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The "terrific" robotic "defence" succeeds in "holding" me to "only" 12 tricks. The GIBBO robots are astonished to see that their "excellent" play has earned them yet ANOTHER zero for their overflowing lifetime collection.
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#1062
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Posted 2026-April-08, 00:01
This is from a Just Declare game, so the auction is mandated by GIBBO. Let's look at some of the garbage that appears in the form of GIB definitions.
1NT: "Notrump opener...". No KIDDING, GIB? Are you sure? Do you mean to tell us that when someone opens 1NT, it is a "notrump opener"? Gee, thanks SO MUCH. I bet nobody could EVER have figured that out for themselves.
2H: "Transfer completed to hearts...". Wow! Thanks again! You mean when pard bids 2D, transferring to hearts, and we then BID TWO HEARTS AS REQUESTED, it means the transfer has been "completed"? Golly gee, I bet nobody could EVER have figured that out for themselves.
3D: "New suit...". Wait a minute, wait a minute. Let me see if I have this very difficult concept correct. Do you mean that if he first shows hearts and then later shows diamonds, that diamonds is a "new suit"? WOW! So exciting...and SO important to tell us that!
You know, if you ever get the desire to go look at some TRASH, all you have to do is read some GIB definitions!
And GIBBO seems to very often IGNORE its own GIB definitions (not that I can blame GIBBO for ignoring such useless bilge). For example, the definition for South's 4H call says that it shows "2-3 diamonds", yet he has four of them.
Here are three constructive suggestions to improve the BBO experience for all BBO users: First, toss the GIB definitions into the nearest garbage can. Second. toss every single GIBBO robot into the nearest garbage can. Third, replace them all with DECENT definitions and DECENT robots.
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1NT: "Notrump opener...". No KIDDING, GIB? Are you sure? Do you mean to tell us that when someone opens 1NT, it is a "notrump opener"? Gee, thanks SO MUCH. I bet nobody could EVER have figured that out for themselves.
2H: "Transfer completed to hearts...". Wow! Thanks again! You mean when pard bids 2D, transferring to hearts, and we then BID TWO HEARTS AS REQUESTED, it means the transfer has been "completed"? Golly gee, I bet nobody could EVER have figured that out for themselves.
3D: "New suit...". Wait a minute, wait a minute. Let me see if I have this very difficult concept correct. Do you mean that if he first shows hearts and then later shows diamonds, that diamonds is a "new suit"? WOW! So exciting...and SO important to tell us that!
You know, if you ever get the desire to go look at some TRASH, all you have to do is read some GIB definitions!
And GIBBO seems to very often IGNORE its own GIB definitions (not that I can blame GIBBO for ignoring such useless bilge). For example, the definition for South's 4H call says that it shows "2-3 diamonds", yet he has four of them.
Here are three constructive suggestions to improve the BBO experience for all BBO users: First, toss the GIB definitions into the nearest garbage can. Second. toss every single GIBBO robot into the nearest garbage can. Third, replace them all with DECENT definitions and DECENT robots.
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#1063
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Posted 2026-April-08, 03:59
The pathetic GIBBO robots prove for the Nth time that they have no idea how to handle two-suiters. The fools are ice cold for 11 tricks in spades but sell out to NS in 4D.
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#1064
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Posted 2026-April-08, 04:38
The result here was fine, a shared top of 93.75 %, but the auction was a complete joke. Why? Because it was a MANDATED auction, meaning that GIBBO dictated all the bids for all the players, and since GIBBO has almost no idea of how to bid, what it mandated was the stupidity that we have come to expect from GIBBO.
