augmented or replaced by other approaches such as losing trick count, honorpointcount, law of total tricks, or Zar Points. Common conventions and variations...
half point. The jack and ten are also both "off" by a quarter point. So for example, a hand with one of each honor (A, K, Q, J, 10) would be counted as...
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ace 5♥ to indicate 2 aces 5♠ to indicate 3 aces When responding, do not count a void as an ace. Generally, 4NT is ace-asking when your side has bid a...
transfer sequence (e.g. 1NT - 2♦ - ?). Opener rebids 3♥ with a maximum pointcount (14 with Acol) and 4-card support for hearts. With all other hands, opener...
side reaches a game, both sides' part-scores, while still valid to be counted as part of the final score of the entire match, are reset to 0 for the...
assesses his shortage points using, possibly, the method of 'Losing Trick Count' and thus decides whether to pass 3♥ or sign-off with a game call of 4♥...
Goren and his contemporaries in the 1940s. This system employed the 1915 point-count method to evaluate the strength of a bridge hand. Most bids had fairly...
wins what is called the "rubber" and receives a large point bonus. Whoever has the highest point total after this bonus is assigned wins the match overall...
amongst their agreements usually also play the unusual notrump convention. Pointcount requirements vary and are a matter of partnership agreement. It is commonly...
However, for two-suiters, many players apply losing trick count (LTC) instead of pointcount, as it more accurately depicts the offensive trick-taking...
range and a void or a small singleton in the splintered suit. A singleton honor is frowned upon. Although they consume bidding space, splinter bids are...
The most significant change was that only the tricks contracted for were counted below the line towards game and slam. That made bidding much more challenging...
are only distinguished by their suit). The Losing-Trick Count is an alternative to the HCP count as a method of hand evaluation. "Mathematical Tables" (Table...
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about 9 or more playing tricks, or 3 losers or less if using Losing-Trick Count. With "natural" responses, which is the most commonly used treatment, the...
finesse. The point is that if an opponent might hold two minor honors, such as the jack and 10 here, declarer should not weaken a two-honor holding before...
forcing notrump of allowing an opener with a balanced hand to define his pointcount range more tightly. Here is a simple approach. Assuming the use of strong...
only odd-tricks count towards game or slam. Bonuses (above the line) The first side to win two games ends the rubber and scores a 250-point bonus. Each under-trick...
that more women than men are victims of honor killings, and victim counts often contain women exclusively. Honor killings occur in many parts of the world...
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Nicaragua, and the Philippines; and 76 Medal of Honor recipients. The Continental Army first occupied West Point, New York, on 27 January 1778, and it is the...
the issuing organization. At the international level, competitions and point awards are administered by the World Bridge Federation (WBF); its affiliates...
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