cloa513, on 2016-April-10, 19:09, said:
Its a team game who was West and what was he bidding on?
I suggest that absent any indication that it is impossible, you assume that the other players had their bids.
If for some reason you conclude that it is not possible for all other players to have their bids, then I suggest that you distrust the opponents before you distrust your partner. I realise that GIB is currently incapable of such a distinction, but that is I think a valid criticism of GIB worth repeating if and when it rears its head.
As it happens, on this hand I see no evidence to suggest that South, West or North lack their bids. South's 3C may be a bit outside GIB's sphere of expectations, but it was West that you questioned.
You risk falling into the same obsession of another forum member who has finally persuaded me, perhaps to the detriment of the enjoyment of other forum readers, to stick to posting just one of the four hands, the purpose of which is specifically to deter questions like what was West bidding on.
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