The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1927-12-16
EASY LESSONS IN
AUCTION BRIDGE
By PAUL H. SEYMOUR
Author Of "Highlights on Auction Bridge"
Article Two.
Copyright, by Hoyie. Jr.)

How the Game Is Played
THE game of Auction Bridge is
L played by four persons using
deck of 81 playing cards. There are Is
cards OF each of four suits, spades,
hearts, diamonds and clubs. The Ace
Is the highest, the King next then
Queen. Jack. 10, 9, etc., the or deuce
being the lowest. The persons sitting
opposite each other at the table are
partners, so that the game is con-
test between two sides, two persons
on side.
Partners are commonly chosen by
drawing or cutting, as it is called
Each person picks up a card from the
pack which has been spread face
down, and the two drawing the high
est cards play together as partners
while the two drawing lowest cards
play against them. If cards of equal
value Of different suits are drawn, the
one of the higher suit Gas given later)
us considered the higher.
The one drawing the highest card is
the dealer. The cards are shuffied
and then the person at the right of the
dealer cuts them The dealer then
deals out all of the cards one at
time. beginning with the person at his
left.
After dealing, the bidding or auc-
ton for the, privilege of naming the
trump begins. The dealer has the
first bid and then each in turn to-
wards the left. The game is played
with any suit as trump or without any
trump, called no trump.
AS each player holds 13 cards there
are 13 tricks. The first six taken by
the side winning the bid constitute
book, and each trick after the book
counts certain amount towards
game, which requires 80 trick points.
Each such trick after the book counts
10 in no trumps; if spades are
trump; for hearts; z for diamonds,
and 6 for clubs. Spades and hearts
are called major suits, while dia..
monds and clubs are the minor.
The manner Of the auction is to de.
clare how many tricks beyond the
book, called "odd" tricks, the bidder
will contract to take. Thus the first
one to bid may say one heart, which
means that his side must take seven
tricks Zone odd with hearts as
trump. The second bid must be great.
er than the one already made; thus If
one heart has been bid the next one
must say one spade or one no trump
or two of either diamonds or clubs.
If any player does not have hand
which he considers worth a bid he
may pass, and the person at his left
then bids or passes.
The auction continues until three
players have passed after any bid and
then the last bid stands and the last
bidder or his partner plays the hand
as declarer at his chosen trump. If
both partners bid in the same suit, the
one naming that suit first plays the
hand. If all four players pass with
out any bid having been made, the
hand is thrown down and the next per-
son deals.
After the auction is finished and the
trump and declarer determined the
play begins. The player at the left
Of the declarer leads one card for the
first trick. Immediately after this
lead the partner of the declarer
spreads his cards on the table face
up, with the cards sorted into suits
and the trump suit preferably at the
right. The declarer plays both hands
while his partner (called dummy
takes no part in the play. Each play
er now plays to the first trick in turn
towards the left
Each one must play card Of the
suit led if he holds one, but in case
he holds none of that suit he may
play any card from his hand. The
one playing the highest card on
trick wins it, unless it Is suit
declaration, and one player having
none of the suit led has trumpet the
trick, in which case the one who has
trumpet wins. The one winning the
trick gathers the four cards and
places them face down in front Of him
and leads to the next trick. This is
continued until the Is tricks have
been gathered and turned. Then the
counting is done.