Hand Evaluation
In contract bridge, various bidding systems have been devised to enable partners to describe their hands to each other so that they may reach the optimum contract. Key to this process is that players evaluate and re-evaluate the trick-taking potential of their hands as the auction proceeds and additional information about partner's hand (and the opponent's hands) becomes available. Several methods have been devised to evaluate the various features of hands, including their strength, shape or distribution, controls, fit with partner and the quality of a suit or of the whole hand.
The methods range from basic to complex. Regardless of which are used, all require the partners to have the same understandings and agreements about their application and meaning in their bidding system.
Read more about Hand Evaluation: Basic Point-count System, Supplementary Methods, Methods To Help When A Fit Has Been Discovered, Methods To Help With Strong Hands
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