What would you do?

[rmnka447]

I have no idea what you're talking about.

 

Plus scores are good at MP. Or, if you will, the converse -- the lack of minus scores -- is also good.

 

At the end of the session, if you look at your scorecard and see only a few minuses, then you can be pretty sure that you have a good game. It isn't 100% foolproof, but normally it is a very good indicator of success.

 

Think about it this way. In a 24 board session, you'd expect about 12 positive and 12 negative scores if everyone plays to the par. So the more positives you accumulate the more you are likely to be above par.

 

If I play a session and see only 4 or 5 negatives at the end of the session, I'm pretty confident that we've probably won. OTOH, if the scorecard has more negatives than positives, then I'm pretty sure that we're probably below average.

[rmnka447]

At MPs, I'm passing 3 ♥.

 

The hand has 13 HCP, but the ♣ Q is of dubious value and both red suit holdings aren't that good. In a 2/1 auction, responder's hand should be somewhere between 10-12 value. I don't see game as very likely to make oppose 10-11 hands, and might still be iffy opposite many 12s.

[blackshoe]

It's not possible to get a minus score at match points. Scores range from zero match points to about one less than the number of times the board is played. B-)

[pescetom]

Think about it this way. In a 24 board session, you'd expect about 12 positive and 12 negative scores if everyone plays to the par. So the more positives you accumulate the more you are likely to be above par.

 

If I play a session and see only 4 or 5 negatives at the end of the session, I'm pretty confident that we've probably won. OTOH, if the scorecard has more negatives than positives, then I'm pretty sure that we're probably below average.

 

Yesterday we played 24 boards at MP with 14 positive and 10 negative, overall 55%.

This time that was enough for first on the line, but usually one would need several more positives I agree.

[rmnka447]

It's not possible to get a minus score at match points. Scores range from zero match points to about one less than the number of times the board is played. B-)

 

The plus versus minus scores refers to the raw scores on the board, not the match pointed resulted.

 

So if you score +50 for beating the opponents 3 ♠ contract, that's a plus score. If they instead make 3 ♠ that's a minus score, -140.

 

Not all positive scores are going to be good. Not all negative scores are going to be bad. BUT, watching how your scorecard develops in terms of plus versus minus results is a measure of how you're doing. So when mikeh and others talk about MPs being about getting plus scores that is what they a referring to.

[rmnka447]

Yesterday we played 24 boards at MP with 14 positive and 10 negative, overall 55%.

This time that was enough for first on the line, but usually one would need several more positives I agree.

 

Exactly! Typically, I find that if about 2/3 or more scores are pluses, then you've usually have a very good game.

[nige1]

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HardVector asks 'MPs, club game. Bidding is 2/1. After partner shows a heart fit and a limit raise, what do you do?'

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Close decision, at imps, but, at MPs, the arguments of FelictyR, Apollo1201, KenBerg, PesceTom, Stephen Tu, MikeH, Shyams, rmnkaA447, PhilG007, and MP7601 are persuasive, especially if KingCovert's simulation is germane.[/hv]