The laws and principles of bridge stated and explained and its practice illustrated by means of hands played completely through - Softcover
Synopsis
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1901 Excerpt: ... expensive declaration, do not quite realise its importance. It is incorrect to appraise the value of a game merely as one-third of a rubber, or 33J points. In Piquet the difference between winning and losing the cards is about 23 points. This is proportionately little more than one-third the value of a game at Bridge, since 100 is also the number of points gained by the winner of the game at Piquet. Besides, into the calculation for the cards at Piquet enters the element of division, whilst at Bridge the game cannot be divided. Yet in Piquet the cards are regarded of such importance that discards are often greatly influenced by a consideration of the chances of winning them. The difference between winning or losing a game at Bridge represents 66 points; besides, having won the first game, it is 3 to 1 on the winners winning the rubber, and winning or losing the rubber means a difference of 200 points. Whenever, therefore, the game can be won, no risks should be run; though, when there is no question of winning or losing the game on a hand, the honour scores have to be taken into consideration. It is this importance of the game that renders it necessary for the declarants, when their adversaries are a long way ahead, to run great risks in their attempts to snatch a game out of the fire. When the dealer is love, and his adversaries are anything over 22, so that they are pretty sure to get out next deal, and especially if they have already won one game, he should declare sans atout on the most sketchy hands. Failing sans atout, he should leave it to his partner. The dealer would declare sans atout on any of these hands, or on similar ones:--None of the above are J«j hands; and, under ordinary circumstances, the dealer would leave it to his partner on the...
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