Worst four hands possible

[cloa513]

I always wondered what the worst four hands in terms of the maximum of the maximum number of tricks in all contract types for all hands- ie. I'm glad I never opened? Even worst on most likely play?

Also what's the worst four hands if its the total number of tricks makeable by the four hands in all five possible contract types that's your concern?

[nige1]

I always wondered what the worst four hands in terms of the maximum of the maximum number of tricks in all contract types for all hands- ie. I'm glad I never opened? Even worst on most likely play? Also what's the worst four hands if its the total number of tricks makeable by the four hands in all five possible contract types that's your concern?

[hv=pc=n&s=sakqjht987d2c6543&w=s6543hakqjdt987c2&n=s2h6543dakqjct987&e=st987h2d6543cakqj]399|300|

Get the ball rolling with my guess...

Defenders take the first eight tricks against any contract by anybody.[/hv]

[Free]

I believe we already had such topic in the past, because this structure looks very familiar. You can also swap suits, as long as partner has AKQJ opposite our singleton, and a small singleton opposite our AKQJ. You can even have K opposite AQJT or similar holdings, so there are a lot of such hands. B-)

[aguahombre]

When looking for worst anything, 4-4-4-1 is always a good starting point.

[dburn]

Thomas Andrews has a fairly thorough discussion of this topic on his Bridge Fantasia site. He gives this:[hv=pc=n&s=sj9h65432dkcaqt87&w=skhaqt87d65432cj9&n=s65432hj9daqt87ck&e=saqt87hkdj9c65432]399|300[/hv]

Whoever is declarer makes three tricks in his 65432 suit and five in his AQ1087 suit; he also makes three tricks in notrump.

[barmar]

When looking for worst anything, 4-4-4-1 is always a good starting point.

Although 4-3-3-3 is pretty bad, too.