[blml] convention

[Ed Reppert]

On Dec 17, 2006, at 4:35 AM, Sven Pran wrote:

>> On Behalf Of Wayne Burrows
>>> ...........
>>>
>>> Strength is measured in HCP, not in the existence of a particular  
>>> honour
>>> card.
>>>
>>
>> And this is decreed where?
>
> Not in the laws, but since Culbertson days the strength of a hand  
> has always
> been a measurement where the combination of all high cards has been
> expressed as a measurement of that hand. Currently the official" (if
> anything can be called official in this matter) strength scale is  
> based on
> the scale Ace counts 4, King 3, Queen 2 and Jack 1.

"Official"? Pfui. Points don't take tricks. Fits take tricks.

Is there anyone posting on blml who does not know that "points" are a  
lousy measure of strength in anything other than two balanced hands?