After South's takeout double of East's 1C, North has a simple, straightforward bid of 2S...but the ignorant fool stupidly decides to complicate things with a ridiculous 2C bid. East doubles and South bids 2S, so North now KNOWS that spades is the best fit for NS. Depending on the NS partnership style and agreements, North could conceivably now pass, bid 3S, or bid 4S, but since he's a contemptible GIBBO robot (which means that he's a total loser with no idea of how to play bridge), he bids an insane 3H. If you look at the typically worthless GIB definition of this horror show of a bid, you'll see that GIB gives it its full blessing, which shows you right there what garbage the GIB definitions are and why the GIBBO system belongs in a trash can. South makes what on Planet Earth would be a normal raise to 4H on this auction even with "only" three hearts, but in the lysergic world of GIBBO, the GIB definition ridiculously claims that this promises four hearts. The same joke of a definition says that South has "4- spades", which literally means ZERO to four. Just consider the MAMMOTH insanity of this: According to the GIB definition, South MUST have four HEARTS, but could have as few as ZERO SPADES. Guess what, Mr. GIB? If South had ZERO spades, he just might not have...made a TAKEOUT DOUBLE (!) of one club! And beyond that, if he had FOUR hearts, but possibly only zero, one, two, or three spades (as per the piece of FILTH masquerading as a GIB definition of 4H), why on Earth would he have bid two SPADES over North's (braindead) 2C bid?
The GIB definitions stink. The GIBBO robots rot.
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After South's takeout double of East's 1C, North has a simple, straightforward bid of 2S...but the ignorant fool stupidly decides to complicate things with a ridiculous 2C bid. East doubles and South bids 2S, so North now KNOWS that spades is the best fit for NS. Depending on the NS partnership style and agreements, North could conceivably now pass, bid 3S, or bid 4S, but since he's a contemptible GIBBO robot (which means that he's a total loser with no idea of how to play bridge), he bids an insane 3H. If you look at the typically worthless GIB definition of this horror show of a bid, you'll see that GIB gives it its full blessing, which shows you right there what garbage the GIB definitions are and why the GIBBO system belongs in a trash can. South makes what on Planet Earth would be a normal raise to 4H on this auction even with "only" three hearts, but in the lysergic world of GIBBO, the GIB definition ridiculously claims that this promises four hearts. The same joke of a definition says that South has "4- spades", which literally means ZERO to four. Just consider the MAMMOTH insanity of this: According to the GIB definition, South MUST have four HEARTS, but could have as few as ZERO SPADES. Guess what, Mr. GIB? If South had ZERO spades, he just might not have...made a TAKEOUT DOUBLE (!) of one club! And beyond that, if he had FOUR hearts, but possibly only zero, one, two, or three spades (as per the piece of FILTH masquerading as a GIB definition of 4H), why on Earth would he have bid two SPADES over North's (braindead) 2C bid?
The GIB definitions stink. The GIBBO robots rot.
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#1065
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Posted 2026-April-08, 21:23
The GIBBO robot sitting West commits a stupid "defensive" blunder at trick nine, allowing me to make an "impossible" overtrick at that point. No surprise. "Defensive" BLUNDERS are one of the specialties of the pathetic GIBBO robots.
At trick nine, he just has to lead his high heart 10. I will, perforce play dummy's 7 or 8, East will pitch a diamond and I will ruff. But my last four cards will be the 9 of spades (which is not high, since East has the jack) and the KQ9 of clubs. The KQ are both high, but since West has J87 he will be able to beat my 9. In the four card ending, I will lose one club to West and one spade to East, which added to the diamond ace already taken by West, will hold me to 10 tricks in my 4S contract. Instead, West blindly led his club 7, and now I lost only ONE of the last four tricks, because if East pitched, I would win my 9 and keep playing clubs until the end, so he would score only his high spade jack. If he ruffed the club at trick nine (as he did), that would still be their only trick, as my final four cards would all be winners.
West KNEW from the play to trick one that I had the KQ9 of clubs remaining and that his partner East was now void. He also knew his partner had one spade left. East's spade HAD to be high or I would have pulled it, so the hand was an open book to West and he STILL blew the "defence" by collapsing their two winners and compressing them into one. The GIBBO robots rot.
