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Why did robot pass my 5d

#1 User is offline   kennel7 

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Posted 2020-September-08, 18:07

Robot
S Q42
H. 32
D. J2
C. Aj9865

Me
S. Kj5
H. Kq654
D. Ak7
C. Kq

Bidding .. me 2c...robot..2d...me ..2h.....rob...2nt.....me..3nt...rob..4nt....me..5d. and Robot passed , why ? 5d impossible
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Posted 2020-September-08, 18:12

Why do you think this is impossible?

4NT was a quantitative invite, 5 is declining and showing a suit.
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Posted 2020-September-08, 18:17

View PostTylerE, on 2020-September-08, 18:12, said:

Why do you think this is impossible?

4NT was a quantitative invite, 5 is declining and showing a suit.

Even if this is true, 5D is a second suit. The robot should show preference for hearts.

However, I would really have expected anything apart from pass to be natural and forcing to slam.
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Posted 2020-September-08, 19:01

5 is just plain undefined. GIB tends to pass if you make a bid that doesn't exist. Yes, it shouldn't, but really, just don't make undefined bids :)
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Posted 2020-September-08, 20:19

Solid bidding by GIB. Some people would ask how is getting to a 3-2 fit any good. There are much worse suit fits that GIB could have ended up in (although not on this hand). There are plenty of hands where passing 5 would be the right bid so I encourage GIB to keep passing until one of those hands comes up.
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