A Challenge Hand for Your Friends who Don’t Play Bridge (Yet)
PreviewPlay the hand first! Click on “1NT” and then play the cards yourself. Can you win more tricks than you lose? After you play, watch the video to hear Marla Lawson and Bajir Cannon’s discussion of this fun hand. Want to keep learning? Try two online introductory bridge lessons with Marla Lawson for free!
After two passes, our right hand opponent opens with a whopping 4♥ bid! Oh boy, this is already exciting.
Partner then doubles… is that a takeout or a penalty double?
Okay, here’s a challenge hand we can share with our non-bridge playing friends. Let’s keep it as simple as possible… all we need to know is that we are playing both the cards at the bottom and the top of the screen, and that we need to win more tricks than we lose.
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