Posted 2014-April-05, 09:50
lycier, on 2014-April-05, 08:45, said:
Many thanks.
I remembered that Max Hardy had ever said that experts add points to long suit instead of short suit generally,Marty bergen add points to short suits in dummy.
It may be what they teach, but I don't think that they apply any such simplistic rules when they play. I think experts tend to discard point systems pretty much when evaluating their hand, and just go with gut feel, with the possible exception of opening in No Trumps (and come to think of it, even then).
GIB however very definitely relies, and slavishly at that, on its total points based on shortages + HCP
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