Questions tagged [duplicate-bridge]
A popular tournament format for Bridge where each table plays with identical pre-set hands of cards.
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The travellers score sheets were not filled for two deals how is the scoring done
The traveller score sheets were not filled up for two deals
What is the scoring for the two pairs
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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 ...
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Bridge game individual movement split between "Pro"s and "Am"s
I'm interested in whether anyone knows of bridge movements for individual events in which the players are split (by experience) into "pro"s and "am"s. Thus in each partnership there is a pro player ...
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Double that is not acceptable
At our bridge game last night LHO opens 1C, overcaller bids 1H, RHO passes, the Partner of overcaller bids DOUBLE, thinking of making a negative double, how should the director rule this.
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Playing duplicate bridge against players from some event
I am organizing a Bridge club in my workplace and I want it to be Duplicate Bridge one, but currently sometimes we don't get 8 people to join the meeting (I hope, in the future the club will grow).
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bridge club alert rules internationally
Are the rules for alerting bids broadly similar at clubs throughout the world, or do they differ? Are bidding boxes used internationally?
(My most specific interest is whether clubs in Switzerland ...
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If my partner sorted my cards for me, what would the official ruling be?
We were playing the very first board of the first round of an ordinary session at the local bridge club. I was delayed in getting my cards out of the board as I was learning to set up the computer ...
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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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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 ...
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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 ...
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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, ...
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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 ...
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