CONVENTIONS

Bridge conventions are specified ways of bidding and Whisting, which are mostly used to inform a partner about received cards. It is not necessary to use one of them (when players use no convention, it is a natural system), but it helps players to communicate.

There is one important rule of using a convention. Before starting bidding it is necessary to count all points in hand. They are counted as follows:

Also, when bidding a suit (all except NT) a player can also count points for:

Below we present links to pages where Bridge systems and conventions are described (some of them are very complicated, for explanations please refer to Bridge books):

http://www.bridge.com.pl

http://www.winbridge.com