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- BridgePal User Manual
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- BIDDING RULES
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- The purpose of bidding is to reach the highest contract your team
- can make. To evaluate your hand, use the following table to get a
- total point count:
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- High Card Points Distribution Points
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- Ace = 4 Void (no cards in suit) = 3
- King = 3 Singleton (1 in a suit) = 2
- Queen = 2 Doubleton (2 in a suit) = 1
- Jack = 1
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- A "game" bid will usually require 26 or more points between the
- partners' hands. A bid of six or seven (called "slam") requires 33
- or more points. Slam bids earn a scoring bonus.
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- Unfortunately, you are not allowed to call out your hand's point
- count. Instead, you must hint at it using the various conventions of
- bridge bidding. The more common conventions are discussed below.
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- BASIC OPENING BIDS
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- You may open the bidding with one of a suit if you have at least 13
- points in your hand. An opening bid of one No-trump shows 16 to 18
- high-card points, with no voids, no singletons, and not more than one
- doubleton. Do not open one No-trump with a five card major. It is
- all right to open a No-trump with a five card minor.
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- Which suit to bid? A four card suit is biddable, but always open
- your longest suit. With two suits of equal length, bid the highest
- ranking suit first, i.e., with 4 hearts, 4 spades and 13 points in
- your hand, open the bidding with one spade.
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- RESPONSES TO SUIT BIDS
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- The partner who opens the bidding (bids first) is called the Opener;
- the partner is called the Responder. The Responder evaluates his
- hand with the same point count method as the Opener. With 6 points,
- the Responder must bid; with less than 6 points, Responder must pass.
- With 6 to 9 points and 4 cards in Opener's suit, bid 2 in the
- Opener's suit. With 6 to 9 points and without 4 cards in Opener's
- suit, Responder makes a bid at the one level, either with one of his
- biddable suits or 1 No-trump. With 10 points or more, Responder may
- bid at the 1 level or 2 level in a new suit. With less than 10
- points, Responder cannot bid at the 2 level in a new suit.
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