05-07-2016, 06:57 PM
As usual, everyone misses the point.
2.5 points per trick is easy to use at the table, and it's easy to teach. The variance involved in trying to determine the "most accurate" is far too high to make the exercise worth the effort. EXPERIENCE will show you when to make adjustments, both to trick-winning expectations and to the points you'll win.
And OF COURSE you count the 2 points for last trick. If you don't take last trick MOST of the time, you're incompetent, or bidding to play when you shouldn't. And if you feel you MUST bid, on a hand where last trick is more dubious...fine, make it 2.5 points per trick, -2 points for NOT getting the last. Still easier to do this.
2.5 points per trick is easy to use at the table, and it's easy to teach. The variance involved in trying to determine the "most accurate" is far too high to make the exercise worth the effort. EXPERIENCE will show you when to make adjustments, both to trick-winning expectations and to the points you'll win.
And OF COURSE you count the 2 points for last trick. If you don't take last trick MOST of the time, you're incompetent, or bidding to play when you shouldn't. And if you feel you MUST bid, on a hand where last trick is more dubious...fine, make it 2.5 points per trick, -2 points for NOT getting the last. Still easier to do this.