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In the Vanderbilt Club system, an opening bid of 1 ♣ is artificial [Note 1] and forcing, and shows a good hand. A response of 1 ♦ is an artificial negative. Other bids are "regulation bids". [1]: 71–92 [Note 2] The system was published by Harold S. Vanderbilt in his 1929 book Contract Bridge. [1] It was the first strong club system.
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auction The period of bidding. [8] The phase in some card games where players may bid to lead the game, or bid on a certain hand or privilege in that hand such as naming the trump suit. The player with the highest bid wins the auction and plays his chosen game or exercises his privilege. Often used in trick-taking games. [9]
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In auction games, bidding players are competing against each other for the right to attempt to make the contract. In a few games, the contract is fixed, normally a simple majority, less often based on certain cards captured during play, and players' bids are a wager of game points to be won or lost.
The suit of the fragment bid is often three cards long. Compare with Splinter bid. Freak, or freak hand A hand with a very long suit or suits. Most would regard a hand with two six card suits as a freak. Free bid A bid that is made when a pass would still allow partner to make a bid.
The cards are dealt to the players; then the players call (or bid) in an auction seeking to take the contract, specifying how many tricks the partnership receiving the contract (the declaring side) needs to take to receive points for the deal. During the auction, partners use their bids to exchange information about their hands, including ...
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