Classic Bridge ٤+

In one instance my partner jumped from 2NT to 4NT when he could have easily bid 3NT. Who does that? 3NT is game and there is no reason to go to 4NT unless he is inviting a slam. But our cards were just not there for a slam. And of course we could not even make the 10 tricks. 3NT was by far the better call. We would have completed our contract and had a game under our belt.

In other instances my partner would not go up to bid a game call and stop short at 3 hearts or 2 NT when all indications were that we could bid higher. And we made the extra trick in each case.

A little frustrating.

I love playing bridge and for the most part this is a good one. The part I hate is the AI partner always, always, always over bids. I may bid 2 of something and it immediately jumps to 5 of that suit and it only actually has 1 or 2 of that suit in its hand. Or we may be going along ok with bidding and then it will just jump to a suit that hasn’t been bid at all and it bids high and it doesn’t have nearly enough to cover even with partners help. It’s a great app to learn the game but a horrible one if you actually learn and want to win. Because the AI always over bids. The creators really need to make this AI make bids it can realistically cover.

I literally just had 8 cards of one suit and bid high because I didn’t want my partner to bid against me like it typically does. And it still bid against me. Chose a higher bid in a different suit. So when it came time to show me the AI’s cards, it literally only had 2 cards in that new suit. Needless to say we lost the hand! This is still one of the better apps for this game. Since this is a old game. Not many younger generation still know how to play. So there’s only literally like 3-4 apps to play bridge. The fact that this is the best tells you everything about how concerned the app creators are with this game. Because the AI partner you have, behaves much more like an aggressive opponent than a partner that’s supposed to be working with you.

The AI players don’t follow basic classic bridge principles. The following observations were made while playing at the highest level.

Bidding: AI players don’t consider the score when bidding. Consider this example: A team has a 60 point part score. AI partner bids 1 heart. Partner bids 2 hearts, a minimum bid which would give the team 40 points and a game. For no reason, AI partner raises to 3 hearts. This bid is superfluous: it doesn’t invite to slam (an unlikely outcome) or enhance the game score—just makes it harder to achieve.

Playing: AI partners rarely return leads. Today, I had a hand wherein the opponents were playing spades. I had 4 high spades and a singleton queen of clubs. Had other high cards as well. A real chance to set opponents’ contract.

My AI partner’s opening lead was the ace of clubs. i played my queen, and waited for my partner to lead a club so I could trump. Instead, it shifted to diamonds where neither it nor I had a stopper. After the opponent pulled trumps and proceeded to make it’s contract, my AI partner threw a club which indicated that it didn’t do what an adept bridge player would have—relead the club.

After this review, I’m deleting this app.