[benellis58]

Another interesting thread:

https://www.bridgeba...king-the-robot/

[benellis58]

The GIBBO "defender" in the East "defended" as ONLY a GIBBO robot can. In other words, I.D.I.O.T.I.C.A.L.L.Y.! It is astounding how unrelentingly oblivious and stupid these GIBBO pieces of trash are.

The ignorant fool actually made two normal, obvious plays at tricks one and two. I'm astounded that he even managed to do that, considering that he and all his GIBBO compatriots are such worthless pieces of dirt.

He led the heart king, and his "partner" West correctly played the 8. He continued with the heart ace, and West correctly (and perforce) played the 2.

At this point, eight hearts had been played. East had three left in his own hand, and he saw the now-stiff queen remaining in dummy South. The ONLY heart he could not see was the 5.

ANY bridge player with an IQ above ONE would KNOW that the 5 was in declarer North's hand. Even a player as overwhelmingly stupid as the GIBBO robot in the West would not have played the 8 of hearts and then the 2 of hearts if his original holding had been 852 tripleton. It was 100 % obvious to play a third heart for West to ruff, but the braindead GIBBO trashcan in the East was SO incredibly STUPID that he...shifted (!) to a club, absolute M.O.R.O.N. that he is. I then guessed the spade suit and made 11 tricks for a score of 100 % on the board and yet ANOTHER predictable and well-deserved zero for the two GIBBO armpits. BTW, the jackass didn't even shift to the correct club. The unmatched C.R.E.T.IN. shifted to the 8 (!) from 1085 tripleton. A rotten, stinking, old onion has more brainpower than any GIBBO robot that has ever existed.

The jerk's I.D.I.O.C.Y. actually didn't even cost him, though, because even if he had provided the OBVIOUS ruff and held me to the 10 tricks I was legitimately entitled to, he would have had the same zero. Why? Because the board was played 12 times. Six of those 12 times, NS stopped in THREE spades, where one declarer made 11 tricks, four declarers made 10 tricks, and one declarer made 9 tricks. The other six times, NS bid FOUR spades, but 5 of the 6 declarers went down one. (Lord only knows why!). So even if I had made only 10 tricks, it still would have been 100 for me and zero for the two imbeciles "defending" against me, but the fact that the failure to provide the ruff did not affect his score does NOT detract from the immensity of East's ignorance.

GIB/GIBBO totally rots. GIB/GIBBO is garbage.

https://www.bridgeba...DK%7Cmc%7C11%7C

[benellis58]

The bidding, lead, and defence here were all irrelevant, since East-West are open and shut for exactly 10 tricks in hearts. They can't take more and they can't take fewer, as they have to lose one spade, one diamond, and one club.

But LOOK at what North did, irrelevant to the final result though it was. He decided that he HAD TO...FREELY...bid two SPADES with his "suit" of...962 tripleton. (Yes, I'm aware that my double had shown diamonds and spades and that I had only three spades, the K54, but I wanted to get into and out of the auction as quickly and safely as possible, since I did have values but did not consider my mangy diamond suit worth an overcall at the two level, and I would be willing to play even a 4-3 in spades. I didn't expect EVEN a player as horrendous as my GIBBO "partner" to be SO stupid that he would VOLUNTARILY introduce a suit of 962 tripleton, but then again these GIBBO monstrosities NEVER cease to amaze with their unmatched, never-ending brainlessness.)

https://www.bridgeba...S8%7Cmc%7C10%7C

[benellis58]

Johnny Halfwit and old Donald J. Dumbo EARN themselves yet ANOTHER complete zero with their joke of a "defence" here, failing to take the setting trick and allowing me to pitch dummy's stiff heart loser.

The "I" in GIB laughably and very inaccurately stands for "intelligent". As I've noted in the past, it would make infinitely more sense if it stood for "I.D.I.O.T.I.C.", "imbecilic", "illogical", "inept". "incompetent", "ignorant", "inconsistent", "infuriating". "insufferable", or "impotent".

GIB/GIBBO sucks pumice.

https://www.bridgeba...HJ%7Cmc%7C10%7C

[benellis58]

Another roach of a "defence" by the two blindingly incompetent GIBBO jabronis:

https://www.bridgeba...CK%7Cpc%7CCA%7C

[benellis58]

The GIB definition of South's double of 2H is silly. Given the auction to date, it makes no sense for this double to be takeout.

North's 3H bid is the typical insanity that these GIBBO basement dwellers LOVE. They are such stunningly clueless dolts that they frequently sit by silently until later CUEBIDDING...for NO reason whatsoever...at relatively HIGH levels. GIB/GIBBO is an embarrassment not only to bridge, but to anyone whose IQ is not measured in single digits. GIB/GIBBO is the pond scum of the bridge world.

