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Matchpoints, ACBL robot individual

Has any consideration been given to depriving the robot of the ability to initiate Blackwood? I recently documented a hand in which the robot used Blackwood with a pair of Jacks, total. This hand is only slightly better. Even the negative double is a little rich with North's hand here, but surely 4♠ or 5♦ more than do justice to North's hand once it has decided to bid in the first round. It doesn't help that E-W defended in the just about the only way that allows the nullo 6♣ to make. Overall, my results from North's Blackwood adventures have been by a large margin negative. I'd recommend allowing North to cue bid or return to the agreed-upon suit (or respond to Blackwood), nothing more.

[iandayre]

I wouldn't go that far, but certainly GIB needs to be stopped from bidding BW on weakish hands with meager fits such as this one. Certainly you have every bit of your 4D call, but GIB apparently expects much more. That's where the problem lies.