Tne Losime Tex Coun as used by the leading Contract Bridge Tourna ment Players, Expert Biddi lay By F. Dudley Courtenay (President Bridge Headquarters, New York) GG. J. Walshe "inettiven, London.
Nearly all if not all bidding at Contract is based on the value of the high cards, but whether the player raves It on winning or losing cards result would appear to be the Same. The author of "The Losing Trick Count" proves otherwise. Citing hand, for Instance, which contains 11 cards of one sult headed by the JQueen, and two other rags, a player without a single quick trick, yet to pass it would be foolish, 'The difference, therefore, between the Losing Trick Count and methods of ordinary valuation is that in the former a hand with a long suit and Jo void, singleton, or double, is given a definite trick' value apart from Quick tricks. How often is the average player placed in a quandary when" holding "a low quick trick count but an obviously playable hand owing to unusual distribution, "Me, Courtenay asserts that a count lof losing tricks is the system which {the majority of ranking players really t it is more simple and a than present valuation methpr and that is effective for all type Gistribution. His book is read: written and an excellent case is made Jout for the method recommended. Tt Is, by. the way, borough" in his (London) column, who says that system Is of stich outstanding a curacy that It enormously Increases chances of winning." and that the moderate player who adopts will no longer be afraid of playing with the experts [Burnaby (Ward, Lock, London 3/6} the alluring title of a mystery story.
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