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Bidding sequence in bridge card game
A reverse, in the card game contract bridge, is a bidding sequence designed to show additional strength without the need to make a jump bid; specifically
Reverse_(bridge)
Card game
Contract bridge, or simply bridge, is a trick-taking card game using a standard 52-card deck. In its basic format, it is played by four players in two
Contract_bridge
Topics referred to by the same term
Reverse (American football), a trick play in American football Reverse swing, a cricket delivery Reverse (bridge), a type of bid in contract bridge Reverse
Reverse
Playing card with an elevated rank
or players may bid for the right to select the trump suit as in contract bridge or Skat. In most games trump cards cannot be played if the player has any
Trump_(card_games)
Bridge in Saint John, Canada
The Reversing Falls Bridge is a two-lane bridge crossing the Saint John River at Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada. It carries New Brunswick Route 100
Reversing_Falls_Bridge
Assigning relative values to playing cards of equal rank based on their suit
followed by diamonds, hearts, and spades. This ranking is used in the game of bridge. This ranking is adopted in Unicode's Miscellaneous Symbols block (U+2660/4
High_card_by_suit
Contract bridge bidding convention
(also called Hamilton and Pottage) is a defensive bridge convention used in the card game contract bridge to compete or interfere in the auction when an
Cappelletti_convention
Set of bidding conventions and agreements used in the game of contract bridge
set of bidding conventions and agreements used in the game of contract bridge and is based upon an opening bid of 1♣ as being an artificial forcing bid
Strong_club_system
Card game of the trick-taking family
Auction bridge was the first form of bridge in which players bid to declare a contract in their chosen trump suit or no trumps. It was first recorded
Auction_bridge
Scoring of contract bridge
While a deal of bridge is always played following a unique set of rules, its scoring may vary depending on the type of event the deal is played on. There
Bridge_scoring
Convention in bridge card games
transfer, or simply transfers, in the card game contract bridge, is a convention in most bridge bidding systems initiated by responder following partner's
Jacoby_transfer
Circuit arrangement of four diodes
source have been reversed, and protects the equipment from potential damage caused by reverse polarity. Alternatives to the diode-bridge full-wave rectifiers
Diode_bridge
Card game
Rubber bridge is a form of contract bridge played by two competing pairs using a particular method of scoring. A rubber is completed when one pair becomes
Rubber_bridge
card discourages. This is "upside-down", or the reverse of traditional practice. USBC United States Bridge Championships, competitions sponsored by the USBF
Glossary of contract bridge terms
Glossary_of_contract_bridge_terms
American gaming company
Bridge Base Online (BBO) is the world's largest bridge-playing online platform, with about 11.6 million monthly visits as of September 2024. In 1990, Bridge
Bridge_Base_Online
Series of rapids on the Saint John River in Canada
gorge immediately downstream from the falls, parallel to the Reversing Falls Road Bridge. The location of the falls was once home to a foundry and other
Reversing_Falls
Bidding convention in contract bridge
Stayman is a bidding convention in the card game contract bridge. It is used by a partnership to find a 4-4 or 5-3 trump fit in a major suit after making
Stayman_convention
Bridge convention
In contract bridge, Bergen raises are conventional treatments of responses to a major suit opening in a five-card major system. Developed by Marty Bergen
Bergen_raises
fast arrival Psychic bid Quantitative notrump bids Reverse (bridge) Sacrifice (bridge) Shooting (bridge) Single suiter Stolen bid Strong pass Takeout double
List of play techniques (bridge)
List_of_play_techniques_(bridge)
Type of curve on a pathway
In civil engineering, a reverse curve (or "S" curve) is a section of the horizontal alignment of a highway or rail route in which a curve to the left
Reverse_curve
Slam bidding convention in contract bridge
Gerber is a contract bridge convention devised by William Konigsberger and Win Nye from Switzerland who published it in 1936; John Gerber of Texas introduced
Gerber_convention
Bridge convention
Jacoby 2NT (Swedish: Stenberg 2NT) is a bridge convention in which a bid of 2NT over partner's opening bid of one heart (1♥) or one spade (1♠) shows a
Jacoby_2NT
Variant of contract bridge card game
Duplicate bridge is a variation of contract bridge where the same set of bridge deals (i.e., the distribution of the 52 cards among the four hands) are
Duplicate_bridge
Artificial call made during the auction in a game of contract bridge
In contract bridge, a convention is an agreement about an artificial call or a set of related artificial calls. Calls made during the auction phase of