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At trick nine, he just has to lead his high heart 10. I will, perforce play dummy's 7 or 8, East will pitch a diamond and I will ruff. But my last four cards will be the 9 of spades (which is not high, since East has the jack) and the KQ9 of clubs. The KQ are both high, but since West has J87 he will be able to beat my 9. In the four card ending, I will lose one club to West and one spade to East, which added to the diamond ace already taken by West, will hold me to 10 tricks in my 4S contract. Instead, West blindly led his club 7, and now I lost only ONE of the last four tricks, because if East pitched, I would win my 9 and keep playing clubs until the end, so he would score only his high spade jack. If he ruffed the club at trick nine (as he did), that would still be their only trick, as my final four cards would all be winners.
West KNEW from the play to trick one that I had the KQ9 of clubs remaining and that his partner East was now void. He also knew his partner had one spade left. East's spade HAD to be high or I would have pulled it, so the hand was an open book to West and he STILL blew the "defence" by collapsing their two winners and compressing them into one. The GIBBO robots rot.
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#1066
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Posted 2026-April-08, 21:29
West blows an overtrick again, this time by cashing a second club, thereby establishing dummy South's queen as a parking place for my losing spade. His excuse might be that he didn't know the club story because these ignorant twits don't seem to bother with signals. No wonder they stink at bridge.
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#1067
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Posted 2026-April-08, 21:43
West wins his heart king at trick two and then immediately plays another heart...because these rejects LOVE to return the suit DECLARER is playing. He's probably THRILLED that he then gets to ruff declarer's ace on the next trick (I got a ruff! I got a ruff! Thank HEAVEN I returned a heart at trick three, or I might never have achieved this ruff!). Yeah, he got his ruff, all right,...with the MASTER trump (!), the HIGH ten of diamonds. He now leads a club, trapping his partner East's onside queen and allowing declarer to win and cash another club, pitching a loser from dummy. Declarer takes 10 tricks in 3D, scoring 89.3 % on the board, while Frick and Frack, the GIBBO robots "defending", score a typically weak 10.7 % and are probably disappointed ONLY because they failed to add a ZERO to their overflowing treasure chest of complete failures from their lifetime as the doormats of bridge.
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#1068
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Posted 2026-April-08, 22:03
Against South's contract of 4S, East wins trick 10 with his diamond ace. He is therefore on lead at trick 11. His last three cards are the 10 of hearts and the J7 of diamonds. He sees that dummy North, to his right, has remaining the high king of spades (trump), the high 8 pf clubs (since it is the ONLY remaining club at this point), and the 8 of diamonds (Curse of Scotland).
Obviously he plays a diamond, hoping his partner West has the high queen, right? Nope. His partner DOES have the diamond queen, so East-West CAN take a diamond trick, holding North-South to only two of the last three tricks...but declarer takes all three (!) of the last three tricks. Why? Because East belongs to an intellectually challenged species known as "GIBBO robot", so he does NOT play the OBVIOUS diamond - he plays his 10 of hearts (!!!!!), allowing South to pitch one of his two remaining diamonds and ruff with dummy's last trump...and then pitch his OTHER remaining diamond on dummy's high (13th) club.
Declarer takes all three of the final three tricks and East doesn't even blush. Why not? Probably because, being a GIBBO robot (!), he STILL doesn't realize that his EW pair could have cashed a diamond...in the THREE (!) card ending. The GIBBO robots are absolutely hopeless.
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Obviously he plays a diamond, hoping his partner West has the high queen, right? Nope. His partner DOES have the diamond queen, so East-West CAN take a diamond trick, holding North-South to only two of the last three tricks...but declarer takes all three (!) of the last three tricks. Why? Because East belongs to an intellectually challenged species known as "GIBBO robot", so he does NOT play the OBVIOUS diamond - he plays his 10 of hearts (!!!!!), allowing South to pitch one of his two remaining diamonds and ruff with dummy's last trump...and then pitch his OTHER remaining diamond on dummy's high (13th) club.
Declarer takes all three of the final three tricks and East doesn't even blush. Why not? Probably because, being a GIBBO robot (!), he STILL doesn't realize that his EW pair could have cashed a diamond...in the THREE (!) card ending. The GIBBO robots are absolutely hopeless.
