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  2. Glossary of contract bridge terms - Wikipedia

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    A call which indicates either: (1) a willingness to play the contract named, (2) a suit bid suggesting length or strength in that suit, (3) a notrump bid that suggests a balanced hand, (4) a double that suggests the ability to defeat the opponent's contract, (5) a redouble to suggest that the contract can be made in the face of a double by ...

  3. Hand evaluation - Wikipedia

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    In contract bridge, various bidding systems have been devised to enable partners to describe their hands so that they may reach the optimum contract.Key to this process is that players evaluate and re-evaluate the trick-taking potential of their hands as the auction proceeds and additional information about partner's hand and the opponent's hands becomes available.

  4. Contract bridge - Wikipedia

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    Contract bridge, or simply bridge, is a trick-taking card game using a standard 52-card deck. In its basic format, it is played by four players in two competing partnerships , [ 1 ] with partners sitting opposite each other around a table.

  5. Crocodile coup - Wikipedia

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    The Crocodile Coup is a play in the game contract bridge.It is executed by the defense: specifically by the second hand to play to a trick.It is the play of a higher card than might seem necessary, to keep a run of honors from being blocked by a singleton honor being in the other hand with either no entry back to the remaining tricks, or having to return the lead to declarer who can promptly ...

  6. Coup (bridge) - Wikipedia

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    In contract bridge, coup is a generic name for various techniques in play, ... The crocodile coup is a technique used by the defense. It is executed by second hand ...

  7. Opening lead - Wikipedia

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    The opening lead is the first card played in the playing phase of a contract bridge deal. The defender sitting to the left (LHO) of the declarer is the one who makes the opening lead. Since it is the only card played while dummy's cards are still concealed, it can be critical for the outcome of the deal.

  8. List of bidding systems - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of bidding systems used in contract bridge. [1] [2] Systems listed have either had an historical impact on the development of bidding in the game or have been or are currently being used at the national or international levels of competition. Bidding systems are characterized as belonging to one of two broadly defined categories:

  9. New minor forcing - Wikipedia

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    New Minor Forcing (NMF), is a contract bridge bidding convention used to find a 5-3 or 4-4 major suit fit after a specific sequence of bids in which opener has rebid one notrump. The convention is triggered by responder at his second turn by an artificial bid of two in an unbid minor; it requires that he hold five cards in the major he has ...