ing) tr. v. - Any bid made by bridge player with which partner disagrees.
"Gentlemen, when the barrage lifts." 9th battalion, King's own Yorkshire light infantry,
2000 years earlier: "morituri te salutant"
"I will be with you, whatever". Blair to Bush, precursor to invasion of Iraq
Psyche (pron. sahy-kee): The human soul, spirit or mind (derived, personification thereof, beloved of Eros, Greek myth).
Masterminding (pron. m
str-mnding) tr. v. - Any bid made by bridge player with which partner disagrees."Gentlemen, when the barrage lifts." 9th battalion, King's own Yorkshire light infantry,
2000 years earlier: "morituri te salutant"
"I will be with you, whatever". Blair to Bush, precursor to invasion of Iraq
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Posted 2013-October-08, 07:32
There's been worse before... passing 2NT with 12 counts or not responding to a 1D opener with a 17 count. Still bizarre though.
Wayne Somerville
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Posted 2013-October-08, 08:45
There are so many of these threads, and I think that people need to realise that bidding with a robot is not a partnership activity; what you need to do is bid around the robot, giving it as little influence on the final contract as you can.
It is not clear whether this is a valid bridge skill, but it is certainly a skill one must learn when playing with robots.
It is not clear whether this is a valid bridge skill, but it is certainly a skill one must learn when playing with robots.
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Posted 2013-October-08, 08:55
The worst pass I ever saw in real life was the following:
1♠ 2♣ 2♠ P
P 3♣ P P
3♠ 4♣ all pass
Dummy was
Kxxxx
-
AKxxx
xxx
1♠ 2♣ 2♠ P
P 3♣ P P
3♠ 4♣ all pass
Dummy was
Kxxxx
-
AKxxx
xxx
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Posted 2013-October-08, 09:31
RSClyde, on 2013-October-08, 08:55, said:
The worst pass I ever saw in real life was the following:
1♠ 2♣ 2♠ P
P 3♣ P P
3♠ 4♣ all pass
Dummy was
Kxxxx
-
AKxxx
xxx
1♠ 2♣ 2♠ P
P 3♣ P P
3♠ 4♣ all pass
Dummy was
Kxxxx
-
AKxxx
xxx
What, you've never been passed in a splinter or a cuebid? I've been on the receiving end of 1H-4C-p, 1S-4H (SPL)-p, and most recently partner passing me in an unassuming cue bid. On two of these occasions a grand slam was cold.
ahydra
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Posted 2013-October-08, 13:17
I notice that this was not played in a Robot tourney, which raises the question which version of the Robot was it? In a sense it is more damning if it was a basic bot, because they don't have the excuse of coming up with some unfortunate sims on which to base their action; entirely rule based.
Psych (pron. saik): A gross and deliberate misstatement of honour strength and/or suit length. Expressly permitted under Law 73E but forbidden contrary to that law by Acol club tourneys.
Psyche (pron. sahy-kee): The human soul, spirit or mind (derived, personification thereof, beloved of Eros, Greek myth).
Masterminding (pron. mstr-mnding) tr. v. - Any bid made by bridge player with which partner disagrees.
"Gentlemen, when the barrage lifts." 9th battalion, King's own Yorkshire light infantry,
2000 years earlier: "morituri te salutant"
"I will be with you, whatever". Blair to Bush, precursor to invasion of Iraq
Psyche (pron. sahy-kee): The human soul, spirit or mind (derived, personification thereof, beloved of Eros, Greek myth).
Masterminding (pron. m
str-mnding) tr. v. - Any bid made by bridge player with which partner disagrees."Gentlemen, when the barrage lifts." 9th battalion, King's own Yorkshire light infantry,
2000 years earlier: "morituri te salutant"
"I will be with you, whatever". Blair to Bush, precursor to invasion of Iraq
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Posted 2013-October-08, 14:00
ahydra, on 2013-October-08, 09:31, said:
What, you've never been passed in a splinter or a cuebid? I've been on the receiving end of 1H-4C-p, 1S-4H (SPL)-p, and most recently partner passing me in an unassuming cue bid. On two of these occasions a grand slam was cold.
ahydra
ahydra
Sure but in my view forgetting an agreement or having a brain fart is not as bad as horrendous judgment.
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Posted 2013-October-08, 18:35
It was the robots using to replace slower players in the express free automated fun tourneys. I thought those were the advanced robots but I guess I don't really know for sure.
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Posted 2013-October-09, 12:29
Robot did this once:
Not the worst pass ever, but the worst 2 in the same deal by the same bot
(also, the 4♠ bid was pretty awful (♠AKxxxx ♥- ♦KQx ♣xxxx) but that's not the point of this discussion)
Not the worst pass ever, but the worst 2 in the same deal by the same bot
(also, the 4♠ bid was pretty awful (♠AKxxxx ♥- ♦KQx ♣xxxx) but that's not the point of this discussion)
Become yourself.
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Posted 2013-October-09, 16:26
Lord Molyb, on 2013-October-09, 12:29, said:
Robot did this once:
Not the worst pass ever, but the worst 2 in the same deal by the same bot
(also, the 4♠ bid was pretty awful (♠AKxxxx ♥- ♦KQx ♣xxxx) but that's not the point of this discussion)
Not the worst pass ever, but the worst 2 in the same deal by the same bot
(also, the 4♠ bid was pretty awful (♠AKxxxx ♥- ♦KQx ♣xxxx) but that's not the point of this discussion)
East hand should be a straight double of spades without hearts- if its not then that's another flawed bid by GIB but the flawed initial pass by West is bad- either 3 or 4 hearts pre-empt.
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Posted 2013-October-09, 22:09
AyunuS, on 2013-October-08, 18:35, said:
It was the robots using to replace slower players in the express free automated fun tourneys. I thought those were the advanced robots but I guess I don't really know for sure.
pigpenz, on 2012-November-29, 11:16, said:
what version of the bots are used in these [Express Fun] games?
barmar, on 2012-November-30, 10:36, said:
The bots are the same advanced bots as are used in robot tournaments.
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Posted 2013-October-10, 06:31
1eyedjack, on 2013-October-08, 06:01, said:
South's pass was inspired also. I wonder how he could possibly have known.
Maybe West assumed, for the purpose of the simulations, that S would have raised with a 10-card fit?
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