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LESSON
3
THE CARD PLAY
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And now,
let's play bridge !
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When you actually play, the
bidding comes first and
the card play comes second.
But
in order to understand
the bidding, you should
first learn what the card
play entails. So that's
where we'll start.
Look
at the table.
Remember last time we
saw how a trick works.
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3.3
Thirteen tricks in one deal of bridge
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As
a card specialist, please allow me to
review this one more time.
The card play is composed of 13 tricks, with each
player contributing one card to the "trick."
Every
time that four cards are played, the "trick"
is finished and a new trick begins. So there
are 13 tricks in one deal of bridge.
Now back to you, Bridget ...
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The
two is often nicknamed "the deuce" (lowest).
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Everyone look at the
blackboard, please. In
order to win a trick, your
card must be the highest
card played (of the four
cards played).
The
order of the cards
from high to low is:
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Notice
that there are no
jokers in bridge, only
the regular 52 cards,
13 in each ! Here we see a
position where each player
has only four cards left:
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The
Sunday Telegraph
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at trick 10, the ace of spades was played
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The
first person to play a card in a deal of bridge is
called "the opening leader." The opening
leader can
start with any card he likes.
The
first round of four cards is called "Trick One."
The second round of four cards is called "Trick
Two."
And so forth. In a newspaper column, you might read
something like this: "At trick ten, the ace of
spades was
played." That means nine tricks of four cards
each
have already been played, and at that point it was
the tenth round, or "trick ten."
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Ms.
Bridget,
question
please.
After
the
first trick
is
finished,
who leads
to the
next trick?
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Good
question. Whoever wins the first trick
will begin the play of the second trick.
Once
again, he can lead anything he wants.
Suppose
West is the opening leader. He
leads whatever he wants. Suppose South
wins the first trick. Now, at trick two, South
can lead anything he wants. At trick
two, it's "South's lead."
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Suppose
the opening
leader wins
the first
trick.
Does
he
get to lead
again to the
next trick?
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Yes!
If West is the opening leader and he
wins the first trick, he leads to trick two!
West has "retained the lead" because he
led the first card of the trick and he
won the trick. So he gets to start the
next trick as well. In other words, you
don't have to rotate the lead or take turns.
Whoever
wins the first trick gets to lead to
the
second trick. It's even possible
(though rare) for the same player to win
all 13 tricks and thus be on lead for the
entire deal.
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That's
not
fair. What if
I never win a
trick. Then I
never get
to lead.
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Very
sad.
But
in the long-run everyone usually
gets
an equal amount of turns
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Interesting
question.
It happens! If nobody
leads to the next trick and
everyone seems to be
waiting, anyone at the
table can say,
"Whose lead is it?"
If
no one remembers,
everyone turns over the
last card and you can
see who won the trick.
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Now
we come to a very
important part about tricks,
so listen closely. After
the opening lead is made,
everyone must "follow suit"
if he can. This means that
everyone must contribute
a card from the same suit
as the one that was led.
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If
the opening lead is a
card from the spade suit,
for example, everyone
must play a spade if he has
one. Which spade he plays
is his business, but a
spade must be played.
If
you have a spade and
don't play it, you have
"revoked" and you will
be penalized later.
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West
leads the spade seven.
Everyone must now contribute a card
from the same suit as the one that was led.
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LESSON
3
QUIZ
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Next time we will study
some actual tricks and
what happens if you
don't have any cards in
the suit led.
Meanwhile,
let's see how
much you already know
about tricks!
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Questions
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1. How many tricks occur in one bridge deal?
(A)
One
(B) Seven
(C) Thirteen
(D) Fifty-two
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2. What is the connection between "the bidding"
and "the play of the hand"?
(A)
The Bidding comes after the Play of the Hand
(B) The Bidding is a kind of guess on how many tricks each
side will take during the play of the hand
(C) The Play of the Hand determines how many bids are made
in the bidding
(D) The Bidding determines how many cards will be played in
the play
of the hand
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3. Which is a "higher" card?
(A)
The king of hearts
(B) The jack of hearts
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4. What does the "opening leader" do?
(A)
He opens the bidding
(B) He keeps score
(C) He keeps the tricks on his side of the table
(D) He plays the first card to the first trick
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5. What does "trick three" mean?
(A)
The third trick in the Play of the Hand
(B) The third bid in the bidding
(C) Three ways to annoy an opponent
(D) A free trick
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6. Suppose West leads the ace of spades. What do you have
to do to
"follow suit"?
(A)
Play any card but a spade
(B) Play a spade
(C) Play a red card
(D) Play a black card
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7. Suppose West leads the ace of spades and everyone follows
suit.
Who "retains the lead"?
(A)
West
(B) East
(C) North
(D) South
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8. What does it mean when you "revoke"?
(A)
You don't fulfill your contract
(B) You don't finish the bridge hand
(C) You don't follow suit when you were able to
(D) You show up 10 minutes late
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Scores
All
eight answers correct - well done!
Seven
answers out of eight correct - good!
Five
answers out of eight correct - not bad!
0-4
answers out of eight correct. Please review the lesson and
try again.
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