What is a bridge hand called?

Also called deal or hand. A device that keeps each player's cards separate for duplicate bridge. The dummy's hand. For example, "You're on the board" means "The lead is in the dummy".

What is a flat hand in bridge?

An opening bid of 2♦ to show a minimum opening bid with four spades and five or more hearts. Flat (Hand) A hand with 4-3-3-3 distribution. Float. An expression meaning that a bid is followed by three passes, ending the auction.

What is a bridge hand with no points called?

Bridge players use “yarborough” to designate a hand with no high-card points and NO TENS. Some bridge players loosely use the term “yarborough” to apply to any worthless (or nearly worthless) hand.

What does hand mean in cards?

In poker, players form sets of five playing cards, called hands, according to the rules of the game. Each hand has a rank, which is compared against the ranks of other hands participating in the showdown to decide who wins the pot. In high games, like Texas hold 'em and seven-card stud, the highest-ranking hands win.

What is considered a stopper in bridge?

A Stopper is a holding in the opponents' suit that allows us to win a trick when they attack that suit on opening lead (usually against a Notrump contact.) If the opponents bid a suit that could be short, we will sometimes bid Notrump even without a stopper in their suit.

What is a trump in bridge?

In bridge, you have wild cards, too, called trump cards. If the final bid names a trump suit, that suit is the wild suit for the hand. For example, suppose that the final bid is 4♠ — this bid determines that spades are trump (or wild) for the entire hand.

What are honor cards in bridge?

Honors. When there is a trump suit, the ace, king, queen, jack, and ten of trumps are "honors." If a player holds four of the five trump honors, that partnership scores 100 above the line; all five honors in one hand score 150.