[benellis58]

I guess there's no way for North to find a MAJOR-suit fit in his execrable GIBBO system if the opponents interfere. At least we got a decent 86.67 % for making a LUCKY overtrick in our LUCKY slam - a slam TOTALLY bid by the North robot, since South merely opened a perfectly normal 1NT and after that merely did what North told him to do, or honestly answered North's questions.

The slam was "lucky" because we were off the CASHING ace of diamonds and were therefore at the mercy of the club hook, which LUCKILY worked.

The overtrick was "lucky" because West was too STUPID to make the OBVIOUS (given his hand and the auction) lead of the diamond ace.

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[benellis58]

East's double is silly. Moreover, his hand does not come close to matching the GIB definition of his double, since he does NOT have "7+ HCP" - he has...THREE (!) HCP - a queen (!) and a jack (!), BOTH of which are in his SIX-card suit, a suit where he KNOWS that his partner West has at LEAST three cards.

In short, East's hand does not exactly scream "DEFENCE!"

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[benellis58]

There's a term called "trash talking". It occurred to me that this is a PERFECT term for talking about GIBBO robots.

Is there any actual REASON for North RUFFING his partner South's HIGH diamond at trick three?

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[benellis58]

Drury is one of the FEW good things about the execrable GIBBO system...but GIBBO even plays DRURY stupidly!

Over North's 2C Drury bid, South thinks that there might well be a game, but he also thinks that he's not QUITE good enough to unilaterally leap to it, so he decides to solicit input from his partner, North. Consequently, he bids 2D, an artificial call in the GIBBO system that is defined as "Invite to game - 5+ spades; 13-14 total points". It's a GIB definition, so of course it's largely uninformative, but at least (unlike many completely worthless GIB definitions) it does convey the MAIN issue, which is that South is inviting game.

North JUMPS to THREE spades, and we now see why I am writing this particular post. 3S is (ridiculously) defined by GIB as "3+ spades; 11 HCP; 12 total points; forcing". That final word, "forcing", is the key that exposes the otherworldly imbecility of the way these jackasses play Drury.

Consider: The 2C Drury bid in theory showed a limit raise or better in support of South's spades. It can't really be much "better", though, given that North is a PASSED hand. South then INVITED North to bid a game, basically saying, "Pard, with a maximum Drury, please bid 4S, but with a minimum please bid 2S."

It's therefore 100 % CLEAR what North should do with either a maximum (bid 4S!) or a minimum (bid 2S!). Childishly simple. But what if North, like South, is not completely sure what to do? What if HE too has a hand that he thinks is TOO good to sign off in 2S but not QUITE good enough to LEAP to 4S? Would it not make perfect sense to pass the buck back to South by bidding THREE spades, conveying that message and asking SOUTH to decide, with this added information, whether to pass three spades or bid four? Of course it would!

But in the HOPELESS GIBBO system, as stated three paragraphs ago, 3S is "forcing". How does that make ANY sense? If North is FORCING South to bid over THREE spades, he clearly wants to be in game, so why doesn't he just BID the game...now...himself? It's not as if they might bid a SLAM on this hand, given that they have BOTH made (artificial) invitational bids, North with 2C, followed by South with 2D.

Anyway, they end up in 4S, and...make TWO overtricks, thanks to West's robotic LOVE for leading worthless doubletons and his failure to shift after winning his spade king, AND to East's very questionable decision NOT to pop his club ace. Another COMPLETE zero for the two birdbrains to add to their mammoth collection.

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[benellis58]

The definition of North's double of 3S is "4+ hearts; 5-11 HCP; 6-12 total points". We already knew that he had at least four hearts, because he responded 1H to South's opening 1C bid. So: useless. As for the bit about "total" points: First, it repeats EXACTLY what the definition of his earlier 1H response said, and second, whatever GIB ever says about "total" points might as well always be dumped in a river, because GIB has demonstrated on multiple occasions that it has no understanding whatsoever of total points. So: useless again. The ONLY difference between the definition of this double and the definition of his earlier 1H bid is that it now says "5-11 HCP", whereas the earlier definition of 1H lazily said "11- HCP", rather than putting a lower limit. I guess that would have been too much work for GIB (!) because GIB was expending SO much energy in the definition of 1H by proudly informing us that the 1H response to 1C was "One over one". Oh yeah, THAT was SUPER important. Good grief, could we write WORSE definitions even if we TRIED to?

Also, consider that the GIB definitions are basically RECOMMENDING what they say. Would North REALLY want to double 3S if he had ONLY four hearts and ONLY 5 HCP? No? Then why does the pathetic GIB definition state that he CAN and presumably SHOULD double WITH those defined minimums?

Against 5C, West of COURSE does not lead HIS partnership's suit. Why would he? After all, the incompetent GIBBO robots HATE leading their suits. They LOVE leading the enemy suits, which explains why the poor ignorant stiff led a HEART, NORTH'S suit. Were all GIBBO robots repeatedly dropped headfirst onto a cement floor?

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