[microcap]

In my opinion, it has reached the point where GIBBO is actually worse than the last version of GIB, which seems bizarre to me.

[benellis58]

East makes a lead-directing double of 4H, so of COURSE West leads a ...DIAMOND. By doubling 4H, East basically GUARANTEED that the lead would be anything BUT a heart, because these contemptible, clueless GIBBO robots absolutely HATE to lead ANY suit that their "partner" shows.

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

[benellis58]

Can't argue with our 100 % score, but that's an "interesting" 4C call by North, considering that his own GIB definition of it is "5+ clubs; 4+ hearts; 13+ HCP".

https://www.bridgeba...H6%7Cpc%7CC4%7C

[benellis58]

East was very eager to add to his massive, world-renowned collection of complete zeroes, and thanks to his absolutely pathetic handling of the club suit, he succeeded.

Has anyone in history ever played consistently worse than the GIBBO robots?

https://tinyurl.brid...se.com/439ckzbz

[benellis58]

These EW imbeciles are incapable of signaling in diamonds and incapable of continuing diamonds.

https://tinyurl.brid...se.com/yckuyyk7

[benellis58]

Johnny Halfwit leads a heart from 53 dub instead of a spade from Q87643. His parents named him wisely.

https://tinyurl.brid...se.com/2p989pzv

[benellis58]

Rightly or wrongly, I opted to bid 4D over East's 3S. West passed and now my "partner" North, who had PASSED as dealer and who had again PASSED after I had opened 1D in third and West had bid 2D for the majors, now SUDDENLY had visions of a slam! Why? Because HE'S a GIBBO robot and you could fit his ENTIRE "brain" into a thimble and still have enough room left to fill the thimble with maple syrup.

The piece of trash bid 4NT, Blackwood for diamonds (accompanied, of course, by a typically pathetic GIB definition proving for the Nth time that GIB knows NOTHING about "total" points).

I knew that there was NO way we could be making a slam, and probably not even a five-level contract - not that we would likely even STOP at the five level, thanks to the starry-eyed bonehead sitting across from me AND the antiquated, hopeless Blackwood responses that GIBBO foists on its users.

So, I decided to PASS the jerk's 4NT call. The board would likely be a zero anyway, but MAYBE something good would happen.

And something good did happen: We went down "only" one, and astonishingly scored 89.3 % on the board.

What does this teach us? Nothing really, since the main point is that GIBBO robots haven't got a clue about how to play bridge - and that's something that most people who have played with and against GIBBO robots have known for a long, long time.

GIBBO robots rot.

https://tinyurl.brid...se.com/2p99v59h

[benellis58]

Same type of nonsense as the post immediately above. No surprise, I guess: A leopard doesn't change its spots and a GIBBO robot doesn't stop being a piece of trash.

West opens 2H, North passes, East bids 2NT, uselessly defined by a typically pathetic GIB definition as "Artificial force; 15+ HCP". I, South, PASS, figuring I can always bid spades later if it seems "right", but warned off bidding for now by the vulnerability (both red) and by East's known strength.

West bids 3H, showing a minimum. North and East pass.

What to do? I'm torn, because I hate to sell out when I have six decent spades, but I'm still leery of bidding for the same reasons as on the previous round.

Finally, I decide to bid 3S. As it turns out, this WAS the "winning" decision on this random layout, as we happen to be cold for 10 tricks in spades. Unfortunately, although it WAS the "winning" decision in any NORMAL world and with any DECENT partner, it was NOT the "winning" decision in Bizarro World with a GIBBO robot for a "partner".

I confess that I did not look at the GIB definition of 3S, because it seemed elementary and obvious that this was a competitive, natural bid, and that I could NOT have a BIG hand, because I had earlier PASSED OVER 2NT!!!

However, the GIB definition of this 3S call was not only pathetic (as we would ALWAYS expect a GIB definition to be!), but it was also insane: "18+ HCP, twice rebiddable spades; 20 total points". Yeah, right...uh...then why the earlier...PASS???? My contempt for GIB definitions grows each and every day!

Over my 3S call, West passed, and the GIBBO piece of stinking garbage sitting across from me did it AGAIN. The useless slimeball bid Blackwood. We ended up in FIVE spades down one.

