Bridge lecture intermediate Hand evaluation loser tricks by
Bridge lecture – intermediate Hand evaluation – loser tricks by Milan Macura July 17, 2018
Standard evaluation methods High card points Loser tricks (LT) High card points + distributional points Playing tricks (PT)
How many losers do we have in the suit? ♠ xx ♠ AJx ♠ Qxx ♠ xxx ♠ AJxx ♠ Kxx ♠ QJx ♠ xxxx ♠ KQx ♠ Axxxx
The LT method works very well with: Unbalanced hands with major suits. Works perfectly with super unbalanced hands. We use it also when preempting, using the 3221 rule for losers we count our losers and using 3221 rule we choose the level where we can preempt.
Relation between HCP and LT 3+ to -5 HCP 11 LT 5+ to -7 HCP 10 LT 7+ to -9 HCP 9 LT 9+ to -12 HCP 8 LT 12+ to -14 HCP 7 LT 14+ to -16 HCP 6 LT 16+ to -18 HCP 5 LT 18+ to -20 HCP 4 LT
Lets play some boards
Board 25 - analysis Board: 25 Dealer: N VUL: EW ♠ J 109 ♥ KJ 10 ♦ 63 ♣ J 10984 ♠ 65 ♥ AQ 432 ♦ AQ 1085 ♣ 2 N W E S ♠ AK 432 ♥ 5 ♦ KJ 972 ♣ A 3 ♠ Q 87 ♥ 9876 ♦ 4 ♣ KQ 765 N E S W pass 1♠ pass 1 NT pass 3♦ pass 5♦ pass
Board 26 - analysis Board: 26 Dealer: E VUL: ALL ♠ AK 863 ♥ KQ 32 ♦ K 76 ♣J N ♠ 10 ♥ A 1098 ♦ 983 ♣ K 9876 N W E S ♠ 752 ♥ J 76 ♦ QJ 102 ♣ AQ 5 ♠ QJ 94 ♥ 54 ♦ A 54 ♣ 10432 E S W pass 1♠ pass 2♠ pass 3♥ pass 4♠ pass
Board 27 - analysis Board: 27 Dealer: S VUL: - ♠ QJ 6 ♥ 98 ♦ K 1092 ♣ QJ 93 N ♠ 102 ♥ QJ 106 ♦ A 54 ♣ K 762 N E W S ♠ A 873 ♥ AK 542 ♦ Q 763 ♣- ♠ K 954 ♥ 73 ♦ J 8 ♣ A 10854 E 3♥ pass S W 1♥ pass 4♥ pass
Board 28 - analysis Board: 28 Dealer: W VUL: NS ♠ AK 10542 ♥ 63 ♦ A 9743 ♣- N ♠ 83 ♥ AQJ 104 ♦ 6 ♣ K 9642 N W E S ♠ 7 ♥ K 97 ♦ J 1082 ♣ AQ 873 E S W 1♠ ♠ QJ 96 ♥ 852 ♦ KQ 5 ♣ J 105 2♠ 3♠ 4 NT pass 5♣ pass 5♠ 6♣ pass dbl pass
Board 29 - analysis Board: 29 Dealer: S VUL: NS ♠ KJ 876 ♥♦ QJ 107 ♣ Q 1098 N ♠♥ KJ 97 ♦ 65432 ♣ K 965 N W E S ♠ A 5632 ♥ AQ 108 ♦♣ A 432 ♠ Q 109 ♥ 65432 ♦ AK 98 ♣J E S W 1♠ pass 1 NT pass 2♥ pass 3♥ pass 4♥ pass
Board 30 - analysis Board: 30 Dealer: E VUL: All ♠ 65 ♥ Q 87 ♦ Q 43 ♣ AKJ 109 N ♠ 32 ♥ AK 432 ♦ A 65 ♣ 987 N W E S ♠ AKQJ 104 ♥ 65 ♦ KJ 2 ♣ Q 5 ♠ 987 ♥ J 109 ♦ 10987 ♣ 432 E S W 1♠ pass 2♥ pass 3♠ pass 4♠ pass
Remember – only evaluating your hand well makes you an expert player
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