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#1069
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Posted 2026-April-09, 00:35
This is a Just Declare game, so the auction and lead are mandated. Obviously GIBBO therefore recommends all the bids, as well as the opening lead.
East's 2S is defined as "Weak two bid - 1-4 clubs; 1-3 diamonds; 1-3 hearts; 6+ spades; 10- HCP; 7+ total points". I've expressed this opinion before, but it bears repeating in order to stress just ONE example (out of MANY!) of the hilarious lack of logic and consistency in the pathetic, antiquated joke of a system that GIBBO uses and the lousy definitions that GIB provides. I can see why GIBBO allows a maximum of three hearts for this call, but I cannot see why it allows up to FOUR clubs but only up to THREE diamonds. Did they just throw darts at a board (probably blindfolded!) to come up with this nonsensical and pointless disparity? In fact, now that I think of it, maybe the entire GIBBO system was compiled the same way: blindfolded!
Next, look at West's 3S - the bid AND the definition. I suspect that most human PLAYERS would opt for FOUR spades, not three. And perhaps even GIB agrees, because this is the GIB definition of 3S: "The Law- 9 trump = 3 level...". Okay, Mr. GIB, if you say so, NINE trump equals THREE level...but does that mean that the GIBBO robots are SO hopeless that they can't even do basic arithmetic? Because guess what, GIB: Your own GIB definition of East's 2S promises "6+ spades", and his partner West is STARING AT...FOUR spades in his own hand! This is probably Earth-shattering news to GIBBO robots, but 6 plus 4 equals TEN, not nine. And by the way, the REST of the definition of 3S consists of the usual TRASH that we have come to expect from GIB definitions: "2+ spades; 4-17 total points". Oh yeah, Mr. GIB, that REALLY narrows it down. That's REALLY precise. It's REALLY useful. What a bunch of GARBAGE!
And then at the end, East, in the passout seat, doubles (!) South's 5D contract. WHY? He could easily have NO defensive tricks! Yes, I can see his club void, but it's pretty clear from West's lead of the spade ace that HE did not take it as Lightner...if these buffoons have have ever even HEARD of Lightner.
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East's 2S is defined as "Weak two bid - 1-4 clubs; 1-3 diamonds; 1-3 hearts; 6+ spades; 10- HCP; 7+ total points". I've expressed this opinion before, but it bears repeating in order to stress just ONE example (out of MANY!) of the hilarious lack of logic and consistency in the pathetic, antiquated joke of a system that GIBBO uses and the lousy definitions that GIB provides. I can see why GIBBO allows a maximum of three hearts for this call, but I cannot see why it allows up to FOUR clubs but only up to THREE diamonds. Did they just throw darts at a board (probably blindfolded!) to come up with this nonsensical and pointless disparity? In fact, now that I think of it, maybe the entire GIBBO system was compiled the same way: blindfolded!
Next, look at West's 3S - the bid AND the definition. I suspect that most human PLAYERS would opt for FOUR spades, not three. And perhaps even GIB agrees, because this is the GIB definition of 3S: "The Law- 9 trump = 3 level...". Okay, Mr. GIB, if you say so, NINE trump equals THREE level...but does that mean that the GIBBO robots are SO hopeless that they can't even do basic arithmetic? Because guess what, GIB: Your own GIB definition of East's 2S promises "6+ spades", and his partner West is STARING AT...FOUR spades in his own hand! This is probably Earth-shattering news to GIBBO robots, but 6 plus 4 equals TEN, not nine. And by the way, the REST of the definition of 3S consists of the usual TRASH that we have come to expect from GIB definitions: "2+ spades; 4-17 total points". Oh yeah, Mr. GIB, that REALLY narrows it down. That's REALLY precise. It's REALLY useful. What a bunch of GARBAGE!
And then at the end, East, in the passout seat, doubles (!) South's 5D contract. WHY? He could easily have NO defensive tricks! Yes, I can see his club void, but it's pretty clear from West's lead of the spade ace that HE did not take it as Lightner...if these buffoons have have ever even HEARD of Lightner.
