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Q. What are the percentages?
A. Table of probabilities.

To know the most likely division of the defenders cards is of great assistance to declarer in planning the play. At the start of the hand the probabilities, in the absence of any other indication, are as follows:-

When the defenders have this many cards between them they are likely to be divided:-

 

7 Cards

6 Cards

5 Cards

4 Cards

4- 3 > 62%

5- 2 > 31%

6- 1 > 7%

4- 2 > 48%

3- 3 > 36%

5- 1 > 15%

3- 2 > 68%

4- 1 > 28%

5- 0 > 4%

3- 1 > 50%

2- 2 > 40%

4- 0 > 10%

 

3 Cards

2 Cards

 
 

2- 1 > 78%

3- 0 > 22%

1- 1 > 52%

2- 0 > 48%

 
 

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