[tgphelps]

Yesterday, in our weekly 0-500 game, we had a deal that my partner and I didn't know how to bid and an opponent overcalled, and we ended up in a part score when both of us had opening count. Is there some way to feed this deal to the BBO robots and see how they would bid the hand? Yes, I realize they aren't perfect, and they don't play exactly the same conventions we do, but it would be helpful nontheless.

If there's a way to do this, please let me know.

[smerriman]

Practice - Start a bidding table

At the bottom change the opponents pass throughout option if there is opposition bidding

After starting the table, menu - Deal source - Advanced

Choose the dealer, check the last checkbox, and enter each hand like this (make sure the hands of interest are N/S):

predeal south SAJ85, H876, D3, CAK743
predeal north ...

Close, place robots in North and South. May need to press redeal in the menu if it doesn't auto deal.

But probably wiser posting the hand in the forum..

[tgphelps]

First of all: oooooooooh, you included a link to a post of yours on reverse engineering GIB. This interests me far more than your answer to my question. I will be reading all of that other post, plus whatever else you wish to share. I'm a retired Computer Guy, and have been interested in (1) how GIB works, and (2) reverse engineering in general since I returned to bridge after a 20-year hiatus.

And thanks for the details of how to use the robots to simulate a specific deal. I have use the bidding table before, and have specified constraints on the deals I want, so I know the general outline if it. I just never saw/used the 'predeal' option before.

Thanks again for both things. I have much reading to do now...

[cencio]

Download wbridge5 a free software. download the hand as lin o pbn and bid it with it. Also many other software but for a fee, may do this

[diana_eva]

tgphelps, on 2024-November-20, 07:47, said:

Yesterday, in our weekly 0-500 game, we had a deal that my partner and I didn't know how to bid and an opponent overcalled, and we ended up in a part score when both of us had opening count. Is there some way to feed this deal to the BBO robots and see how they would bid the hand? Yes, I realize they aren't perfect, and they don't play exactly the same conventions we do, but it would be helpful nontheless.

If there's a way to do this, please let me know.

Start a practice table -> Teaching

History -> Recent tournaments -> find the deal

There is a small "hamburger" icon on the hand diagram, at the bottom of the History panel. Click it and choose Export deal -> Upload deal to table

Play it and replay it as many time as you like.