[benellis58]

ACE of diamonds at trick one: a play so witless that it would only be made by a rank beginner...OR, as it was here, by old, feeble, pudgy, hair-challenged Donald J. Dumbo!

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

[benellis58]

Another compellingly HOPELESS "defence" by GIBBO "stars" Frick and Frack. Another complete zero for the GIBBO "stars".

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

[benellis58]

What kind of I.D.I.O.T. would lead a DIAMOND from THAT holding on THIS auction?

Oh, wait. Never mind. I see that it was a GIBBO robot on lead. THAT explains EVERYTHING.

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

[benellis58]

Halfwit and Dumbo work together and manage - in a true "partnership" performance - to block their OWN club suit.

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

[benellis58]

Yet another complete ZERO for Halfwit and Dumbo. First, they AGAIN conspire to block their OWN club suit (looks like a TREND!) and second, Halfwit throws away so many hearts that I win THREE heart tricks and lose ONLY one...despite the fact that the GIBBO trout was born with KJ63 behind me!

Worst "defenders" EVER? Well, quite possibly, but in fairness I must mention that I heard of a bridge partnership between a blind cockroach and an elderly spider suffering from dementia and gout. Rumour has it that a SMALL number of observers feel that they MIGHT have been as bad as Halfwit and Dumbo. The jury is still out.

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

[benellis58]

Oh, look: Johnny Halfwit is on lead. Oh, look: It's an irredeemably STUPID lead. Oh, look: No, it DOESN'T work out well for Halfwit and Dumbo.

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

[benellis58]

Number one bridge tip for achieving good results at bridge: Do NOT have a GIBBO robot as your "partner".

Number two bridge tip for achieving good results at bridge: DO have a pair of GIBBO robots as your OPPONENTS.

[benellis58]

This board was played 17 times. All 17 times it was played in 4S by North. 16 of the 17 times, including at my table, it went down one trick (for a NS score of 53.13 % on the board). The 17th time, it went down two tricks (for a NS score of zero).

But here's the REASON I'm posting the hand:

At some (probably most, maybe all?) tables, the auction was 1S by North, 2C by South, 4S by North...and there they were. Can't say I'm impressed by the GIBBO robot's 4S bid!

But at MY table, I was even LESS impressed by my centre hand opponent's egregious 4S bid, because at my table the auction was 1S by North, INT forcing by me, 2H by North, 3NT by me...and my absolute C.R.E.T.I.N. of a GIBBO "partner"...PULLED it to 4S! What a JERK!

As so often happens, the GIBBO twit in the North had the naive and imbecilic belief that his spade tricks would count ONLY in spades but NEVER in no trump. Note that on THIS random hand, EVEN Halfwit and Dumbo had no problem beating 4S...whereas 3NT was untouchable against any normal defence.

https://www.bridgeba...CS7%7Cmc%7C9%7C

[benellis58]

Typically hopeless, harebrained "defence" by the GIBBO twerp in the North.

If you are playing a game with three GIBBO robots, and you are sitting South as the sole human in the game, your worst enemy is always North. Your best friends and ALLIES are always East and West.

https://tinyurl.brid...se.com/ycy3cnzs

[benellis58]

As I wrote in post 3049 immediately above, "If you are playing a game with three GIBBO robots, and you are sitting South as the sole human in the game, your worst enemy is always North. Your best friends and ALLIES are always East and West."

3049 exhibited the truth of the first part of that sentence. This post, 3050, exhibits the proof of the second part.

Whether the GIBBO robots are sitting North, West, or East, they can ALWAYS be counted on to produce the worst bridge anyone has ever seen. GIB/GIBBO is nothing but garbage.

https://tinyurl.brid...se.com/3pv9wuh3

[benellis58]

In passout seat, I was considering doubling West's 1NT. I looked at the GIB definition of the double and saw that it was as sublimely pathetic, worthless, and stupid as I would EXPECT from a GIB definition.

THIS was the COMPLETE GIB definition for what a double of 1NT would show in this situation: "10- total points". That's IT, that's ALL!

Totally worthless, totally useless. Just plain garbage. The typically lazy statement "10- total points" literally means ZERO TO TEN! He could have ZERO...or he could have TEN...OR he could have anything in between! How the HELL will that NON-information help his "partner" in ANY way? Furthermore, by DEFINING the double in this (typically M.O.R.O.N.I.C.) way, GIB is basically giving its APPROVAL to a double of 1NT with...ZERO POINTS! In effect, GIB is tacitly RECOMMENDING such a double!

And note that it doesn't even say "0-10" HIGH-CARD points, which would also be useless garbage of the kind that GIB specializes in, but would at LEAST refer to HCP, where GIB has SOME understanding, as opposed to "total" points, about which GIB knows NOTHING.

To boot, I see NO reason WHATSOEVER that the doubler must have a maximum of 10 points. (In fact, as you can see, I had TWELVE...HIGH-CARD points.)

I've asked these questions before: Did the author of the GIB definitions actually think he was doing a GOOD job? Was he PROUD of his definitions? Why did he even waste his time writing so many definitions that either say NOTHING useful or that are actually WORSE than useless because they provide incomplete, illogical, inconsistent, or just plain INCORRECT "information"?

GIB definitions are not only the worst I have ever seen pertaining to bridge - they are the worst I have ever seen pertaining to ANYTHING...ANYWHERE.

https://tinyurl.brid...se.com/4wb2ur66

[benellis58]

Another interesting thread:

https://www.bridgeba...93#entry1098193