What does the term doubleton mean?
A suit containing only two cards.
What does the term singleton mean?
A suit containing only one card.
What does the term void mean?
Holding no cards of a suit.
What is the only hand pattern containing no doubleton, singleton or void?
4-3-3-3
aka four-triple-three
Another term to describe Hand Pattern is...
Shape of the hand.
A hand that has no voids, no singletons and no more than one doubleton is described as....
balanced.
By definition, how is the following hand pattern classified?
5-4-3-1
Unbalanced. It has a singleton.
By definition, how is the following hand pattern classified?
5-4-2-2
Unbalanced. It has two doubletons.
Of the following most common hand patterns, how many are balanced?
4-4-3-2
5-3-3-2
5-4-3-1
5-4-2-2
4-3-3-3
Three.
4-4-3-2
5-3-3-2
4-3-3-3
(aka four-triple-three)