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	The Law of the Total Tricks zonder tegenbieden
		De LTT stelt dat het totale aantal slagen in een spel gelijk is aan het totale aantal troeven.
		De Law stelt eveneens dat het onverstandig is de tegenpartij te laten spelen op het niveau van hun aantal troeven.
		The law werkt vooral als het totale aantal troeven 17 a 18 is.
	www.himbuv.com /ltt.htm (641 words)

	Law of Total Tricks by Jean Rene Vernes
		In fact, this average exists, and can be expressed in an extremely simple law: the number of total tricks in a hand is approximately equal to the total number of trumps held by both sides, each in its respective suit.
		Thus, the total number of trumps is 18, the same as the total number of tricks.
		What is more, it showed that the number of total tricks would often have been lower than that actually won--the knowledge that declarer had of his side's full resources gave him an appreciable edge.
	homepage.mac.com /bridgeguys/LGlossary/LawTotalTrickVernes.html (1930 words)

	The LAW is an aid to judgement in competitive bidding situations
		Basically put, the LAW states that the total number of tricks that both pairs at one table can take is equal to the total number of trumps for both pairs.
		In fact, this average exists, and can be expressed in an extremely simple law: the number of total tricks in a hand is approximately equal to the total number of trumps held by both sides, each in its respective suit.
		What is more, it showed that the number of total tricks would often have been lower than that actually won--the knowledge that declarer had of his side's full resources gave him an appreciable edge.
	www.geocities.com /oldyank1/lawoftotaltricks-1.html (0 words)

	The Dispatch - Serving the Lexington, NC - News
		It is not really a law (because counterexamples are easy to find) but a method of hand evaluation which describes a relationship that seems to exist somewhat regularly.
		Total tricks is defined as the sum of the number of tricks available to each side if they could choose trumps.
		The "law" is said to be most accurate when the high card points are fairly evenly divided between the two sides and the bidding is competitive.
	www.the-dispatch.com /apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=NEWS&template=wiki&text=Law_of_Total_Tricks (862 words)

	Law of Total Tricks
		The Law of Total Tricks pertains to the card game of contract bridge, and is used to help determine how high to bid in a competitive auction.
		The total number of tricks available on a deal is equal to the total number of trump cards both sides hold in their respective best suits.
		The "law" is said to be most accurate when the high card points are fairly evenly divided between the two sides and the bidding is competitive.
	www.bridge.freegames.eu.com /Law_of_Total_Tricks.html (548 words)

	Thomas's Bridge Fantasia: Law of Total Tricks - a parity oddity
		Law of Total Tricks - a parity oddity
		I was using my program, Deal, to do some experiments pertaining to The Law of Total Tricks, when I came across something that took me a bit of time to diagnose.
		It's not clear to me, except that, perhaps, if you think the total tricks is either 16 or 17, you ought to expect 17, without other information to guide you, but "without other information..." is a useless bridge phrase - there is always other information.
	bridge.thomasoandrews.com /law_oddity.html (488 words)

	The Bridge World
		Thus, the total number of trumps is 18, the same as the total number of tricks.
		What is more, it showed that the number of total tricks would often have been lower than that actually won--the knowledge that declarer had of his side's full resources gave him an appreciable edge.
		The number of total tricks is often greater than predicted when each side has all the honors in its own trump suit.
	www.bridgeworld.com /default.asp?d=article_sampler&f=samltt.html (2034 words)

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	Extending the Law of Total Tricks
		The Law of Total Tricks was first described by Jean Rene Vernes in his 1969 Bridge World article and popularized by Marty Bergen and Larry Cohen in his To Bid or Not to Bid.
		The increment of two points per trick is surprisingly accurate and is borne out by the double-dummy analyses of Matthew L.
		When the HCP total is greater than 30, each extra trick requires 3 points instead of 2 (so be a little conservative when you have lots of points).
	www.calculator.net /Bridge/TotalTricks.html (2113 words)

	LAW OF TOTAL TRICKS
		LAW of TOTAL TRICKS or abbreviated: THE LAW
		THE LAW is not a convention, but it is yet a thing which may guide you to take the right decision in competitive situations during the auction period.
		Knowing the numbers of tricks, you may calculate also the scores belonging to the bids, to be done by each pair in order to play their suit.
	web.inter.nl.net /hcc/M.A.F/ltt.htm (726 words)

	Hand evaluation - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The "losing tricks" in a hand are added to the systemically assumed losing tricks in partners hand (7 for an opening bid of 1 of a suit) and the total is deducted from a systemically agreed base number (24).
		The total number of losers arrived at by this sum is subtracted from 24 (the maximum number of losers in the two hands).
		Total tricks is defined as the sum of the number of tricks available to each side if they could choose trumps.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Quick_tricks (0 words)

