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The Partnership Table

Bridge as a conversation with a regular partner: counting what you hold, the first bid as a sentence, the opening lead, and duplicate play, where every table gets the same cards so luck cancels out.

For grown-ups, from what DealTales teaches children at Spark & Anvil.

  1. Lesson 1Count what you hold
  2. Lesson 2The first bid is a sentence
  3. Lesson 3The opening lead
  4. Lesson 4Duplicate: every table, the same cards
At the table · 4 per table, any number of tables

This week's four deals

You'll need: A pack of cards per table and the printed deal sheet for this week.

  1. Each table lays out deal one exactly as the sheet shows: thirteen cards to each seat.
  2. Bid and play it, and write down the result.
  3. Play the other three deals the same way.
  4. Compare results with the other tables deal by deal, and talk about one bid you would make differently.

Open This week's four deals: run it, or print the seat sheets →

Print the guidebook (all lessons + the table activity) →