Learn Minibridge - Under 14 Championship
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Learn Minibridge!

The first event of the Under 14 Championship will be played in Minibridge format — the perfect way to start your bridge journey! It's simple, fun, and you can learn it in just 9 steps.

🌟 What is Minibridge?

Minibridge is a simplified version of bridge that lets you focus on the most exciting part: playing the cards! Instead of the complex bidding system, you simply count your points and choose your contract. It's the perfect stepping stone to full bridge.

🎯 9 Easy Steps to Play Minibridge

1

🎴 Each Player Has 13 Cards

Bridge is played by 4 players in two partnerships sitting opposite each other. Each player receives 13 cards from a standard 52-card deck.

💡 In our online championship, cards are dealt automatically — just join and play!
2

🔢 Count Your Points

Look at your hand and count your High Card Points (HCP) using this simple system:

A
4 pts
K
3 pts
Q
2 pts
J
1 pt
🧮 There are 40 points total in the deck.
♠A ♥A ♦A ♣A = 16 pts
♠K ♥K ♦K ♣K = 12 pts
♠Q ♥Q ♦Q ♣Q = 8 pts
♠J ♥J ♦J ♣J = 4 pts
3

📣 Announce Your Points

Starting with the dealer, each player announces their point count out loud, going clockwise around the table.

🏆 The partnership with more combined points wins the right to play the contract!
4

👑 The Declarer & Dummy

In the winning partnership, the player with more points becomes the Declarer. Their partner becomes the Dummy and will lay their cards face-up on the table.

🎭 If both partners have equal points, the one who announced first is the Declarer!
5

🃏 Dummy's Cards Go Down

The Dummy places all 13 cards face-up on the table, organized by suit in columns. Everyone can see these cards!

👀 The Declarer now controls both hands — their own hidden cards AND the Dummy's visible cards!
6

🎯 Choose Your Contract

Looking at both hands, the Declarer chooses how many tricks to win and whether to play in a trump suit or No Trumps (NT).

💡 A trick = 4 cards, one from each player. There are 13 tricks total!

There are three levels of contracts you can choose:

LOW PARTIAL SCORE
1NT 1♠ 1♥ 1♦ 1♣

These are the minimum level contracts. The Declarer commits to winning at least 7 tricks:

  • 1NT = 7 tricks with no trump suit
  • 1♠ = 7 tricks with spades as trump
  • 1♥ = 7 tricks with hearts as trump
  • 1♦ = 7 tricks with diamonds as trump
  • 1♣ = 7 tricks with clubs as trump

If successful, you score points — but not many!

MEDIUM GAME
3NT 4♠ 4♥ 5♦ 5♣

These are Game contracts. The Declarer commits to winning more tricks:

  • 3NT = 9 tricks with no trump suit
  • 4♠ = 10 tricks with spades as trump
  • 4♥ = 10 tricks with hearts as trump
  • 5♦ = 11 tricks with diamonds as trump
  • 5♣ = 11 tricks with clubs as trump

If successful, you score much more than a partial score!

HIGH SLAM
🏆 Small Slam — 12 tricks
6NT 6♠ 6♥ 6♦ 6♣

The Declarer commits to winning 12 tricks. If successful, you score very high points!

🚀 Grand Slam — 13 tricks
7NT 7♠ 7♥ 7♦ 7♣

Promise to win ALL 13 tricks for the highest score possible!

7

▶️ The Opening Lead

The player to the left of the Declarer plays the first card. This is called the "opening lead." Play continues clockwise.

🎲 The opening lead happens BEFORE Dummy's cards are revealed!
8

🎮 Playing the Cards

Each player must follow suit if possible. If you can't follow suit, you can play any card (including a trump to win!).

Who wins the trick?
• The highest card of the suit led wins
• UNLESS a trump is played — then highest trump wins
• The winner leads the next trick
9

🏆 Scoring

After all 13 tricks are played, count your tricks! Did the Declarer make their contract?

✅ Made it? Declarer's pair scores points!
❌ Went down? Defenders score for each trick under the contract!
🎯 The more you play, the better you get. Practice makes perfect!

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