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The reading is based on information gained in the bidding and the play to previous tricks. [1] The technique is used by the declarer and defenders primarily to determine the probable suit distribution and honor card holdings of each unseen hand; determination of the location of specific spot-cards may be critical as well. Card reading is based ...
card reading, also known as counting the hand; dummy reversal; endplay; coups; squeezes; suit combinations play; safety play; applying the principle of restricted choice; applying the theory of vacant places; applying percentages and probabilities
Five-card majors: opening a major suit promises at least five cards in that suit. Weak two bids: two-diamond, -heart, or -spade opening bids are made with a six-card suit and 6 to 10 high-card points. The bid promises two of the top three honors in the suit. Strong two clubs: a 2 ♣ opening bid is artificial and promises 22 points or more.
The vocabulary of bidding is limited to 38 different calls - 35 level/denomination bids [1] plus pass, double and redouble. Any bid becomes a contract if followed by three successive passes, therefore every bridge bid is a potential contract. By the rules of the game, the agreed meanings of all calls must be public and known to the opponents ...
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:
After the opening bid, the five-card limitation is no longer in effect and any other bid typically promises only four cards as before. Bridge partnerships who use five-card majors need some kind of short club [4] opening bid. The most common practice is for 1 ♣ to promise at least a three-card club suit, indicating that opener has: at least ...
A (bridge) signal is a move in the card game of contract bridge in which partners defending against a contract play particular cards in a manner which gives a coded meaning or signal to guide their subsequent card play.
Bidding is the process in many card games, such as Skat, Pinochle, Binokel, Bridge, Solo Whist, Préférence, L’Hombre, Bauernschnapsen and most types of Tarock, whereby players compete to be able to specify the type of contract, the trump cards and/or to be able to pick up a set of face-down cards known variously, for example, as the talon, skat, dabb.