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I find the most factual method for determining the number of tricks that can be gotten from a given trump contract, is to add-up the aces, kings and queens the opponent's hands hold that can't lose their preordained trick status (Refer to Talking Pts. V??) through a ruff. Then subtract the result from thirteen the total number of tricks that can be gotten. Then add/subtract respectively the value of one for each trick changer card formation in the combined hands; that result being the total number of tricks to be gotten from a given hand, except when the combined hand point count is >35 or the opponents hold an unfavorable split in the trump strain.When the combined hand point count indicates more tricks to be gotten then necessary to make the level the contract was bid at, for each point above the required level a trick can be gotten. When the count indicates fewer tricks to be gotten than necessary to make the level the contract was bid at, for each point below the required level a trick must be found during the play of the hand or the contract will be set a like amount.
When the combined hand trick count and the combined hand point count don't convey the identical trick taking capacity, something is amiss. Known times when this occurs is whenever the distribution count (Refer to Talking Pts. V???) has been overvalued; when opponent's have an unfavorable trump split; when the combined hand count is >35; when the opponent's combined hand point count is greater than the declarer's combined hand point count. Without a doubt, other situations have yet to surface.
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