• Bridge Basic

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  • Learning The Game of Bridge

    There is nothing better than learning by doing. So, I would encourage anybody that interested in this greatest mind sport in the planet, go out there join your local club. In your community, in your school, in your university or

     

  • Double (X) & Redouble (XX): Special Bid on The Auction

    There are 2 important special bids that can be made in addition of those 35 bids: Double (X) and Redouble (XX). And because it's special bids, they have special requirement and special purpose as well.

     

  • Declarer Play: Playing Suit Contract

    Theoretically, you will play a suit contract 4 times more often than NT contract. Playing a suit contract is a little bit more complicated as the highest card in a suit will not always win if a trump suit is

     

  • Declarer Play: Playing No Trump Contract

    Now the bidding is over and you have your bridge contract to play. Your LHO (left hand opponent) has select the card for opening lead and put it face down in the table, then your partner lay his card on

     

  • Bidding Reality

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  • Rebid: Longer Suit or Second suit?

    The common problem during bidding when you have long suit (say 6+ cards) and 2nd suit (4+ cards) is whether to show the extra on the un-usually longer suit, or rebid the second suit. But what if you have the

     

  • Bidding Problem: No Rebid after Competitive

    Sometimes, after a competitive bid by opponent, you are left out with difficulty to rebid with little help from the partner. And to make it worst, wrong hand to play the contract.

     

  • Outline for Takeout Double

    One of the most importants tools for competitive bidding is takeout double. Takeout double is the opposite of the classic double which intended to penalize opponent. With takeout double, practically you communicate “Partner, please bid your cards!” while with penalty

     

  • Bidding System

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  • So You Have A Fit: Make Sure Your Bid Can Communicate These 4 Types of Fit

    With 13 cards on each suit, democratically you need to have at least 7 cards to claim "majority" on the suit (4-3, 5-2). But what consider "good" fit" will be at least 8 cards fit (4-4, 5-3, 6-2). While of

     

  • Directing Lead Double: Make Defense Easier

    A "double" bid in bridge is a special bid with various use. You can use it for takeout or negative (asking partner to bid longest suit, basically), to penalize opponent and continue disrupted bidding system (for example: DOPE/ROPE). On this

     

  • Negative Double vs TakeOut Double: No more confusion

    Most bridge players play both takeout double and negative double on their system. Although very similar in principle, there are quite subtle different that we all should be aware. This differences might determine whether you miss a game or not.

     

  • Bridge Reference

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  • Finesse or Not To Finesse, That’s The Question !

    Not to be disrespectful with the famous Shakespeare's Hamlet's "To be or not to be", the fact is that question is exactly what most bridge player have on the table. Sometime play finesse is the winning theme, sometimes just cash

     

  • Losers in 1 Suit

    Theoretically, if everybody have super balance hand : 4-3-3-3 distribution, then for each suit, you will not be able to lose more than 3 tricks. Based on this, then it become a general reference that a suit will not have

     

  • 39 Type of Hand Distribution in Bridge

    There are more than 600 trillion possibility of getting a set of 13 cards when you play bridge. SO, the chance is that we will never see all of them unless we play much bigger number than 600 trillion games.

     

  • Other Recent Articles

  • Opening Lead Mini Course: Lead Against NT Contract – 3 of 4

    Statistically in general, you will spend 25% of your game of bridge doing the opening lead. Most of the time the contract is not really sensitive to the opening lead. But with the bidding become more precise and aggressive where wrong opening lead can determine whether a slam or game is made, then to make sure the person across the table cannot whinge and to make you a more than average bridge player, for sure there are some good guideline or maybe rule of thumb when it comes to do opening lead. This is one of them…

     

  • Opening Lead Mini Course: Lead Against Suit Contract – 2 of 4

    Statistically in general, you will spend 25% of your game of bridge doing the opening lead. Most of the time the contract is not really sensitive to the opening lead. But with the bidding become more precise and aggressive where wrong opening lead can determine whether a slam or game is made, then to make sure the person across the table cannot whinge and to make you a more than average bridge player, for sure there are some good guideline or maybe rule of thumb when it comes to do opening lead. This is one of them…

     

  • Opening Lead Mini Course: Understand What To Do – 1 of 4

    Statistically in general, you will spend 25% of your game of bridge doing the opening lead. Most of the time the contract is not really sensitive to the opening lead. But with the bidding become more precise and aggressive where wrong opening lead can determine whether a slam or game is made, then to make sure the person across the table cannot whinge and to make you a more than average bridge player, for sure there are some good guideline or maybe rule of thumb when it comes to do opening lead. This is one of them…