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Standard American Bidding (5-Card Major System) Click here for a 2-page printable version of this guide. A good trump suit: A "fit" of 8 or more cards in one suit, combined in your two hands in any way (4-4, 5-3, 6-2, etc.). First choice: A major (hearts or spades) if you have at least an 8-card fit.
♠♥ Standard American Bidding ♦♣ A Guide for Beginners © Robert Locke 2011 This guide is at once simple and simplistic. Bridge bidding can be an intricate dialogue between partners, trying to find ways to show Minimum, Maximum and Invitational values, yet Keep It Simple, Sweetheart: KISS.
Contract requirements -- What you and your partner need in your two hands to make these contracts: - 18-24 pts. and at least an 8-card trump fit. Notrump partscore (bid of 1NT or 2NT) -- 20- pts. and preferably no 8-card major-suit fit. Major-suit game (4H. 4S) -- 25-26+ pts. and at least an 8-card fit.
Basic Bidding Rules. These notes are for guidance only and are a simplified version. They are not hard and fast rules that will cover every set of circumstances. Bidding system – basic ACOL, including Stayman. Important numbers.
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Contract bridge is a four-handed trick-taking card game played with a stan-dard 52-card deck between two cooperative partnerships, each consisting of two players who sit opposite one and other. The goal of the game is sim-ple: win as many tricks for your side as possible in each hand. There are
Beginner’s Bridge Cheat Sheet (Goren Bidding) Valid bids consist of a number & a trump suit (or NT). You can also bid: “pass”, “double” or “re-double”. Each number/suit bid must be higher than the last one.
