Snatching defeat from the jaws of 4S
#1
Posted 2018-February-25, 00:40
In fact, GIB weirdness was all over tonight when I played in ACBL practice tourney #4. Several overbids by GIB even with minimum responses from me getting us one level too high.
5C Bid over 4S
#2
Posted 2018-February-25, 00:45
#3
Posted 2018-February-25, 01:08
But why would GIB pull at the 5 level with such a weak hand after I've voluntarily bid 4S? That seems a bit much even for GIB. So what's a better bid on my part to avoid this?
FWIW, GIB really messes with my head a LOT.
#4
Posted 2018-February-25, 01:19
So I can't see how GIB has any choice but to pull to 5♣ - you showed strength for game, and a 9+ card fit surely has to be better than a 7 (and guaranteed not 8) card one. GIB knows you bid game without knowing about his 4 clubs after all!
GIB would bid 3♠ (4+ ♠, 16-18 total points), but you also have 4♠ (4+ ♠, 19-22 points) or 3♦ (4+ ♠, 1- ♦, 19-22) points to choose from if you want to force to game.
#5
Posted 2018-February-25, 07:32
#6
Posted 2018-February-25, 12:06
#7
Posted 2018-February-25, 15:50
svengolly, on 2018-February-25, 01:08, said:
For the record, what was the purpose of showing general fit rather than just bidding to game over a passed hand with fit?
I'm not sure how GIB works, but your bidding probably messed with his head a LOT
#8
Posted 2018-February-25, 19:18
pescetom, on 2018-February-25, 15:50, said:
I'm not sure how GIB works, but your bidding probably messed with his head a LOT
OY, everyone's a critic. I asked in one post what my specific correct bid should have been to make GIB happy. No response. What's forcing in that sequence?
#9
Posted 2018-February-25, 19:26
smerriman, on 2018-February-25, 01:19, said:
OK thanks! With my regular partners, they'd leave me in 4S. So after 1S - X - 3S forces? Jump to 4S is a signoff and there might be more there (which as the auction went, I had to anyway).
#10
Posted 2018-February-25, 20:18