[benellis58]

That is QUITE a final pass by North, and NOT in a good way. Surely his hand is worth a raise to three...and all the more so, since the execrable GIBBO robots tend to be overbidders rather than underbidders.

https://www.bridgeba...C5%7Cmc%7C10%7C

[benellis58]

Look at East's ASTOUNDING 2D bid. We know he's always been a spectacularly hopeless "bridge player", but has he finally gone TOTALLY mad?

Then the EW bozos stop off to double 3C before misdefending it.

https://www.bridgeba...C4%7Cpc%7CDQ%7C

[benellis58]

Another BBO player of robot games sent me the hand linked below and gave me permission to post it. He wrote: "I received 80% on this one as did 33 others for +1470. Note the defensive compression play in clubs."

Yes, compression play indeed! At trick three, the astoundingly incompetent GIBBO robot sitting East stupidly plays his queen (!) of clubs from his remaining Q7 doubleton. Second hand HIGH strikes again...with the usual result! The ignorant simpleton's queen needlessly falls on the same trick as his partner's jack, turning East-West's "GUARANTEED" club trick into NO club tricks.

As disgustingly bad at bridge as the GIBBO robots are, their predecessors (the GIB robots) were even worse. The GIB robots used to regularly commit atrocities such as second hand high and third hand low, but fortunately when Lorserker made some much-needed improvements, the GIBBO robots stopped these two particular lunacies...or at least they stopped for a while. Are they back? Have they returned like a deadly plague that is never fully eradicated?

Anyway, whether it's a one-time aberration or the return of an insane habit, it's further evidence that the GIB and GIBBO robots rank with the worst "bridge players" of all time. They totally rot. They belong in a garbage heap and should be replaced by decent robots that have at least some clue about how to play bridge.

And by the way, note the comical bidding by the GIBBO robot in the North. He bids Gerber and after learning that South has two aces, he leaps to 6NT. Clearly, 6NT was his objective and his only fear was that the partnership might be off two aces, so he stopped off to verify that they were not. Often he doesn't bother, so should we praise him for being careful here, for once? NO! We shouldn't! The clown doesn't check for aces when he should...yet here he did check when there was no need to! He had 16 HCP and his partner South had promised at least 18, so...they could not possibly be missing two aces! These GIBBO robots are the pits! They are a laughable embarrassment to the game of bridge.

https://www.bridgeba...CJ%7Cmc%7C13%7C

[benellis58]

Ridiculous lead by the GIBBO robot sitting West. He scored a miserable 3.6 % on the board, but even if he had scored 100 %, it still would have been a ridiculous lead. Making ridiculous leads is something the execrable GIBBO robots excel at.

https://tinyurl.brid...se.com/2s3k9933

[benellis58]

Look at West's hand and look at the definition of West's double.

You're right: They DON'T match. Is anyone surprised? No, I didn't think so.

https://tinyurl.brid...se.com/mr3rz7kz

[benellis58]

Probably not the wisest lead of all time:

https://tinyurl.brid...se.com/2e93hpx3

[benellis58]

More often than not, the GIB definitions are atrocious. This hand has one that I found particularly amusing.

East decides to bid 3S over his partner West's 3D. Lord knows why he doesn't just pass, but that's not the subject of this post. The subject is the hilariously ignorant definition of the (foolish) 3S bid:

"4-5 clubs; 4-5 diamonds; 2-4 hearts; 4 spades; 13- HCP; 14+ total points; stop in hearts".

Okay, let's examine his SHAPE, as per this joke of a definition:

He has at LEAST 4 clubs. He has at LEAST 4 diamonds. He has at LEAST 2 hearts. He has EXACTLY 4 spades.

That ALREADY accounts for...FOURTEEN (!!!) of his...THIRTEEN (!!!) cards, and according to the definition, he might even have one MORE club, one MORE diamond, and two MORE hearts.

You know, I'm beginning to think that the creator of the GIB definitions just MIGHT have failed elementary school arithmetic.

But thanks for the never-ending laughs, Mr. GIB. They are always very much appreciated.

https://tinyurl.brid...se.com/33fs6u6r

[benellis58]

Well, 7S happened to make, so I guess I can't complain, but how did North KNOW it would make? Answer: He didn't.

https://tinyurl.brid...se.com/3wchph55

[benellis58]

West pitches one diamond and then chooses the WRONG time to unblock his jack. Has a GIBBO robot EVER chosen the RIGHT time to unblock? Asking for a friend.

https://tinyurl.brid...se.com/y5na734y

[benellis58]

East's takeout double: FIVE-DEUCE DOUBLETON OF HEARTS???!!! His own GIB definition "promises"..."4+ hearts".

