[benellis58]

Maybe a GIB robot crawled into West's chair, because West made a typical, and typically STUPID, GIB-style lead: his STIFF heart. Lorserker eliminated a lot of this utter nonsense with the (slightly) improved GIBBO robots, but obviously a lot of the rot remains!.

The EW "defenders" then stick loyally to their lifelong principles (their illogical, sick, twisted lifelong principles):

At trick two, declarer leads a CLUB to his queen. West wins the ace and...of COURSE...immediately returns a...CLUB.

Declarer wins that club and then plays a SPADE to his jack. West wins the ace and...of COURSE...immediately returns a...SPADE.

You can PREDICT this stuff...like CLOCKWORK (but it's not always orange).

98.21 % for NS. 1.79 % for EW and their BRILLIANT "defence". But hey, maybe HUMAN EW defenders would have done even worse. After all, a small but dedicated band of GIBBO supporters (!!!???) keeps telling us that the robots are "better than most human players".



https://www.bridgeba...S6%7Cpc%7CS8%7C

[benellis58]

Had West sold out to North-South's 2S, they would have made 9 tricks and EW would have been minus 140 on the board.

But West wouldn't sit still for THAT! No, SIR! HE'S a GIBBO robot. HE'S super macho. HE won't be pushed around. HE won't give up so easily, because HE (have I mentioned this?) is a GIBBO robot!

So HE...bids a macho 3H (vulnerable!) on his 4-4-3-2 FOUR-count, and HE goes down THREE for minus 300. I guess that's the GIBBO version of "sacrifice bidding".

Meanwhile, compare HIS (macho) bidding to the CRAVEN underbidding of North (which luckily turned out well for him...on THIS random hand)!

No brains, no judgment, no consistency.

https://www.bridgeba...SK%7Cpc%7CHT%7C

[benellis58]

West bids 2S. What's strange is that a GIBBO robot would never OPEN this hand 2S, due to his having four hearts on the side...yet he's quite happy to make a pre-emptive jump overcall of 2S.

The auction gives declarer South a perfect road map of how to play the hand. Thank you, Mr. West. Thank you, Mr. East. I look forward to seeing both of you again MANY times in the future - as often as possible - but please, gentlemen, I beg of you: ONLY as my opponents, and NEVER...ever...EVER as my (shudder!) "partner".

https://www.bridgeba...HT%7Cpc%7CSJ%7C

[benellis58]

North made a typically wild, unscientific, unilateral jump to a slam, in this case 6D.

It happened to work out fine on this random layout, since declarer made an overtrick, but it might NOT have worked out "fine" on many other random layouts.

GIBBO robots should learn how to use all available bidding space to investigate intelligently. Even more important, GIBBO robots need a better system than the antiquated, inferior one GIBBO has saddled ALL its participants with.

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

[benellis58]

East wins trick 8 with his diamond ace.

At trick 9, he correctly plays a heart, the suit that his partner West had overcalled in (when he bid 1H over South's 1C opener), the suit that East had supported (when he bid 2H over North's 2C), and the suit that West had led at trick one (when West led an honest fourth-best 3, North's jack had won the trick, East had followed with his 6, and South had followed with the 4).

So, a true BRAVO to East for now, at trick 9, correctly playing a heart. MANY GIBBO robots that I "know" would have FAILED to do so.

But a GIBBO robot can apparently NEVER be fully correct, because East's remaining hearts at trick 9 are the 109 doubleton, and - oblivious OAF that he is - he cannot even return the correct heart from the mere two he has left! Rather than correctly playing the 10, he shows his ignorance by playing the 9. A CHIMPANZEE would have had a 50-50 chance of playing the proper heart!

But abysmal as his play of the 9 was, it should not have made a difference. South, with K8 remaining, had NO legitimate way to prevent EW from now taking FOUR heart tricks to beat his 3NT contract one...yet South mot only MADE his "impossible" contract - he made it with an OVERTRICK!

He played his heart king and West, with AQ52 remaining, won his ace. West was now on lead at trick 10. The remaining hearts at this time were:

"Defender" West, now on lead, had the Q52. Dummy North was void. "Defender" East, having just incorrectly played the 9, was now left with the stiff 10. Declarer South had the stiff 8.

As you can see, ALL West had to do was CASH his heart queen, dropping BOTH East's remaining 10 and South's remaining 8. Then he could cash the LAST TWO hearts in the deck: his lowly 5 and 2. He had made the correct and best opening lead, and his partner had, at trick 9, made the correct and best return of a heart (albeit, sadly, not the RIGHT heart). These correct plays - for GIBBO robots (!) - were miraculous.

