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  2. Bidding system - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  3. Contract bridge - Wikipedia

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    In auction bridge, bidding beyond winning the auction is pointless; for example, if taking all 13 tricks, there is no difference in score between a 1 ♠ and a 7 ♠ final contract, as the bonus for rubber, small slam or grand slam depends on the number of tricks taken rather than the number of tricks contracted for. [13]

  4. Strong two clubs - Wikipedia

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    Bridge bidding systems that incorporate a strong 2 clubs opening bid include modern Standard American, standard Acol, 2/1 game forcing and many others. In most natural bridge bidding systems, the opening bid of 2 ♣ is used exclusively for hands too strong for an opening bid at the one-level. Typically, the bid is reserved for hands that are ...

  5. Five-card majors - Wikipedia

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    Five-card majors is a contract bridge bidding treatment common to many modern bidding systems. Its basic tenet is that an opening bid of one-of-a-major in first and second position guarantees at least five cards in that major. This method has become standard in North American tournament play, but European methods vary. [1] [2]

  6. 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:

  7. Gerber convention - Wikipedia

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    4 ♣ is Gerber if it is a jump bid or if a suit has been agreed as trump. 4 ♣ is Gerber if the immediate preceding bid by partner was in notrump. 4 ♣ is Gerber only if it is a jump bid over an opening bid or rebid of 1 NT or 2 NT. (Standard American Yellow Card) 4 ♣ is Gerber only when in response to opening bids of 1NT, 2NT or a strong ...

  8. Cue bid - Wikipedia

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    In contract bridge, a cue bid (also, cuebid or cue-bid) is either a bid of the opponents' suit, or "slam seeking": a slam-investigating bid made during an auction's later rounds that shows control of a suit. Traditionally a cue bid is "slam seeking", but in the early 21st century the usage appears to be giving way to control bid.

  9. Bridge scoring - Wikipedia

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    Contract points, assigned to each odd trick bid and made; Overtrick points, assigned for each trick taken over the contracted number of odd tricks; A slam bonus for a small slam or grand slam contract bid and made; A bonus, colloquially known as 'for insult', is received at the end of any deal in which a doubled or redoubled contract is bid and ...

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