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Books to Help with Hand Evaluation By David Morgan

By Ana Roth • 8 June, 2017

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One bridge skill that every player can work on by themselves is how to evaluate the strength of a hand.

Hand evaluation – part 9 By August Boehm

By August Boehm • 18 February, 2017

In the same vein as last article, I present you with a bidding sequence and three possible hands you might hold.

Hand evaluation – part 8 By August Boehm

By August Boehm • 14 February, 2017

'I don't know...they all look like cows to me.'

Some players, alas, ignore distribution altogether, a serious mistake…

Hand evaluation – part 7 By August Boehm

By August Boehm • 10 February, 2017

Splinter bids, which send a clear distributional message, present a great opportunity to fine-tune your hand evaluation skills.

Hand evaluation – part 6 By August Boehm

By August Boehm • 5 February, 2017

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When re-evaluating, don’t worry about finding a formula to provide an exact point count measurement. If there were such a formula, only an Einstein could use it. Instead….

Hand evaluation – part 5 By August Boehm

By August Boehm • 30 January, 2017

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The value of a bridge hand, like currency, often fluctuates with events. At the bridge table, those events are the progress of the auction.

Hand evaluation – part 4 By August Boehm

By August Boehm • 28 January, 2017

'Everybody panned us on their consumer evaluation forms except the masochists.'

As this series of articles is intended to demonstrate, there is a lot more to hand evaluation than simply counting your points.

Hand evaluation – part 3 By August Boehm

By August Boehm • 20 January, 2017

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To properly evaluate this pair of hands, it was essential to visualize the play in detail in 3NT. There is so much more to hand evaluation than counting points.

Hand evaluation – part 2 By August Boehm

By August Boehm • 11 January, 2017

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Facing a distributional partner, think tricks, not points.

Hand evaluation – part 1 By August Boehm

By August Boehm • 7 January, 2017

evaluacion de la mano

Good hand evaluation involves a lot more than mechanically counting points.