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Hand Evaluation in the Game of Contract Bridge
Author(s) -
Cowan Richard
Publication year - 1987
Publication title -
journal of the royal statistical society: series c (applied statistics)
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.205
H-Index - 72
eISSN - 1467-9876
pISSN - 0035-9254
DOI - 10.2307/2347845
Subject(s) - bridge (graph theory) , computer science , medicine
SUMMARY It has become common practice in the game of Bridge to evaluate the Aces, Kings, Queens and Jacks in a 13‐card hand in proportions 4:3:2:1. This paper considers the trick‐taking potential of combinations of these cards, with Tens also. On this basis we find optimal weightings for the top five cards. The optimal weightings are very close to the proportions 5:4:3:2:1.