 IN DUPLICATE BRIDGE:
THE NUMBER OF POSSIBLE DEALS IS:- 53,644,737,765,488,792,839,237,440,000
THE NUMBER OF DIFFERENT HANDS A PLAYER CAN RECEIVE IS:- 635,013,559,600
THE CHANCES OF BOTH PARTNERS HOLDING A YARBOROUGH IS ONE-IN-546,000,000
YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING THE UK LOTTERY IS ONE-IN-13,983,816
IF YOU ARE A LOSING-TRICK COUNTER THEN HERE’S SOME INTERESTING BACKGROUND,
THESE ARE THE PROBABILITIES FOR YOUR HOLDING:
4-LOSERS 3.1%
5-LOSERS 8.5%
6-LOSERS 16.4%
7-LOSERS 23.0%
8-LOSERS 22.9%
9-LOSERS 15.8%
IF YOU PREFER HCPs, THEN THE PROBABILITIES ARE THESE
11 POINTS OR FEWER 65.2%
12 TO 19 POINTS 33.4%
20 OR MORE POINTS 1.4%
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