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In contract bridge, various bidding systems have been devised to enable partners to describe their hands so that they may reach the optimum contract.Key to this process is that players evaluate and re-evaluate the trick-taking potential of their hands as the auction proceeds and additional information about partner's hand and the opponent's hands becomes available.
A defence to a Strong Club whereby two-level bids show the suit bid or the other three suits. Par, or par score On a given deal, the score that results from best bidding and best play by both sides. See optimum contract and par contract. Par contest A competition that uses composed deals, designed to test each pair's bidding and its card play.
Before looking at the detail, it is necessary to understand that bridge theory and practice suggest that the HCP method of hand evaluation, together with common sense concerning balance and cover in all suits, is the best for deciding the level of NT contracts, thus: 25+ HCP is sufficient for a game 3NT; 33+ HCP should yield 12 tricks
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Bridge base basic, also known as BBO basic, is a bidding system for the game of bridge based on the Standard American Yellow Card (SAYC). It is simplified, suitable for beginners, and widely used in internet bridge, particularly on Bridge Base Online . [ 1 ]
Suppose East is known to have 7 spades from the bidding and after seeing dummy you deduce West to hold 2 spades; then if your two lines of play are to hope either for diamonds 5-3 or clubs 4-2, the a priori probabilities are 47% and 48% respectively but (,,,) % and (,,,) % so now the club line is significantly better than the diamond line.
Australian Bridge magazine, December 2000, pages 20-21. List of defenses against a 1NT opening (text corrupted, but does provide a listing). Official website; Bridge Buff website: commentary on the MONK convention. Pattaya Bridge Club website: list of defenses against a 1NT opening are briefly reviewed, including a comparison of Cappelletti and ...
Duplicate bridge score sheet for ACBL tournament. Scoring in duplicate bridge is done in two stages: Each deal is scored as in rubber bridge but with some variations in methodology. The result of each deal by each partnership is compared to all other results for the same deal by all other partnerships.