A Taste Of Bridge by Jeff Bayone

Author:Jeff Bayone
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Contract Bridge
ISBN: 978-1-55494-680-8
Publisher: Master Point Press
Published: 2017-06-12T16:00:00+00:00

North:

7 HCP in spades

0 HCP in hearts

3 HCP in diamonds

2 HCP in clubs

= 12 HCP in total

South: 3 + 3 + 1 + 7 = 14 HCP

North + South = 12 + 14 = 26 total high-card points

Now try this one for yourself:

North: ♠ ♥ ♦ ♣

K A K K

7 Q J 7

5 J 4

2 2

South: ♠ ♥ ♦ ♣

A 6 Q Q

8 5 10 J

4 7 5

3 3

How many high-card points are there between the North and South hands?

Counting will reveal that, as with the first hand, there are once again 26 HCP. Here it is, step by step:

North: 3 + 7 + 4 + 3 = 17

South: 4 + 0 + 2 + 3 = 9

North + South = 17 + 9 = 26

Even though the hands in these two examples look totally different, what Work’s point-count system predicts is that since both North-South pairs have, between them, the same number of high-card points (HCP), both pairs will take about the same number of tricks.

Let’s go back now and look at the three hands that you were asked to think about at the start of this section. Using your newly-acquired skills of evaluation, you can now order those hands, strongest to weakest, rather than simply asking, ‘Which feels the strongest?’

C. ♠ Q J 9 5 ♥ K J 9 8 ♦ Q 8 4 ♣ Q J

D. ♠ A 8 7 5 ♥ A 9 8 3 ♦ A 7 4 ♣ 9 2

E. ♠ K Q J 5 ♥ K Q J 3 ♦ 9 7 4 ♣ 9 2

Our new point count method finds that each hand contains the same HCP total of 12. Surprise! They are all of equal strength!*

* Modern players know that Hand D, the one containing three aces, is actually worth close to 13 points. But why quibble?

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