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By playing the 2 on West's K, South makes it impossible for West to continue spades without giving South a free finesse. Beer card The ♦ 7. Below the line In rubber bridge, the place on the score pad (below the main horizontal line) where trick points scored for making a contract, i.e. tricks bid for and taken exclusive of overtricks, are ...
In duplicate bridge only, game and partial-game bonuses are awarded at the conclusion of each deal as follows: any partial contract, i.e. one scoring less than 100 contract points, scores a bonus of 50 points, and; any game contract, i.e. one scoring 100 or more points, scores a game bonus of 300 if not vulnerable and 500 if vulnerable.
Duplicate bridge is scored comparatively, meaning that the score for the hand is compared to other tables playing the same cards and match points are scored according to the comparative results: usually either "matchpoint scoring", where each partnership receives 2 points (or 1 point) for each pair that they beat, and 1 point (or 1 ⁄ 2 point ...
The method was devised by Jeff Rubens and published in The Bridge World. [1] Using Rubens advances, the available bids in the suits starting with the cue bid in opponent's suit up to and including the bid below a two-level support bid of the overcall are all transfer bids to the next suit. Furthermore, the available bids in the suits below the ...
Diagrams are used to illustrate a deal of 52 cards in four hands in the game of contract bridge. [1] Each hand is designated by a point on the compass and so North–South are partners against East–West. Suit features include: Each line represents a suit, indicated by its symbol – ♠ for spades, ♥ for hearts, ♦ for diamonds, and ♣ ...
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:
The Jacoby transfer, or simply transfers, in the card game contract bridge, is a convention in most bridge bidding systems initiated by responder following partner's notrump opening bid that forces opener to rebid in the suit ranked just above that bid by responder. For example, a response in diamonds forces a rebid in hearts and a response in ...
Example: Suppose declarer (South) leads the Queen of a suit, dummy (North) has the Ace, and the hand in between (West) has the King. If West fails to play the King over the Queen, declarer will allow the Queen to make a trick, and then the Ace will also make a second trick.