[benellis58]

If you're looking for laughs, you've come to the right place, because the GIBBO robots are about to provide them.

Not my table, but the GIBBO "defence" is SO laughable that this hand MUST be posted.

The anonymous human South deals and opens 1S. West passes and North bids a forcing 1NT. East passes and the anonymous human South passes the forcing 1NT. He (or she) has probably seen the GIBBO robots "defend" NT contracts and figures they'll follow their usual strategy of blowing several tricks. West passes, so the final contract is 1NT by North, and the GIBBO robots indeed live up (or maybe I should say "live down") to their reputation as clueless, hopeless, absolutely wretched defenders.

East starts the ball rolling by leading the queen of hearts from...Q976, Q, AKQ9, J943. Has he been studying a book on opening leads written by a GIB robot???!!! Or is it simply that he is one of the worst "defenders" in the history of bridge? Hmm...perhaps BOTH?

West wins trick three. At trick four, he leads the jack of diamonds from J742. He can see that dummy, South, in front of him, has 83 doubleton. Declarer North plays the 5 (from 1065, although obviously neither East-West defender knows that, since North is wise enough to hold his cards way back). East, the same genius who led the stiff queen of hearts, sees the diamond jack that his partner West just led, sees the 5 that declarer North just followed with, and out of the corner of his left eye sees that dummy has the 83 doubleton. In his OWN hand, East is looking at the AKQ9, so what does he do? He...decides that he MUST overtake pard's jack with his queen (!), so that he can SHIFT (!) to a SPADE and...ha...and ha, ha,...and...I'm sorry, but I'm laughing SO hard that I can't continue writing this. You can just look at the link below.

https://www.bridgeba...D7%7Cpc%7CDT%7C

[benellis58]

More defensive WIZARDRY from the GIBBO robots (possibly named Larry and Moe?) sitting EW.

West doubles me in 5H (which I bid as a sacrifice against the cold East-West contract of 5C).

From his hand of 6, 432, AKJ976, QJ5, he leads the diamond king. Well done, Mr. West! I heartily approve! Good work, Sir! He sees that dummy North, to his left, has 1084. I, declaring as South, call for dummy's 4. East, the other defender, plays the QUEEN of diamonds, and I, South play the 2.

West, having won trick one with his diamond king, is still on lead. He thinks for six or seven minutes and then plays his ACE of diamonds. Well done AGAIN, Mr. West! I heartily approve AGAIN! Good work, Sir...AGAIN! (Yes, I don't want to brag, but I am a good sport, and I'm always pleased to praise my opponents for their good play.) Now where was I? Oh yes, after leading his diamond ace, West sees dummy follow to this second trick with the 8. He then sees his partner East PITCH the club 4, and he sees me, South, the declarer, follow helplessly with the diamond 3.

Wow! The GIBBO robot sitting West is on a ROLL! He is defending 5H doubled and he has already taken BOTH of the first two tricks! Can life get ANY better?

He pauses to think. That's understandable, because this is perhaps the greatest moment of his LIFE! His remaining diamonds are the J976, and he knows that the jack is the highest diamond remaining. He sees that the dummy has only one diamond left, the 10. He knows that his partner East, who played the queen at trick one and then pitched a club at trick two, has NO diamonds left. He puts his marvelous brain to work and after several long minutes he works out that I, South, have exactly one diamond left. He's a SMART robot, so he EVEN knows that my one single remaining diamond is the 5. He has it ALL figured out, so he...

Cashes his diamond jack...for his side's THIRD trick against my FIVE club contract, meaning that I am already down one, with 10 more tricks to be played. Right? I said "Right?" That IS what he does, right? Well, uh,...NO, that is NOT what he does. He does NOT cash his diamond jack to GUARANTEE beating me. He decides it will be MUCH better to...SHIFT (!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!) to his stiff 6 of spades.,, and I... take ALL OF THE REMAINING 11 TRICKS...to make 5C doubled...and score PLUS 850 instead of MINUS 200! THIS is how STUNNINGLY bad the GIBBO robots are! He had a GUARANTEED beat at trick three and he failed to cash the setting trick even though he KNEW it was cashing!

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

[benellis58]

A fellow BBO member has sent me another hand (linked at the bottom of this post).

He wrote "Here's a hand for your thread. Most common result was passed out. Next was 2D going down. Maybe I should have opened 1D. However, I opened 1C and pard eventually bid 2C showing 4+ clubs...but he only had 2. Maybe he had double vision in clubs!"

