A full account of the Winning Trick Count is provided in the series of linked attachments, which are listed under the CONTENTS heading below:

 
On the other hand, those readers who are not particularly interested in such a detailed account of bridge-evaluation, but who would nevertheless welcome an effective and quite unusually easy bidding aid, should just go directly to the description of the Point-Count Balance variant of the Winning Trick Count in Chapter 5.

 
In which case, they will see that the very simple modified procedure, which is described there is somewhat unorthodox, but that it is nevertheless just as precise and broad ranging as the basic Winning Trick Count. Moreover, it is particularly suitable for that substantial fraction of bridge players who routinely use their point count as an initial measure of their hand strength since, once a prospective trump fit has been established, it then provides them with an immediate forecast of their partnership trick-taking prospects (and in many competitive auctions, those of their opponents too!).