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Trick two: East wins his diamond ace. Trick three: He plays another DIAMOND...because after all their years of FAILURE, the GIBBO robots STILL stupidly think it's a good idea to return the suit DECLARER played. Hint: It's NOT!

Declarer takes 10 tricks, rolling home with his game. If the clown in the East had played a heart at trick three, declarer would have had no play. The GIBBO robots continue to be hopeless embarrassments.

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Blackwood is not ideal with my 43 dub of spades, but starting a high level cuebidding sequence with a GIBBO robot is just BEGGING for a bottom. Before bidding Blackwood, though, I checked the definition for 5H, in case it offered a useful alternative. Here was the TOTALLY useless definition of 5H: "4+ clubs; 5+ hearts; 10+ total points" - ALL of which was ALREADY known from the auction so far, so instead of providing a USEFUL meaning for 5H, the typically pathetic GIB definition just repeated the information that had been given TWO LEVELS EARLIER when South bid 3C. A lazy joke if a system.

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Trick five: The brain-addled GIBBO robot in the West stupidly cashes his trump (diamond) ace...CRASHING his partner East's king. These robots might be absolutely atrocious bridge players, but they are supreme MASTERS at LOSING their "guaranteed" tricks.

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East passes in third seat, non-vul, with 98, AQ852, Q1053, K5 - a hand that most modern bridge players would open under the circumstances.

Then when West leads a club against South's 2S, East wins his king and says, "No thanks, I don't WANT a third round club ruff". He then...cashes his ace of hearts...AND switches to a diamond to make CERTAIN that he won't - even by accident - get that third round club ruff that he so DESPERATELY wants to avoid. Hopeless...as ALWAYS.

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Typically hopeless "defence" as the GIBBO robots sitting EW add yet ANOTHER zero to their ENORMOUS lifetime collection. True masters of disaster!

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Why the Hell is West bidding 3S?

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East bids 3C...but his I.D.I.O.T.I.C. "partner" West STUPIDLY leads a heart.

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Time for further adventures with The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight (aka the GIBBO robots).

We'll start with some GIBBO "logic". East passes North's 1H. I guess he feels he doesn't have the values to compete. But not too long after that, he doubles TWO hearts for takeout. Oh yeah, that's REALLY consistent - NOT. And oh yeah, that's REALLY logical - NOT. And oh yeah, that's really intelligent - NOT. In other words, it's TYPICAL of GIBBO "thinking".

Then West freely bids 3S on his 4-3-3-3 bland 5-count ALL in QUACKS.

Whether they get a top or a bottom, their bidding is as "good" as usual. They scored 28.6 % on the board.

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East, with four good trumps (hearts) leads his jack of diamonds from J5 doubleton. Why? Probably because South, his LHO, opened 1D...and the GIBBO robots stupidly LOVE leading the ENEMY suits.

At trick 6, West COVERS dummy's club jack with his queen, which can't be right.

At the end of the hand, the GIBBO robots write a zero in their scorecards and congratulate each other on adding to their lifelong collection of them...likely the largest of its kind in the entire world.

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We scored 67.9 % on this board, but despite the decent result, I question the wisdom of the bid.

I do NOT, however, question the wisdom of the GIB definition. Why not? Because I don't have to "question" it - I know it's pure, unadulterated garbage! Here it is, in all its profound ugliness: "Invitational to 3NT game: 2-6 clubs; 2-6 diamonds; 2-5 hearts; 2-4 spades; 10- HCP; 12+ total points; stop in clubs".

Even by the wretched "standards" of GIB definitions - the lowest of the low - this is award-winningly pathetic (2026 Oscar for Worst Definition of the Year), so let's rip it to shreds, piece by revolting piece.

"Invitational to 3NT game". First, there is no need in Heaven or Earth to include that unnecessary and truly annoying word "game". I suspect that BBO players are already AWARE that 3NT is game. Is the word included SOLELY to insult us all? Next: It is BEYOND stupid to declare that this call is inviting 3NT! Prior to EW entering the auction, South had opened 1H, North had responded 1S, South had bid 1NT, and North had...PASSED! He was VERY happy to let the auction END with his partner South declaring a contract of ONE no trump...even though the EW opponents had done nothing but pass. How on Earth...and WHY on Earth could he NOW be inviting THREE no trump? This type of total GARBAGE is sadly an excellent illustration of why the GIB definitions are so often worthy of contempt, scorn, and ridicule.

"2-6 clubs". Reality check time! If he had SIX clubs, would he have PASSED 1NT? If he had SIX clubs, and knowing that his partner had at least TWO clubs, would he be...in the PASSOUT seat...RESCUING his LHO from a 2C contract? Perhaps NOT, Mr. GIB! What IGNORANCE!

"2-6 diamonds". Reality check time...again! If he had SIX diamonds, would he have PASSED 1NT? If he had SIX diamonds, and knowing that his partner had at least TWO diamonds, if he wanted to compete against East's 2C contract, would he not bid two...DUH...DIAMONDS rather than 2NT?

"2-5 hearts". Reality check time...YET again! If he had FIVE hearts, would he not at some point have SUPPORTED hearts, the suit his partner South OPENED?

"2-4 spades". Good GRIEF...it's reality check time...YET again! If he had two...or three spades, why the HELL would he have responded one SPADE (!!!) to partner's 1H opening bid?

