[benellis58]

Same hand as post #1560 immediately above, but different table. Here the human South chose to open 2C, and we see some typically "amusing" examples of GIBBO "ability".

East's 3D seems very silly.

But what's REALLY revealing about how hopeless the GIBBO robots are (and how stunningly PATHETIC their 2C structure is) is that North...opposite a partner who opened TWO CLUBS (!) never does anything but pass, and passes out 2D, despite holding KJ98763 of clubs in a 1-2-3-7 hand!

Regardless of result, this is ridiculous.

https://www.bridgeba...CK%7Cpc%7CC5%7C

[benellis58]

It didn't really make a difference, but it was a silly lead nonetheless.

https://www.bridgeba...HK%7Cmc%7C11%7C

[benellis58]

And here's the same hand from another table. The human South did not shine on this, but we're not ever here to bash humans. We're ALWAYS here to bash the execrable GIB/GIBBO robots, as stated in the title that Diana gave this essential thread when she was inspired to create it in August of 2025. The title is effectively a mission statement and I am happy to do my small part to act in the service of Diana's thread. So,...let's...do some GIBBO bashing!

On a different auction, West makes the same silly trump lead, but here it is EAST who leads the Stupidity Brigade. At this table, South never bid diamonds, so East's inane diamond shift at trick two could easily be resolving a guess declarer might have if he lacks the diamond queen. GIBBO robots = zero intelligence.

https://www.bridgeba...H7%7Cpc%7CH9%7C

[benellis58]

After the spade lead, I can always make 10 tricks, but I made 11 thanks to a scintillatingly stupid "defence" by Frick and Frack.

Frick decides not to take his club ace. Stupid? Of course. But maybe Frick doesn't deserve the blame, because it was FRACK who failed to give correct count. Then again, maybe neither Frick nor Frack is to blame - maybe it's the overall WORTHLESSNESS that is GIBBO in general, since in the hopeless and wretched GIBBO universe, signals are almost never used...and perhaps because of THAT, even when they ARE used they are often not believed or acted on. These poor GIBBO stiffs have been equipped with a useless set of "tools", so maybe we shouldn't blame THEM so much for being the world's worst "carpenter".

Comically, At trick 5, West plays a second round of clubs, and from his remaining J98 he leads the jack, despite LOOKING AT the remaining king-TEN(!) dub in dummy and despite having earlier seen South's QUEEN win a trick. This silly play was irrelevant at this point (since after East's earlier duck with the ace I was already slated to take 11 tricks), but they make bad plays so often, whether they end up costing or not, that it's almost as if they're purposely doing it just to stay in practice. But - no, I think they do it because they're just plain not good enough to even KNOW what's clever and what's not. They rot.

https://www.bridgeba...C4%7Cmc%7C11%7C

[benellis58]

The EW "defenders" allow me to make a game that was "impossible" after the first two tricks. They did this by then FAILING to take their two TOP heart tricks. At trick three, West led a low heart to East's ace, and East foolishly then played a THIRD round of diamonds, even though he KNEW that declarer North was ALSO void in the suit at that point. Clearly a BAD play by East, but West was not entirely innocent. Given that West, by leading a heart at trick three, was playing East for a high heart anyway, he might well have led his KING to clarify the situation for a "partner" that he surely knew was a REALLY bad "bridge player".

https://www.bridgeba...S3%7Cmc%7C10%7C

[benellis58]

Most of the GIB definitions in this hand are just plain bad. No surprise at ALL, so THAT'S not why I'm posting this hand.

I'm posting it because of two definitions that are not even SEEN here because neither of the bids occurred, but...when it came time to make my bid over North's 2C, I first checked the definitions of both 2H and 3H to see what each would mean in the execrable GIBBO system, as defined by the pathetic GIB definitions.

In doing so, I saw that BOTH (!!!) 2H...AND...3H had exactly the same definition! I've seen this same situation with these hopeless GIB definitions before. Just consider how stupid, wasteful (!), and sloppy it is to have EXACTLY the same meaning for two different calls.

