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Enjoy looking at the hand illustrated and try to puzzle out how to make eight tricks

Bridge is played by four people associated in pairs.

You use a pack of fifty-two cards which are all dealt out, one by one, in a clockwise direction: each player therefore has thirteen.

The order of the cards goes down starting with the Ace, King, Queen, Jack, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2.

To win in Bridge each side (or each pair) must take tricks (a trick is made up of four cards played in turn by each of the four players in a clockwise direction): a trick is won by the player who has laid the highest card; it is he who plays the first card for the next trick.

There is only one rule in Bridge:

If a player has not been dealt any, or has no more cards of that suit, he may discard a card of another suit.

Now place yourself in the position of the player "South" and have fun playing the deal which we have already played, for that:

	put the four hands down on the table;
	South is the declarer;
	lead from the left with the King of Clubs (the lead always comes from the player to the left of the declarer);
	try to make eight tricks (no cheating!)

			K J 9 4
			Q J 5
			A 4 3
			8 7 6
	10 8 3	N W E S			7 6 5
	K 10 3 2				8 7 4
	10				Q J 9 7 6
	K Q J 10 5				9 3
			A Q 2
			A 9 6
			K 8 5 2
			A 4 2

Have you done it ?

Bravo!

You may have noticed that the high cards play an important role in Bridge: the more one side has, the greater chance it has of winning tricks. But also sometimes you can take tricks with low cards when the high cards have already been played.