Antraxxx Posted January 2, 2011 Report Share Posted January 2, 2011 Reading the entire rulebook seems a bit extraneous for a player just wanting to not break the simple rules at club games, but it would be nice to have a quick summary of the relevant rules. Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barmar Posted January 2, 2011 Report Share Posted January 2, 2011 Not that I'm aware of. Most of the rules are the ones you learned when learning the game: the correct order of bids, following suit, etc. The Laws tell the director what to do when players make mistakes (insufficient bids, bids/plays out of turn, revokes, etc.). Players generally don't need to know these details, they should just know that when one of these rule violations occurs they should call the director. The only Laws that players need to be aware of, but often aren't taught in basic lessons, regard misinformation and unauthorized information. Regarding misinformation, you call the director at the end of the auction if your side ends up declaring, at the end of the hand if you defend. Regarding unauthorized information, you should try to avoid sending it (by keeping an even tempo when bidding and defending, following the STOP card rules, and avoiding inappropriate comments or emphasis) and must avoid taking advantage of it when it's available. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluejak Posted January 2, 2011 Report Share Posted January 2, 2011 While I agree that reading the rules is probably not the answer, Mr Bridge produces a simplified version of the rules called Duplicate Bridge Rules Simplified. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antraxxx Posted January 2, 2011 Author Report Share Posted January 2, 2011 Sorry, I was referring to rules about things like what to alert and how, as well as what you mentioned about things like unauthorized information, tempo, etc. What happened basically is I played in a club game where everyone knew about it but me, so throughout the evening they made comments that were pretty incomprehensible to me - one of my opponents told my partner he should've used the stop card after he reversed, for instance, but I'm glad he didn't because honestly I never knew what the card that says STOP does, things like that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackshoe Posted January 2, 2011 Report Share Posted January 2, 2011 I'm not in England, and have not looked at it, but try the Tangerine Book. You should probably check with the club(s) at which you're going to play, to make sure that they don't have their own rules about one thing or another. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antraxxx Posted January 2, 2011 Author Report Share Posted January 2, 2011 This is exactly what I was looking for, thanks a lot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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