Both said "4+ hearts, 5+ spades, 17- HCP, 12-19 total points". Ridiculous...but sadly typical of GIB/GIBBO's lack of intelligent systemic construction.

https://www.bridgeba...H9%7Cpc%7CS6%7C

[benellis58]

At trick four, declarer South leads hearts (trump) for the SECOND time on this hand. Earlier he had led the 2 from his hand, West had followed normally with the 3, declarer had called for dummy North's queen, and East had won the ace.

Thus, 9 of the 13 hearts (trump) are still in play at trick 4. Declarer South leads the 8. West has two hearts remaining: the jack and the 7. He can see that dummy North has these four hearts remaining: K1096.

What is West's correct play? I asked 14 raw beginners, and every one of them replied, "Is this a JOKE? The right play is OBVIOUSLY the 7. Are you trying to INSULT us, Ben, just because we're RAW BEGINNERS?"

What did the GIBBO robot play? Well, as I'm sure EVERYONE has already guessed, the feebleminded, clueless GIBBO robot played the...JACK!

Yes, THAT is EXACTLY how COMPLETELY hopeless the GIBBO robots are!

THEN I was ALSO reminded of the great Dee Dee Sharp, who over 60 years ago sang, "Give me gravy for my mashed potatoes", because that's exactly what West did: He put some "gravy" on the order of "mashed potatoes" that had already placed on the table. He won his spade queen at trick 7 and instead of then cashing his spade ace, he witlessly played a diamond, thereby allowing me to CLAIM. For allowing me to take TEN tricks in my 2H contract, these GIBBO clowns secured themselves yet ANOTHER in their endless and ongoing collection of complete zeroes. They are indeed the worst of the worst.

https://www.bridgeba...SK%7Cpc%7CSA%7C

[benellis58]

ANOTHER complete zero for Frick and Frack:

https://www.bridgeba...S2%7Cpc%7CCQ%7C

[benellis58]

At trick 4, East can win the heart 9, but instead he chooses to win his JACK, which makes declarer's TEN a winner.

This was irrelevant to the result, because after losing that heart trick, declarer had all the remaining tricks anyway, but why would East do this? (Actually, I think the robots are PROGRAMMED to do this sort of thing when they "know" that they will take no more tricks, but STILL...).

https://tinyurl.brid...se.com/mvmha23m

[benellis58]

Whatever the CORRECT bid over 3H is for East in the antiquated, pathetic JOKE that the GIBBO bidding system is, it sure as Hell can't be the ridiculous underbid of 4D that the loser committed. His brainless and gutless 4D is defined as "4+ diamonds, 4+ spades, 6+ total points".

True, this is the usual piece of garbage that we would expect from a GIB definition, as it lazily, sloppily, and most of all uselessly (!) says "6+ total points". Why do these pathetic GIB definitions SO often merely put some random number and then affix a plus or minus sign to it, thereby leaving it open-ended, unspecified, and SO wide-ranging and vague that it is absolutely WORTHLESS? On top of that, the ALREADY useless "6+" is not EVEN in high-card points - it's in "total" points, which is a concept that GIB has proven time and time again it doesn't even understand.

Thus, the poor sap in the East can legitimately argue that he is saddled with a GIB definition that belongs in a landfill, but he's no genius himself. It's not exactly surprising that when you combine one of the worst "bridge players" of all time with one of the worst systems of all time...as defined by some of the worst definitions of all time, you end up in a lowly 4D on this hand.

Please get RID of GIB and GIBBO. They are an embarrassment to bridge and a major weakness of BBO.

https://www.bridgeba...CA%7Cmc%7C12%7C

[benellis58]

I'm not thrilled by North's 1H bid. In many auctions on many random hands, he would either later have to reverse (!) or else never show his spades. This is typical GIBBO bidding for countless hands of this type. They always bid their longer suit first (which sometimes CAN be right, but which often leads them into REALLY bad auctions because of their short-sighted unpreparedness).

