Posted 2013-July-09, 06:45
For on line, yes, because it is easy. Import all the hands into excel.
Face to face, never anything this close. I use to keep what is known as batting average for each partnership. It was easy to calculate and keep up with.
ACBL masterpoints won/ACBL masterpoints available.
For example if you play in club where 1.0 materpoints would have been won for 1st place, and played with a partner 20 times, count up your total masterpoints won and divide by 20. This way club championship wins (where rating points go higher) are worth more than winning when there are only three tables. This works also well for sectionals, etc, but If you play in a huge tournament and don't win anything, or only get a few section places, your batting average drops like a rock.
IT is a fun way to easily track how you do with several different partners. I found this suggestion in some magazine in the 1970's. I don't remember which one. I haven't used it in a long, long time.
--Ben--