
It also displays an explanation of the points awarded in the last hand. The scorecard shows contract and bonus points for each team along with a total at the bottom.

You can display it at other times by choosing the Scores item from the main menu. The scorecard is displayed automatically at the end of each hand. In both hands, you simply click or tap a card to play it.īoard showing dummy’s suggested card Scorecard Dummy’s suggested cards are displayed slightly left-shifted. When you are the declarer, you play both your hand and the dummy’s hand. In the Preview, these suggestions are dummy-aware but still sub-optimal no conventions are followed for the defensive lead. Your suggested card is displayed slightly raised. On large enough screens, the dummy is displayed in traditional layout on smaller screens it displays as a flat spread of cards. The dummy’s cards are exposed after the lead which is the first play of the dummy. Play begins with the player to the declarer’s left leading. The count of the number of tricks taken is displayed after the declarer’s name followed by a slash and the number of tricks required to fulfill the contract. Once the final contract is established, the declarer’s bid is displayed over his or her cards. If you click or tap a placed bid, we explain what that bid means in SAYC.Įxplanation of LHO’s bid Play of the Hand

Hovering over the 1♠ bid shows what it meansĪfter all players have placed their first bids, the game board will look similar to this: When you move your mouse over any bid (or press and hold on a bid on a touch screen), we display a bubble explaining the bid. During bidding, we display your count of high card points at the bottom of the screen. We highlight the suggested bid in yellow suggestions to pass, double, and redouble are highlighted with a white glow around the button. We present possible bids using a digital replica of a standard bidding box. When we encounter an unimplemented sequence, our computer players will pass or suggest you pass. This Preview recognizes a large subset of possible SAYC bids. Trickster Bridge supports the bidding conventions of the Standard American Yellow Card (SAYC). Instead, it explains certain details of the Trickster Bridge implementation.

This help file does not try to explain the game of bridge.
