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Robot refused to let me play in S until it was too high I had 9 playing tricks in S and robot responded cheaper minor

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Posted Yesterday, 16:27



I had 9 playing tricks and 4 defensive tricks so I opened 2, followed by 2 over the expected 2.

The robot then bid cheaper minor, showing it could give me nothing, and I rebid the suit, which should turn off the game force.

The robot, to my surprise, bid 3NT holding a void in my suit! I corrected to 4 as my suit was self sufficient, and the robot pulled it to 5!

What did it think that my 4 wasn't showing a long, strong suit?
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Posted Today, 01:01

View Postmikl_plkcc, on 2025-July-22, 16:27, said:

What did it think that my 4 wasn't showing a long, strong suit?


With 9 tricks in hand, why did you think that 3N was a bad contract?

Even if you're worries about the Diamonds, you need to understand that

1. The robots are really really bad
2. There's a lot of risk in correcting to Spades
Alderaan delenda est
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Posted Today, 02:00

With 9 tricks at hand, and expecting no help from partner, why would you want to be anywhere else then in 3NT? The ONLY thing you need from partner is King protected for the lead, or a long enough suit so they can never cash 5 of them.

You're not going to make more tricks in then you are in NT very often. In this case you can, provided they do not lead against 3NT AND you guess the right in 4 as luckily there is a guess so you have a chance. That's the only scenario. Good job by the bot to assesses 3NT is the place to be!
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