[wbartley]

Just play bridge robots. Human South

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3♥ was described as 23+. Just going by points alone, the partnership can be off an ace and North has RKC available.

[johnu]

To coin a phrase, Blackwood is for winners

Realistically, why would you check for aces. It just cuts down the number of grand slams you can bid.

[ahydra]

Pity there's no triple squeeze to make it this time if GIB does its usual thing in not leading the ace.

ahydra

[steve2005]

Gib has no clue how to bid slams!
When partner opens 2♣ they are in charge until they bid NT or sign-off (even then sign-offs most of time)
Bidding 7♥ is just ridiculous.
Beside the obvious that might be off an ace 7N might be safer. Partner could have ♦ support and 7D safer.
To get to pts to bid 7 I suspect Gib is counting it's 2 doubletons.
Doubleton just aren't clearly pulling weight in 7H.
Need controls and tricks to bid slam! Not whatever silly point count method Gib is using,

[virgosrock]

steve2005, on 2018-April-23, 21:22, said:

Gib has no clue how to bid slams!
When partner opens 2♣ they are in charge until they bid NT or sign-off (even then sign-offs most of time)
Bidding 7♥ is just ridiculous.
Beside the obvious that might be off an ace 7N might be safer. Partner could have ♦ support and 7D safer.
To get to pts to bid 7 I suspect Gib is counting it's 2 doubletons.
Doubleton just aren't clearly pulling weight in 7H.
Need controls and tricks to bid slam! Not whatever silly point count method Gib is using,

sympathize with wbartley. i wonder though how many 2C openers will have only 2 aces (when they don't have a void). i walk on egg shells when dealing with GIBidiot. Might have bid 3 NT over 3D because of stiff DJ. Even when walking on eggshells there are disasters. Merely an alternative point of view. Full sympathies to wbartley.

The other day righty opened 2S I bid 2N and GIBBbonics bid 7D. Luckily was cold. "Points" SUCK big time.

vrock

[pescetom]

virgosrock, on 2018-April-24, 08:56, said:

The other day righty opened 2S I bid 2N and GIBBbonics bid 7D. Luckily was cold. "Points" SUCK big time.

Your 2N bid does show a good handful of "points" (say 15-19) plus a S stopper.
Of course it's still primitive to jump to a grand slam in suit knowing so little about partner's hand.

[jdonn]

It has been a long time goal of mine to have a rule created that GIB always bids blackwood on the way instead of jumping to 6 or 7 of any suit.