JonnyB

where can I find a copy of this "Zar Points"? The hands given as an example, at the start of this topic.....they could have been bid correctly, using the losing trick count, and total trumps surely. I would be interested to see how this system deals with mirror hands.

Talking about hand evaluation......Iread a book a couple of years ago, by Laurence Drabble. Unfortunately, cant remember the title, but it dealt with a different way to evaluate combined hand strength - "Complete Hand Evaluation" he called it. Has anyone heard of this..it seems to be totaly unknown here in NZ, but is possibly the most consistently accurate way to judge hand stength, that I have ever come across. The second half of the book dealt with his bidding system.. "MidMac" if I recall. Well worth a read, if you can find a copy!