Bridge_convention
Bidding convention in contract bridge
This article describes the contract bridge bidding convention. Meckwell is a method for defending against an opposing strong one notrump (1NT) opening
Meckwell_convention
Bidding system for the bridge card game
Standard American is a bidding system for the game of bridge widely used in North America and elsewhere. Owing to the popularization of the game by Charles
Standard_American
Contract bridge convention
reverse by partner. The origins of the convention are unknown and various views about its spelling have ensued. The Official Encyclopedia of Bridge (OEB)
Lebensohl
Mathematical probabilities in the game of bridge
In the game of bridge mathematical probabilities play a significant role. Different declarer play strategies lead to success depending on the distribution
Contract_bridge_probabilities
Card game terminology
Some penalties in different trick-taking games include the following: In Bridge, the penalty for a revoke is normally one or two tricks scored against the
Revoke
1885 & 1922 bridges in New Brunswick, Canada
The Reversing Falls Railway Bridge is the name given to two different steel truss bridges crossing the Saint John River at the same location in Saint
Reversing Falls Railway Bridge
Reversing_Falls_Railway_Bridge
Bridge card game
Chicago, also known as Four-deal Bridge and Short Bridge, is a form of contract bridge and a variation of rubber bridge in which one or more sets of four
Chicago_(bridge_card_game)
Convention in contract bridge
Drury Two Clubs (Another Convention)". The Bridge World. 28 (4). New York: 6. Bergen, Marty (1985), "Reverse Drury", Better Bidding With Bergen: Uncontested
Drury_convention
American contract bridge competition
David Bruce LM–5000 Pairs bridge event is held at the Summer American Contract Bridge League (ACBL) North American Bridge Championship. It is open to
Bruce_LM–5000_Pairs
Bridge system
A bidding system in contract bridge is the set of agreements and understandings assigned to calls and sequences of calls used by a partnership, and includes
Bidding_system
that major suit and at least four cards in a minor suit. Very similar is Reverse or Modified Cappelletti, the only difference being that the 2♦ overcall
Landy_convention
This list is a compilation of contract bridge players, writers, administrators and personalities who have been recognized for their skills, achievements
List of contract bridge people
List_of_contract_bridge_people
The World Bridge Federation (WBF) is the international governing body for contract bridge. Emulating the organizational concepts of the Olympic movement
List of contract bridge governing bodies
List_of_contract_bridge_governing_bodies
Card game
Bridge Whist and Straight Bridge are retronyms coined to distinguish the earliest form of Bridge from latter forms that included bidding. Bridge Whist
Bridge_whist
Blackout is a bridge convention for responding to a reverse bid after a one-over-one beginning, whereby the responder can show whether or not he has better
Blackout_convention
French bridge player
Lorenzini is a French bridge player. North American Bridge Championships (1) Norman Kay Platinum Pairs (1) 2015 North American Bridge Championships (1) Norman
Cédric_Lorenzini
Points awarded by bridge organizations to individuals
or master points are points awarded by bridge organizations to individuals for success in competitive bridge tournaments run under their auspices. Generally
Masterpoints
Texas transfer, or simply Texas, is a bidding convention in contract bridge designed to get the partnership to game in a major suit opposite a one notrump
Texas_transfer
Ogust is a bridge convention used by responder after his partner has made a weak-two opening bid; its purpose is to gauge the strength of the weak-two
Ogust_convention
Bidding convention in contract bridge
In the partnership card game contract bridge, the Blackwood convention is a bidding convention developed by Easley Blackwood in 1933 and still widely used
Blackwood_convention
Simplified form of the card game Contract Bridge
Minibridge, also spelt MiniBridge is a simplified form of Contract Bridge designed to expose newcomers to declarer and defensive playing techniques without
Minibridge
International governing body for contract bridge
The World Bridge Federation (WBF) is the international governing body of contract bridge. The WBF is responsible for world championship competitions, most
World_Bridge_Federation
North American sports governing body
The American Contract Bridge League (ACBL) is a governing body for contract bridge in the United States, Canada, Mexico, and Bermuda. It is the largest
American Contract Bridge League
American_Contract_Bridge_League
Polarity-switching electronic circuit
H-bridge can provide additional operation modes, "brake" and "free run until frictional stop". The H-bridge arrangement is generally used to reverse the
H-bridge
Bridge section of Galatasaray S.K.