A TYPICAL result with these clueless, useless pieces of filth! If South doesn't compete with 3S, NS sell out to 3H and miss their cold spade game, but if South does compete with 3S, the useless dirtbag "partnering" him gets starry-eyed (again!), goes slamming (again) and turns plus 620 into minus 100. What a MAGICIAN!

BTW, remember that East's 2NT was defined as showing "15+ HCP"? Well, THIS was his HAND: K, 108, KQ932, A10732. This is a ridiculous bid, but that goes without saying, because he's a hopeless GIBBO robot (the lowest of the low, the worst of the worst, complete and utter garbage), and GIBBO robots specialize in ridiculous bids! BUT...beyond that, where the HELL are his "15+ HCP"? He has a MERE...TWELVE HCP...including a stiff king!

Why do BBO users and customers continue to be plagued by these useless, worthless, hopeless GIBBO monstrosities?

https://tinyurl.brid...se.com/2p9wtb5j

[benellis58]

The two lamebrained EW "defenders" EARN themselves another WELL-DESERVED zero for their massive, ever-expanding collection of humiliations. Instead of establishing their club winner, they establish DUMMY'S fourth (!) diamond as a parking spot for my losing club.

Have I mentioned that GIBBO robots are the lowest of the low and the worst of the worst?

https://tinyurl.brid...se.com/3p6ewhdy

[benellis58]

Regardless of result (which was 71.4 % for NS and 28.6 % for EW), why on Earth would West lead a SPADE from 85 doubleton after dummy North transferred to spades?

https://tinyurl.brid...se.com/yck3usa6

[benellis58]

North has J973, J97, 1073, QJ4.

He has a mere FIVE HCP...with THREE of the five in JACKS and the other two for a QUEEN.

ALL FIVE of his MERE 5 HCP are in the enemy suits. NONE of his MERE 5 HCP are in his "partner's" suit.

He has a pancake flat 4-3-3-3 shape.

He is RED against WHITE.

He decides that he MUST "compete" with 3D over East's 2H.

He is a GIBBO robot.

He is an I.D.I.O.T.

50 % on the board, as I assume that all other innocent HUMANS were also victimized by the GIBBO pond scum that they were cursed to have as "partners".

https://tinyurl.brid...se.com/2p9668e3

[benellis58]

Valued contributor OMARHEUM has provided us with a hand. He writes "The East-West bidding is - ahem - 'interesting'. I certainly did not anticipate a 4S bid from East when I competed to 3D. West promised 16-19 'total' points for his takeout double - which he barely has. 74% for NS. 26 % for EW".

My comments:

OMAR is being very generous and polite with his selection of the word "interesting". "Ludicrous" is the adjective I would have chosen to describe East's bidding in particular. His 4S call is, of course, insane (a GIBBO trademark). But beyond the madness of that single call, consider that over West\s double of 2D, East bid "only" 3C...but later...after South bid 3D and West PASSED (!), East now LEAPT to FOUR (!)...SPADES! Where is there even an iota of logic or consistency? If East's 3C call was correct, then his leap to 4S was insane. Alternately, if his leap to 4S was intelligent and reasonable, then his earlier call of a mere 3C was a gross underbid.

The GIBBO robot "declarer" also butchered the play of the hand. Even though declarer play really IS the strongest part of the robot game, these nitwits aren't even very good at it.

https://www.bridgeba...CS6%7Cmc%7C7%7C

[benellis58]

Typically stupid lead by the GIBBO droke in the West: a club, declarer's KNOWN second suit, INTO declarer. Note that if the ignorant GIBBO robot manages to lead hearts (the only UNBID suit!), EW will take one more trick, as East will win two clubs instead of the MERE one he took after his imbecilic "partner" picked up the suit for declarer at trick ONE!

These GIBBO misfits should have been permanently barred from the game years ago. Sadly, they weren't, and they continue to desecrate it each and every time they play. They are worthless. They are hopeless. They are useless. Please get rid of them...forever.

https://tinyurl.brid...se.com/ycjckdz6

[benellis58]

Our result of 92.9 % was fine, so I'm not complaining, but I am pointing out the illogic of a typically pathetic GIB definition.

South's double of 2S is defined as "4+ clubs; 5- diamonds; 4+ hearts; 5- spades; 14-20 total points". With THAT hand, wouldn't he have earlier doubled ONE spade? Hint: Yes, GIB, of COURSE he would have! Therefore, his double here should show a "flawed" version of that - with, in this case, the "flaw" being the lack of a fourth club. The definition could not be THAT precise because the "flaw" could be a different one, but it could and should indicate that the lack of an earlier double indicates that there IS some "flaw" that prevented earlier action.

