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Bridgette is a two-player bridge game that has been popular since 1970. It features a 55-card deck: the regular pack of 52 cards plus three extra cards called "colons". These special cards separate the pack into three groups: aces (A) with the grand colon (represented by ••), picture cards (JQK) with the royal colon (represented by •º), and spot cards (2—10) with the common colon ...
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 ...
When the South leads the ♣ 2 (the squeeze card), West must keep his ♥ A (menaced by dummy's king) and gives up his spade guard (spades being the double menace). In the same trick (this is therefore a simultaneous double squeeze), East must keep his ♦ Q (menaced by declarer's jack), and is forced to discard his low spade.
N W E S ♠ 7 2 ♥ J 10 2 ♥ 8 7 6 4 ♦ A 6 ♦ 10 9 7 4 ♣ A 4 ♣ 6 3 2 Lead: ♠ Q ♠ K 8 5 3 ♥ Q 9 5 ♦ Q 2 ♣ K 10 7 5 West North East South 1 ♠ Dble Pass 1NT Pass 3NT Pass Pass Pass From the auction, West must own both the ♣ A and the ♦ A. After winning the ♠ Q lead with the ♠ A, lead a low heart to the Queen. Then lead a low diamond. If West takes his ace, South takes ...
Coup en passant is a type of coup in contract bridge where trump trick(s) are "stolen" by trying to ruff a card after the player who has the master trump(s).. Just as the trump coup resembles a direct finesse, except that trumps are not the suit led, so the coup en passant similarly resembles an indirect finesse.
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An entry, in trick-taking card games such as bridge, is a means of gaining the lead in a particular hand, [1] i.e. winning the trick in that hand. Gaining the lead when some other player (including one's partner) led to the previous trick is referred to as entering one's hand; a card that wins a trick to which another player made the lead (except to the last trick) is therefore known as an ...
Slam-seeking conventions are codified artificial bids used in the card game contract bridge. Bidding and making a small slam (12 tricks) or grand slam (13 tricks) yields high bonuses ranging from 500 to 1500 points. However, the risk is also high as failure to fulfill the slam contract also means failure to score the bonus points for a game ...