The left side is for one team, and the right side is for the other team. The bridge scorecard is setup with four areas. Check out the scoring quick guide to help keep score while you play. There are many aspects to scoring bridge. At the end of the round, each teamвЂ™s tricks are counted. One player from each team should collect the tricks won by the team. If no trump suited card was played, the winner of the trick is the player with the highest ranking card in the lead suit. The winner of the trick is the player with the highest ranking trump suited card. If a player does not have a card in the lead suit, he/she can play any card. During the round, the declarer will play for his/her partner, as well as from his/her own hand.Д®very player is required to play a card in the same suit as the first card played whenever possible. These cards are known as the dummy hand for the round. Once the first card is played, the declarerвЂ™s partner will lay down his/her hand for everyone to see. The player left of the declarer leads the first trick. The winner of the bid is known as the declarer. A bid is only won when it is followed by three consecutive passes. Highest to lowest - No Trump / Spades / Hearts / Diamonds / ClubsДЄ no trump bid means during the round, no suit is considered trump.ДЄ player that has passed previously can still make a bid next time around. A player can bid the same number of tricks in a higher suit or bid more tricks in any suit. A bid of one heart means a team needs to take seven tricks and wants hearts as the trump suit.Д®ach bid going forward has to be higher than the previous bid. When bidding, a player will announce how many tricks his/her team will win over six tricks, and what suit he/she wants trump to be. The dealer is first to bid or can pass on bidding. The trump suited cards will outrank all other suited cards. The winner of the trick is the player with the highest ranking card. A trick is created by each player taking a turn playing a card. Score points through bidding and winning tricks as a partnership team. 52 card deck four players pen and paper for scorekeeping DealД®ach player is dealt 13 cards, one at a time.

Rules for bridge card game