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Bridge, Probabilties & Information By Robert F. McKinnon

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Take the guesswork out of bridge.

Bridge, unlike chess, is a game of incomplete information. We bid with thirteen cards in view, and play each deal seeing only twenty-six; the positions of the rest we must deduce from the auction and from the cards played. Bridge players deal in likelihoods, and only rearely in certainties, therefore some knowledge of the law of probability is a critical weapon in a successful player's arsenal.

In this book, using a semi-fictional narrative approach, the author develops the ideas(but not the equations!) that underlie basic probability and its modern descendant, information theory, and whos how both fields relate to bridge. In fact, they have enormous practical application to the game. Among the topics discussed:

- The idea of visualizing 'sides', the complete combined holdings of both defenders, and not just the splits in individual suits

- How a known split in one suit can affect the odds in another

- Empirical rules to help make decisions based on incomplete information or in a situation too complex to analyze accurately

- How a priori probabilities(the ones wih which we are all familiar) change with each card played

- How an imbalance of vacant place in the defenders' hands affects the odds- and when to change your line of play as a result

- The 'Monty Hall Problem' and its bridge cousin, Restricted Choice

- HCP distribution - what partner's bidding tells you about where his high cards are

- Information versus frequency: the trade-off in choosing conventions.

- Losing Trick Count - does it work, and if so, why?

- Probability, statistics and the Law of Total Tricsk - how far can you rely on the LAW?

- Cost versus gain: information theory as applied to bidding systems

- Using statistics to help you choose a bidding system that works for you


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