So here's another disastrous bidding fiasco that resulted in something horrible like 3
♥ down 4.
Here was my line of reasoning. Open with clubs, perfectly standard. Partner comes back with 2
♣, all right -- it is what it is. East intervenes with a 2
♠ bid. At that point I had to ask myself whether I could push a little higher. We were not vulnerable and the ops were and I was hoping that if I pushed them to 3
♠ we could defeat their contract. I had a hand full of spades. So I bid 3
♣. Opposition passes and what does my Crazy Robot partner do? Suddenly out of the clear blue sky, with only three miserable hearts in its hand, it bids 3
♥.
Why? I mean, the logical thing would be to either bid the nice diamonds partner is holding or otherwise pass.
Why the hearts? I had no idea what was meant and obviously had one foot off the precipice with no turning back. So I passed.
Why the hearts?