Rex Bridge is likely to become the contract, the valuation of the hand is again counted according to the Contract Bridge practice. A second major difference is the possibility to bid at level 8 and 9. This may seem awkward, as it would take 14 or more tricks to make a contract at level 8 or higher. Even if the declarer takes all 13 tricks, he will still incur a one trick penalty. However, the payment for a made grand slam can still outweigh several doubled penalties. How many depends on vulnerable or not. Consciously bidding higher than what the cards says
History of contract bridge History of contract bridge The history of contract bridge, one of the world's most popular partnership card games, may be dated from the early 16th-century invention of trick-taking games such as whist. Bridge departed from whist with the creation of in the 19th century, and evolved through the late 19th and early 20th centuries to form the present game. According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the word "bridge" is the English pronunciation of the game called ""biritch"". It followed on from whist, which initially was the dominant trick-playing game and enjoyed a loyal following for centuries. The oldest known reference