[smerriman]

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Robot Reward, so you may not agree with my use of Michaels - but what was GIB trying to do?

[johnu]

GIB was tired and needed to take a nap so he let you be declarer?

If you were thinking GIB should have bid diamonds, the GIB golden rule is that hands with 8+ card suits should either defend or be dummy.

[sfi]

There's no way for North to play 3D or 4D, is there? 2NT looks like an entirely reasonable option just in case you do have a 12-card fit.

[virgosrock]

sfi, on 2018-July-17, 03:37, said:

There's no way for North to play 3D or 4D, is there? 2NT looks like an entirely reasonable option just in case you do have a 12-card fit.

except 2NT is GUBBO asking for your minor, not to play.

sm, what would you expect from bot? 3D? has 10 hcp. Perhaps 3D?

[smerriman]

sfi, on 2018-July-17, 03:37, said:

There's no way for North to play 3D or 4D, is there?

Why not? According to something like this, 3♦ is "natural and nonforcing, showing a very good suit (usually 6+ cards), a decent hand, and no support for either of the 2NT bidder's suits.".

Or in terms of GIB's descriptions:

My long suit - no major fit - 6+ ♦, 1- ♥, 11+ total points

No need to play this as forcing, as you can always go through 2NT first if you want to force.

[ahydra]

sfi, on 2018-July-17, 03:37, said:

There's no way for North to play 3D or 4D, is there? 2NT looks like an entirely reasonable option just in case you do have a 12-card fit.

You mean a 13-card fit? North has 8 diamonds.

@smerriman: should probably be 2-H, not 1-.

ahydra

[smerriman]

ahydra, on 2018-July-17, 23:34, said:

@smerriman: should probably be 2-H, not 1-.

Just to clarify, what I wrote above *is* how GIB describes 3♦. So it's not like it didn't have it as an option.

[virgosrock]

smerriman, on 2018-July-18, 02:30, said:

Just to clarify, what I wrote above *is* how GIB describes 3♦. So it's not like it didn't have it as an option.

then what explains lack of 3D bid?