I was actually not surprised by North's action...or his failure to follow his own GIB definition...because I have often seen the GIBBO robots commit similar infractions. This hand exhibits further evidence of how bad the GIB definitions are and how strong the need for improvement is. For example, let's look at four of the definitions from the correspondent's hand:

1C begins (sigh, not again!) with the three useless, unnecessary, annoying, insulting words "Minor suit opening", and finishes with the typically unscientific, random, and therefore completely useless remark about "12-22 total points". As is usually the case, ALL that was done to arrive at this RANDOM designation was to add one point to the lowest level of HCP and one to the highest, thereby MAGICALLY turning "11-21 HCP" into "12-22 total points"...for absolutely NO reason. What is the point of even including such unadulterated hogwash in a definition?

1H similarly begins (yes...AGAIN!) with another three useless, unnecessary, annoying, insulting words - this time "One over one".

1S has the usual worthless bilge about "total" points, again using the "magical" (and utterly worthless!) GIB system of merely adding one point to each end of the HCP, thereby magically (and for absolutely NO reason) changing "7-11 HCP" to "8-12 total points". But more importantly, the definition is inaccurate, misleading, and perhaps even dishonest. Why? Because it begins by stating "5+ spades". You will notice, however, that East actually has only four spades. Now, I have no problem at all with East's bid of 1S on "only" four, and in fact I would make that same bid myself. The PROBLEM is that this is NOT a one-time occurrence - it is something that I have seen the GIBBO robots do many times, and the bid itself does not bother me at all. BUT, given that the robots WILL overcall on such hands, the definition needs to be changed in order to be truthful and accurate! It SHOULD say either "4+ spades" or, at the very least, "usually 5+ spades, but occasionally only 4". It is LONG PAST the time that GIB definitions should have been improved!

2C starts off with "4+ clubs"...even though North has only...TWO clubs! This is QUITE a deviation and QUITE a questionable call...especially considering that 1C could have been opened with as few as three clubs! Even if we consider that North took a shot with his TWO-card support (while "promising" at least four!) the call is a long distance from what the definition "guarantees". As I have often said, and as should be OBVIOUS to the powers that be at BBO, either the GIBBO robots should start following their own GIB definitions or (better yet!) the repulsive definitions should be changed.

https://www.bridgeba...DT%7Cpc%7CD7%7C

[benellis58]

On this board my GIBBO robot "partner" and I scored 50 % for beating 4H one trick. It could - and WOULD - have been beaten two tricks had anyone other than a braindead GIBBO robot been on lead, but I'm not complaining about the result. I'm complaining about the lead itself, and the staggeringly stupid overall leading philosophy that compels the robots to make this and so many other bad leads time and time again, whether those leads hurt me when the leader is "partnering" me or help me when two of his equally ignorant brethren are opposing me.

On this hand North led a spade, which allowed declarer East to immediately pitch a loser and go down one less than he should have. If we dealt enough random hands, we would undoubtedly come up with some where a spade - against all logic and all odds - turned out to be the "winner"...but even THEN, it would STILL be a stupid lead that luckily just HAPPENED to turn out well on a random hand.

On the hand linked below, I, South, dealt and opened one CLUB and my "partner" North bid three CLUBS (preemptively) after West overcalled 1H. East, an unpassed hand, then freely bid 3S, reasonably defined (for once!) as "4- hearts, 5+ spades, 12+ total points). I passed, West bid 4H, and all passed.

The GIBBO robot in the North was on lead with 82, 965, KJ3, K8742, and - hopeless "bridge player" (ha, HA, HA!) that he is, he stupidly led a SPADE.

Why, oh why, do these fools HATE to lead THEIR suits and LOVE to lead the enemy suits? Guess what, GIBBO: Your (if you'll pardon the expression) "strategy" will "work" once in a while, because even a stopped clock is right twice a day, but MOST times it WON'T work, because it is a RIDICULOUS "strategy".

https://tinyurl.brid...se.com/ycknbs4a

[benellis58]

Here is a different type of stupid lead by the GIBBO robot sitting North. Yes, they are armed with a huge arsenal of imbecilic leads, perhaps so that they can show off an impressive variety of the many ways they can botch hands.

