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- laws of duplicate bridge 02 2017rev
Duplicate Bridge were published in 1928 and there have been...
- Learn to Play
The auction determines the “goal” (contract) for each deal...
- laws of duplicate bridge 02 2017rev
Contract requirements-- What you and your partner need in your two hands to make these contracts: Suit partscore (bid of 1, 2 or 3 in any suit) -- 18-24 points and at least an 8-card trump fit. Notrump partscore (bid of 1NT or 2NT) -- 20-24 points and preferably no 8-card major-suit fit.
Contract requirements -- What you and your partner need in your two hands to make these contracts: Suit partscore (bid of 1, 2 or 3 in any suit) -- 18-24 pts. and at least an 8-card trump fit. Notrump partscore (bid of 1NT or 2NT) -- 20-24 pts. and preferably no 8-card major-suit fit. Major-suit game (4H, 4S) -- 25-26+ pts. and at least an 8 ...
Hundreds of bridge bidding conventions used in contract bridge. Bridge Bidding Principles Bidding principles and hand evaluation rules including basic point count, The Law of Total Tricks, Losing Trick Count, and more.
Duplicate Bridge were published in 1928 and there have been successive revisions in 1933, 1935, 1943, 1949, 1963, 1975, 1987, 1997, and 2007. Through the 1930’s the Laws were promulgated by the Portland Club of London and the Whist Club of New York. From the 1940’s onwards, the American Contract Bridge League Laws Commission replaced the
The auction determines the “goal” (contract) for each deal in bridge. The auction is the bidding sequence of the players at the table. And bidding is the language of bridge. Unlike most languages, bidding only has a few words, the basics are easy to learn, and you’ll be able to have conversations with your partner right away.
Contemporary bidding consists of a core natural approach - in that most bids show length in the suit bid - complemented by a dizzying array of artificial, specialized bids for certain holdings and auction types.