Galatasaray Bridge Team is the bridge section of Galatasaray S.K., a major sports club in Istanbul, Turkey. Winner (3): 1999, 2000, 2009 as a team Runners-Up
Galatasaray_Bridge_Team
The history of contract bridge may be dated from the early 16th-century invention of trick-taking games such as whist. Bridge departed from whist with
History_of_contract_bridge
Swedish sportsman
(29 June 1901 – 31 October 1979) was a Swedish football, ice hockey and bridge player who won a bronze medal in the 1924 Summer Olympics as a football
Putte_Kock
The Rosenkranz double and Rosenkranz redouble are elements of a bridge bidding convention invented by Dr. George Rosenkranz, collectively known as the
Rosenkranz_double
Contract bridge convention
Multi-coloured 2 diamonds, is a contract bridge convention whereby the opening bid of 2♦ shows a defined range of hand types. These always include a weak-two
Multi_two_diamonds
Bridge convention
Strong two clubs is a bridge convention that is an agreement to use an opening bid of two clubs to indicate a strong hand and a strong holding in the bid
Strong_two_clubs
This is a list of bidding systems used in contract bridge. Systems listed have either had a historical impact on the development of bidding in the game
List_of_bidding_systems
Deliberate violation of bridge rules
Cheating in bridge refers to a deliberate violation of the rules of the game of bridge or other unethical behaviour that is intended to give an unfair
Cheating_in_bridge
a fragment bid is a bidding convention used in the card game contract bridge. It is an unusual jump rebid, usually a double jump, by either the opener
Fragment_bid
Convention in contract bridge
In the card game "contract bridge", a splinter bid is a convention whereby a double jump response in a side-suit indicates excellent support (at least
Splinter_bid
ten bridge players in the world according to the World Bridge Federation 'Open Ranking' by Master Points (MPs) as maintained by the World Bridge Federation
WBF_Open_Ranking
American bridge player
Haig Tchamitch (born 1951) is an American bridge player. Haig is an Armenian, who was born and grew up in Lebanon, lived for a few years in Canada and
Haig_Tchamitch
International championship for contract bridge
World Bridge Championships consists of several sets of championships organized under the auspices of the World Bridge Federation. World Bridge Series
World_Bridge_Championships
Card deal diagram for the game of contact bridge
to illustrate a deal of 52 cards in four hands in the game of contract bridge. Each hand is designated by a point on the compass and so North–South are
Contract_bridge_diagram
Bidding convention in contract bridge
XYZ is a bidding convention in contract bridge. After opener's one of a suit (X), partner's one of a suit response (Y) and opener's 1-level rebid (Z) (a
XYZ_convention
Bridge, or more formally contract bridge, is a trick-taking card game of skill and chance played by four players. This article consists of lists of bridge
List_of_contract_bridge_books
American bridge player
American multi national champion and world champion in duplicate bridge. Shi started playing bridge in 2011 when she picked it up over learning to fly planes
Sylvia_Shi
Bridge spanning the Bosphorus strait in Istanbul, Turkey
the bridge. Daytime view of the bridge Aerial view of the bridge The bridge on the reverse of the 1000 lira banknote (1978–1986) Çanakkale 1915 Bridge Eurasia
Bosphorus_Bridge
American music producer
worked with artists such as Sevendust, Alter Bridge, Projected, Tremonti, Chevelle, Limp Bizkit, Falling in Reverse, Coldrain, The Classic Crime, Temple Agents
Michael_Baskette
University games
Universities Bridge Championships were the first organised in 2009 and have been organised on a bi-annual basis since. The European Universities Bridge Championships
