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You might like X at South's first turn better than 1♠, but c'est la vie.
3♠ is described as 4-8 total points, consistent with a preemptive jump.
North's hand is a bit better than that...
(and yes, I know that 4♠ can be set if lefty underleads his club honors).
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Preemptive or not? Robot's bid of 3 spades is...surprisingly strong
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Posted 2011-December-10, 13:38
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Posted 2011-December-11, 19:08
The rule for the cue bid in this auction requires 16 HCP, which seems pretty heavy. I guess the assumption was that opener has a full opening hand (because he rebid), and responder has some points, so there's not much left for partner, so we don't want to invite game without significant extras. I think this is a bug, we'll investigate a fix.
While playing around with this, I asked GIB what it would have bid if West had passed instead of bidding 2♣. I expected it to cue bid, but instead it bids 1NT! That seems like a real bug.
While playing around with this, I asked GIB what it would have bid if West had passed instead of bidding 2♣. I expected it to cue bid, but instead it bids 1NT! That seems like a real bug.
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