pigpenz, on 2012-March-29, 09:38, said:
I was referring to several hands where you had received 100% on
they were 2 or 3 hands where you opened some real obtuse 1NT openings, say like 4441 13 hcp , just an example
you were able to bring the contract home even though on these hands GIB could have beaten several tricks.
I am just referring to the fact the yes you got 100%, but if GIB had defended differently you would have gotten 0%.
So yes you took your chances and got a good score and you could have just as easily gotten a 0%.
Is this good bridge? I dont know?
you do very well with it and do very well with normal things, alot of people have a hard time with the simple
things of bridge.
Again, I guarantee you the facts are that I average better scores on the hands where I do only "normal things". If you believe that all of my high scores on hands where I make an "unusual" bid are due to the fact that GIB is not programmed to defend a 1nt opener as possibly being on 14 rather than 15 to 17, you are mistaken. It used to be said that 26 HCP were the combined total typically required to bid and make 3nt with 2 balanced hands. Looking at Meckwell in action, they routinely bid and make 3nt on 24 combined HCP. No one would ever argue the fact that this is good bridge. Hands that you may open on 14 and the robot drives to game on 9 are good tests for making 3nt on 23 combined HCP. While occasionally you may make extra tricks primarily because of the GIB's programming, frequently there will not be ways to make these hands or if there are they require very good lines of play for the declarer.