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- 1. a competitive form of bridge in which the same hands are played successively by different partnerships.
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Duplicate Bridge. Duplicate bridge is a variation of contract bridge where the same set of bridge deals (i.e., the distribution of the 52 cards among the four hands) are played by different competitors, and scoring is based on relative performance. In this way, every hand, whether strong or weak, is played in competition with others playing ...
Duplicate Bridge was designed to counter the major obstacle of Rubber Bridge—i.e., that a run of good cards can nullify any difference between skillful and poor players. Since in Duplicate Bridge all players sitting in the same position will play the same cards throughout the course of a night, the object of play is not to amass the largest number of points, as in Rubber Bridge, but rather ...
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Duplicate bridge. Duplicate bridge is the most widely used variation of contract bridge in club and tournament play. It is called duplicate because the same bridge deal (i.e. the specific arrangement of the 52 cards into the four hands) is played at each table and scoring is based on relative performance. In this way, every hand, whether strong ...
- Bridge
- Memory, tactics, probability, communication
- 52
- Trick-taking
Duplicate Bridge came from John Rumbelow and, while it has been re-written several times, his user-friendly style and the absence of cross-referencing has been retained as far as possible. The Laws are the same world-wide, but there are a few rules that differ, because of options in the Laws or supplementary regulations. This
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Duplicate bridge is the term applied to the playing of the same deal of cards by more than one table of players. Scoring of duplicate bridge is based on your performance against the field. In this way, every hand, whether strong or weak, is played in competition with others playing identical cards, and the element of skill is heightened while ...
Duplicate bridge is the most widely used variation of contract bridge in club and tournament play. It is called duplicate because the same bridge deal (i.e. the specific arrangement of the 52 cards into the four hands) is played at each table and scoring is based on how well you did on the hand as compared to everyone else who played it.
What is duplicate bridge? Duplicate bridge involves: Sets of hands passing round the room so everyone plays the same cards during the evening. Half of the pairs (those sitting “East/West”) move in the opposite direction to the cards, so each E/W pair plays each N/S pair. The scoring is the same as in Chicago bridge – but don’t
