[pilowsky]

In psychology, there is a thing called 'learned helplessness'. Imagine you are in a cage and every now then the floor gives you an electric shock. You try to escape. But the wall is too steep. There is no way out. There is no escape. Eventually, you give up. That's learned helplessness. So when you see the following screenshot where I double the robots in 5♥ and lead a ♣ to my partners waiting Ace you might expect partner to take the trick? Here is what happened. At least one of us is trying! Perhaps North is actually working for West. The most I can do is give up on this tournament since I've blown my lousy $0.39 cents and have a bit of fun. Of course, Since this is bridge world, I got a message afterwards from the robot saying it was my fault for not leading the King, after all, why should North be expected to deplete his stockpile when he's just a back-up. Taking the contract down is a local problem and he takes no responsibility at all.