"10- HCP". This literally means zero to ten, since the LAZY definition gives no lower limit. EVEN if he had TEN, why would he be inviting 3NT? And obviously with FEWER than ten, it would be even crazier.

"12+ total points". TOTAL points? How? Why? Where did this figure COME from, Mr. GIB? Show your work. Show your logic. Show your REASON for making this unscientific, specious claim! And why is the subject of "total" points even IN the discussion, since he is bidding NO TRUMP?

"Stop in clubs". NO! J76 is NOT a "stop in clubs"...ESPECIALLY after an opponent just BID the suit! Maybe it's a partial stop, but that's not what this pathetic definition syas.

GIB definitions are OFTEN pure garbage, but this one takes the cake as one of the worst pieces of nonsense I have ever seen EVEN from GIB!

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At trick four, the braindead GIBBO robot in the West stupidly pops his heart king, crashing his "partner's" ace, as he has done SO many times before, but of course these dimwits NEVER learn.

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Yet ANOTHER zero that the GIBBO robots can add to their world renowned, unsurpassed collection of total failures:

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The way the East-West "defenders" allowed South to take 9 tricks is a thing of beauty, and not JUST because they failed to take their five TOP tricks. But I'm sure they don't mind absolutely BUTCHERING the "defence", because by doing so they were able to add yet ANOTHER zero to their increasingly MASSIVE lifetime collection.

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This is the GIB definition of West's - shall we politely say "ambitious" bid of FOUR hearts: "The Law - 10 trump - game support - 3+ hearts - 16- total points".

West has only TWO hearts, K4 doubleton. His partner East's 2H call could have been made on "only" a FIVE-card suit...so what the HELL does "The Law" have to do with this, and why the HELL would West think that East-West have "TEN" trumps (hearts) between them? In practice, they have ONLY eight, and West is lucky they have THAT many, because they MIGHT have had only seven!

Also, West, for his 4H bid, is SUPPOSED to have "3+ hearts". Three...PLUS? He doesn't even have THREE - he has TWO!

And look at that typical stupidity in the GIB definition: "16- total points". That literally means ZERO to 16, so it's so vague and wide-ranging that it's completely useless. The definition is laughable trash. The BID doesn't come close to matching the definition. All very typical for the hopeless GIBBO robots and the pathetic GIB definitions.

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Another laughably inept "defence" by the disgustingly bad GIBBO robots. Sorry, but I don't have time to describe ALL their failures here. Another ZERO for their ENORMOUS lifetime collection. Why don't they GIVE UP bridge and switch to ping pong...scuba iving...knitting...embroidery...reading...tennis...woodwork...or ANY other hobby where they might become even PARTTIALLY competent, because I hate to break it to them, but they are absolutely ROTTEN at bridge.

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At trick 11, the incompetent GIBBO robot (sorry for the redundancy) is on lead with the king of spades and J9 of clubs. If he leads the spade, he will take one of the last three tricks (a club), as South will be endplayed in clubs after winning his spade ace. Being a GIBBO robot, however, the dunce leads the nine of clubs, allowing declarer South to win the 10 and claim all three of the remaining tricks.

Have I ever mentioned that the GIBBO robots absolutely ROT? Oh, I have? Sorry for the repetition then.

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The GIBBO robots sitting East-West pass throughout. North passes as dealer. South bids 1D. North bids 2NT. All pass.

West is on lead with 87, AK982, 10732, Q4. He leads the 8...of SPADES. Declarer takes TEN tricks.

I hope you're sitting down, because what I'm about to reveal next might SHOCK you! Okay, comfortable? Good. Here's the SHOCKING news: a HEART lead would have held declarer to a mere EIGHT tricks, but how could East EVER have known to lead a heart rather than a spade?

What's that you say? Anyone but a total ***** (such as a GIBBO robot!) would have led a HEART and held the contract to EIGHT tricks? Golly gee, I think you're right! They are SO bad!

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West's foolish 3D bid paints a ROAD MAP for declarer, who waltzes home with an easy TWELVE tricks against the fool and his partner, but they both smile broadly and say in unison, "Wow! ANOTHER zero to add to our collection! No one will EVER be able to catch us! We'll be in the history books forever!"

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A classic example of GIBBO idiocy: East's 3H bid. The ignorant fool does what his GIBBO brethren too often do: He looks ONLY at his own hand and says, coward and imbecile that he is, "Oh NO! I have no spades! I MUST rescue partner! I'll bid 3H. He will be SO appreciative!"

Besides the inherent stupidity of this craven panic attack, here's a suggestion for this jerk: If he's GOING to STUPIDLY want to "rescue" his "partner" in such situations, maybe he should bid two DIAMONDS over pard's 1S, and then if he still wants to perform his maniacal "rescue", he can bid 3C over 2S. That way he has at LEAST shown his shape and West can at LEAST have the option of choosing to play at the three level in any of FIVE strains, depending on his hand.

Needless to say, East's magnificently stupid 3H bid did not match his own GIB definition. The GIBBO robots are hopeless. Sorry, I realize that's not exactly a groundbreakingly original observation.

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I think the way the GIBBO system plays North's 3H call in this situation is poor, but we're forced to use their system, so that's life. The GIBBO "defence" is as "good" as usual. 96.4 % for NS, 3.6 % for EW.

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