But for these CLOWNS, miracles do NOT last forever, because...rather than cashing his heart queen, West played...his FIVE (!!!) of hearts, retaining his Q2 for later use (ha, HA, HA!). "Later" NEVER came! East won trick 10, perforce, with his now-stiff heart 10. He then led his 10 of spades, and declarer South, with the KJ of spades and the 8 of diamonds as his last three cards, played the KING, dropping West's now-stiff queen. Then at trick 12, declarer cashed his now-high JACK of spades, and at trick 13 played his 8 of diamonds to dummy's esatablished, high queen.

10 tricks g=for NS. EASY game, bridge - but obviously NOT for the astoundingly hopeless GIBBO robots.

https://www.bridgeba...S8%7Cmc%7C10%7C

[benellis58]

West leads from his four-bagger in spades rather than his six-bagger in hearts. Yes, West IS a GIBBO robot. What gave it away?

https://tinyurl.brid...se.com/bdewf5my

[benellis58]

An interesting thread posted by valued Forum contributor Pescetom:

https://www.bridgeba...back-lorserker/

[benellis58]

A competent bridge player in the North seat would play the queen of diamonds at trick one.

The North player at this table instead played the THREE of diamonds at trick one.

Yes, North WAS a GIBBO robot. What gave it away?

https://tinyurl.brid...se.com/2p9hn96a

[benellis58]

North-South score a very decent 67.9 % on this board for going down three (!) in the normal contract of 1NT.

Yes, the East-West "defenders" WERE GIBBO robots. What gave it away?

Well, maybe the first clue was East's REMARKABLY stupid shift to the jack of clubs (!) from J3 doubleton, at trick two. "C.R.E.T.I.N." is MUCH too mild a word to describe the pathetic loser in the East.

https://tinyurl.brid...se.com/53uxhh7k

[benellis58]

Trick 5: The GIBBO robot "defender" sitting East shifts to a spade, the first time that ANY spades have been played thus far in the hand.

Well done, Mr. East, well done indeed! Now you and your partner West can take five spades and two hearts to add to the one club trick that you just won. That will give your EW partnership a total of EIGHT tricks, meaning that you will defeat South's 2NT contract by three tricks.

Uhh, just one tiny little problem though, Mr. East. Please forgive me for pointing it out, but...you returned the WRONG spade, you simpleton! GIBBO robots play FOURTH-best leads, but YOU (you droke!) returned your fifth-best.

Your "partner" West, another GIBBO robot (and therefore also another total I.D.I.O.T.!) won his spade queen and...shifted (!) to the 8 of hearts (from A108!). But hey, no problem, because you two intellectual wizards, you two EINSTEINS can still take all the tricks coming to you and still beat 2NT by three tricks.

Golly gee, this is exciting! I'm on pins and needles waiting to see what happens! This would make a terrific suspense movie - what a tragedy that the great Alfred Hitchcock is no longer here to direct it.

East wins trick six with his heart king! East-West have now taken three tricks (a club, then a spade, and now a heart). North-South had earlier taken three tricks, so this super-exciting battle of wits is now tied 3-3, with 7 tricks yet to be played. Be still, my nerves, and just enjoy this thrilling contest.

At trick seven, East plays the NINE of hearts. Declarer South covers with the queen, West wins his ace, and dummy North plays the 4. Heart, stop pounding! I know this is TREMENDOUSLY exciting, but we don't want to have a medical emergency! Besides, we'll soon see what's going to happen with this CLASSIC thriller, because West has a card in his hand and he's about to drop it on the table. He does! What is it? Can you see?

It's the...10 of hearts (!!!), and...declarer South...CLAIMS (!)...ALL the remaining tricks!

This is hilarious! You two GIBBO flunkies could - and more importantly should - have taken eight tricks to beat 2NT THREE! Instead, you pathetic, clueless rubes allowed DECLARER to take NINE (!) tricks (while you jackasses took a mere four), and he scored an OVERTRICK in his 2NT contract.

You two clods, along with every other GIBBO robot, are absolutely the worst "bridge players" I have ever seen...with the sole exception of your immediate predecessors (the TRULY atrocious GIB robots) who were even worse than you clueless clowns. Here's my constructive suggestion to you imbeciles: Give up the game! You stink at it!

https://tinyurl.brid...se.com/38ry5s7e

[benellis58]

The GIBBO robots are worse - FAR worse - than I thought, even though I knew from the FIRST time I ever encountered them that they were mind-blowingly bad. Incredibly, after all the times I've played with and against these pieces of trash, they seem to get EVEN worse each and every day. I've posted numerous examples of how completely worthless these robots are, and yet the hands I've posted are an infinitesimal fraction of ALL the ones that I COULD have posted. It would be VERY hard to create a WORSE robot even if you tried!

[benellis58]

I operate quite often when playing with and against GIBBO robots, mainly because I know that they are all complete C.R.E.T.I.N.S.

The operations work out more often than not, but they don't always work out, and occasionally an operation ends up with a dead patient. I initially thought that this operation might have that unfortunate result, even though this operation was as MINOR an "operation" as possible: All I did was open a supposed 15-17 1NT in fourth seat with "only" 14 HCP.

