BBO Discussion Forums: The singleton is a 7-card suit - BBO Discussion Forums

Jump to content

Page 1 of 1
  • You cannot start a new topic
  • You cannot reply to this topic

The singleton is a 7-card suit

#1 User is offline   helene_t 

  • The Abbess
  • PipPipPipPipPipPipPipPipPipPipPip
  • Group: Advanced Members
  • Posts: 17,196
  • Joined: 2004-April-22
  • Gender:Female
  • Location:UK

Posted 2018-November-09, 03:11

http://tinyurl.com/y8afo2bl
The world would be such a happy place, if only everyone played Acol :) --- TramTicket
2

#2 User is offline   pescetom 

  • PipPipPipPipPipPipPipPipPip
  • Group: Advanced Members
  • Posts: 7,873
  • Joined: 2014-February-18
  • Gender:Male
  • Location:Italy

Posted 2018-November-09, 07:39

It's a pig of a hand to bid even without robots...
I would have more sympathy with 5♣ by South than by North.
But yes, the 1-card explanation of what is presumably a control-bid is bizarre.
0

#3 User is offline   johnu 

  • PipPipPipPipPipPipPipPip
  • Group: Advanced Members
  • Posts: 5,026
  • Joined: 2008-September-10
  • Gender:Male

Posted 2018-November-09, 15:46

5♣ is a 2 way bid. When the screen doesn't flicker, it is a splinter bid. When the screen flickers, it shows a long suit. You probably didn't notice the flicker.

In the next version of GIB, there will be a chyron that scrolls across the screen says "Just kidding" when the actual hand is actually the opposite of the description.
1

#4 User is online   smerriman 

  • PipPipPipPipPipPipPip
  • Group: Advanced Members
  • Posts: 4,017
  • Joined: 2014-March-15
  • Gender:Male

Posted 2018-November-09, 16:44

That 5♣ splinter has popped up before: http://www.bridgebas...-4-cds-in-suit/

No idea what the real description is meant to be.
A better handviewer
Reverse engineering GIB, part 1: A treatise on the insanity of bidding simulations
0

#5 User is offline   neilkaz 

  • PipPipPipPipPipPipPip
  • Group: Advanced Members
  • Posts: 3,568
  • Joined: 2006-June-28
  • Gender:Male
  • Location:Barrington IL USA
  • Interests:Backgammon, Bridge, Hockey

Posted 2018-November-09, 17:51

Always these improper high level jumps! Why can't GIBiot just bid 4♣ rather than 5?

Or as I prefer 2♣ the first time and later support ♦?
0

#6 User is offline   helene_t 

  • The Abbess
  • PipPipPipPipPipPipPipPipPipPipPip
  • Group: Advanced Members
  • Posts: 17,196
  • Joined: 2004-April-22
  • Gender:Female
  • Location:UK

Posted 2018-November-09, 19:01

View Postneilkaz, on 2018-November-09, 17:51, said:

Always these improper high level jumps! Why can't GIBiot just bid 4♣ rather than 5?

Or as I prefer 2♣ the first time and later support ♦?

Maybe 4♣ would be a cue bid while 5♣ would be a suggestion to play? Obviously not consistent with the explanation but I think it would make some sense. 5♣ could also be exclusion but GIB doesn't play that.
The world would be such a happy place, if only everyone played Acol :) --- TramTicket
0

#7 User is offline   steve2005 

  • PipPipPipPipPipPipPip
  • Group: Advanced Members
  • Posts: 3,161
  • Joined: 2010-April-22
  • Gender:Male
  • Location:Hamilton, Canada
  • Interests:Bridge duh!

Posted 2018-November-09, 19:25

View Posthelene_t, on 2018-November-09, 19:01, said:

Maybe 4♣ would be a cue bid while 5♣ would be a suggestion to play?


Suggested spot to play?! Gib wouldn't even bid 2♣ Why would it suggest now to play in 5♣ rather than 5♦?
But who knows with Gib?
Sarcasm is a state of mind
0
Page 1 of 1
  • You cannot start a new topic
  • You cannot reply to this topic

1 User(s) are reading this topic
0 members, 1 guests, 0 anonymous users