Re: What's wrong with the Roth point count?

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 May 2, 8:14 am, Stig Holmquist <stigfjor...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> On Thu, 1 May 2008 11:57:23 -0700 (PDT), StevieTee <ste...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> >On May 1, 4:35 am, Stig Holmquist <stigfjor...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> >> Forty years ago two oustanding bridge players, Alvin Roth and Jeff
> >> Rubens, wrote the book 'Modern Bridge Bidding Complete".
> >> It featured the Roth Point count Method.
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> >> This method is similar to the British combination distributuin count.
> >> It is based on the standard Work point count for HCP plus Goren's
> >> short suit count of 1,2 and 3 for ddoubletons, singletons and voids
> >> resp. but also adds points for suits longer than five cards.
> >> Specifically it counts 1 pt for each card over five for any major
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> >> but counts such length points only for "good" minor suits having at
> >> least two of the top three honor cards.
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> >> Has any r.g.b. member ever used this method and if so, what are its
> >> shortcomngs? It specifically does not count quick tricks.Why is this
> >> method never mentioned any more?
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> >> Stig Holmquist
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> >Has anyone on RGB given any thought to publi****ng a book entitled,
> >"The Many and Varied Topics That Are Of Interest To Stig Holmquist"?
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> >Hmmm, I didn't think so.....
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> >Steve Sun
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> Has anyone here thought of publi****ng a collection of stupid comments
> by Sevie Tee?
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Publish them together on the back of a postage stamp, methinks ...

LOL, good one.