This was passed out and West led the 3 of spades.

Dummy North tabled K2, 1064, QJ107, Q1095, and I immediately said to myself, "Self, you picked the WRONG time for this mini-operation!" I said that because I had as South:

J9, QJ52, AK65, K83. This did NOT look good!

The first order of business was to guess the spades...if there even WAS a successful guess, because if East had both the ace and the queen, I couldn't do anything. I called for dummy's 2 and got a piece of good news, as East played the 10 and I won my jack. Good news (!), but I still had only five top tricks (the spade I had just won, plus four top diamond tricks). I could eventually set up winners in hearts and clubs, but that would take a while, as I was missing, the ace and king of hearts, plus the ace and jack of clubs. I would have to let the opponents in to establish my winners, and as soon as they got in they could cash at least four spades (and more if there was a foul spade split).

I played a diamond to dummy, and then led a club to my king - which won! Hey, MORE good news - but that only brought me up to six tricks, and I needed seven.

I cashed my three remaining diamond tricks. First, I wanted to ensure that if things didn't work out, I would at least be down "only" one. Second, one or both opponents would have to make pitches, which might hurt them and help me.

After six tricks, the tally was all six for me, none for them. So far so good, but I still needed a seventh trick.

At trick 7, I led my 5 of hearts (from QJ52) towards Dummy North's 1064. West, my LHO, played the 7, so of course I called for dummy's 10 and...it WON, as East played the nine! Dummy's TEN (!)...WON (!). It was my seventh trick, so I would actually be making this hand!

At trick 8, I played a second heart. West won his king and then cashed his ace. Nine tricks had been played, and the score was 7 for me, 2 for the GIBBO "defenders".

The SPADE position was obviously unknown at trick 10, with West on lead, but I later saw that it was as follows:

"Defender" West, now on lead at trick 10, had Q7 doubleton (plus J7 doubleton of clubs).
Dummy North had stiff king (plus Q109 of clubs).
"Defender" East had A84 (plus the stiff ace of clubs).
Declarer South (yours truly) had the stiff 9 (plus the jack of hearts and the 83 of clubs).

West led his SEVEN of spades (from Q7). North, perforce, played his stiff king. East, with A84, played the...the...the...EIGHT!!!

Dummy's spade king had WON the trick (!!!) and North-South now had NINE in all! We didn't take any more, but the final tally was NINE tricks (!) for NS, FOUR for EW, so we made our 1NT with two overtricks! Needless to say, that was 100 % for NS and yet ANOTHER total zero (a VERY well-deserved total zero!) for Frick and Frack.

But here's the most amusing thing: My spades...in a NO TRUMP contract...were J9 doubleton in my hand opposite K2 doubleton in dummy. The EW opponents led spades twice, and NS won BOTH (!) times, while EW took NEITHER of those two SPADE tricks!

There were several atrocities on this hand (as usual for the execrable GIBBO robots), but I'm not going to waste time pointing them out. What I WILL point out, however, is that if you go back and read post # 1831 immediately above, you will now see EXACTLY why I wrote it, and EXACTLY how true and accurate it is!

https://tinyurl.brid...se.com/yc3z5pmb

[benellis58]

South opens one DIAMOND, so of COURSE when East-West end up in 3S by West, North (South's "partner") does NOT lead a DIAMOND. Oh no, PERISH the thought that a GIBBO robot would EVER lead his "partner's suit".

THIS was North's hand: 9, KJ872, K9632, 109. The braindead piece of dirt led...of COURSE... his club 10.

We scored 71.4 % on the board anyway, but the point is that these GIBBO robots are nothing but garbage. Bad leads are not rare occasions or unlucky guesses for these slimeballs - they're inherent parts of their BEING. Please get RID of these worthless monstrosities.

https://tinyurl.brid...se.com/229vsy59

[benellis58]

Why the Hell is West bidding 3D on 10-fifth? Why the Hell is East JUMPING to FOUR spades with his dogmeat?

https://tinyurl.brid...se.com/47hrcsrh

[benellis58]

East wins his spade 10 at trick two. Any guesses what he fires back at trick three?

Right you are! Well done! Yes, he's a GIBBO robot, so of COURSE he fires back a...SPADE. Of COURSE he immediately returns the suit DECLARER just played. Of COURSE he would never even DREAM of playing a CLUB. His "partner" had LED a club, GUARANTEEING that East would NEVER return the suit.

https://tinyurl.brid...se.com/2p8m3b5k

[benellis58]

Well done, East-West! Some EW pairs might have missed the ...FIVE-ONE "fit", but YOU found it! Hard luck that you scored ANOTHER complete ZERO on it!

https://tinyurl.brid...se.com/2p8bsvhx