Zar Points (ZP) is a statistically derived method for evaluating contract bridge hands developed by Zar Petkov. The statistical research Petkov conducted in the areas of hand evaluation and bidding is useful to bridge players, regardless of their bidding or hand evaluation system. The research showed that the Milton Work point count method, even when adjusted for distribution, is not sufficiently accurate in evaluating all hands. As a result, players often make incorrect or sub-optimal bids. Zar Points are designed to take many additional factors into consideration by assigning points to each factor based on statistical weight. While most of these factors are already implicitly taken into account by experienced players, Zar Points provides a quantitative method that allows them to be incorporated into bidding. Zar Points Zar Points (ZP) are based on high card points, distributional points and adjustments for suit fits. Zar high card points Zar high card points (ZHP) are the sum of the traditional Milton Work or Charles Goren 4-3-2-1 scale and control values for the ace and king. Zar distribution points Zar distribution points are the sum of the lengths of the two longest suits plus the difference between the longest suit and the shortest suit. Adjustments Trump fit re-evaluation With an 8-card trump fit, add points for: Extra trump support with a void: for each trump over 8 when the shortest suit is a void, add 2. Extra trump support with a singleton: for each trump over 8 when the shortest suit is a singleton, add 1. For a secondary 9-card fit, add 1. For a secondary 10-card fit, add 2. Misfit adjustment For bidding systems that allow one partner to know the shape of the other's hand, an additional misfit adjustment exists. To calculate the misfit modifier, find the difference in length between spade suits in each hand. Perform a similar calculation for the other three suits and sum the differences. Call this number M4. When the partners do not have an 8-card trump fit, the misfit modifier subtracts from the total ZP. When the partners have a trump fit longer than eight, the misfit modifier adds in place of the trump-support modifier if it is larger. The misfit modifier (M4) can be estimated if one partner knows the difference in lengths between the two most different suits (M2). This works because M2 is almost always approximately 75 percent of M4, meaning that