I think we can say with authority that our GIBBO robot in the East is neither obedient NOR trustworthy. I think we can also say with authority that he IS a hopeless "bridge player" - based on thousands of hands worth of evidence.

https://tinyurl.brid...se.com/y655cd55

[benellis58]

The incompetent GIBBO robots sitting EW are ice cold for 6H yet allow NS to play a mere FIVE diamonds...and don't EVEN double it.

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

[benellis58]

All well and good that we got to 7C, but why did North bother bidding 5NT for kings, considering that when I bid the expected 6C (showing no kings below clubs), he then bid 7C anyway? Given that he was obviously willing to bid 7C even without learning ANYTHING else from my 6C call, he should have just leapt to 7C directly over my 5D bid...especially since I was virtually guaranteed to be bidding 6C over 5NT. He basically knew in advance, given the GIBBO system, that I would be showing him nothing over 5NT.

https://tinyurl.brid...se.com/3ajxpx38

[benellis58]

In case anyone is curious, the answer is: No, West did NOT win a Bols Brilliancy Prize for his "defence" on this board.

https://tinyurl.brid...se.com/2p8472hr

[benellis58]

East wins his diamond ace at trick two. At trick three he plays the 6 of...DIAMONDS. Just how stupid and just how illogical are these GIBBO robots anyway?

West wins trick three with his diamond king. East-West then cash three hearts. (Bravo - at least they figured out to do that - a MAJOR accomplishment for a GIBBO robot.)

After cashing all the hearts, West is on lead at trick seven. He plays...his seven of ...DIAMONDS. Just how stupid and just how illogical are these GIBBO robots anyway?

https://www.bridgeba...CJ%7Cpc%7CCA%7C

[benellis58]

You know, maybe the GIBBO robot sitting West shouldn't be leaping to FOUR spades, red against white, especially when the hand will be "declared" by another totally inept GIBBO robot who absolutely butchers the hand. (And yes, declarer play IS - believe it or not - the aspect of bridge that these hopeless rejects are actually "best" at!)

https://www.bridgeba...D3%7Cpc%7CDT%7C

[benellis58]

All well and good that we got to 7D, but why did North bother bidding 5NT for kings, considering that when I bid the expected 6D (showing no kings below diamonds), he then bid 7D anyway? Given that he was obviously willing to bid 7D even without learning ANYTHING else from my 6D call, he should have just leapt to 7D directly over my 5H bid...especially since I was virtually guaranteed to be bidding 6D over 5NT. He basically knew in advance, given the GIBBO system, that I would be showing him nothing over 5NT.

Yes, this IS exactly the same theme as in post # 1132, but this time in diamonds rather than clubs. The GIBBO robots, of course, do not learn.

https://www.bridgeba...H4%7Cmc%7C13%7C

[benellis58]

Observation: Every time - every single time - that I play "with" or against GIBBO robots, I am reminded of how staggeringly, stupefyingly, disgustingly bad they are. They are useless and worthless. They should long ago have been replaced by competent robots.

[benellis58]

At trick two, the GIBBO robot pops his club (trump) ace. Why? Is it because the ignorant clown wants to make sure that I don't lose the first club trick to his partner's queen? Do these GIBBO robots eat a full jar of stupidity pills for their robot breakfast every morning?

https://tinyurl.brid...se.com/msx69vex

[benellis58]

Our score was okay here (78.6 %), but this post is not about the score, the random hand, or anything else except North's lead. Whatever the random layout turned out to be and whatever the best or worst lead would happen to be, why would he ever lead anything but a CLUB on this auction? His partner South opened with 1C, his partner South bid three CLUBS when he (North) balanced with a double over 2S, and he (North) was also looking at (!) a natural club lead (with QJ7) in his OWN hand, yet because he's a GIBBO robot (meaning he's one of the absolutely worst and most nauseating "bridge players" of all time), he led a heart (!) from 872...for NO reason whatsoever except for his outstanding stupidity. When will these rejects be tossed into a garbage can where they belong?

https://tinyurl.brid...se.com/2p8ec959

[benellis58]

We scored 83.33 % for going down one in 3NT, but I'm not posting this because of the score, the layout, the lead, the declarer play, or the defence. There is one and only one reason I am posting it, and that is to expose North's insane 2NT bid. Is it the worst bid ever made? Of course not. It is, however, much closer to being the worst bid of all time than it is to being the best. In other words, it's a typical bid for the hopeless pieces of trash known as GIBBO robots.

https://www.bridgeba...CSJ%7Cmc%7C8%7C