A GIB robot (probably the only "bridge player" in history even worse than the GIBBO robots) would likely have led his stiff king of trumps (spades) because that was one of HIS favourite leads. At least the current GIBBO robots aren't THAT stupid, but they still are very, VERY stupid themselves, as the lead here indicates.

And as a side issue, why didn't North balance with 3H? They frequently balance with far less (and usually at the wrong time on the wrong auction).

https://www.bridgeba...CS3%7Cmc%7C8%7C

[benellis58]

The first five calls of this auction (pass - pass - 1H - 1NT - 2H) are all perfectly normal.

I think East should then compete with 2S, and I'm actually surprised that he didn't. Anyway, I, South, despite having a good hand, also passed because West had announced a hand behind me that rated to be approximately as strong as mine and that had at least one heart stopper.

Remember that in the post directly above this one I wrote "They frequently balance with far less (and usually at the wrong time on the wrong auction)"? Well, here's a good example of that: West, in passout seat, now competed with 2S on AJ103, KQ7, 873, AJ5. This actually worked out well for him on this hand (more on that later), but that does NOT mean that it was a good bid. It was CERTAINLY not a PRUDENT bid. Consider:

He (West) was RED against white. His NS opponents had BOTH shown at least a modicum of strength during the auction. He was facing a partner who had passed at his first opportunity and had then passed again even after hearing West overcall 1NT. He (West) had only four spades and had a PANCAKE FLAT shape of 4-3-3-3. He had earlier promised "15+ HCP" with his 1NT overcall and had the BARE MINIMUM of 15. By the way, note that the typically wretched GIB definition of the 1NT call lazily and sloppily says "15+", which literally means "15-37", since no upper limit is provided. It SHOULD correctly and accurately say either "15-17 HCP" or "15-18" HCP, depending on the actual parameters of a particular system. But the GIB definition, disgustingly inept as usual, can't even get a simple thing like THAT right!

Anyway, West's bid, with all the above strikes against it, deserved to get doubled and go for a long distance telephone number, not just a local one. Here, though, that didn't happen, for three reasons. One: West was just plain lucky. Two: His cowardly partner East happened to have SIX (!) spades, which was wildly unlikely given his weak and craven pass of 2H. And...Three: North was also a GIBBO robot, meaning that he was also about to do something stupid - because "stupid" is what GIBBO robots EXCEL at.

So, what DID North do? The incompetent lout bid THREE hearts...stupidly, unjustifiably, and contrary to his own GIB definition, which stated that 3H showed "4+ hearts; 6-9 total points". First, the ***** had only three hearts. Second, his earlier bid of 2H, which was fine, had been defined as "3+ hearts; 6-10 total points". He had ALREADY shown ALL his values with his TWO heart bid! A THREE heart bid by any COMPETENT player would be made for a REASON: probably extra trump length (but this fool had the bare MINIMUM of three that his EARLIER 2H bid had promised), or maybe extra shape (but he had a flat, almost pancake 2-3-4-4), or maybe extra high card strength (but he had almost a minimum with a mere and aceless 7, and FIVE of his mere 7 were in the suit his RHO had just bid, meaning that those 5 - with KQ DOUBLETON - were actually worth only 4!). He had NOTHING extra and NO reason to bid again. He wasn't EVEN in passout seat, so if it was "right" to compete, his partner South could have done so.

Also amusing is that with the typical GIB absence of logic, TWO hears was defined as showing "6 to TEN total points", while THREE hearts was defined as showing only "6 to NINE total points"! You REALLY can't make this stuff up! Was the entire GIB/GIBBO system designed in The Twilight Zone or was it designed in Bizarro World? It must have been in ONE of those two, because it sure as Hell doesn't make any sense here on Earth!

Silly me: I foolishly thought that for ONCE my GIBBO "partner" might have actually had a REASON for his bid. Therefore I bid 4H and had to go down one, scoring 44 % on the board. I take full responsibility for the poor score because I failed to heed my own advice of NEVER trusting a GIBBO robot.

https://www.bridgeba...S2%7Cpc%7CHT%7C

[benellis58]

First thing that appears in the definition of North's 2NT: "Two NT to double". Gee, thanks SO much for telling us. This is probably even WORSE than when GIB definitions spew needless garbage such as "Invitational to 3NT game" or the other similarly useless, annoying, and insulting things that so often crop up in the poorly written explanations.

https://www.bridgeba...H4%7Cmc%7C11%7C

[benellis58]

Another of the endless examples of poorly written GIB definitions and of a GIBBO robot not even following his own GIB definition. Look at some of this nonsense:

1H: The definition begins "Major suit opening". Do you REALLY have to say that, GIB?

