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Cover an honor with an honor? Not sure what the robot's simulating at trick two...
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Posted 2011-November-04, 16:03
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Posted 2011-November-05, 22:29
I haven't learned how to analyze bot play yet. Was this a regular or advanced/tourney bot?
It certainly seems like strange play, since once the trump finesse works it looks like you're cold for at 5♠ unless there's a really bad ♥ break, and I'm not sure how ducking the ♠ protects against that. My only guess is that it's trying to maintain communication with the dummy so it can take ♥ finesses. -- trumps are the only entries, since the ♦A is opposite a void. But a successful ♥ finesse just gets it back to the same 5♠ that is already assured by taking the ♠K with the A.
It certainly seems like strange play, since once the trump finesse works it looks like you're cold for at 5♠ unless there's a really bad ♥ break, and I'm not sure how ducking the ♠ protects against that. My only guess is that it's trying to maintain communication with the dummy so it can take ♥ finesses. -- trumps are the only entries, since the ♦A is opposite a void. But a successful ♥ finesse just gets it back to the same 5♠ that is already assured by taking the ♠K with the A.
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Posted 2011-November-10, 06:32
It was guarding against K9xx in the South hand. To win the ♠A and cash ♦A, would be giving up control of the diamond suit, leading to GIB being tapped out. Still seeing as it went down with trumps 3-1 it should probably win!
After that it got a fairly simple suit combination wrong - 9x opposite KJTxx it should play the 9 first (honours from the short hand) rather than wasting high cards from both hands on the scond round.
After that it got a fairly simple suit combination wrong - 9x opposite KJTxx it should play the 9 first (honours from the short hand) rather than wasting high cards from both hands on the scond round.
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