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Same hand as post #1560 immediately above, but different table. Here the human South chose to open 2C, and we see some typically "amusing" examples of GIBBO "ability".
East's 3D seems very silly.
But what's REALLY revealing about how hopeless the GIBBO robots are (and how stunningly PATHETIC their 2C structure is) is that North...opposite a partner who opened TWO CLUBS (!) never does anything but pass, and passes out 2D, despite holding KJ98763 of clubs in a 1-2-3-7 hand!
Regardless of result, this is ridiculous.
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Posted Yesterday, 12:44
It didn't really make a difference, but it was a silly lead nonetheless.
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Posted Yesterday, 12:57
And here's the same hand from another table. The human South did not shine on this, but we're not ever here to bash humans. We're ALWAYS here to bash the execrable GIB/GIBBO robots, as stated in the title that Diana gave this essential thread when she was inspired to create it in August of 2025. The title is effectively a mission statement and I am happy to do my small part to act in the service of Diana's thread. So,...let's...do some GIBBO bashing!
On a different auction, West makes the same silly trump lead, but here it is EAST who leads the Stupidity Brigade. At this table, South never bid diamonds, so East's inane diamond shift at trick two could easily be resolving a guess declarer might have if he lacks the diamond queen. GIBBO robots = zero intelligence.
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On a different auction, West makes the same silly trump lead, but here it is EAST who leads the Stupidity Brigade. At this table, South never bid diamonds, so East's inane diamond shift at trick two could easily be resolving a guess declarer might have if he lacks the diamond queen. GIBBO robots = zero intelligence.
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Posted Yesterday, 15:51
After the spade lead, I can always make 10 tricks, but I made 11 thanks to a scintillatingly stupid "defence" by Frick and Frack.
Frick decides not to take his club ace. Stupid? Of course. But maybe Frick doesn't deserve the blame, because it was FRACK who failed to give correct count. Then again, maybe neither Frick nor Frack is to blame - maybe it's the overall WORTHLESSNESS that is GIBBO in general, since in the hopeless and wretched GIBBO universe, signals are almost never used...and perhaps because of THAT, even when they ARE used they are often not believed or acted on. These poor GIBBO stiffs have been equipped with a useless set of "tools", so maybe we shouldn't blame THEM so much for being the world's worst "carpenter".
Comically, At trick 5, West plays a second round of clubs, and from his remaining J98 he leads the jack, despite LOOKING AT the remaining king-TEN(!) dub in dummy and despite having earlier seen South's QUEEN win a trick. This silly play was irrelevant at this point (since after East's earlier duck with the ace I was already slated to take 11 tricks), but they make bad plays so often, whether they end up costing or not, that it's almost as if they're purposely doing it just to stay in practice. But - no, I think they do it because they're just plain not good enough to even KNOW what's clever and what's not. They rot.
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Frick decides not to take his club ace. Stupid? Of course. But maybe Frick doesn't deserve the blame, because it was FRACK who failed to give correct count. Then again, maybe neither Frick nor Frack is to blame - maybe it's the overall WORTHLESSNESS that is GIBBO in general, since in the hopeless and wretched GIBBO universe, signals are almost never used...and perhaps because of THAT, even when they ARE used they are often not believed or acted on. These poor GIBBO stiffs have been equipped with a useless set of "tools", so maybe we shouldn't blame THEM so much for being the world's worst "carpenter".
Comically, At trick 5, West plays a second round of clubs, and from his remaining J98 he leads the jack, despite LOOKING AT the remaining king-TEN(!) dub in dummy and despite having earlier seen South's QUEEN win a trick. This silly play was irrelevant at this point (since after East's earlier duck with the ace I was already slated to take 11 tricks), but they make bad plays so often, whether they end up costing or not, that it's almost as if they're purposely doing it just to stay in practice. But - no, I think they do it because they're just plain not good enough to even KNOW what's clever and what's not. They rot.
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Posted Yesterday, 18:06
The EW "defenders" allow me to make a game that was "impossible" after the first two tricks. They did this by then FAILING to take their two TOP heart tricks. At trick three, West led a low heart to East's ace, and East foolishly then played a THIRD round of diamonds, even though he KNEW that declarer North was ALSO void in the suit at that point. Clearly a BAD play by East, but West was not entirely innocent. Given that West, by leading a heart at trick three, was playing East for a high heart anyway, he might well have led his KING to clarify the situation for a "partner" that he surely knew was a REALLY bad "bridge player".
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Posted Yesterday, 18:24
Most of the GIB definitions in this hand are just plain bad. No surprise at ALL, so THAT'S not why I'm posting this hand.