The East-West "defence" against my 3NT was as pitifully inept as you would expect from the two braindead GIBBO chumps sitting East-West, and yes, of COURSE they EARNED another complete zero for their laughable display. GIB/GIBBO is hideously inept.

https://www.bridgeba...S9%7Cpc%7CSQ%7C

[benellis58]

Silly 2C by West, RIDICULOUS 3H bid by East. Worse yet, GIBBO obviously thinks 3H is fine and dandy, since the typically pathetic GIB definition claims it shows "4+ hearts". How does it make any sense that 3H can be bid on a mere four-bagger at this point in this auction?

No wonder the GIB/GIBBO robots are among the worst players in the history of bridge: They're saddled with an outdated, illogical, pathetic bidding system and the worst definitions that have ever been written.

https://www.bridgeba...C7%7Cpc%7CS2%7C

[benellis58]

Why is the GIBBO clown in the North bidding 3H and then 4S? He showed his four spades with his negative double, and then his partner South showed four spades by voluntarily bidding 2S over East's 2H. At the same time, South showed a MINIMUM opener, since he bid only TWO spades. So after West passes, North KNOWS that he wants to play in spades. The only question is whether he wants to play in a spade partial or a spade game. If the latter, he should simply leap to 4S and end the auction, and it appears that it WAS the latter (meaning he wanted to play in the spade GAME), since he later RAISED South's 3S to 4S.

And if had wanted to merely INVITE game, he should probably have just raised 2S to 3S, bringing South into the picture, but bidding three HEARTS made NO sense. It merely complicated what should have been a simple auction, AND on many layouts it would needlessly give East an opportunity to make a potentially damaging lead-directing double. It would ALSO needlessly give East a chance to TACITLY suggest a NON-heart lead by simply NOT doubling 3H.

Furthermore, the GIB definition of 3H said that it was "forcing to 3NT", so it was clear ALL ALONG that North wanted to be in game, not just a partial, so...why didn't the GIBBO piece of trash simply BID 4S? Answer: BECAUSE he's a GIBBO piece of trash, so he's too overwhelmingly stupid to do just about anything right.

GIB/GIBBO is the absolute pits, the nadir of bridge. You CANNOT get worse or lower than GIB/GIBBO. It is repulsive.

https://www.bridgeba...S9%7Cpc%7CDJ%7C

[benellis58]

Trick four: The GIBBO bozo in the East is too stupid to play ace and another diamond...even though West had LED the diamond KING at trick one. Hopeless - as ALWAYS.

https://www.bridgeba...H9%7Cpc%7CC5%7C

[benellis58]

West makes a typically STUPID lead. East STUPIDLY plays second hand HIGH at trick two, needlessly and pointlessly popping his heart jack from J6 dub. Eleven tricks for me. Another complete, total zero EARNED by two GIBBO I.D.I.O.T.S.

https://www.bridgeba...C5%7Cpc%7CCJ%7C

[benellis58]

Another blindingly stupid "defence" from Frick and Frack. Frick makes the ridiculous lead of his stiff spade (trump). Thanks for eliminating my guess in THAT suit, you incalculable M.O.R.O.N.

Then Frack does HIS part at trick eight by stupidly and pointlessly playing second hand HIGH when he pops his diamond jack from J7 dub.

Just another day at the races for these walking, talking horror shows. Garbage is as garbage does. BTW, at other tables, other GIBBO cockroaches found DIFFERENT ways to misdefend. They are ALL very creative at manufacturing novel forms of imbecility.

https://www.bridgeba...CD9%7Cmc%7C9%7C

[benellis58]

Typically stupid, unilateral overbid of 4S by the GIBBO piece of trash in the North. I made it, scoring 84.62 % on the board, but maybe I would NOT have made it without the ASSIST I got from the GIBBO imbecile in the West, whose typically I.D.I.O.T.I.C. lead of his stiff JACK (!) of spades (trump) immediately removed any guess I would have otherwise had to face in the trump suit.

Have I ever mentioned that the GIB/GIBBO robots are among the worst "bridge players" of all time? They rot at anything and everything connected to the game. They are sickening.

Bette Midler sang "You are the wind beneath my wings". If I were singing to a GIBBO robot, I would be crooning "You are the dirt beneath my shoes".

https://www.bridgeba...H2%7Cmc%7C10%7C

[benellis58]

If North's system says that he's supposed to PASS over West's 1S call when he (North) holds THAT hand, then North's system should be tied to a one hundred pound block of cement and tossed into a raging river...preferably with North holding the block. The lunacy from GIB/GIBBO never stops. See also post # 2797 for FURTHER evidence.

https://www.bridgeba...SA%7Cpc%7CCQ%7C

[benellis58]

Many players would open 1S...in THIRD seat...NON-VUL.

