Honeymoon Bridge

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(Two Handed Bridge)

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Shuffle the deck, cut, deal 13 cards to each player one at a time. Place the remaining cards in the center of the table face down. These will be known as the "STOCK".

Play is at NO-TRUMP for the beginning. Non-Dealer leads first. You must follow suit if able. If not able, any discard will do. (If a player revokes during the "STOCK" play, his opponent at the next draw may look at the two top cards and chose the one he wants). After each trick is played, each player picks the top card from the "STOCK", winner of the previous trick drawing first and leading to the next trick. These tricks have no scoring value.

After the last card from the "STOCK" is drawn, the dealer may bid or pass as in contract bridge. The bidding continues until a bid, double, or redouble is followed by a pass. The player who does not make the final bid leads first and thirteen tricks are played at whatever trump was determined by the final bid.

Contract bridge scoring is used.

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(Three Handed Bridge)

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Four hands are dealt, then six cards are turned up in the dummy (2 by each player). The three players bid as in contract bridge. The high bidder sits opposite the dummy and after the opening lead (by the player at his left) he turns up the rest of the cards in dummy. Play proceeds as in Contract Bridge.

If a contract worth at least 100 points is not reached, "GOULASH" is called. Each player sorts his hand into suits (the dealer also sorts the dummy). These hands are then stacked and cut once by the original dealer. The cards are redistributed by the dealer in three rounds - 5, 5, and 3. Six cards are turned up in the dummy as before and bidding begins again.

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