Bridge Axioms And Laws Part 6

Every hand is played out, and any points in excess of thirty points necessary for the game are counted.

Each trick above six counts two points when spades are trumps, four points when clubs are trumps, six points when diamonds are trumps, eight points when hearts are trumps, and twelve points when there are no trumps.

Honours are ace, king, queen, knave, and ten of the trump suit; or the aces when no-trump is declared.

Honours are credited to the original holders and are valued as follows:

+----------------------------------------------+--------+ Declaration [S] [C] [D] [H] No Trumps +------------------------------+---+---+---+---+--------+ Each Trick above Six 2 4 6 8 12 {3 Honours...... 4 8 12 16 30 {4 " ...... 8 16 24 32 40 HONOURS {4 " (All in one hand) 16 32 48 64 100 {5 " ...... 10 20 30 40 -- {5 " (4 in one hand) 18 36 54 72 -- {5 " (All in one hand) 20 40 60 80 -- Chicane..... 4 8 12 16 -- +------------------------------+---+---+---+---+-------- Rubber 100, Grand Slam 40, Little Slam 20, +-------------------------------------------------------+

([S]=spades/[C]=clubs/[D]=diamonds/[H]=hearts.

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If a player and his partner make thirteen tricks, independently of any tricks gained by the revoke penalty, they score Grand Slam and add forty points to their honour count.

Little Slam is twelve tricks similarly scored, and adds twenty points to the honour count.

Chicane (one hand void of trumps) is equal in value to three honours, _i.e._, if partner of player having Chicane scores honours he adds the value of three honours to his honour score, while, if the adversaries score honours, it deducts an equal value from their honour score. Double Chicane (a player and his partner both void of trumps) is equal in value to four honours, and the value thereof may be deducted from the total honour score of the adversaries.

The value of honours, Slam, Little Slam, or Chicane, is in no wise affected by doubling or re-doubling.

At the conclusion of a rubber the scores for tricks, honours, Chicane, and Slam, obtained by each side, are added, and one hundred points are added to the score of the winners of the rubber. The difference between the completed scores is the number of points won or lost by the winners of the rubber.

If an erroneous score affecting tricks be proven, such mistake must be corrected prior to the conclusion of the game in which it has occurred, and such game shall not be considered as concluded until the following deal has been completed and the trump declared, unless it be that the game is the last one of the rubber,--then the score is subject to inquiry until an agreement between the sides (as to the value of the rubber) shall have been reached.

If an erroneous score affecting honours, Chicane, or Slam be proven, such mistake may be corrected at any time before the score of the rubber has been made up and agreed upon.

CUTTING

In cutting, the ace is the lowest card and, as between cards of otherwise equal value, the lowest is the heart, next the diamond, next the club, and highest the spade.

In all cases every player must cut from the same pack.

Should a player expose more than one card, he must cut again.

FORMING TABLES

The prior right of playing is with those first in the room. If there are more than four candidates for seats at a table, the privilege of playing is decided by cutting. The four who cut the lowest cards play first.

After the table is formed, the players cut to decide on partners; the two lowest play against the two highest. The lowest is the dealer, who has choice of cards and seats, and who, having once made his selection, must abide by it.

Six players const.i.tute a full table, and no player shall have a right to cut into a game which is complete.

When there are more than six candidates, the right to succeed any player who may retire is acquired by announcing the desire to do so, and such announcement shall const.i.tute a prior right to the first vacancy.

CUTTING OUT

At the end of a rubber, should admission be claimed by one or two candidates, the player or players having played a greater number of consecutive rubbers shall withdraw; but when all have played the same number, they must cut to decide upon the outgoers; the highest are out.

RIGHTS OF ENTRY

A candidate desiring to enter a table must declare such wish before any player at the table cuts a card, either for the purpose of beginning a new rubber or of cutting out.

In the formation of new tables, those candidates who have neither belonged to nor played at any other table have the prior right of entry.

Those who have already played decide their right of admission by cutting.

A player who cuts into one table while belonging to another shall forfeit his prior right of re-entry into the latter, unless by doing so he enables three candidates to form a fresh table. In this event he may signify his intention of returning to his original table, and his place at the new one can be filled.