Bridge Scoring Table - Counting Tricks

Tricks to make your contract

Bridge is a trick-taking game and is a card game in which playing the trick is based on 13 rounds of play, each called tricks, which has a winner or "taker" of that trick. When all cards have been played, the number of the tricks won by each pair is counted for scoring. The winner of a trick is the one who plays the highest-ranked card of the suit led, unless another player has trumped it.

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Counting Tricks you need to make when you play a contract

The Book is a term which refers to the first six tricks that must always be won by the declaring side if they are to gain a score. The first six "book" tricks must be won and are not calculated in the scoring. A contract at the 1-level means the declarer (player) must win at least 7 tricks (that is, the book = 6 + 1) tricks. Extra points are awarded only for the extra tricks above the book

Bid									Bid	+ The Book	= Tricks to Win
1 NoTrump,	or	1♠	or	1♥	or	1♦	or	1♣	1	+ 6 tricks	=7 tricks
2 NoTrump	or	2♠	or	2♥	or	2♦	or	2♣	2	+ 6 tricks	=8 tricks
3 NoTrump	or	3♠	or	3♥	or	3♦	or	3♣	3	+ 6 tricks	=9 tricks
4 NoTrump	or	4♠	or	4♥	or	4♦	or	4♣	4	+ 6 tricks	=10 tricks
5 NoTrump	or	5♠	or	5♥	or	5♦	or	5♣	5	+ 6 tricks	=11 tricks
6 NoTrump	or	6♠	or	6♥	or	6♦	or	6♣	6	+ 6 tricks	=12 tricks
7 NoTrump	or	7♠	or	7♥	or	7♦	or	7♣	7	+ 6 tricks	=13 tricks

Scoring

Scoring is based on the number of tricks a player or partnership has won and the value of that contract for example a No-trump contract scores more points at the same Level than a major suit contract and a major suit contract scores more points than a minor suit contract

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