European Universities Bridge Championships
European_Universities_Bridge_Championships
In bridge, the assistant to a tournament director
In duplicate bridge, a caddy is an assistant to the tournament director with primary responsibility for: collecting pick-up slips (score slips) after each
Caddy_(bridge)
Contract bridge bidding system employing 2/1 as game forcing
forcing (Two-over-one game forcing) is a bidding system in modern contract bridge structured around the following responses to a one-level opening bid: a
2/1_game_forcing
Bridge convention
Rubinsohl (also referred to as Rubensohl) is a bridge convention that can be used to counter an opponent's intervention over a 1NT opening bid. After the
Rubinsohl
Scottish banknotes of the pound sterling
known as the Bridges of Scotland series. These notes were introduced on 17 September 2007, and show Scotland's most famous bridges on the reverse side. From
Banknotes_of_Scotland
1929 murder in the United States
The Bridge Murder case, also known as the Bridge Table Murder case, was the trial of Myrtle Adkins Bennett (born March 20, 1895, in Tillar, Arkansas),
Bridge_Murder_case
In the card game contract bridge, Gambling 3NT is a special treatment of an opening bid of 3NT. The bid is used to describe a hand containing a minor suit
Gambling_3NT
Bidding method in the game of contract bridge
Canapé is a bridge bidding method in which the second suit bid may be (or must be) longer than or at least as long as the first. The name Canapé is the
Canapé_(bridge)
Bridge, or more formally contract bridge, is a trick-taking card game of skill played by four players. WBF Championships: The World Bridge Team Championships
List of bridge competitions and awards
List_of_bridge_competitions_and_awards
Contract bridge convention
Serious 3NT is a contract bridge bidding convention. It is used in game-forcing auctions where a major suit has been agreed upon. 1♠–2♣ if using 2/1 Game
Serious_3NT
Bridge term
In contract bridge, Last Train refers to a bid just below game level in the agreed suit. A Last Train bid is typically made in a bidding sequence in which
Last_Train_(bridge)
Sound effect
with reverse reverb A clean guitar sample, followed by a version with a reverse reverb effect Problems playing this file? See media help. Reverse echo
Reverse_echo
Re-invention of the game with very different rules
Singaporean bridge (also known as floating bridge) is a re-invention of the traditional game of contract bridge deriving its name from where it is believed
Singaporean_bridge
Card game terminology
have cards of that suit in one's hand. This is useful in games such as bridge. For instance, one player can lead with the suit in which his partner is
Void_(cards)
Association formed by the international federations of several intellectual games
bodies for contract bridge, chess, draughts, eSports, go, xiangqi (Chinese chess), mahjong and card games. Its members are the World Bridge Federation (WBF)
International Mind Sports Association
International_Mind_Sports_Association
Annual invitational sporting meet
held in Beijing during December. Source: There were six medal events at bridge, three each for men and women. IMSA invited 24 players, six each from four
SportAccord_World_Mind_Games
Contract bridge bidding convention
New Minor Forcing (NMF), is a contract bridge bidding convention used to find a 5-3 or 4-4 major suit fit after a specific sequence of bids in which opener
New_minor_forcing
Card game
Rex Bridge (Swedish: Rexbridge) is a version of contract bridge developed in Sweden in 1959 by Sten Lundberg. It gained some followers in Scandinavia
Rex_Bridge
English bridge player
English bridge player. Gold Cup (5) 2002, 2004, 2007, 2009, 2014 North American Bridge Championships (1) Silodor Open Pairs (1) 2013 North American Bridge Championships
David_Bakhshi
British monthly magazine
