Instructions for Bidding Practice
This feature enables you to practice bidding with a partner.
Or, you can just read the deals and see how you think you would do.
Each set contains 4 deals.
The West and East hands are shown. There are no North and South hands. This is just a "theoretical" exercise--you don't need to see all 52 cards. The idea is to reach the best contract with the East-West cards.
The dealer and vulnerability are shown. Sometimes there will be interference from your opponents (as indicated).
For each deal, there is also a "Results" article. There, you can read the scores for each deal ("Top" is 10). If you get to the correct contract, you get a score of 10. Maximum score for a set of deals is 40. The scoring is based on the assumption of matchpoint scoring.
Also, there will be comments from Larry Cohen about how to bid those deals.
To practice with a partner, one of you take the West hands, the other the East hands. You can bid them by phone, e-mail, or any more fancy communications method. After you finish, check the results. Can you score 40 points?
About Bidding Practice
Most of these deals are courtesy of Mike Becker. He has saved these deals from his experiences over many decades. Larry Cohen has added some of his own deals, the scoring and commentary.
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