Quick tips for improving your bridge game when youre declarer dont play to the first trick too quickly force yourself to stop and think when dummy comes down look ahead and plan your play to at least the next few tricks concentrate on the opening lead for a few seconds so youll remember it later decide what it tells you about the . 2e doubled into game vulnerable making 3 120 tricks 50 0 vul game 200 overtrick 50 insult 870 5d doubled not vulner able down 4 100 1 st 400 2nd 3rd 300 4th 800 duplicate scoring may be used in a single table game but rubber or four deal bridge is common rubber bridge scoring. Auction bridge had its heyday from about 1900 to 1930 before yielding to contract bridge number of players four object to score points in auction bridge if you take enough tricks you score game and slam bonuses without regard to how high the bidding ended the cards regular pack 52 card deck. This process continues in a clockwise fashion until each player has 13 cards in duplicate bridge the cards are pre dealt by a computer if you play bridge online the shuffling and dealing side of the game wont really be an issue because everything will be controlled by the sites software