Bridge Club

Singapore Bridge

How to Play

♠ Sets

4 players each play one card. The highest card of the led suit wins the set. The winner leads the next set. Play up to 13 sets per round.

K♠ led 2♥ 3♥ 4♥ K♠ won

♥ Trump Suit

A trump suit is chosen before play begins. Trump beats any card of any other suit. If you can't follow the led suit, you may play a trump to steal the set. Trump cannot be led until it has been played on another suit first (trump broken). Exception: if you're void in the led suit, you may lead trump even before it's broken.

A♣ led (♣) K♣ Q♣ 2♥ trump! 2♥ won

♦ Bidding

Each player has the chance to bid for the trump suit. A bid pairs a set target (how many sets your team will take) with a trump suit. To raise, you must bid higher sets or the same sets with a higher suit (♣ < ♦ < ♥ < ♠). Pass if you don't want to bid. The highest bid wins the betting phase — their chosen suit becomes trump for the round.

♣ Partners

The bet winner selects a partner card from the 39 cards they don't hold. The player who holds that card is their partner. The two partners form Team 1; the other two players are Team 2. The bet winner and the other 2 players that are not the partner will be in the dark about who is the partner until the card is played, but detective work can be done to deduce it.

♠ Scoring

Both teams have a target number of sets to win:

  • Team 1 wins if they take 6 + bid_size or more sets.
  • Team 2 wins if they take 8 − bid_size or more sets.
  • If Tutorial Mode is enabled, Elo will not be affected.

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