Classic Bridge 4+

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 agree with the previous review. While playing I noticed that north has to pass about 90% of the time. He will almost never rebid a very good suit. But will support my suit with 2 cards or bid a 3 card suit. He will bid a three card suit and then rebid it even when he has a better suit. I fill like I am trying to play One against two. It is very frustrating. I am not sure if my partner is a person or a computer. He doesn’t seem to know much about bridge. I put in many knicknames and they are all taken.

I have been watching north hands when it is laid down. On one occasion he passed with 16 pts and a good long 6 suit but then supported my suit with 2. Who does that? I suspect he will do any thing to not play a hand. I kept watching and many times he could bid but doesn’t. He will also support my suit instead of naming his best suit even thought he has the points. I couldn’t imagine that one person could have to pass as many times as he or she or it does. It would be more fun for me if I could count on north’s bid, but it is very erratic. I am sorry to be negative, I actually enjoy playing the game even with the problems.

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.