A popular tournament format for Bridge where each table plays with identical pre-set hands of cards.
A popular tournament format for bridge where each table plays with identical pre-set hands of cards.
Questions tagged [duplicate-bridge]
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What is the point in disclosure of the bidding system to opponents?
I fully understand and agree with the rule "do not communicate in illegal ways" (pose, tone of voice, etc), but I don't quite understand the point in requiring the disclosure of one's bidding system to one's opponents. What does this aim to…
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Dummy knows more than declarer
This week I was playing bridge, specifically as dummy in a no-trump contract. With two tricks to go, the lead was in dummy, and my partner said "Play either, they're both losers." Actually she had miscounted, so that one lead would win a trick, and…
Tim Lymington
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What happens when a deal is passed out in Duplicate Bridge Tournaments?
I understand how duplicate bridge works, but I'm still missing one small conceptual part of the scoring, being the outcome when a deal is passed out. Is the score for that hand just assumed to be 0 for both sides, making it identical to a hand that…
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Did I underbid or did my partner?
We were non-vulnerable versus vulnerable at matchpoint duplicate. Dealer passed to my right, so I opened one heart in second position with the following: ♠ AK86 ♡ T98654 ♢none ♣ K96. Only ten high card points but a sixth heart and something for the…
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What is the penalty for bidding out of turn?
In duplicate bridge, what is the penalty for someone bidding out of turn? Specifically, opening the bid by accident while sitting to the right of the dealer.
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Would you pass this 13 high card point hand?
At my duplicate bridge club, with both sides vulnerable, some Souths dealt, and passed with this 13 point hand:
♠ AJx
♡ Axxx
♢ QT9
♣ Qxx (All x's are 7 or lower.)
The hand's main drawback is its 4-3-3-3 shape, which would cause me to deduct a point…
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How to bid a slam when partnership cannot find the best suit?
The following hand was dealt recently in the Common Game; but only a very small number of partnerships bid and made a slam (1 grand; 2 small slams).
As you can see from the last 2 lines, the computer predicts that 4 different slam contacts are…
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Which bidding system is assumed by default at BBO?
Which bidding system is assumed by default at Bridge Base Online (for humans)?
I asked in chat several times in different games (ten times I think) and nobody answered.
Is it Bridge base basic? Or maybe YACL?
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Is Duplicate Bridge (standard Matchpoints) a game of pure skill?
I'm inclined to say "no" because because each of the following could be considered lucky:
A finesse can be tried 2 different ways and your partnership selects
the one that works
You play a routine, obvious hand against the strongest partnership…
Joe Golton
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Bridge psychic bid without looking at cards
If someone opens 1 Club without looking at their cards, is this legal in duplicate bridge? I suspect that this could be considered a psychic bid, but I'm not sure.
Someone at our friendly club game has done this several times. The opponents said…
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Who’s to blame for our partnership missing an easy 4S game?
IMP scoring. Neither vulnerable. Right hand opponent was the dealer and opens 1C. The auction went
E
S
W
N
1C
1S
P
2C
3C
P
P
3S
P
P
P
I had
South
♠AQxxx
♡JT
♢Axx
♣xxx
Partner…
John L
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In Duplicate Bridge, does the person holding a particular set of cards open the bidding in all times that particular deal is played?
Say the same deal is played by 5 different pairs of people. Is the person opening the bid each time that particular deal is played have the same set of cards in his hand? Or is the dealer/opener also changed?
For e.g. take a deal where North…
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Can a team-match VP score be negative?
I am not sure if here is a correct place for this kind of question.
We had team-matches last weekend(total VP score being 20 for each match). In the first match our teammates in the other table were not ready on time. The rule was like this: -1 VP…
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Did I have enough information to call four spades in this situation?
With only them vulnerable, partner open 1 club (possibly a "convenient" minor) in second seat. My right hand opponent overcalled four hearts (showing eight). I passed with the following.
♠ AT8652 ♡2 ♢93 ♣ AQJ7.
They made it, giving us an average…
Tom Au
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How to handle dummy's revoke due to a hidden card?
A final bid of 3 spades is made. The opponent leads a club and dummy lays down a hand showing no diamonds. Declarer wins the lead trick in hand and leads a diamond trumping it in dummy. Declarer then returns to hand and leads a second diamond…
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