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Tricks To Win Your Contract
Bridge is a trick-taking game and is a card game in which playing the trick is based on 13
rounds of play, each called tricks, which has a winner or "taker" of that trick. When all cards have been
played, the number of the tricks won by each pair is counted for scoring. The winner of a trick is the one who
plays the highest-ranked card of the suit led, unless another player has trumped it.
Counting Tricks you need to make when you play a contract
The Book is a term which means that a total of six tricks in any order from the thirteen tricks in a game. These tricks need to be won by the declaring side before any extra tricks can be used to calculate a score.
A contract at the 1-level means the declarer (player) must win at least 7 tricks (that is, the book = 6
+ 1 extra) tricks. Extra points are awarded only for the extra tricks above the book.
| Bid | Bid+The Book=Tricks to Win | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 NoTrump | or | 1♠ | or | 1♥ | or | 1♦ | or | 1♣ | 1 + 6 tricks = 7 tricks |
| 2 NoTrump | or | 2♠ | or | 2♥ | or | 2♦ | or | 2♣ | 2 + 6 tricks = 8 tricks |
| 3 NoTrump | or | 3♠ | or | 3♥ | or | 3♦ | or | 3♣ | 3 + 6 tricks = 9 tricks |
| 4 NoTrump | or | 4♠ | or | 4♥ | or | 4♦ | or | 4♣ | 4 + 6 tricks = 10 tricks |
| 5 NoTrump | or | 5♠ | or | 5♥ | or | 5♦ | or | 5♣ | 5 + 6 tricks = 11 tricks |
| 6 NoTrump | or | 6♠ | or | 6♥ | or | 6♦ | or | 6♣ | 6 + 6 tricks = 12 tricks |
| 7 NoTrump | or | 7♠ | or | 7♥ | or | 7♦ | or | 7♣ | 7 + 6 tricks = 13 tricks |