Bridge Slam Learning (33) - Unlocking the Secret: Determine Opponents' Hand Patterns

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In this video, we unveil our proprietary technique for deciphering the opponents' hand patterns with more accuracy. This method offers keen insights into the subtle cues and signals that reveal the hidden cards at the table.
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[@armantookmanian1938]

There is nothing new or "proprietary" about what is commonly known in bridge as "counting the hand." This is using all the known information (bids, leads, and cards played on previous played tricks) to better estimate and/or exactly determine the suit distributions and high card points and important key cards in the unseen hands.

[@armantookmanian1938]

Rather than trying to do the mental math on 4 rows and 4 columns, most bridge teachers and experts recommend starting with the number cards of 'missing ' in each suit and mentally noting the most likey distribution of those cards; e.g. 5 unseen cards in a suit will be lying 3-2 (3 in one hidden hand and 2 in the other). Obviously adjustments are made based on bidding and leads. Then as tricks are played in that suit, if both hidden hands follow, you note that the remaining 3 are likely 2-1. With this method only 4 pairs of small numbers need be committed to memory and repetitive subtracting from 13 needs not be done. When a less likely distribution is revealed (one of the hidden hands does not follow suit) the location of all the remaining cards are revealed and the distribution of that suit across all 4 hands becomes known. If at any point in the play the shape of one hidden hand is determined by these methods, the fourth hand also becomes completely known. (note that this requires learning the exact count of only 3 suits in that hand)

[@BridgeSlamLearning]

The key point is the cross positioning, which determines the hand pattern and card missing in suits.

[@armantookmanian1938]

Your assumption that the 1C opening bid means a 3-card suit and then filling your table with 4 clubs in the West hand is false. East has ATLEAST 3 clubs, but possibly more, even many more.

[@BridgeSlamLearning]

1 club can be 3+ cards in club suit. In this particular case, we can assume East typically has no 5 card major and fill a figure in Spade or Heart. The important thing is that as long as the opponent has a bid, a corresponding number will appear in a position in the cross-number table image.