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Bidding is an auction mechanic common to a variety of board and card games where two or more players or teams compete for a right or privilege. Bidding is common in trick-taking card game such as bridge, and several other bidding examples are provided in the bidding wiki page.
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Why Do People "Pre-empt" With Seven Of A Suit In Bridge?
Originally (when Culbertson and others first studied Contract Bridge), the rule was "Seven cards and an outside Ace". With that and even a semi-reasonable dummy, you can usually make your contract, if …
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Why Do People Use "Precision" Bidding in Bridge?
Playing Precision allows you to get a precise picture of the hand early in the bidding, at the expense of not being able to be creative.
This suits some pairs, but not others. …
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How should hands that are EXTREMELY strong in one suit (10+ cards) be bid?
In addition to Aryabhata's answer, you should consider the possibility that a 12 or 13-card suit is not the result of a random deal. (I don't agree that it's necessarily cheating; the commonest reaso …
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In Bridge, what are "proper" responses to a "strong" 2 club bid?
I don't play Standard American, so this may be not the most valuable answer. But I can't believe you've read it right if the only two worthwhle responses are 2D and 2NT. Even if you do decide that yo …
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Are there times to pre-empt with a "strong" six trumps in bridge?
The point about a pre-empt is precisely the lomg suit. If you bid on a 6-card suit more than once in a blue moon you are misleading your partner (who can be expected to have an opening bid in your ex …
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In bridge, does it make sense to "tighten" or 'loosen" up on bidding depending on vulnerabil...
Do people do this? and Is it sensible? are two different questions. There are systems that rely absolutely on this sort of thing: the Mini No Trump is opened on 10-12 points non-vulnerable and 12-14 …
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Are there times when a hand with a seven card suit is too strong for a three level pre-empt?
Your partner's hand looks borderline to me: it certainly could be opened 1S, but to what end? You certainly will not be able to support spades, and equally certainly her hand is valueless in any other …
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Should I alert a conventional 'Pass'
From the English Bridge Union Blue Book (Rules and Ethics):
Unless it is announceable (
see 4
D
, 4
E, 4
F
and 4
G
), a pass
or bid must be alerted if
it
:
(a)
is not nat …
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Bridge Scoring and sacrifice optimization against slam bids?
As well as the two good answers already posted, you have to consider the 'phantom sacrifice' phenomenon. Just because N-S have bid 6 Spades, that doesn't mean they will score 980 points; they may go d …
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Bridge Responding to 1NT with 0 HCP?
Unless you have, say, five clubs and eight diamonds, you have nothing to show partner and should Pass. Given that RHO has passed, LHO will almost certainly bid and give your partner the chance to reas …
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In bridge,should a responder devalue her hand if short in opener's suit?
The Blackwood convention is often misused, or perhaps just misunderstood. The bidder needs (among other things) to be sure that there are twelve tricks available; normally this means the trump suit is …
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Bridge: Is it a rule that you must announce the meaning of partners opening bid
As ruds says, it depends not on what system you play, but on where you are (strictly 'whose rules you play by'). But the important thing is any conventional bid must be alerted **, so that you are not …
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What Crazy Bridge Bidding Systems Actually Work In Practice?
It's only a "crazy bidding system" if it doesn't work in practice. Otherwise, any system that works even when the opponents understand it is a good one, and probably better than the 'standard'. …
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Simplest bidding system for introduction into bridge
Most people learn better when they can see the reason for the lesson; this goes double for using a convention (or discarding it; half the people at my club think Jacoby transfers are a waste of bidding …
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Can one use alternate evaluation methods, e.g. "K&R" to defend actions that appear to violat...
There are many ways to evaluate a hand, and you and your partner are at liberty to choose whichever you wish. But you are not entitled to insist that your opponents use the same system; if you tell th …
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