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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 ...
The Grand Slam Force is a bidding convention in contract bridge that was developed by Ely Culbertson in 1936. [1] It is intended to be used in cases where the combined hands of a partnership are so strong that a slam (winning at least 12 tricks) is a near-certainty and a grand slam (winning all 13 tricks) is a possibility.
If responder has 13 HCP, then a small slam looks certain (13 + 20 opener's minimum = 33) and should be bid; If responder has 11 or 12 HCP, then a small slam is a possibility but more information is needed about opener's hand before it should be bid. This is where a quantitative bid should be made. A bid of 4NT "invites" opener to:
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 made; If the contract is defeated, the defenders receive: Penalty points, assigned for every undertrick; In rubber bridge only:
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