Many players would declare 4S better than Donald J. Dumbo did.

https://www.bridgeba...CH3%7Cmc%7C8%7C

[benellis58]

Regardless of result (which was a shared top for beating 3C three tricks), North's PASS over 3C looks like a gutless and abnormal action that HAPPENED to work out well.

https://www.bridgeba...S6%7Cpc%7CDQ%7C

[benellis58]

East, a totally witless GIBBO piece of dirt, decides that he DOESN'T want to defeat my 3NT contract, so after winning his heart ace at trick one, he makes the MONUMENTALLY stupid play of incorrectly returning his FIVE (!) of hearts rather than the OBVIOUS ten from his remaining 105 doubleton.

If this happened to be a work of fiction, a bridge novel, you would NEVER believe it. You would say, "What a silly story by Ben. NOBODY would be stupid enough to return the FIVE of hearts."

But it's NOT fiction. It's an accurate report of what actually happened.

The late country singer (and sausage magnate) Jimmy Dean recorded a song called "Yes, Patricia, There Is a Santa Claus". A reincarnated Jimmy could record a sequel called "Yes, Patricia, the Wretched GIBBO Robots Are Indeed THAT Bad".

GIB/GIBBO constantly sucks pumice. GIB/GIBBO is the worst.

https://www.bridgeba...DK%7Cpc%7CSQ%7C

[benellis58]

The theme from post # 2793 is repeated:

On this new hand, if West's system says that he's supposed to PASS over South's 1S call when he (West) holds THAT hand, then West's system should be tied to a one hundred pound block of cement and tossed into a raging river...preferably with West holding the block. The lunacy from GIB/GIBBO never stops. NEVER.

https://www.bridgeba...CC6%7Cmc%7C9%7C

[benellis58]

I wanted to double 3C for penalties, but in the absolutely HOPELESS and RIDICULOUS joke that is the GIBBO system, my double would have been takeout, which is just plain stupid. East is a PASSED hand and I am sitting BEHIND him. He is vulnerable. I have ALREADY described my hand, so my partner ALREADY knows that I have 15-17 HCP with at least two cards in each suit. My PARTNER has ALREADY described HIS hand to ME. Why on EARTH would it now be more useful for my double to be TAKEOUT (!) than penalty? Did the designer of this hopeless joke of a system actually think it was GOOD?

On a separate issue, note that at trick seven North stupidly COVERS the diamond jack when it is led from a VISIBLE tripleton of KJ10. It is BEYOND hope that a GIBBO robot will ever even APPROACH basic competency. There is nothing in the world of bridge that is lower than a GIB/GIBBO robot.

https://www.bridgeba...CDT%7Cmc%7C8%7C

[benellis58]

Frequent contributor and fellow GIBBO critic OMARHEUM has sent another hand. He writes "Just Declare auction. After the 3S bid, there was apparently no possibility of investigating the slam options calmly, slowly, and intelligently. Thus the 7S bid stood out. As they say, all's well that ends well. Overall this result occurred at 83 tables, while 19 tables went down."

My comments:

To begin with, it's key that this was a Just Declare auction. That means that OMAR is not to blame for the very poor choice of opening the South hand 2C. It also means that GIBBO considers all bids in the auction, including the typically stupid, unscientific, unilateral leap to seven to be absolutely perfect. This hand all by itself confirms that GIBBO is a pathetic bidder.

Note that OMAR's tongue was firmly in his cheek when he wrote his second and third sentences.

Note also that this rare GOOD result by GIBBO was achieved PURELY by random, dumb luck, since the spade king HAPPENED to be onside. Pretty much the ONLY times GIBBO achieves good or even average results is when it LUCKS OUT. If bridge had less randomness and skill was a larger element, GIBBO would probably NEVER obtain even AVERAGE results, because GIBBO rots through and through.

https://www.bridgeba...S7%7Cmc%7C13%7C

[benellis58]

The pathetic GIBBO robots seem to have found a new and innovative way to ruin the experience of playing with them. I'm currently on the last board, Board 12, of a daylong robot game, and the table keeps closing. A message to the effect of "Table closing - robot error" keeps appearing. I've gone back into the game maybe a dozen or so (?) times and the same thing keeps happening. I just want to finish the game and can't do it because of this so-called "robot error". Is it time for BBO to get better technology as WELL as better robots? This annoying nonsense should not be happening. I like BBO, but what with hopeless robots, unpopular financial announcements, and technological weaknesses, BBO is not doing its members OR itself any favours.