In message <
04f4ab50-a79e-4c20...@googlegroups.com>,
Paul N <
gw7...@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.
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