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#1070
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Posted 2026-April-09, 00:44
South deals and opens 1H. All pass.
West is on lead with 1096, K862, QJ106. AQ. Wouldn't THE WORLD lead the queen of diamonds? On this or any other random hand and random layout, it might or might not turn out to be best, but there is no doubt that it is an obvious, STANDOUT, staring you in the face lead! Yet the GIBBO robot - for LORD knows what reason - fires out his spade 10!
Declarer wins the first two tricks and then at trick three leads dummy's club jack, losing to West's offside queen. What does West now do? Well, of COURSE he cashes his CLUB ace, because the clueless GIBBO robots always LOVE to immediately continue the suit DECLARER is playing. Their stupidity is mammoth. Their "logic" is non-existent.
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West is on lead with 1096, K862, QJ106. AQ. Wouldn't THE WORLD lead the queen of diamonds? On this or any other random hand and random layout, it might or might not turn out to be best, but there is no doubt that it is an obvious, STANDOUT, staring you in the face lead! Yet the GIBBO robot - for LORD knows what reason - fires out his spade 10!
Declarer wins the first two tricks and then at trick three leads dummy's club jack, losing to West's offside queen. What does West now do? Well, of COURSE he cashes his CLUB ace, because the clueless GIBBO robots always LOVE to immediately continue the suit DECLARER is playing. Their stupidity is mammoth. Their "logic" is non-existent.
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#1071
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Posted 2026-April-09, 01:13
After North's unlucky club lead, West's 4S contract is ICE COLD, via five spades, three clubs, and two diamonds (after he knocks out the ace). He CANNOT be beaten, because he can pitch one of his three hearts on the third club winner, dummy's king. However, the GIBBO robot manages to beat HIMSELF, by producing some of the worst card play in recorded history. He destroys his communication while clubs are still blocked...but even after MANGLING the play, the hand is STILL cold, yet the ignoramus STILL goes down.
And don't forget that declarer play is the aspect of bridge that the execrable GIBBO robots are actually "best" at! They can certainly declare better than they bid, lead , or play...yet as this hand proves, they ROT at even this "best" part of their game.
The GIBBO robots stink at bridge like a decade-old fish in a sauna! But by ALL means, GIBBO apologists, PLEASE tell me AGAIN about how the GIBBO robots are "better than most human players". PLEASE! I need a good laugh!
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And don't forget that declarer play is the aspect of bridge that the execrable GIBBO robots are actually "best" at! They can certainly declare better than they bid, lead , or play...yet as this hand proves, they ROT at even this "best" part of their game.
The GIBBO robots stink at bridge like a decade-old fish in a sauna! But by ALL means, GIBBO apologists, PLEASE tell me AGAIN about how the GIBBO robots are "better than most human players". PLEASE! I need a good laugh!
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#1072
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Posted 2026-April-09, 01:21
West has TWO...TOP diamond tricks. He manages to take...ONE of them...even though the suit is played TWICE. You can see what happened by clicking on the link below and then following the play.
Yes, West IS a...GIBBO robot. How did you EVER guess?
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Yes, West IS a...GIBBO robot. How did you EVER guess?
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#1073
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Posted 2026-April-09, 21:23
Since Diana had the intelligence and inspiration to create this essential thread back in August of 2025, I have written many posts here in which I have strongly criticized the GIB and GIBBO robots, their system, and their definitions.
I apologize.
The reason for my apology is that I should have written many more critical posts and I should have criticized all the aforementioned parties much more strongly, because they are all really, REALLY disgustingly bad. They are worthy of the the strongest criticism anyone can provide. It is astounding how hopeless the robots, the system, and the definitions all are. They truly rot! They are abysmal "bridge players" and an ugly blot on the game itself.
I apologize.
The reason for my apology is that I should have written many more critical posts and I should have criticized all the aforementioned parties much more strongly, because they are all really, REALLY disgustingly bad. They are worthy of the the strongest criticism anyone can provide. It is astounding how hopeless the robots, the system, and the definitions all are. They truly rot! They are abysmal "bridge players" and an ugly blot on the game itself.
