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- BridgePal User Manual
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- SCORING
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- The basic objective of Bridge is to win two "games" before your
- opponents do, and therefore capture the "rubber." What is a game? A
- game is 100 or more points. Game points are scored by the team
- making the highest bid, if the contract is made. To make a bid, you
- must take six tricks plus the number you bid. For example, a bid of
- four spades means the team must take ten tricks to fulfill the
- contract (six plus the four bid). Points are awarded as follows, but
- only for tricks after the first six:
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- Spades or Hearts (Majors) = 30 points per trick
- Clubs or Diamonds (Minors) = 20 points per trick
- No-trump = 40 points for the first trick and 30 points
- for each additional trick
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- In order to make a game in a single deal, you must bid three
- No-trump, four hearts or spades, and five clubs or diamonds. These
- points are written "below the line" on bridge scoring sheets. There
- are also defensive and bonus points which are scored "above the
- line." Since BridgePal will keep the score for you, there is no need
- to understand scoring details before beginning to play.
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- SUMMARY
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- Well, that should be enough to get started (far too much, you say).
- You can skip the following section on Bidding until you've had some
- fun with the game. The BridgePal bidding "Help" feature will allow
- you to get going without reading further.
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