[Bbradley62]

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[cloa513]

Bbradley62, on 2011-April-21, 19:21, said:

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I don't think you meant to put this in GIB forum.

[Bbradley62]

cloa513, on 2011-April-21, 22:11, said:

I don't think you meant to put this in GIB forum.

Actually, I did, because GIB held this hand. I'm not sure what the right bid is, so I wanted to ask for opinions about that, but I don't like the one that GIB chose.

[barmar]

I'll debate between 4♣ and4♠, and choose 4♠. If I bid 4♣, I think partner will expect more defensive tricks. While a slam is possible if partner has the right hand, I'm not counting on it.

[Bbradley62]

GIB bid 2♠, which I think is clearly inadequate.

[barmar]

Oh, yeah, I've seen it do that, although usually it's EW in competitive auctions.

I think it's waiting to see if the opponents compete in its short suit. When that happens, it adjusts for the value of the void, and bids game.

[gwnn]

No, it's just waiting for the bug to be fixed.

[cloa513]

Bbradley62, on 2011-April-22, 21:17, said:

GIB bid 2♠, which I think is clearly inadequate.

Especially when it loves total points so much and I am sure I have seen a GIB bid 4S with a similar hand.

[barmar]

I played a hand this weekend where an opponent GIB made a simple raise with 5-card support. When I made the mistake of balancing, it jumped to game.

[Gerben42]

Barry, it does that on purpose to tilt you

Next time you won't balance, you will have game cold.