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Scoring:
Have you ever been curious about how pair games are scored and how the
percentage is decided? Here are the basics:
 | "Top on a Board" is one less than the total number of
pairs playing in the whole game for a Howell movement or the number of pairs
playing in one direction in a Mitchell movement. |
| "Your Score" reflects how many other pairs you scored
better than. For example: If there are 8 pairs playing N/S and
you have the top score, you receive a 7 on the board. You
"beat" 7 other pairs. |
| If there are eight unique scores, the top pair would receive a 7, the next
best score would receive a 6 and so on to the last score which would receive
a 0. However, as is frequently the case, several pairs may all make
the same contract and tie on a board. In this case the positions are
averaged.
For example: On a given board played by 5 pairs, lets say one pair
bids 4 Hearts and make 5, two pair each make 4, one pair is set one trick
and finally, one pair only bids 3 but makes 4. When the scores are put
in descending numerical order they would look like this:
| Pair Number |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
| Contract |
Bid 4
Made 5 |
Bid 4
Made 4 |
Bid 4
Made 4 |
Bid 3
Made 4 |
Bid 4
Made 3 |
| Score |
650 |
620 |
620 |
170 |
-100 |
| Place Score |
4 |
2.5 |
2.5 |
1 |
0 |
Note that pairs 2 and 3 tied with a score of 620. Their scoring
positions (3 and 2) are averaged and they each receive a 2.5. |
|
"Percentage" is determined by following
formula: |
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In this example the "top board" was 8, "your
score" was 5 and this was a 24 board game. |
|
The following three charts show the percentages awarded for 2
to 11 pairs in a 24, 27 or 28 board game which are the three most common
numbers of boards played in a typical session.
|
|
Your Hand Score in a 28 Board Game |
| 10 |
9 |
8 |
7 |
6 |
5 |
4 |
3 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
|
Top
on a
Board |
10 |
3.57% |
3.21% |
2.86% |
2.50% |
2.14% |
1.79% |
1.43% |
1.07% |
0.71% |
0.36% |
0.00% |
| 9 |
|
3.57% |
3.17% |
2.78% |
2.38% |
1.98% |
1.59% |
1.19% |
0.79% |
0.40% |
0.00% |
| 8 |
|
|
3.57% |
3.13% |
2.68% |
2.23% |
1.79% |
1.34% |
0.89% |
0.45% |
0.00% |
| 7 |
|
|
|
3.57% |
3.06% |
2.55% |
2.04% |
1.53% |
1.02% |
0.51% |
0.00% |
| 6 |
|
|
|
|
3.57% |
2.98% |
2.38% |
1.79% |
1.19% |
0.60% |
0.00% |
| 5 |
|
|
|
|
|
3.57% |
2.86% |
2.14% |
1.43% |
0.71% |
0.00% |
| 4 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
3.57% |
2.68% |
1.79% |
0.89% |
0.00% |
| 3 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
3.57% |
2.38% |
1.19% |
0.00% |
| 2 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
3.57% |
1.79% |
0.00% |
| 1 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
3.57% |
0.00% |
|
Your Hand Score in a 27 Board Game |
| 10 |
9 |
8 |
7 |
6 |
5 |
4 |
3 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
|
Top
on a
Board |
10 |
3.70% |
3.33% |
2.96% |
2.59% |
2.22% |
1.85% |
1.48% |
1.11% |
0.74% |
0.37% |
0.00% |
| 9 |
|
3.70% |
3.29% |
2.88% |
2.47% |
2.06% |
1.65% |
1.23% |
0.82% |
0.41% |
0.00% |
| 8 |
|
|
3.70% |
3.24% |
2.78% |
2.31% |
1.85% |
1.39% |
0.93% |
0.46% |
0.00% |
| 7 |
|
|
|
3.70% |
3.17% |
2.65% |
2.12% |
1.59% |
1.06% |
0.53% |
0.00% |
| 6 |
|
|
|
|
3.70% |
3.09% |
2.47% |
1.85% |
1.23% |
0.62% |
0.00% |
| 5 |
|
|
|
|
|
3.70% |
2.96% |
2.22% |
1.48% |
0.74% |
0.00% |
| 4 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
3.70% |
2.78% |
1.85% |
0.93% |
0.00% |
| 3 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
3.70% |
2.47% |
1.23% |
0.00% |
| 2 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
3.70% |
1.85% |
0.00% |
| 1 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
3.70% |
0.00% |
|
Your Hand Score in a 24 Board Game |
| 10 |
9 |
8 |
7 |
6 |
5 |
4 |
3 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
|
Top
on a
Board |
10 |
4.17% |
3.75% |
3.33% |
2.92% |
2.50% |
2.08% |
1.67% |
1.25% |
0.83% |
0.42% |
0.00% |
| 9 |
|
4.17% |
3.70% |
3.24% |
2.78% |
2.31% |
1.85% |
1.39% |
0.93% |
0.46% |
0.00% |
| 8 |
|
|
4.17% |
3.65% |
3.13% |
2.60% |
2.08% |
1.56% |
1.04% |
0.52% |
0.00% |
| 7 |
|
|
|
4.17% |
3.57% |
2.98% |
2.38% |
1.79% |
1.19% |
0.60% |
0.00% |
| 6 |
|
|
|
|
4.17% |
3.47% |
2.78% |
2.08% |
1.39% |
0.69% |
0.00% |
| 5 |
|
|
|
|
|
4.17% |
3.33% |
2.50% |
1.67% |
0.83% |
0.00% |
| 4 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
4.17% |
3.13% |
2.08% |
1.04% |
0.00% |
| 3 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
4.17% |
2.78% |
1.39% |
0.00% |
| 2 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
4.17% |
2.08% |
0.00% |
| 1 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
4.17% |
0.00% |
| To determine the percentage for a 1/2 score, average the two adjacent
numbers. For example; in an 8 pair, 24 board game, the
percentage for a score of 3.5 is the average of the 3 (1.56%) and the 4
(2.08%) which is 1.82% |
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