Bridge Magazine was a British monthly magazine devoted to the game of contract bridge. It was the oldest such magazine having been established in 1926
Bridge_Magazine
Style of playing the card game bridge
Ghoulie) is a style of playing the card game of bridge, normally in friendly play such as rubber bridge, in which the cards are not thoroughly shuffled
Goulash_(bridge)
Player-funded organisation
The English Bridge Union or EBU is a player-funded organisation that promotes and organises the card game of duplicate bridge in England. It is based
English_Bridge_Union
DNA sequencing method
forward strand; the rest, the reverse. This is why right and left adapters are used. Clusters are generated through bridge amplification. DNA polymerase
Illumina_dye_sequencing
American bridge player (1943–2019)
1943 - February 6, 2019) was an American bridge player. He died on February 6, 2019. North American Bridge Championships (8) Jacoby Open Swiss Teams
Richard_Schwartz_(bridge)
Bidding systems devised for contract bridge
In contract bridge, various bidding systems have been devised to enable partners to describe their hands so that they may reach the optimum contract. Key
Hand_evaluation
Book by Louis Sachar
cardturner - someone to read aloud his cards to him - when he plays duplicate bridge. When Alton returns from his penultimate day at school, his mother agrees
The_Cardturner
Encyclopedia
The Official Encyclopedia of Bridge (OEB) presents comprehensive information on the card game contract bridge with limited information on related games
The Official Encyclopedia of Bridge
The_Official_Encyclopedia_of_Bridge
Defensive play in contract bridge
In contract bridge, an uppercut is a defensive play that involves one of the defenders ruffing high in the knowledge that an overruff by the declarer will
Uppercut_(bridge)
Italian bridge magazine
Bridge d'Italia is the official magazine for the Italian contract bridge game federation, Federazione Italiana Gioco Bridge (FIGB). It has been published
Bridge_d'Italia
Danish bridge player
Dennis Bilde (born 11 December 1989) is a Danish bridge player. North American Bridge Championships (5) Keohane North American Swiss Teams (1) 2012 Reisinger
Dennis_Bilde
Conventional bid in contract bridge
The Michaels cuebid is a conventional bid used in the card game contract bridge. First devised by Michael Michaels of Miami Beach, FL, it is an overcaller's
Michaels_cuebid
Bidding system in the game of contract bridge
Precision Club is a bidding system in the game of contract bridge. It is a strong club system developed in 1969 for C. C. Wei by Alan Truscott, and used
Precision_Club
Indian bridge player
an Indian bridge player. Ruia Gold Cup (1981) Agarwala Pairs Gokhale represented India in Valkenburg aan de Geul at the 1980 World Bridge Olympiad, and
Ramesh_Gokhale
REVERSE BRIDGE
REVERSE BRIDGE
Boy/Male
English French
Derived from place-name Deverel.
Surname or Lastname
French
French : variant of Rivière, Rivoire, or Rivier, topographic name for someone living on the banks of a river, French rivier ‘bank’, or habitational name from any of the many places in France named with this word.English : nickname from Middle English revere ‘reiver’, ‘robber’.English : topographic name for someone who lived on the brow of a hill, from a misdivision of the Middle English phrase atter evere ‘at the brow or edge’ (from Old English yfer, efer ‘edge’) or a habitational name from a place named with this phrase, as for example River in West Sussex or Rivar in Wiltshire.Jewish (from Italy) : habitational name from a place in Mantua named Revere.The MA patriot Paul Revere (1734–1818), who in April 1775 undertook a famous ride from Boston to Lexington to warn of the approach of British troops, was a silversmith and instrument maker. He was descended from French Huguenots called Rivoire.
