Bridge for Kids - Lesson 3 - Bidding

Introducing bidding ladder and opening bids and responses for 5 card majors

[@williamlockhart6528]

really helpful

[@Sophie-sh3kd]

Hi Tracy, Thank you for your detailed instructions for playing Bridge. In lesson 4 about at 10:00 minutes, you showed that there were 14 cards in the hands, is it possible that you make a mistake? Please advise. Thank you again. The reason that I write the comments in lesson 3 is because I can't find comment section in lesson 4. Happy 2024.

[@tracynewfield]

Sorry Sophie. It’s an error. There should be 13 cards. Excellent attention to detail!

[@sylviasimmons1995]

I’m not understanding the distribution points or doubleton points. Did I miss something in this lesson?

[@tracynewfield]

You probably need to watch again. You can add points for distribution, but only when you know that you and your partner have a fit. You would add 1 distribution point for a doubleton.

[@sylviasimmons1995]

Yes, thank you. I went back & watched again and I realized I had missed it.

[@kimyng8449]

Hi Tracy, thank you for the detail instructions but I wonder if you can't see your partner's cards and can't talk to him/her, how do you know which cards he/she has in order to determine the total distribution and points? Thank you

[@tracynewfield]

Hi Kimy, You have to interpret your partner’s bids to know what cards they may have. If you open 1S and they respond 2S, they are telling you that they have at least 3 spades and 6-9 total points in their hand. You don’t know anything about their other cards. Bidding is a language. You and your partner need to learn the same “language” and let each other know which cards you hold by using the bidding ladder. Watch the video again to see how the bids you (and your partner) make sends information about your hands.

[@kimyng8449]

Thanks Tracy for the quick response but I am confused about 2S (Spade, I assume?) do you meant they would turn in 2 cards of Spade? and where I can learn more about what it means NO TRUMPH, Thanks again

[@tracynewfield]

@@kimyng8449, I think you need to watch the video again, carefully. And then keep watching the next videos in the series. They should answer your questions. But yes, "2S" is a bid of "two spades". It does NOT promise a holding of two spade cards. What it promises depends on the context in which the bid is made. You need to watch the videos to learn the basics of the bidding language.

[@kimyng8449]

Thanks Tracy, I will watch it again@@tracynewfield

[@marynadononeill]

Tracy, is this Acol bridge?

[@tracynewfield]

No it isn't. It's 5 card majors.

[@marynadononeill]

Thank you