The basic skill and concept of Bridge

     This week I want to teach everyone some basic concept and skill of Bridge. I have seen lots of people play Bridge, but they have played the cards casually, and I think this is not the way to better your skill. Therefore, I want to give everyone some concept.

     In Bridge, we have a way to evaluate our cards, so that we can get the correct contract. A is 4 point；K is 3 points；Q is 2 points；J is only a point. We can browse the 13 cards on our hands, and calculate how many points we have. Normally, you can bid if you have 5 cards in a suit and 10 points. If your partner have bidden, you can response(答叫) in 8 points and at least 4 cards in a suit. I think this is a good tip for people to standardize their bid, so that both you and your partner won't overestimate or underestimate the value of your cards. And another tip is that when we are bidding, we tend to get the lower contract, so you can consider your points and the bidding of the other 3 players to get the best contract.

   
     Let us talk about the skill in playing. The one important rule I think everyone should now is that "the second player to play the card should play the small card." By this, first, you can avoid play two big cards in a round with your partner. Second, you can avoid finesse(偷牌) of your rival. I have seen lots of tragedy about this, and they lost the opportunity to win.

     So you must perplex what is finesse. This is the way to give you a trick in 50 percent. Suppose you are the first player in this round, you have Heart A.10.7, and you play the small one. The second player possess Heart K.9.8, and he must hesitate to play K, because he afraid the next player own A,and his K will be wasted. If he doesn't play K , and your partner's Q can get this trick. It's better than play the A first, and K will absolutely get a trick.

     These are some useful tips. Hope everyone enjoy Bridge.