Five-card majors for offensive purposes. However, if the trump cards break 4-1 or 1-4, then drawing trump will result in no trumps left for offensive purposes. The value of five-card majors can be understood then on two levels: But five-card majors have several drawbacks: Both partners must agree to follow the five-card major bidding treatment on their opening bid. Opener must have at least five cards in hearts or spades to start the bidding with that suit. Responder is expected to show support with three-card support, indicating an eight-card fit. With only four cards in a major suit, the opening bidder is
Pedro (card game) game of Pedro, which developed in the nineteenth century from Auction Pitch, did not have partnerships (so from four to seven could play). It also did not use the "off-suit" Pedro or have a second deal. There was only one round of bidding. In keeping with the game's descent from All Fours, the ace of trumps was called "high", the two was called "low", and the ten was called "game". The nine of trumps, called "sancho", was worth nine points. A variant called Dom Pedro or Snoozer counted the three of trumps as three points and used the joker, called