Contract Belote - Beginner 1

• To fully understand the bidding, use the tooltips:

  Tooltip of the bidding box

  Tooltip of the table

• In the prepared games accessible below, a short comment on a yellow background will be displayed at the end of each deal, so that you can check that you have chosen the right bid and played the right contract.
  

  If you want this comment to appear only after the comparison, open the General preferences on the Play page and check the box In a prepared game, display the comment only after the comparison. Note that even if the comment is not visible, clicking the message bar at the bottom of the window can display it if needed.

The 80 opening bid and its responses

• The 80 opening promises at least 3 trumps including a high one (Jack or 9).

• When responding to 80, pass without a high trump (and without a good suit to bid).

• With a high trump, show your support by +10, adding +10 per Ace outside the trump suit.

• The 90 opening promises at least 3 trumps with Jack and 9.

• When responding to 90, pass without a non-trump Ace (and without a strong suit to bid).

• Show your support by +10 per Ace outside the trump suit.

• The 100 opening promises at least 4 trumps including a high one (Jack or 9). You also need an additional value such as the belote meld, or at least 5 trumps, or an ace outside the trump suit, etc. Without this additional value, open 80 cautiously.

• When responding to 100, pass without a high trump (and without a very strong suit to bid).

• With a high trump, show your support by +10, adding +10 per Ace outside the trump suit.

• The 110 opening promises at least 4 trumps with Jack and 9, and total control of trumps (J9A10, J9Axx, J9xxxx, etc.). You also need an additional value such as at least 5 trumps, or an ace outside the trump suit, etc. Without this additional value, open 90 cautiously.

• When responding to 110, pass without a non-trump Ace.

• Show your support by +10 per Ace outside the trump suit.

What to know before practicing

• The 80 and 100 openings are very similar as they first ask for support in the trump suit. You choose one or the other depending on the strength of your hand. Be careful, always opening 80 cautiously can lead your partner to bid a new suit or an opponent to overcall (make a competitive bid). If you have the hand matching the 100 opening, open 100.

• The 90 and 110 openings are very similar as they ask for Aces outside the trump suit. You choose one or the other depending on the strength of your hand. Be careful, always opening 90 cautiously can lead your partner to bid a new suit or an opponent to overcall (make a competitive bid). If you have the hand matching the 110 opening, open 110.

• Nevertheless, bidding systems are not perfect, and they do not guarantee that the contracts declared will be made. But their performance must be analyzed over the long term, on a very large number of deals.

• The prepared games are never counted in your statistics. You can therefore play them and replay them without fear of altering your statistical results.

• At the end of each deal, you can replay the deal by the Replay deal normally button of the primary toolbar.

  Replay deal normally button or shortcut F3.

• At the end of each prepared games, you can replay the game or only certain deals, using the Return to the prepared game button (bottom right of the screen).
  

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