Zar Points (ZP) is a statistically derived method for evaluating contract bridge hands developed by Zar Petkov. The statistical research Petkov conducted in the areas of hand evaluation and bidding is useful to bridge players, regardless of their bidding or hand evaluation system. The research showed that the Milton Work point count method, even when adjusted for distribution, is not sufficiently accurate in evaluating all hands. As a result, players often make incorrect or sub-optimal bids. Zar Points are designed to take many additional factors into consideration by assigning points to each factor based on statistical weight. While most of these factors are already implicitly taken into account by experienced players, Zar Points provides a quantitative method that allows them to be incorporated into bidding.
ZarPoints (ZP) is a statistically derived method for evaluating contract bridge hands developed by Zar Petkov. The statistical research Petkov conducted...
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statistically derived method for evaluating Contract Bridge hands was developed by Zar Petkov. It attempts to account for many of the factors outlined above in...
such as losing trick count, honor point count, law of total tricks, or ZarPoints. Common conventions and variations within natural systems include: Blackwood...
Three suiter Two suiter Useful space principle Void (cards) Weak two bid ZarPoints Systems List of bidding systems 2/1 game forcing Acol Bidding system Blue...
Three suiter Two suiter Useful space principle Void (cards) Weak two bid ZarPoints Systems List of bidding systems 2/1 game forcing Acol Bidding system Blue...
Masterpoints or master points are points awarded by bridge organizations to individuals for success in competitive bridge tournaments run under their...
Z z see Zoom. Zarpoints An evaluation method to determine if a hand should be opened. It asks to open whenever you have 26 or more Zars, determined by...
either the direct or balancing seat. When holding 15 or more high card points (HCP), a Double is for penalties. With 9-14 HCP, other overcalls are artificial...
honors and suit distribution. A hand-strength requirement of at least 12-13 points to open 1-of-a-suit. Five-card majors: opening a major suit promises at...
opener is minimum or maximum, if responder has 11-12 points (looking for game in NT) or 17-20 points (looking for slam in NT or a minor) An alternative...
Three suiter Two suiter Useful space principle Void (cards) Weak two bid ZarPoints Systems List of bidding systems 2/1 game forcing Acol Bidding system Blue...
Three suiter Two suiter Useful space principle Void (cards) Weak two bid ZarPoints Systems List of bidding systems 2/1 game forcing Acol Bidding system Blue...
words, a partner who has previously shown, for example, 12-15 range of high points is unlikely to hold 3 aces for his bid, etc. Even Roman Blackwood convention...
of Acol, a 3NT response is used instead of 2NT to show a hand with 13-15 points, four-card support and no side suit shortage (a "pudding raise"). The 2NT...
accumulation of contract points toward a "game" varies, too. However, a "game" is always triggered when 100 contract points are reached, a "partial game"...
combined holding of 26 points and eight cards in the major is about 80%, whereas a game contract in 3NT with 26 high card points (HCP) has a success rate...
may lead to: Opponents doubling and collecting more penalty points than the contract points they would otherwise have scored. Opponents outbidding to obtain...
to win two games, each game presenting a score of 100 or more contract points; a new game ensues until one pair has won two games to conclude the rubber...
over six scores: No-trump: 10 points Spades: 9 points Hearts: 8 points Diamonds: 7 points Clubs: 6 points Game is 30 points, and only odd-tricks count towards...
better than the diamond line. High card points (HCP) are usually counted using the Milton Work scale of 4/3/2/1 points for each Ace/King/Queen/Jack respectively...
Pomerantz describes the night when basketball star Wilt Chamberlain scored 100 points in a game against the New York Knicks in Hershey, Pennsylvania. Named an...
two-suited hand with at least five cards in each suit and eight or more points. After the opponents have opened at the one-level, the overcaller bids the...
balanced hands, a 2♣ bid shows 22 or more points in Standard American (Yellow Card), and 23 or more points in standard Acol. For unbalanced hands, the...
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