What is the most important number in bridge?
Right! 13 What is the second most important number in bridge? Right! 4 There are four players in the game and they each get their share of the 52 cards in the deck which would be ummmm.. 13. We all begin our mathematical careers by learning to count by 10sfor example, 10-20-30-40-50-yada, yada. We soon move on to decimals, fractions, percentages, you name it; but bridge is about counting by 13s. Add the number of cards held by each player and you are thinking 13-26-39-52. (13+13+13+13) Did I say counting by 13s? What it is really about is counting up to 13 and in chunks of 4 numbers. How many suits in the deck? Right! 4! If you can memorize a telephone number, this first step will be a piece of cake. What is the shape of any hand you may hold? If you say 4-4-3-2 for example, you are saying that you hold 4 Spades, 4 Hearts, 3 Diamonds and 2 Clubs. The order of the suits is ALWAYS the same, top to bottom, Spades Hearts Diamonds and then Clubs. Spades Hearts Diamonds Clubs The words shape