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

[benellis58]

Regardless of result or layout, WHY is North PULLING 3NT to 4H? Yes, I see that he has five hearts (whoop dee doo). But he ALREADY showed a good hand with...DUH...hearts! And to boot, he even has spade (the enemy suit) values AND honours in BOTH other unbid suits! Typically, for these GIBBO pieces of trash, he considers ONLY his OWN hand and completely ignores any thoughts about his partner's OR his partner's bidding. Note that I, South, had bid 3NT over the dweeb's 3H call even though I held FIVE (!) hearts myself - but unlike the DWEEB, I had a reason for doing so! In fact, several reasons:

1. Protecting my spade king.
2. Knowledge that NT is a higher-scoring strain than spades.
3. A big hand (16 HCP) and the knowledge that my OX also had good high card strength.
4. Stoppers in all four suits.
5. The awareness that heart tricks also count in no trump - a concept that these GIBBO M.O.R.O.N.S. have NEVER managed to figure out.
6. Safety: No danger of losing enemy ruffs.

Note that although as always one random hand proves nothing, on THIS random hand we would have taken 11 tricks, just as we did in hearts, BUT we would have scored much better than the 53.6 % that we obtained after SUPERSTOOGE "rescued" me from 3NT with his typically foolish, poorly judged, BLINKERED pull to 4H. Number TWO of the six reasons above tells WHY we would have scored better in case GIB is too downright STUPID to figure it out!

GIB/GIBBO = garbage.

https://tinyurl.brid...se.com/2mzc6vmk

[benellis58]

Another interesting thread:

https://www.bridgeba...penalty-double/

[benellis58]

Just a reminder: GIB/GIBBO robots are a stain on the game of bridge. They are a major weakness of BBO, which is an otherwise fine bridge site that is unfortunately tarnished by its continued use of these disgraceful GIBBO abominations. Why must BBO players, users, supporters, and customers be subjected to the gross inadequacies of these useless and hopelessly incompetent robots?

[benellis58]

I'm definitely not complaining about our score of 96.4 % on this board, and in fact North's overwhelming stupidity might have even been a GOOD thing here, because...wow, wow, WOW, did he EVER underbid with that ridiculous jump to 4S! Opposite a partner who had opened in first seat and who had shown at least four spades, North could EASILY have been cold for a slam, yet the IMBECILE made a ludicrous 4S call that would likely end the vast majority of auctions that began as this one had. What an absolute I.D.I.O.T. - as USUAL!

GIBBO robots are nothing but trash.

https://tinyurl.brid...se.com/y8pjx55x

[benellis58]

I'm not complaining about our score on this one either (92.9 %) but once again North bids ridiculously - only unlike the hand in post # 1958 immediately above, where the stunningly stupid piece of dirt grossly UNDERbid, the braindead clown OVERbids on this one. Not only are these GIBBO derelicts among the absolutely worst "bridge players" of ALL time, but they are not even consistent in their stupidity!

The worthless fool's 3C is defined as "forcing to 3NT". Why? WHY? WHY, pray tell, is this C.R.E.T.I.N.O.U.S. slimebag FORCING to 3NT with a mere ELEVEN HCP? Sorry - silly question with an all-too-obvious answer: He's doing it because he's a worthless, hopeless, contemptible GIBBO robot and therefore, by definition, he has no CLUE what he's doing.

Fortunately, I'm WELL aware of what nauseating pieces of filth these GIBBO robots are, so I easily saw through his wafer-thin veneer of decency and PASSED his "forcing to 3NT" 3C bid. WHY are these GIBBO monstrosities still here, still STAINING BBO by their very presence?

https://tinyurl.brid...se.com/yuhs9ayj

[benellis58]

West leads from his four-bagger in spades rather than his five-bagger in diamonds.

At trick four, West wins his diamond queen, and at trick five...the feebleminded GIBBO simpleton plays...another DIAMOND, the SAME suit DECLARER just played. GIBBO robots are the worst, the ABSOLUTE worst!

Another complete ZERO for Frick and Frack.

https://tinyurl.brid...se.com/t7yvp2bp