[fuburules3]

These sort of auctions are endlessly frustrating with GIB. There is basically no way (it seems) to evaluate if you have stoppers.

http://tinyurl.com/79l2x2h

3C apparently is not natural, but then 3S is rather than showing a stopper? I think it would be better if 3H were stopper asking in this auction (and in general when one suit has been shown).

Finally, I think it makes no sense for 5D not to be to play.

FWIW, I understand 3S and 5D are bad bids playing with GIB (and 4S is actually a good contract)

[pigpenz]

yes one of the frustrating things is GIB sometimes cue bids instead of bidding 3NT with a stopper in a suit....but leaving it in 5♠ cant be good, you do have good chances at 6♦ or 6♣.

[fuburules3]

 pigpenz, on 2012-April-07, 17:21, said:

yes one of the frustrating things is GIB sometimes cue bids instead of bidding 3NT with a stopper in a suit....but leaving it in 5♠ cant be good, you do have good chances at 6♦ or 6♣.

Won't GIB correct 6C/6D to 6S? Typically once GIB decides a suit is trump, it will not change its mind. This is why I think my best shot once I bid 3S and it raises to 4S is to just pass 4S.

[pigpenz]

 fuburules3, on 2012-April-07, 17:44, said:

Won't GIB correct 6C/6D to 6S? Typically once GIB decides a suit is trump, it will not change its mind. This is why I think my best shot once I bid 3S and it raises to 4S is to just pass 4S.

I cant answer that...i was just saying 6♣ or 6♦ are pretty reasonable contracts....I usually try to make sure that i check real carefully what the bids mean before I make them cause GIB has no mercy when you pick someting that it thinks mean something other than what you meant....even then there is no gaurantee.

[Bbradley62]

Would it have been reasonable for GIB to bid 2♠ the first time instead of 2♥?

[georgi]

The problem comes from the 3♣ meaning. It's not supposed to be "flying" suit. It will be fixed.