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Posted 2026-April-09, 21:36
I scored 75 % for going down "only" one in 4H, but as always the purpose of these posts is not to brag about good results or cry about bad ones. The one and only purpose is always to showcase the unbearable ignorance and hopelessness of the monumentally annoying GIBBO robots - in the hope that the powers that be will FINALLY take the necessary steps to provide COMPETENT robots to BBO users and customers. That would be to the benefit of all parties concerned. Users and customers would have a better experience, and BBO itself would have SATISFIED customers - customers who might STAY with BBO and perhaps even give it more business...rather than leaving the site in frustration and disgust at the abject incompetence of the hopeless, pathetic robots.
On this hand, why the HELL would North pull 3NT to 4H? The only reason I can think of is that he's a GIBBO robot, meaning that he is one of the absolutely worst "bridge players" of all time. Note that the ignorant jerk's hand doesn't even match his own GIB definition for 4H. These robots are a humiliation to the game of bridge.
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On this hand, why the HELL would North pull 3NT to 4H? The only reason I can think of is that he's a GIBBO robot, meaning that he is one of the absolutely worst "bridge players" of all time. Note that the ignorant jerk's hand doesn't even match his own GIB definition for 4H. These robots are a humiliation to the game of bridge.
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#1075
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Posted 2026-April-09, 22:23
We scored 96.4 % on this board for beating 3D one trick.
Ah, excuse me. I gave "us" too much credit. I should have said "We scored 96.4 % on this board when the braindead GIBBO robot who declared GAVE us that score by totally butchering the declarer play and going down for no reason other than his gross stupidity and total incompetence".
I cashed three tricks on the fly. At trick four, I led the 8 of spades from my K8 doubleton (since I could see the AQ in dummy). Declarer East could now have taken all 10 remaining tricks (thereby scoring an overtrick in his 3D contract) by winning dummy's spade queen, cashing the ace to pitch one of his two remaining hearts, then playing a diamond (trump) to his hand, ruffing his last heart with dummy's last trump, safely returning to his hand, drawing all remaining trumps, and claiming.
However, he chose to fly with dummy's ace rather than risking the finesse with the queen. Okay, fair enough, that could have been "right". Now he can STILL take all the remaining tricks, because one heart ruff in dummy will remove North's queen and make his jack high. So he can STILL make an OVERTRICK in 3D.
EXCEPT...this total I.D.I.O.T., this typical GIBBO LOSER, didn't even make his contract. He went down one. The absolute STOOGE ruffed a spade to his hand (with the JACK of diamonds), then cashed his ace of diamonds, leaving one diamond in all three other hands: the 5 in dummy West, the 6 with his LHO South, and the 10 with his RHO North. Then, Superstooge led his heart 6 from his remaining J6 doubleton. South followed with the 5. If the *****ous robot declarer now ruffed with dummy's last trump (the diamond 5), he would have won the trick and subsequently lost NO tricks, since North's queen fell, making declarer's jack high. But the piece of trash DIDN'T ruff the heart - he pitched one of dummy's THREE (!) remaining spades. How the HELL would that be of ANY use? North was now able to (ha, ha) WIN this heart trick (for absolutely NO reason!) with his queen and play a spade. Declarer could STILL take all the remaining tricks now, to make his contract exactly. All he had to do was ruff high and then cash a high diamond, and with enemy diamonds 1-1 at that point, CLAIM all the remaining tricks. Instead, the HOPELESS declarer pitched his last heart (the now-HIGH jack!!!), allowing South to ruff (!) for the setting trick!
And remember: Out of all the aspects of bridge, the one that the execrable GIBBO robots are BEST at is declarer play...but as this hand SO clearly illustrates, even at declarer play the GIBBO robots are absolutely and stunningly incompetent! They are complete and embarrassing FAILURES at ALL aspects of bridge. They stink!
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Ah, excuse me. I gave "us" too much credit. I should have said "We scored 96.4 % on this board when the braindead GIBBO robot who declared GAVE us that score by totally butchering the declarer play and going down for no reason other than his gross stupidity and total incompetence".