1S: The definition begins "One over one". Do you REALLY have to say that, GIB?

2S: The definition begins "Simple raise". Do you REALLY have to say that, GIB?

But then it gets even WORSE, because the full definition of 2S is "Simple raise - 5+ hearts; 4+ spades; 11+ HCP; 12-15 total points" BUT...North's HAND is K42, AJ653, QJ42, 4. Do YOU see "4+ spades"? Because I see only three. Once AGAIN the GIBBO robot is failing to follow his own GIB definition!

Either HAVE the robots follow the definitions or CHANGE THE DEFINITIONS! I have often seen the robots commit these three-card raises after "promising" at least four, so it's not a one-time occurrence! If they're GOING to bid like this, then the definition is incorrect, inaccurate, misleading, and possibly even dishonest, so CHANGE THE DEFINITION! If this type of nonsense occurred in "real" F2F bridge with four humans at the table, the opponents could justifiably claim that they were damaged, and the offenders would be told to get their act together!

https://www.bridgeba...C2%7Cpc%7CS6%7C

[benellis58]

Totally USELESS and ridiculous definition of South's double: "5+ hearts; 11-21 HCP; 12-22 total points". That's EXACTLY the same definition that was given for his opening 1H bid, with the only exception being that the IH definition began with the tremendously irritating, unnecessary, useless, and insulting words "Major suit opening".

What on Earth would be the purpose of South doubling INT to show exactly the same hand that he had already shown with his opening bid???

And beyond that, if he had ONLY 11 HCP etc., etc., why would he WANT to be doubling? It is absolutely astounding how rotten to the core most GIB definitions are!

https://www.bridgeba...DA%7Cpc%7CSA%7C

[benellis58]

Why is West LEAPING to FOUR clubs when his partner doubled as a PASSED hand? And why is the definition of West's 4C so COMPLETELY useless? Well, we KNOW the answer to that second question: It's completely useless because it's a GIB definition! For the record, the definition of 4C is "16- total points". That's it in its entirety. That's ALL it says. ALL we know is that it shows anywhere from ZERO to SIXTEEN "total" points. We know NOTHING else. Strong? Weak? Preemptive? Nine solid clubs? 4-4-1-4? Forcing to seven DIAMONDS" Who knows? Because ALL the useless, worthless GIB definition says is "16- total points" We couldn't create a more pathetic definition if we tried.

And the GIBBO robot sitting North of COURSE can't bring himself to double 4C. After all, he has "only" 9 HCP and "only" KJ952 of clubs...opposite a partner who opened the bidding. No, this robot wouldn't DREAM of doubling 4C here, although I've often seen him double other contracts with NO tricks, precious few trumps, and precious few points. But perhaps I'm being unfair to the GIBBO robots, because maybe on Bizarro World, where it looks like they learned how to play, what they do is normal!

https://www.bridgeba...C6%7Cpc%7CDJ%7C

[benellis58]

The result here was fine, with a shared top of 92 % on the board, but the GIBBO bidding and GIB definitions were as flamboyantly execrable as usual. Rather than go through the MOUNDS of garbage with all the definitions, I'll just focus on North's 3S.

It is defined USELESSLY, as is so often the case with GIB definitions, as "3+ diamonds, 13-21 HCP; 14-22 total points; forcing". Given that he had already opened 1D, we pretty much ALREADY knew all that. It tells us NOTHING new about his overall hand, NOTHING new about his diamond suit, and gives us such a wide (NINE point) point range that it's of no benefit whatsoever...and it WASTES all the possible bidding space between 2S and 3S.

But it is even WORSE than that because once AGAIN the undisciplined, hopelessly incompetent GIBBO robot disobeyed his own system. He did NOT have the promised "13-21 HCP". He had 12: one less than the MINIMUM "promised" by the definition, and a full NINE less than the potential maximum.

But the most striking question of all is not "Why would he make the STUPID, WASTEFUL, USELESS bid of 3S with his hand?". The most striking question is why would he do ANYTHING other than PASS with his hand?" He had Q85, K654, AK73, 32 and had already opened 1D and heard his partner South bid 2C over East's 1S overcall, so why is North even opening his MOUTH over West's 2S?

