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How to Count Losers Count only the top three honors that are missing in each suit. A doubleton has only two losers and a singleton (other than the singleton ace) has but one loser. Jennifer Jones, who has written extensively on this subject uses these examples:
Losing Trick Count does not replace High Card Point count, but it supplements it nicely. Find more games and slams, open more frequently, and compete more wisely with this method of quantifying the distributional values of your hand using a relatively easy form of counting losers.
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Apr 22, 2018 · Losing Trick Count 2018. Welcome friends! Many of you are reading the first of my new series of articles on Losing Trick Count in the Bridge Bulletin. It seems like a good time for a new series of articles on the subject as I find that more and more bridge players are using this valuable tool, some have questions and there seems to be a lot of ...
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A "New" Losing-Trick Count (NLTC) was introduced in The Bridge World, May 2003, by Johannes Koelman. Designed to be more precise than LTC, the NLTC method of hand evaluation utilizes the concept of "half-losers", and it distinguishes between 'missing-Ace losers', 'missing-King losers' and 'missing-Queen losers.'.
- Count losers in one's own hand, The estimated number of losing tricks (LTC) in one's hand is determined by examining each suit and assuming that an ace will never be a loser, nor will a king in a 2+ card suit, nor a queen in a 3+ card suit; accordingly, a void = 0 losing tricks., a singleton other than an A = 1 losing trick., a doubleton AK = 0; Ax or Kx = 1; Qx or xx = 2 losing tricks., a three card suit AKQ = 0; AKx, AQx or KQx = 1 losing trick., a three card suit Axx, Kxx or Qxx = 2; xxx = 3 losing tricks., It follows that hands without an A, K or Q have a maximum of 12 losers but may have fewer depending on shape, e.g. ♠ Jxxx ♥ Jxx ♦ Jxx ♣ Jxx has 12 losers (3 in each suit), whereas ♠ xxxxx ♥ — ♦ xxxx ♣ xxxx has only 9 losers (3 in all suits except the void which counts no losers).
- Deduct the total from 24 or 18, The total number of losers in the partnership is determined by adding the numerical results of the previous two steps. Deducting this result from 24, gives an estimate of the total number of tricks that the partnership should win and therefore how high to bid. Deducting this result from 18, gives a direct estimate of the bidding level the partnership can bid to and expect to make.
- Estimate losers in partner's hand, Until further information is derived from the bidding, assume that a typical opening hand by partner contains 7 losers, e.g. ♠ AKxxx ♥ Axxx ♦ Qx ♣ xx, has 7 losers (1 + 2 + 2 + 2 = 7).
Ron Klinger, an Australian champion, introduced an updated publication on Losing Trick Count in 2011, and it is still the best book available on the subject. Jennifer Jones, a Platinum Life Master, wrote a 28 page pamphlet circa 2015 that is an excellent text for the subject.
Dec 4, 2011 · This “boutique booklet” provides a clear explanation of the basics of losing trick count. A dozen of the author’s own deals demonstrate its effectiveness. Jennifer makes an important bidding contribution as she presents a system of combining losing trick count with Bergen raises.
Count 1 losing trick for each missing Ace, King, and Queen. If you have only two cards, count each missing Ace and King. If you have only one card, count 1LT unless it’s the Ace. A void, of course, counts as 0 LT’s. Add up the LT’s for all 4 suits, and that is the Losing Trick Count for your hand. Examples
