Among the 39 possible hand patterns, 5 hand patterns comprise 70 percent of the the possible hands.

Longest
Suit

Distribution
Pattern

Percentage

Ranking

4

4-4-3-2

21.6

# 1

4-3-3-3

10.5

# 5

4-4-4-1

 3.0

 

 

35.10

 

 

 

 

 

5

5-3-3-2

15.5

# 2

5-4-3-1

12.9

# 3

5-4-2-2

10.6

# 4

5-5-2-1

 3.2

 

5-4-4-0

 1.2

 

5-5-3-0

 .90

 

 

44.34

 

 

 

 

 

6

6-3-2-2

5.6

 

6-4-2-1

4.7

 

6-3-3-1

 3.5

 

6-4-3-0

 1.3

 

6-5-1-1

.71

 

6-5-2-0

.65

 

 

16.55

 

 

 

 

 

7

7-3-2-1

1.9

 

7-2-2-2

.51

 

7-4-1-1

.39

 

7-4-2-0

.36

 

7-3-3-0

.27

 

7-5-1-0

.1

 

 

3.90

 

 

 

 

 

Others

 

.50