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Most of the initial opening bids describe this range, while strong (13+ HCP) hands (28% of the hands) start with PASS, the lowest available call. Weak (0-7 HCP) hands are opened with one other bid, often 1 ♦. Of course partner in 3rd or 4th place will never pass a strong PASS "opening", thus 3rd and 4th place "openings" are different.
In duplicate bridge, cards are dealt only at the start of the session and the deal is preserved during the session by the use of boards. The "dealer" who will make the first call is identified by a mark on the physical board, commonly the word "dealer". Deck The 52 cards used in bridge. Declaration The contract in which a hand is played.
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Taking this one stage further, the clue word can hint at the word or words to be abbreviated rather than giving the word itself. For example: "About" for C or CA (for "circa"), or RE. "Say" for EG, used to mean "for example". More obscure clue words of this variety include: "Model" for T, referring to the Model T.
One major advantage of the artificial opening bid of 2 ♣ for all types of strong hands is that other opening bids at the two-level (2 ♦, 2 ♥ and 2 ♠) become available for weak two bids, thus eliminating many possible bids for the opponents. These weak two hands appear 20 times as often as the very strong hands, which illustrates the ...
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May take the form of a suit overcall (bid a higher-value suit e.g. in Preference), majority overcall (bid to take a higher number of tricks e.g. in Fipsen) or value overcall (bid to win more card points e.g. in Binokel) [67] The name of such a bid. [79] overs Excess points in e.g. Cassino. [82] overshoot point