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THE GAME OF BRIDGE

 

THE BASIC RULES OF BRIDGE

BIDDING:

During the "bidding" part of the game the objective is to try to determine the combined strength of your and your partner's respective hands. There are 5 valid bids:

  • Color - A color bid is one of the 4 suits combined with a number from 1 to 7, which states the number of tricks (plus 6) the bidder expect to win if that suit is chosen as trump. Valid bids are for example 1 spade, 2spades,4 hearts, 7 diamonds, etc.
  • Notrump - A notrump bid is always combined with a number from 1 to 7, stating the number of tricks (plus 6) the bidder thinks they can win if the game is played without a trump color. Valid bids are for example 1 notrump, 2 notrump, etc.
  • Double - Is a bid that increases the amount of points gained for the winning pair.
  • Redouble - This further increases the amount of points gained, but is only valid directly after someone has bid double, and not by a member of the same pair.
  • Pass - The player does not wish to bid this round.

 

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The color or notrump bit of a bid is called strain. Strains are in ascending order from clubs, diamonds, hearts, spades through to notrump. This means that 2 clubs is higher than o1 club, 2 hearts is higher than 2 diamonds and 2 spades is higher than two notrump.

The dealer begins the bidding, the players then take turns playing their cards in a clockwise direction. A strain bid must be higher than the previous strain bid. If a double is followed by anything other than pass or redouble, the double is cancelled but you can bid double again The redouble bid is the same with the exception that it can't be followed by a redouble. Bidding is finished when a player has made a bid followed by 3 consecutive passes.

 The resulting bid is called a contract, because that is the number of tricks (again, plus 6) that the pair must win in order to score any points. If they fail, the opposing pair instead gets points for each trick they fail to get.

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