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    From Paul N@21:1/5 to All on Tue Nov 21 05:02:09 2023
    I frequently play the bridge game at the website freewebarcade, where you play South and the other hands are bid and played by the computer (except when South is dummy, in which case you get to play North). I find some of the bidding strange and there
    seems no way to ask about it, so I was wondering if it made sense in some system or if computers (or this program in particular) simply weren't that good?

    I had one hand where West opened 1 Spade, and North doubled. In a normal game I'd assume that was a take-out double. I had five hearts and two spades so bid 2H. North raised to 4S, which I passed. When it came to the play, North also had only two spades
    so it didn't go well. Should I have bid differently? It seems odd to bid a suit the opponents have opened so North may have been trying to tell me something, but I don't know what - and that particular bid seems to remove any sensible contracts you might
    end up in. Any ideas?

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  • From John Hall@21:1/5 to Paul N on Tue Nov 21 18:24:52 2023
    In message <04f4ab50-a79e-4c20-b259-a74957c2fac8n@googlegroups.com>,
    Paul N <gw7rib@aol.com> writes
    I frequently play the bridge game at the website freewebarcade, where
    you play South and the other hands are bid and played by the computer
    (except when South is dummy, in which case you get to play North). I
    find some of the bidding strange and there seems no way to ask about
    it, so I was wondering if it made sense in some system or if computers
    (or this program in particular) simply weren't that good?

    I believe that the best programs are now very good, but it sounds like
    this program isn't one of the best!


    I had one hand where West opened 1 Spade, and North doubled. In a
    normal game I'd assume that was a take-out double. I had five hearts
    and two spades so bid 2H. North raised to 4S, which I passed. When it
    came to the play, North also had only two spades so it didn't go well.
    Should I have bid differently? It seems odd to bid a suit the opponents
    have opened so North may have been trying to tell me something, but I
    don't know what - and that particular bid seems to remove any sensible >contracts you might end up in. Any ideas?

    None.
    --
    John Hall
    "Acting is merely the art of keeping a large group of people
    from coughing."
    Sir Ralph Richardson (1902-83)

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