I'm posting it because of two definitions that are not even SEEN here because neither of the bids occurred, but...when it came time to make my bid over North's 2C, I first checked the definitions of both 2H and 3H to see what each would mean in the execrable GIBBO system, as defined by the pathetic GIB definitions.
In doing so, I saw that BOTH (!!!) 2H...AND...3H had exactly the same definition! I've seen this same situation with these hopeless GIB definitions before. Just consider how stupid, wasteful (!), and sloppy it is to have EXACTLY the same meaning for two different calls.
Both said "4+ hearts, 5+ spades, 17- HCP, 12-19 total points". Ridiculous...but sadly typical of GIB/GIBBO's lack of intelligent systemic construction.
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I'm posting it because of two definitions that are not even SEEN here because neither of the bids occurred, but...when it came time to make my bid over North's 2C, I first checked the definitions of both 2H and 3H to see what each would mean in the execrable GIBBO system, as defined by the pathetic GIB definitions.
In doing so, I saw that BOTH (!!!) 2H...AND...3H had exactly the same definition! I've seen this same situation with these hopeless GIB definitions before. Just consider how stupid, wasteful (!), and sloppy it is to have EXACTLY the same meaning for two different calls.
Both said "4+ hearts, 5+ spades, 17- HCP, 12-19 total points". Ridiculous...but sadly typical of GIB/GIBBO's lack of intelligent systemic construction.
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Posted Yesterday, 18:45
At trick four, declarer South leads hearts (trump) for the SECOND time on this hand. Earlier he had led the 2 from his hand, West had followed normally with the 3, declarer had called for dummy North's queen, and East had won the ace.
Thus, 9 of the 13 hearts (trump) are still in play at trick 4. Declarer South leads the 8. West has two hearts remaining: the jack and the 7. He can see that dummy North has these four hearts remaining: K1096.
What is West's correct play? I asked 14 raw beginners, and every one of them replied, "Is this a JOKE? The right play is OBVIOUSLY the 7. Are you trying to INSULT us, Ben, just because we're RAW BEGINNERS?"
What did the GIBBO robot play? Well, as I'm sure EVERYONE has already guessed, the feebleminded, cluelessGIBBO robot played the...JACK!
Yes, THAT is EXACTLY how COMPLETELY hopeless the GIBBO robots are!
THEN I was ALSO reminded of the great Dee Dee Sharp, who over 60 years ago sang, "Give me gravy for my mashed potatoes", because that's exactly what West did: He put some "gravy" on the order of "mashed potatoes" that had already placed on the table. He won his spade queen at trick 7 and instead of then cashing his spade ace, he witlessly played a diamond, thereby allowing me to CLAIM. For allowing me to take TEN tricks in my 2H contract, these GIBBO clowns secured themselves yet ANOTHER in their endless and ongoing collection of complete zeroes. They are indeed the worst of the worst.
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Thus, 9 of the 13 hearts (trump) are still in play at trick 4. Declarer South leads the 8. West has two hearts remaining: the jack and the 7. He can see that dummy North has these four hearts remaining: K1096.
What is West's correct play? I asked 14 raw beginners, and every one of them replied, "Is this a JOKE? The right play is OBVIOUSLY the 7. Are you trying to INSULT us, Ben, just because we're RAW BEGINNERS?"
What did the GIBBO robot play? Well, as I'm sure EVERYONE has already guessed, the feebleminded, clueless
Yes, THAT is EXACTLY how COMPLETELY hopeless the GIBBO robots are!
THEN I was ALSO reminded of the great Dee Dee Sharp, who over 60 years ago sang, "Give me gravy for my mashed potatoes", because that's exactly what West did: He put some "gravy" on the order of "mashed potatoes" that had already placed on the table. He won his spade queen at trick 7 and instead of then cashing his spade ace, he witlessly played a diamond, thereby allowing me to CLAIM. For allowing me to take TEN tricks in my 2H contract, these GIBBO clowns secured themselves yet ANOTHER in their endless and ongoing collection of complete zeroes. They are indeed the worst of the worst.
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Posted Yesterday, 21:34
At trick 4, East can win the heart 9, but instead he chooses to win his JACK, which makes declarer's TEN a winner.
This was irrelevant to the result, because after losing that heart trick, declarer had all the remaining tricks anyway, but why would East do this? (Actually, I think the robots are PROGRAMMED to do this sort of thing when they "know" that they will take no more tricks, but STILL...).
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This was irrelevant to the result, because after losing that heart trick, declarer had all the remaining tricks anyway, but why would East do this? (Actually, I think the robots are PROGRAMMED to do this sort of thing when they "know" that they will take no more tricks, but STILL...).
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