	Law of Total tricks.
		Quick tricks are card combinations that may be expected to win one or more trick.
		This by itself is worth a trick many times and must be considered when you are bidding this close.
		5.5 + 2 tricks for length = 7.5 tricks total.
	masterspades.home.att.net /tomlinson1.htm (1670 words)

	Opening 1 NT with a Five-Card Major (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		The law of total tricks seems to answer this question.
		In applying the law to a notrump contract, one is supposed to count seven "trumps".
		If there are positive adjustments to be made in the law, such as "pure" high-card values, the eight trumps may even count for nine, suggesting two tricks more in the trump contract.
	www.mit.edu /~dfm/bridge/opening_1nt_with_a_five-card_major.html (0 words)

	Law of Total Tricks: Bridge Hand Evaluation
		The aggregate tricks total 9 + 8 = 17
		Therefore, the total number of tricks on any deal depends not only on the total number of trumps, but also how the suits are distributed.
		A third factor challenging "The Law" is the belief that the trick count remains constant when honors are moved from one hand to the other.
	www.bridgehands.com /L/Law_of_Total_Tricks.htm (2286 words)

	LOTT (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		The law of total tricks is much vaunted and has many fervent adherents.
		The original Law of Total Tricks stated by Jean-Rene Vernes, which I shall call the weak law, states that the average trick count over all hands with the same trump count is approximately equal to the trump count.
		The law most quoted, popularized by Larry Cohen, which I shall call the strong law, states that the trick count on any given hand is approximately equal to the trump count.
	www.srcf.ucam.org /tcbc/articles/uuee.html (0 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		The Law of Total Tricks (more commonly referred to as the LAW) has become very popular in the past few years.
		Briefly, the LAW is way to judge how high each side should bid in a competitive auction.
		It states that the total number of tricks available if each side is allowed to play in their best fit is equal to the total number of trumps in each sides' best fit.
	acp.atlanta.ga.us /wang/bridge/ltt.html (0 words)

	October, 2005
		If you analyze his bidding situation using the law of total tricks, you would estimate that we have about 8 spades between us, and that the opponents have 9 or 10 hearts between them.
		In Larry Cohen's writings about the law of total tricks, he discussed adjustments to the law, and purity in the suits and double fits are two factors that might produce more tricks than the pure number of total trumps.
		If there are 19 total tricks on the hand, then you could go down two doubled for 500 points when the opponents make 420, or you could go down 100 or 200 doubled when the opponents lose 50, or you can make 600 or 650 when the opponents go down two tricks for +100.
	www.realbridgehands.com /october,_2005.htm (1521 words)

	BRIDGE; Obey the Law of Total Tricks (And Always Add Carefully) - New York Times
		That is the law: total tricks equal total trumps.
		If there is a double fit, the total tricks are usually one more than the number of trumps.
		In such situations one should normally bid for a number of tricks equal to the number of trumps you and your partner are known to have.
	query.nytimes.com /gst/fullpage.html?res=9B02E0DB143EF934A15755C0A9649C8B63 (528 words)

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		The Law of Total Tricks is a fairly complex set of principles that experienced bridge players use to decide how high to bid in competitive auctions.
		Two entire books are devoted to "The Law" (To Bid or Not to Bid and Following the Law by Larry Cohen), but there are some basic elements of the Law that beginners can adopt.
		Described here is a simplified version of a guideline you can use to decide if you should pass and let the opponents play in their partscore, or if you should bid one level higher in your suit.
	www.zyworld.com /lioncub/Law_of_Total_Tricks.htm (503 words)

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	The law of total tricks
		Eén van de wonderlijkste statistische feiten die zich voordoen bij bridge is de "Law of total tricks", ook wel bekend als de wet van Vernes.
		Veel is hier over geschreven, onder andere door Larry Cohen in zijn boek To bid or not to bid the law of total tricks.
		Het antwoord op bovengenoemde vraag is dus dat het alleen maar niet goed is om af te gaan op de law in geval uw judgement in competitieve gevallen u in meer dan 70% van de gevallen tot de juiste conclusie doet komen.
	home.tiscali.nl /~wjmaas/catgames/id40.htm (0 words)

