About the Book
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 198. Chapters: Poker, Contract bridge, 500, War, Sheepshead, Blackjack, Pinochle, Gin rummy, Klondike, Oh, hell, Asshole, FreeCell, Beggar-My-Neighbour, Spit, Skat, Euchre, Canasta, Shithead, Ecarte, Minor suit, Pope Julius, Crazy Eights, Spades, Pitch, Forty-fives, Top Trumps, Pontoon, List of bridge people, Bid Euchre, Euchre game variations, Flaps, Cribbage, Kings, Cheat, Switch, Spanish 21, Bid whist, Ponytail Canasta, Continental, Euchre variations, Buraco, Nertz, Egyptian Ratscrew, 500 Rum, Bluke, Mau Mau, Serbian whist, Bartok, Liverpool rummy, Bacon, Screw Your Neighbour, Smear, Craits, Thirty-one, Killer, Ninety-nine, 3-5-8, Romanian whist, Conquian, Speed, Tonk, Desmoche, Macau, Around the World, Cinch, Clabber, Mille, Thunee, Slapjack, Kaiser, Clobyosh, Oh Hell - 500, Kings in the Corner, Golf, Commune, Les Quatre Coins, Ace Trumps, Carioca, Bidding war, Rumino, Colour whist, One Card, Spank Pankis, Indian, Eleusis, Chinchon, Jabberwocky, Snip Snap Snorem, Decade, Chicago, Knock-out Whist, Calculation, Eight Off, Safari Pals, Donkey, Three-Handed Whist, Black Hole, Seven Spades, Speculation, Baker's Dozen, Stalactites, Partner hearts, Carpet, CrossCribb, Bridge whist, Mulle. Excerpt: Contract bridge, usually known simply as bridge, is a trick-taking card game using a standard deck of 52 playing cards played by four players in two competing partnerships with partners sitting opposite each other around a small table. For purposes of scoring and reference, each player is identified by one of the points of the compass and thus North and South play against East and West. The game consists of several hands (or deals) each progressing through four phases: dealing the cards, the auction (also referred to as bidding), playing the hand, and scoring the results. Dealing the cards and scoring the results are procedural...