Teach Yourself VISUALLY Bridge
David Galt
Language: English
Pages: 306
ISBN: 047011424X
Format: PDF / Kindle (mobi) / ePub
Teach Yourself
VISUALLY™
Tricks. Trumps. Auctions. Contracts. Bridge is a challenging game, but you can quickly grasp its basics with this guide that shows how it's played. Teach Yourself VISUALLY Bridge covers everything from evaluating a hand and bidding it through playing the cards and scoring the results—guiding you play by play and trick by trick. With this book and with practice as declarer or defender, you"ll quickly be playing your bridge cards right. Maybe you"ll even make a slam—doubled, redoubled, and vulnerable!
Concise lessons show you the keys to successful play and are ideal for quick review
- Text helps to de-mystify bridge rules, lingo, and traditions
- Each strategy or tactic is clearly explained
- Graphics help you visualize concepts and build your bridge skills
- Helpful tips provide additional guidance
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remaining diamond, the seven. South trumps East’s ♦9 with the ♠3. Next, South leads his ♠7—won by dummy’s jack—and then follows with two more rounds of spades, with West discarding the ♥2 on the third spade trick. A7 654 W E Q743 K Q 10 9 5 2 62 S AKQ73 J5 8 K J 10 9 8 TIP To help follow the play of a bridge hand in a book, or in a newspaper, get a deck of cards and deal them out just as shown. Then, as tricks are played, simply remove the cards played. 28 K3 04_114247 ch02.qxp
points to earn a game, either successful slam bid earns a large extra bonus (see under Slam Scoring, later in this chapter). • Vulnerability. When a side has earned one game towards winning the rubber, it is said to be vulnerable. A side which has not earned a game is not vulnerable. The line drawn under a game score is an indicator of vulnerability. You can see examples of this line on the previous and following pages. Note: Vulnerability is an important concept in bridge, because—as you’ll
SCORES WE THEY WE THEY WE THEY 1000 140 On the first deal, your side bids and makes 7♣—a Grand Slam! You score 140 below the line in trick-score, plus 1000 points above the line for the non-vulnerable grand slam bonus. 41 05_114247 ch03.qxp 10/26/07 7:45 PM Page 42 Honor Scores Honor scores in rubber bridge can be traced back to bridge’s ancestors: ruffe & honours, whist, bridge whist, and auction bridge (see Chapter 1), where a side scored points merely for the luck of being dealt
Starting a Bridge Hand . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12 N Tricks and Taking Tricks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13 Following Suit and the Power of Trumps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16 J The Auction and the Meaning of Bids . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18 Bidding Higher in the
♦Q85 ♣97. What do you do? 6 8 Q K ? Q 9 7 A 8 5 K JQ 1NT 6 East KQ 8 North K A 7 9 5 8Q West Q South What if you have ♠A732 ♥Q103 ♦A54 ♣AQ2, instead? 310 2 A 7 3 3 2 3 7 A 10 A AQ 2 5 4 Q Q 2 Q A 4 5A Answer: Pass. With 16 HCP and a “flat” 4-3-3-3 shape, 6NT would likely be a struggle. You hope it won’t be too hard to take ten tricks at 4NT! 161 11_114247 ch09.qxp 10/26/07 8:26 PM Page 162 Rebids by 1-of-a-Suit Opener When you open 1-of-a-suit, you face a different