Just HOW bad ARE the GIBBO robots? Is there NO limit to their extraordinary lack of ability?

https://www.bridgeba...CJ%7Cpc%7CC2%7C

[benellis58]

The result was again fine, with a shared top of 94.12 %, but again there are GIBBO bidding issues worth discussing.

First, that's QUITE a 4S bid by North. Earlier today, in post 545 I wrote about a hand where North appeared TERRIFIED to merely COMPETE with his heart suit at the THREE level, yet HERE the same robot is merrily trotting out his 98752 of spades on his 4-count at the FOUR level. And...sigh (!), once AGAIN he is not even following his own GIB definition of 4S, which "promises" (ha, HA!) "6+ spades".

https://www.bridgeba...C6%7Cmc%7C10%7C

[benellis58]

West's lead didn't cost him (LUCKILY for him) since NS were open and shut for 10 tricks, but why is the dimwit leading his stiff trump...particularly on this auction where North and South are BOTH known to have diamonds, AND where West's poor unfortunate partner has bid HEARTS?

Oh, silly me: I guess I forgot that these witlings LOVE to make the usually self-flagellating leads of a stiff trump and that they HATE to lead their partner's suit.

https://www.bridgeba...H5%7Cmc%7C10%7C

[benellis58]

I was going to begin this post by saying that the East-West auction was one of the worst of all time, but then I remembered that East-West were GIBBO robots, not humans, and I said to myself "Well, maybe for GIBBO robots, this is NORMAL!"

Gaze in AWE at East's three DIAMOND bid! He has AQJ982, VOID, J10, AQJ74 and opens 1S in third seat. South overcalls 1NT. West bids 2D, defined as "6+ diamonds; 5-8 HCP". This is intended for PLAY. It is not forcing. It is not even invitational. North passes, and...

East...bids 3D!!!!!!!!! He bids three DIAMONDS...with a DOUBLETON...when he has "on the side" (ha, ha!)...SIX very strong SPADES...and FIVE very strong CLUBS! Once again we appear to have been kidnapped and taken to Bizarro World!

North and South pass from here on, content to sit back and watch the psychedelic light show going on in the East and West. Perhaps Pink Floyd or Quicksilver Messenger Service will be playing the music on the soundtrack when a movie is made of this.

West bids 3H...REVERSING...on his FIVE HCP...after bidding a PASSABLE 2D...for PLAY...at his previous turn. East then says, "What the Hell, I'll bid my spades again", and West raises 3S to 4S...on his stiff 10.

And, by the way, in addition to ALL the other complete MADNESS on this board, the GIBBO robot sitting West is AGAIN not following his own GIB definition. It says "6+ diamonds; 4+ hearts; 2+ spades; 7-8 HCP; 8+ total points". He does NOT have 2 spades (let alone two PLUS!) - he has one. He does NOT have 7-8 HCP he has 5. He does NOT have 8+ total points - he has 5.

Note that East NEVER bid his AQJ74 (!) of clubs, because he thought it was MUCH more important to bid his J10 DOUBLETON (!) of diamonds!

Hey, is that "See Emily Play" that I hear in the background? Or is it a current hit song from Bizarro World?

https://www.bridgeba...D5%7Cpc%7CC8%7C

[benellis58]

Have I ever said that I have never, EVER seen even a single human bridge player as GLARINGLY bad as the GIB and GIBBO robots?

Yes, I think I have. And you know what? Based on what I see every time I play with and against the GIBBO robots, I don't think my opinion will ever change. How could ANYONE play worse than they do?

[benellis58]

Okay, it's time for some hardcore GIBBO bashing, because the system, the definitions, and the robots all deserve it. The three constant factors in life continue to be death, taxes, and a hopeless GIBBO universe. Oh well, at least the GIBBO issue is less damaging than the other two, so thank Heaven for small mercies.

First: To calm some of GIBBO's defenders and apologists (if ANY remain who STILL try to argue that the robots play better than most humans!), I'll remind everyone that anything I post in this thread that Diana so wisely created is never to gloat about a good result and never to cry about a bad one. The one and only purpose of this entire "bashing" thread is to expose the horrid atrocities of the GIBBO system, definitions, and robots...all in the increasingly forlorn hope that the powers that be will FINALLY make the desperately needed improvements that would benefit the users of BBO and that would also benefit BBO itself.

