{"id":44977,"date":"2022-11-23T17:09:00","date_gmt":"2022-11-23T17:09:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/?p=44977"},"modified":"2025-12-16T13:09:33","modified_gmt":"2025-12-16T13:09:33","slug":"bridge-anyone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/?p=44977","title":{"rendered":"Bridge \u6865\u724c, anyone?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/IMG_2304.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-44976 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/IMG_2304-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>I&#8217;m picking up this card game again, and have been playing the contract bridge \u5b9a\u7ea6\u6865\u724c once or twice a week.<\/p>\n<p>The players here don&#8217;t do <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Duplicate_bridge\">duplicate bridge<\/a> because each time, whomever shows up, starts the game. Day and time are set but not players. Some times it&#8217;s only 1 table and other times, three+ tables. We rotate every four games so the 5th, 9th or 13th player get to play.<\/p>\n<p>After awhile, I started the girls night.<\/p>\n<p>Some basics<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The <a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/?p=46559\">points<\/a>: 40 hcp, <span style=\"color: #999999;\">long (4+) &amp; short suit<\/span> \u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The <a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/?p=45420\">scoring<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The <a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/?p=45535\">bid &amp; response<\/a>; <a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/?p=46556\">slam bidding<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/?p=46672\">NT bid<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The <a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/?p=45471\">conventions<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>Fun way to Serious Bridge<\/em> (1978) by Harry Lampert is a good book to brush up skills, or learning to play. It was published in 1978, 13 years ahead of the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/For_Dummies\">For Dummies<\/a>\u00a0book series.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/?p=45999\">6 4 3 1, jump<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/?p=45996\">7 3 2 1<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/?p=45975\">Best suit vs responding to bid<\/a>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/?p=45980\">3 3 3 4<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/?p=45961\">Long suit wins NT<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/?p=45946\">cue bid<\/a> rho bid your suit \u2193<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/?p=45868\">someone bid your suit<\/a>; 1st time bid 5 and making it<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/?p=45568\">4NT<\/a>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/?p=45568\">asking for As<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/?p=45575\">how to respond<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/?p=46533\">2025<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/?p=45511\">Ace and space<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/?p=45523\">Good hearts &#x2665;&#xfe0f;<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/?p=45484\">weak 2&#x2660;&#xfe0f;\u00a0<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/?p=45475\">two singleton As and long in spade<\/a> &#8211; not good for NT<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/?p=45460\">void and long in &#x2660;&#xfe0f;<\/a> and more<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/?p=45460\">Long suit in &#x2660;&#xfe0f;<\/a> &#8211; time to learn <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/?p=45471\">the conventions<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/?p=45451\">Too many all 9s<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/?p=45420\">NT and scoring<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/?p=45410\">Two doubles in a hand<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/?p=45398\">A diamond night <\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/?p=45381\">&#x2666;&#xfe0f;<\/a> importance of 13 pts<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/?p=45381\">A night filled with &#x2665;&#xfe0f;<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/?p=45552\">A few good hands<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/?p=46556\">The slams<\/a> !!!<\/p>\n<p>Girls&#8217; night in<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/?p=46667\">a losing night<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/?p=46632\">two slams night<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/?p=46588\">Just another good hands night<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/?p=46533\">A 21 hcp<\/a><\/li>\n<li>A 22 hcp <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/?p=46477\">opening hand<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/?p=45868\">Bid 5 and making it<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8230; some hands to remember<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>2025 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/?p=46533\">Jan 6<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/?p=46477\">2024<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/?p=45946\">2023 annual<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>\u6ca1\u4eba\u6253\u767e\u5206 (\u8fd9\u8be5\u6709\u591a\u8001\u5440)<br \/>\n\u53ea\u80fd\u6253\u6865\u724c \u2026 \u66f4\u8001<\/p>\n<p>\u4e34\u65f6\u62b1\u4f5b\u811a &#8211; \u8fd9\u672c&#x1f4d6; \u4e0d\u9519 &#x1f44d;<\/p>\n<p>\u2026 \u6bcf\u6b21\u5f00\u53eb\u524d \u501f\u7528\u624b\u6307\u5934\u6570\u5206<br \/>\n\u7136\u540e<br \/>\n\u5c31\u6ca1\u6709 \u7136\u540e\u4e86&#x1f923;<br \/>\n\u70ed\u60c5\u4e0d\u51cf<\/p>\n<p>Some terms &#8211; contract bridge <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Glossary_of_contract_bridge_terms\">glossary<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>game: <sup>100 pts<\/sup>\n<ul>\n<li>3NT <sup>40 for the 1st trick + 30 each for the 2nd\/3rd<\/sup><\/li>\n<li>4 &#x2665;&#xfe0f;&#x2660; <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Glossary_of_contract_bridge_terms#majors\">majors<\/a> <sup>4 tricks \u00d7 30 points per trick <\/sup><\/li>\n<li>5 &#x2663; &#x2666;&#xfe0f; <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Glossary_of_contract_bridge_terms#minorsuit\">minors<\/a> <sup>5 tricks \u00d7 20 points per trick<\/sup><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>double: game can also be made via a doubled or redoubled contract: e.g., 2&#x2660; doubled is worth 2 \u00d7 (2 tricks \u00d7 30 points per trick) = 120 points.<\/li>\n<li>rubber: best of three games (a game =100 pts); a team which has already won a game toward the current rubber is said to be <strong><em>vulnerable<\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n<li>above the line<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8230; some newbie mistake<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/?p=46882\">32 hcp<\/a> w\/ all A &amp; K: 1NT<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8230; some good hands<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/?p=47258\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-47263\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG_8260-2-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/IMG_3427.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-46633\" title=\"2025.2.24\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/IMG_3427-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m picking up this card game again, and have been playing the contract bridge \u5b9a\u7ea6\u6865\u724c once or twice a week. The players here don&#8217;t do duplicate bridge because each time, whomever shows up, starts the game. Day and time are set but not players. Some times it&#8217;s only 1 table and other times, three+ tables. 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