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Bridge Game - wk 0/7: Introduction
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Bridge Game - wk 0/7: Introduction

Game, tournaments, terminology, scoring, rules and ethics.
Last updated 5/2022
English

What you'll learn

  • General information about bridge game
  • Basic terms
  • Bridge equipment
  • Tournament setup
  • Scoring

Course content

1 section5 lectures1h 41m total length
  • Bridge Game21:41

    After a brief introduction about the instructor and the total course, you will learn general information about bridge game, auction period, play period, rubber bridge, duplicate bridge, variations of bridge, evolution of bridge and ruling in bridge.

  • Basic Terms25:03

    You will learn the terminology about deck of cards, boards, hand display, vulnerability, bidding box, contract levels, players and card play.

  • Bridge Equipment4:16

    You will learn about open table, table with screen, screen window (door), tray and scoring device.

  • Tournament Setup24:57

    You will learn about scoring methods, pairs and teams movements, tournament setup examples, tournaments with groups, bridge rules, rules for dummy, tournament director at the table and bridge ethics.

  • Scoring25:44

    You will learn about positive and negative board scores and scoring in pairs and teams events.

Requirements

  • No requirement or prerequisite necessary for this course. A deck of game cards may be useful for practice.

Description

Welcome to “Bridge Game – WK0/7: Introduction” course. This course provides general basic information about bridge game and the topics are:

- Bridge Game (auction period, game period, rubber bridge, duplicate bridge, variations, evolution, ruling)

- Basic Terms (deck of cars, boards, hand display, vulnerability, bidding box, contract levels, players, card play)

- Bridge Equipment (open table, table with screen, screen window, tray, soring device)

- Tournament Setup (scoring methods, pairs & teams movements, setup examples, groups, rules, rules for dummy, TD at the table, ethics)

- Scoring (when contract is made, when contract is defeated, in pairs events, in teams events)


This course is a kind of prerequisite to a series of bridge courses. When you complete this course, you may decide to keep learning bridge and attend following courses in the given order:

WEEK 1/7: Basic Bidding I

WEEK 2/7: Card Game (You can start playing bridge.)

WEEK 3/7: Basic Bidding II

WEEK 4/7: Intermediate Bidding (You can start joining bridge tournaments.)

WEEK 5/7: Advanced Bidding (coming soon)

WEEK 6/7: Card Game II (coming soon)

WEEK 7/7: Expert Bidding (coming soon)

The last 3 courses are designed for advanced and expert players and will be published by the end of this year. You will not need them until you reach some years of experience.

Who this course is for:

  • This course is for everybody interested in card games especially for those who like puzzles and mind games.