On the board linked at the bottom of this post, we will see the usual GIBBO comedy. The first three calls are normal, but then the GIBBO robot in the North chimes in with 2D, defined as "5+ diamonds, 6-9 total points". Fine, all well and good. He's competing for the partial with a bid that his partner South is expected to pass (unless the opponents compete over it and South deems it wise to also compete). Seems normal...UNTIL you look at Robot North's hand, which is 5, J98542, Q10753, 5. Despite his having a mere 3 HCP, I think it's fine that he's competing with his very shapely hand, and I applaud him for doing so...and applauding a GIBBO robot is something that I VERY rarely have a reason to do! BUT...there IS one problem. Isn't there almost ALWAYS a problem when a GIBBO robot is involved? The problem here is that North has SIX hearts and only FIVE diamonds, so (for MORE than one reason) why is the clueless twit competing in diamonds rather than hearts???!!! (Answer: BECAUSE he's a GIBBO robot!)

Anyway, East and South pass, and now West decides, for reasons best known to himself, to step back in with a 2S bid. This is passed out and West is lucky enough to catch his partner East with four spades. He makes exactly eight tricks, scoring plus 110...for a miserable score of 7.1 % on the board, while North-South score 92.9 %...despite North's stupid lead of a CLUB, the suit bid by BOTH East and West.

https://tinyurl.brid...se.com/2p97mbay

[benellis58]

Look at North's 3NT bid. Look at his diamond "stopper".

Luckily, I learned long ago NOT TO TRUST the bidding of a GIBBO "partner", so I pulled his 3NT to 4S and took 10 tricks for a score of 96.4 % on the board.

Could I have been WRONG to pull it? Yes, of course. I've certainly been wrong many times as the decades have passed by...but for ME to be wrong on this board, NORTH would have had to be RIGHT...and GIBBO robots are so RARELY right that it seemed like a good bet to assume that North was wrong yet AGAIN, adding to his LIFETIME log of errors. As you can see, 3NT would have gone down a WHOLE LOT! Mind you, since East is a GIBBO robot...and they HATE to lead their PARTNER'S suit, who knows? Maybe he would have swung out with the king of clubs from KJ doubleton! With any DECENT player, that last sentence would be a joke, but with a GIBBO robot it's an actual possibility!

https://tinyurl.brid...se.com/3nzhj66f

[benellis58]

Well, what do you know? Yet another stunningly bad GIB definition. Who could EVER have guessed that would happen?

GIB defines South's double as "3+ diamonds; 2+ spades; 11-21 HCP; 12-22 total points". Let's unpack this trash one piece at a time.

"3+ diamonds". We already knew this when South opened 1D.

"2+ spades". WHY? Why on Earth must he have at least two spades? What utter NONSENSE is this?

"11-21 HCP". We already knew this when he opened 1D. Also, the ELEVEN-point range is so broad that it's completely useless.

"12-22 total points". First, we were already told this in the (annoying) definition of 1D (where, BTW, GIB felt it was of the UTMOST importance to begin by telling us that 1D is a "minor suit opening"). Second, that "information" was garbage the first time GIB told us and it's still garbage now, because there is no factual or scientific basis for it. GIB has just followed its totally useless procedure of adding one point to both ends of the HCP and magically turning 11 HCP into 12 "total" points and 21 HCP into 22 "total" points. Worthless nonsense.

After telling us a whole lot of NOTHING, the definition ignores the KEY element: What KIND of double is this? Penalty? Takeout? Whatever? There ARE different ways that people play this, depending on system and style, so GIB should say how GIB plays it...but the always pathetic GIB definitions are too busy mentioning that 1D is a "minor suit opening" or that 3NT is "game" to actually say something USEFUL. Please change the pathetic GIB definitions!

https://www.bridgeba...S7%7Cmc%7C10%7C

[benellis58]

The GIBBO robot in the West wins his club queen at trick two and then...fires back his club king at trick three, hopeless "defender" that he is.

And, as a side issue, North's 3NT is defined as showing "10-15 HCP", although he has only 9. I have no objection to North's bid on this hand, but if he is going to bid 3NT with such hands, the definition NEEDS to be changed to "NINE to fifteen HCP".

https://www.bridgeba...HK%7Cpc%7CD6%7C

[benellis58]

The usual atrocious GIBBO "defence" allows me to make an "impossible" contract.

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