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Does GIB understand splinters at all?

#1 User is offline   helene_t 

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Posted 2019-September-29, 01:29

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GIB has the best possible hand opposite my splinter - why didn't it superaccept, btw? But it signs off. Then I make another slam try, it signs off again.

It also denied A.

5+2.

With GIB in my seat, it starts with texas and then bids 5.
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Posted 2019-September-29, 02:01

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Posted 2019-September-29, 02:05

View Posthelene_t, on 2019-September-29, 01:29, said:

Does GIB understand splinters at all?

As I have previously noted, GIB was programmed how to make splinter bids, but GIB has no concept about how to evaluate a hand opposite the splinter bid, or any possible continuations. If you could somehow get into a cue bidding sequence without making a splinter bid, that wouldn't really help you because GIB's cue bidding is basically broken (technically, it never worked correctly).
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Posted 2019-September-29, 20:44

There are free bids which show exactly the same hand Gib opened on 12-21 5+H/S
There are wholes in Gib bidding/explanations you can run a freight train thru
Splinter is just another on the list
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Posted 2019-September-29, 23:43

GIB is clueless at slam bidding in general, other than showing number of keycards. but if it's a situation where they have to show judgment then they're terrible, will bid on with hopeless hands and pass with golden hands ... and if u punt out 6 it'll raise you to 7 for no reason whatsoever some of the time lol ... nightmare!
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