I cashed three tricks on the fly. At trick four, I led the 8 of spades from my K8 doubleton (since I could see the AQ in dummy). Declarer East could now have taken all 10 remaining tricks (thereby scoring an overtrick in his 3D contract) by winning dummy's spade queen, cashing the ace to pitch one of his two remaining hearts, then playing a diamond (trump) to his hand, ruffing his last heart with dummy's last trump, safely returning to his hand, drawing all remaining trumps, and claiming.
However, he chose to fly with dummy's ace rather than risking the finesse with the queen. Okay, fair enough, that could have been "right". Now he can STILL take all the remaining tricks, because one heart ruff in dummy will remove North's queen and make his jack high. So he can STILL make an OVERTRICK in 3D.
EXCEPT...this total I.D.I.O.T., this typical GIBBO LOSER, didn't even make his contract. He went down one. The absolute STOOGE ruffed a spade to his hand (with the JACK of diamonds), then cashed his ace of diamonds, leaving one diamond in all three other hands: the 5 in dummy West, the 6 with his LHO South, and the 10 with his RHO North. Then, Superstooge led his heart 6 from his remaining J6 doubleton. South followed with the 5. If the *****ous robot declarer now ruffed with dummy's last trump (the diamond 5), he would have won the trick and subsequently lost NO tricks, since North's queen fell, making declarer's jack high. But the piece of trash DIDN'T ruff the heart - he pitched one of dummy's THREE (!) remaining spades. How the HELL would that be of ANY use? North was now able to (ha, ha) WIN this heart trick (for absolutely NO reason!) with his queen and play a spade. Declarer could STILL take all the remaining tricks now, to make his contract exactly. All he had to do was ruff high and then cash a high diamond, and with enemy diamonds 1-1 at that point, CLAIM all the remaining tricks. Instead, the HOPELESS declarer pitched his last heart (the now-HIGH jack!!!), allowing South to ruff (!) for the setting trick!
And remember: Out of all the aspects of bridge, the one that the execrable GIBBO robots are BEST at is declarer play...but as this hand SO clearly illustrates, even at declarer play the GIBBO robots are absolutely and stunningly incompetent! They are complete and embarrassing FAILURES at ALL aspects of bridge. They stink!
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#1076
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Posted 2026-April-09, 22:31
At trick 10, all East has to do is play a diamond through dummy South's king. West will win two diamond tricks, thereby defeating North's 4S contract one trick. Well, East DOES lead a diamond, so good for him...but West does NOT win his JACK - he stupidly plays his ACE (!!!)...and then RETURNS his jack (!!!) to dummy's king, thereby allowing NS to score up their game.
These GIBBO robots are the WORST! It is impossible to say ENOUGH bad things about them!
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These GIBBO robots are the WORST! It is impossible to say ENOUGH bad things about them!
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Posted 2026-April-09, 22:40
The clueless GIBBO flunky in the North stupidly (what else?) raises 5C to six. This has no play, but we score a pretty good 78.6 % on the board for going down "only" one...thanks largely to West's FAILURE to lead his ace of hearts, foolishly (what else?) preferring to lead - for absolutely NO reason - his 9 of spades from 97 doubleton...a suit that his LHO showed with a negative double.
How is it possible for ANYONE to feel anything but complete contempt for these pieces of trash called GIBBO robots?
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How is it possible for ANYONE to feel anything but complete contempt for these pieces of trash called GIBBO robots?
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Posted 2026-April-09, 22:45
The EW robots give us an excellent example of a phantom sacrifice as they simultaneously add yet ANOTHER complete zero to their overflowing treasure chest of failure and humiliation. Couldn't happen to a nicer pair of imbeciles.
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Posted 2026-April-10, 06:40
I have played several hands today and have come to a shocking conclusion: The GIBBO robots are really, REALLY bad "bridge players". Wow, what a surprise! Who would ever have guessed?
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Posted 2026-April-10, 06:47
Really...really...REALLY bad! Staggeringly bad. Sickeningly bad. They rot.