Boy/Male
Shakespearean
King Henry the Sixth, Part III' Lord Rivers, brother to Lady Grey. 'King Richard III' Earl...
Boy/Male
English
Name derived from a surname, and only used as a first name since the 19th century.
Boy/Male
African, American, British, English, French
Riverbank; Derived from Place-name Deverel
Girl/Female
British, English
Beaver-stream
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Revell.
Surname or Lastname
English (of Norman origin)
English (of Norman origin) : habitational name from any of various places in northern France called Rivières, from the plural form of Old French rivière ‘river’ (originally meaning ‘riverbank’, from Latin riparia). The absence of English forms without the final -s makes it unlikely that it is ever from the borrowed Middle English vocabulary word river, but the French and other Romance cognates do normally have this sense.Common Americanized form of French Larivière. ire.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : patronymic from Lever 3.
Boy/Male
American, British, English
Wanderer
Boy/Male
Dutch
Weaver.
Boy/Male
American, British, English
Severe; Strict
Male
English
Anglicized form of Welsh Rhys, REESE means "ardor, heat of passion."
Boy/Male
Indian
Rising
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant spelling of Revell.
Boy/Male
Australian, British, English
Name Derived from a Surname
Boy/Male
English
Strict. Restrained. Surname.
Male
African
reversed.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : topographic name for someone who lived on the edge of an escarpment, from Middle English evere ‘edge’, a word that is probably of Old English origin, though unattested.English : patronymic from the Middle English personal name Ever, from Old English Eofor ‘boar’.North German and Dutch : patronymic from Evert.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : metronymic from Sever.Dutch : variant of Sievers.
REVERSE BRIDGE
REVERSE BRIDGE
Girl/Female
Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Telugu
Goddess Durga; One who has 100 Eyes
Boy/Male
Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Jain, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Sanskrit, Tamil, Telugu
Blessings; Uninjurable; Rice of Puja; Unharmed
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Backus.Variant of German Backhaus.
Girl/Female
Tamil
True
Girl/Female
Tamil
Death-bed
Girl/Female
Hebrew American Hawaiian Spanish
Grace.
Girl/Female
Hindu, Indian, Marathi, Sanskrit
Beautifully Red
Boy/Male
German
From the Little Home
Boy/Male
Muslim/Islamic
Discreet prudent
Boy/Male
American, Australian, British, English
From the Garden Estate
REVERSE BRIDGE
REVERSE BRIDGE
REVERSE BRIDGE
REVERSE BRIDGE
REVERSE BRIDGE
imp. & p. p.
of Revere
v. t.
To release.
a.
Alt. of Renverse
a.
The back side; as, the reverse of a drum or trench; the reverse of a medal or coin, that is, the side opposite to the obverse. See Obverse.
a.
Annulled and the contrary substituted; as, a reversed judgment or decree.
v. t.
To reverse.
n.
One who reverses.
a.
Turned backward; having a contrary or opposite direction; hence; opposite or contrary in kind; as, the reverse order or method.
a.
To overthrow by a contrary decision; to make void; to under or annual for error; as, to reverse a judgment, sentence, or decree.
n.
Alt. of Revery
a.
Intended to reverse; implying reversal.
a.
Perverse; adverse; untoward.
a.
The act of reversing; complete change; reversal; hence, total change in circumstances or character; especially, a change from better to worse; misfortune; a check or defeat; as, the enemy met with a reverse.
v. i.
To return; to revert.
a.
Reversed; as, a reverse shell.
v. i.
To change back, as from a soluble to an insoluble state or the reverse; thus, phosphoric acid in certain fertilizers reverts.
n.
One who reveres.
n.
Same as Reverie.
imp. & p. p.
of Reverse
v. i.
To become or be reversed.