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Can someone explain to me how he got 42 non-outs in this example? Shouldn't this be 40 as usual, since in his estimate of the number of outs he's already taken his opponents' hands into account? I must be misunderstanding this.

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As I read it, he is saying there are 42 unseen cards since you know one player has 2 spades, and the other has a set.

I am puzzled why he uses 42 as the "bad number" ie non-outs, when he says you have 6 outs. 36 should be the "bad number" (unseen cards minus your outs).

Another reason why the Abdul/Morton system is simpler. You are getting 7:1 on the call with 6 outs. (7+1) * 6 = 48 > unseen cards = call.