Zar evaluation and 2004 Cavendish

[inquiry]

Richard you missed the point of the excercise. Really, what partner holds is of little consequence. I wanted to know what the right bid was with this hand opposite a weak two. ♥. This particular partner doesn't believe in ZAR and thinks vul first seat his hand is best described by a weak two. I did not know that. Do now. But I think you hit the analysis of what to bid on this hand right on the nose.

 

Ben

[Zar]

*** hrotgar wrote: "Any number of different evaluation schemes contraindicate a 2♥ opening.

 

Losing trick count

Rule of 20

BUM-RAP

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You can add "common sense" here easily ...

 

I guess if you give this hand to 10 experts, 10 of them will open 1H even if they have never heard of Zar Points in their life.

 

ZAR

[Zar]

Good morning, guys:

 

This is a short message just to let you know that the Offensive Bidding numbers for Zar Points have been posted to the main Zar Points thread “Zar Points – useful or waste of energy” while the defensive bidding once are in the “Competitive Bidding” thread for Zar Points.

 

IF you are interested, the corresponding numbers for:

 

- Goren offensive;

- Goren defensive;

- Milton (HCP) offensive;

- Milton (HCP) defensive;

 

are also available. They would enable you to “check” the probabilities against the overloading of the bids in your system – you might be surprised by the picture.

 

Let me know if this wouldn’t be “too much” for the purposes of this forum:

 

ZAR