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Bridge From Scratch
Beginner
39 min · 3-part series
About this lesson
Bridge from the very beginning, with nothing assumed. Lorna takes the first-time player one small step at a time — from the cards in the deck to your first hands at the table — explaining every term as it comes up. No maths, no jargon, just a friendly, unhurried start that grows with you as the series goes on.
What you'll pick up
- 52 cards, four suits, thirteen to a suit — and how the cards and suits rank in bridge
- Who sits where: four players, two partnerships, and what declarer and dummy mean
- What a trick actually is — everyone plays a card, highest of the led suit wins it
- Following suit and why those small cards matter once the high ones are gone
- Thinking like declarer: counting your winners suit by suit and making a simple plan
- The trump suit, or "power suit" — an eight-card-plus fit where a small trump beats an ace in another suit, as long as you follow suit first