Welcome everyone to
Bridge for
Beginners
Lesson 1
Bridge for Beginners
My name is Harvey Wallace
 I am the Bridge Group Leader
 I will take the lessons &
 Will look after the Admin
Bridge for Beginners
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Bridge for Beginners
 Format
 About
1 hour lesson
 Then 1 hour practice
 Based on the lesson
 Notes for each lesson
 On website
 Or printed copies at 5p per sheet
 Homework for each lesson!
Bridge for Beginners
 As
well as the lessons
 You need to Practise
 Either amongst yourselves
 Or at the Thursday sessions (later)
Bridge for Beginners
 Played
with a standard 52 card pack
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About Bridge
 The
Best card game there is!
 Can be played and enjoyed at any level
 A partnership game
 Sat opposite is your partner
 Each side of you are your opponents
 2 parts to bridge
 Bidding
 Playing
 To get started we miss out the bidding
MiniBridge
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Deal the cards
Value the hands
A K Q J and T are honour cards
Each honour card has a high card point value
A = 4 HCP
K = 3 HCP
Q = 2 HCP
J = 1 HCP
T is an honour but has no HCP value
Add the values of your honour cards
MiniBridge
 Dealer
states the hand value
 Then each player clockwise
 Total of the 4 hands must be 40
 If not someone cannot add up! – try again
 The pair with the higher no of HCP
become the declaring side
 The others the defending side
 If both sides have 20HCP the deal is void
 Which
pair
has most
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Next
Finally
is Dealer
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W
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Look
S
at
HCP?
this deal
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HCP?
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MiniBridge
 A765
 AK7
14
 QJ4
 984
 KQ4
 653
 T82
 JT9
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W
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E
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 J632
 A976
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 QT7
 832
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are
declaring
side
 QJ92
 K53
 AK5
13
 EW
are
defenders
MiniBridge
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player on the declaring side with the
higher HCP is Declarer
 Partner is Dummy
 If both have the same HCP the first to say
their HCP count is Declarer
 Dummy’s hand is put on the table face up
 Declarer now has to decide the contract
 Declarer can elect for a Part Score
 Or for Game
Scoring
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Declarer must win more than 6 tricks to score
For the 7th trick declarer scores 40 points
For the 8th and each subsequent trick 30
100 is a game score
For a part score there is a bonus of 50
For game there is a bonus of 300
If you elect for a part score you cannot get the
game bonus
If you elect for a game score you must make 9
tricks to score
Scoring
 Part
7
tricks
 8 tricks
 9 tricks
 10 tricks
 11 tricks
 12 tricks
 13 tricks
Score
 50 + 40 = 90
 +30 = 120
 +30 = 150
 +30 = 180
 +30 = 210
 +30 = 240
 +30 = 270
 Game
Score
 300+100
= 400
 +30 = 430
 +30 = 460
 +30 = 490
 +30 = 520
Scoring
 It
is Important to go for game if you think it
will make
 With <25 part score; 25 or more Game
 If you elect for a part score and make less
than 7 tricks
 Each trick short of 7 is 50 points to the
defenders
 If you elect for a game score and make
less than 9 tricks
 Each trick short of 9 is 50 points to the
defenders
Playing the cards
 Hands
are supplied in special boards
 Defender on Declarer’s left makes the
opening lead (puts a card on the table)
 Each player plays in turn with Declarer
selecting the card from Dummy
 You must follow suit if you can
 Cards are played face up in front of you
 NOT in the centre of the table
Playing the cards
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each round the cards just played are
placed face down in front of each player
 Orientated towards the team winning the
trick
 At the end of the 13 tricks agree the score
 Then put the cards away in the boards
 Make sure they go in the correct place!
MiniBridge
 So
that has been the basics
 Now lets play some hands