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Psychic bid

May 15, 2011 Written by nicolae

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Playing cards

Psychic bid (also psych) is a bid in contract bridge, grossly misstating the power and/or suit lengths of one's hand, used deliberately to confuse the opponents.

Games:

Bridge

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Contract bridge

Contract bridge glossary - C

April 8, 2011 Written by nicolae

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Caddy: A non-playing person designated to move boards between tables during a tournament.
Call: Any bid, pass, double, or redouble in the bidding stage.
Chicago: A form of bridge in which a rubber is completed every four deals, and the vulnerability is different in each of those deals. The scoring and sequence of dealer and vulnerability used in duplicate bridge are derived from those used in Chicago bridge. Chicago is said to have been devised by commuters who played bridge on daily train journeys, where the time available for play was limited by the length of the trip.
CHO: Centre Hand Opponent; a slang term for the partner.

Games:

Bridge

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Contract bridge

Law of Total Tricks in Contract Bridge

January 6, 2011 Written by nicolae

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Bridge The Law of Total Tricks pertains to the card game of contract bridge, and is used to help determine how high to bid in a competitive auction. It is not really a law (because counterexamples are easy to find) but it describes a relationship that seems to exist somewhat regularly. Written by Jean-René Vernes for french players in the fifties as a rule of thumb, it was first described in English in a 1969 magazine article.

Games:

Bridge

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Contract bridge

Coups

November 17, 2010 Written by nicolae

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Heart In contract bridge, coup is a generic name for various techniques in play, denoting a specific pattern in the lie and the play of cards.

There are various types of coup which can be effected.

Pure Coups

There are many coups where the opponents can do little about:

Bath coup

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Games:

Bridge

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Contract bridge

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Contract bridge glossary - B

April 12, 2010 Written by nicolae

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Balanced hand

A hand is said to be balanced if it has a distribution of 4-3-3-3, 4-4-3-2, or 5-3-3-2 (Also defined as "no voids, no singletons, and at most one doubleton"). Balanced hands are particularly suitable for notrump contracts.

Bid

A declaration of both level and denomination (suit or no trump) that generally indicates the number of tricks the bidder believes their partnership can win; certain bids can also be used as conventions.

Bid out of turn

A bid erroneously made when it was other player's turn to bid. Subject to penalty.

Bidding

The first phase of the game, where players try to establish the final contract by making subsequent bids.

Bidding system

Games:

Bridge

Tags:

Contract bridge