[chasetb]

I haven't played with the robots too much lately, and my game is way off today, but I don't understand what went wrong in the bidding.

1.) I'm worried about Hearts, and from the descriptions I thought 3♥ would show that, but also PROMISING ♣ stopped. I had no problems lying about my partial stopper. Am I wrong in my thinking, or is the description of 3♥ wrong?

2.) To be honest, I wanted to play 3NT no matter what, but I thought it would play better in North. Do I not have a choice here, and just have to hand-hog?

3.) WHY is GIB raising to 4♥ on a 4-3 fit, when 5-2 fits are known to play better? Yes, GIB has shortness in Clubs, but I don't think we want to play that fit, unless 3♥ promises some oomph.

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EDIT - I see they cut off the 3♥ bid by me - it said something about a partial stopper in Hearts. I thought it promised at best a partial stopper, but it could be that it was at least a partial stopper and denied a Clubs one. I agree with 1eyedjack that GIB should bid 3♠ rather than 4♥.

[iandayre]

I was about to suggest you pass 3D, as I would do in a Robot Tournament, with my 11 and the robot limited to 11. But your robot has 12, so you were playing some other form of the game.

I am old fashioned enough to Pass the S hand in first seat anyway.

[1eyedjack]

I would have read 3H as worries about C guard although I note that explanation (possibly truncated) may not say that. So I could be wrong about how GIB plays it.

I would have bid 3S rather than 4H as North, but if I have no reason to depart from my earlier interpretation of 3H I would still pull 3N.