	Bridge Bidding -- The "Law" of Total Tricks (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		The Law of Total Tricks is a fairly complex set of principles that experienced bridge players use to decide how high to bid in competitive auctions.
		Two entire books are devoted to "The Law" (To Bid or Not to Bid and Following the Law by Larry Cohen), but there are some basic elements of the Law that beginners can adopt.
		Described here is a simplified version of a guideline you can use to decide if you should pass and let the opponents play in their partscore, or if you should bid one level higher in your suit.
	www.prairienet.org /bridge/law.htm (566 words)

	The Law
		The total # of tricks available in a given deal is = to the number of trumps available (to BOTH sides combined).
		Generally, the LAW is very consistent through the 4-level, with potential flaws above the level at which more than 20 total trumps combined exist.
		The original article describing the Law of Total tricks was published in 1969 by Jean-Rene Vernes in The Bridge World.
	www.northerncoloradobridge.com /playerscorner/TheLaw.htm (717 words)

	Opening 1 NT with a Five-Card Major
		The law of total tricks seems to answer this question.
		In applying the law to a notrump contract, one is supposed to count seven "trumps".
		If there are positive adjustments to be made in the law, such as "pure" high-card values, the eight trumps may even count for nine, suggesting two tricks more in the trump contract.
	www.mit.edu:8001 /people/dfm/bridge/opening_1nt_with_a_five-card_major.html (430 words)

	To Bid or Not to Bid: The LAW of Total Tricks \| Funny UK Comedy
		Although there are many flaws of the law, it is still nice to know the idea behind it.
		The law of total tricks has been around for about 40 years, but it's never been as thoroughly and completely explained as in this book.
		Cohen shows how the law should be used to resolve your competitive bidding decisions and to make the opponents' life more difficult.
	www.funny.co.uk /comedy/prod_0-0963471503-To-Bid-or-Not-to-Bid.html (0 words)

	Bridge Forum International Supervised Play Groups
		Otherwise know simply as "THE LAW", the Law of Total Tricks is one of the most valuable aids to competitive bidding ever devised.
		DEFINITION of The Law: The Total Number of Tricks available to both sides will be approximately equal to the Total Number of Trumps.
		The total still comes to 16 and, of course, the total number of trumps is still also 16.
	www.bridge-forum.com /i-law.htm (758 words)

	The Law
		The amazing accuracy to within.4 tricks as the average application of the Law (by the inventor of the Law Jean-Rene Vernes).
		I hope the new data will inspired others to study the "Law" and come up with new applications and new bidding methods or conventions as I was inspired by those individuals highlighted in this page whom I would like to give credit to.
		When adjusted based on Okbridge player results, the total number of tricks taken is 16.4, which is significantly higher then 16.
	crystalwebsite.tripod.com /a_the_law.htm (465 words)

	Kaleidoscope Series - Lesson 4 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		It postulates that in a competitive or pre-emptive auction the total number of tricks available on any given hand is equal to the total number of TRUMPS that the two pairs have in their respective longest suits.
		LOTT, on the other hand, uses the total number of trumps that BOTH sides have as the principle guideline.
		If we read any of the literature on LOTT we will see that the total number of tricks available "occasionally" has to to be "adjusted" upwards or downwards based on certain criteria.
	www.firesides.net /kaleido4.htm (0 words)

	Bridge conventie - The LAW of total tricks (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Volgens de LAW is het totaal aantal slagen in dit spel dus 10 + 10 = 20.
		Vooral omdat het voor minder geoefende spelers vaak te moeilijk is om precies uit te tellen hoeveel kaarten wijzelf of onze tegenstanders in hun fit hebben zitten, zijn van de LAW een aantal eenvoudigere regels afgeleid.
		Door de LAW toe te passen zult u niet in staat zijn alle slechte scores te voorkomen, wel zult u meer goede beslissingen nemen dan een wereldkampioen die alleen op zijn intuïtie afgaat.
	home.wanadoo.nl /k11/conventie/law.html (0 words)

	Law of Total Tricks by Jean Rene Vernes
		Law of Total Tricks by Jean Rene Vernes
		No, my aim is to show that competitive decisions are subject to a precise law, and a particularly simple one what's more.
		A more detailed analysis of the deals on which the statistics were based verified this conclusion.
	www.bridgeguys.com /LGlossary/LawTotalTrickVernes.html (0 words)

	Charles Goren - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Goren was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to Russian-Jewish immigrants.
		The drawback of the four-card approach is that the Law of Total Tricks is more difficult to apply in cases where it is used.
		In addition to his pioneering work in bringing simple and effective bridge to everyday players, Goren also worked to popularize the Precision bidding method, which is one of many variants of so-called big club systems (which use an opening bid of one club to indicate a strong hand).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Charles_Goren (0 words)

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