West's final double is, of course, the action of a madman. It doesn't even correspond to his own typically pathetic GIB definition, which (ha, ha) "promises" (ha, ha) "13-17 HCP", while Johnny Halfwit in the West actually has a mere TEN, including THREE jacks. The reference to "total" points is ALWAYS worthless, since GIB doesn't even understand the basic concept of "total" points. If GIBBO was a horse, it would long ago have been sent to a glue factory.

https://www.bridgeba...S8%7Cmc%7C11%7C

[benellis58]

Not my table, but a great example pf the awesome ignorance of the stupefyingly inept pieces of trash known as GIBBO robots.

The GIBBO imbecile in the East has the world's most obvious lead of the heart king, but Supertwit instead tables the 6 of diamonds from his worthless 64 doubleton. The anonymous human declarer then plays the hand very nicely (after all, he's a HUMAN - not a worthless GIBBO robot!) and squeezes Supertwit, who can't keep his club stopper AND his KQ of hearts.

Well done, anonymous human declarer. Miserably done (as USUAL), worthless GIBBO robot.

https://www.bridgeba...C9%7Cmc%7C12%7C

[benellis58]

At trick 12, dummy North's last two cards are the J10 of clubs. "Defender" East's are the Q7 of clubs. Declarer South's are the K5 of clubs. "Defender" West's are the KJ of diamonds.

Declarer South calls for dummy's club jack and...East...COVERS (!) with his queen from his remaining Q7! Consider how MONUMENTALLY stupid this is!

East, of course, can only see his own cards and dummy's, but he knows that the only two unseen clubs are the king and the 5. If his partner West has BOTH, then it doesn't matter what East does, because EW will obviously have both of the last two tricks. Similarly, if his partner has even ONE of the two unseen clubs, it doesn't matter what East does, because if WEST has (only) the king, he will win trick 12 and play a diamond at trick 13. Similarly, if West has (only) the 5, SOUTH will win trick 12 and play a diamond at trick 13.

Thus, whenever West has EITHER two clubs OR one club. East's play at trick 12 will be irrelevant.

Therefore, the ONLY time East's play at trick 12 WILL be relevant is when declarer SOUTH has BOTH the unseen clubs, the king and the 5 (which was actually the case here).

Since that layout is the ONLY one where East's play might matter, that is the one his play should cater to.

Now, assuming that South has the king and 5, when North's jack is led, if East covers with his queen, South will be GUARANTEED to win BOTH of the last two tricks. He will top East's queen with his king at trick 12, and at trick 13 he will play his 5 to dummy's now-high 10.

BUT if East CORRECTLY makes the 100 % OBVIOUS play of putting his SEVEN on dummy's jack, RETAINING his (hidden!) queen by NOT (stupidly!) covering, declarer South will have to GUESS whether to slide the jack (playing for clubs 2-0 at this point) OR rise with his king (playing for them 1-1 at this point).

Now, in practice, East's IMBECILIC cover did not cost, because I would have correctly slid the jack, but...HE didn't know that I would get it right! For all HE knew, I might have gone WRONG by popping my king...which would then have allowed HIM to win trick 13 with his queen. As is SO often the case with these hopeless, braindead GIBBO bozos, the jerk in the East turned declarer's potential GUESS into a GUARANTEED winning action. No wonder GIBBO robots are the doormats of bridge! They stink at EVERY element of the game. They totally rot. They are garbage.

https://www.bridgeba...CCQ%7Cmc%7C8%7C

[benellis58]

Just popping in to comment that as much as I appreciate BBO and as much as I enjoy robot games, I have nothing but disgust and contempt for the despicable GIBBO robots, the hopeless joke that is the GIBBO system, and the always pathetic GIB definitions.

So, as much as I appreciate BBO and as much as I enjoy robot games, I would appreciate BBO far more and would enjoy the robot games far more...if EVERYTHING GIB and GIBBO related was removed forever and replaced by decent robots,a decent system, and decent definitions. From what I have read and heard, I suspect that huge numbers of BBO members, customers, and former (!) customers share my opinions.