Excerpt from Tuxedo Auction-Bridge: Rules and Principles With Score Card<br><br>Tuxedo Auction Bridge is a speculative bidding game, played with a full pack Of 52 cards, by four players, two partners against two partners.<br><br>The two most important matters in Tuxedo Auction Bridge are to make the best use of any combination of cards that you may hold, and to give information to your partner. The values of the suits have been arranged for bidding; Clubs and Diamonds are placed below Hearts and Spades as they contain Tuxedo, and with Honors, equalize the trump values Of the several suits.<br><br>The following principles and rules, are taken from Auction Bridge and Whist; with such changes as Tuxedo Auction Bridge calls for, and are given in a concise form so as to be convenient for the Tuxedo Auction Bridge student.<br><br>All Auction Bridge laws, rules and leads govern Tuxedo Auction Bridge except Where otherwise stated.<br><br>Cut the cards, deal and bid as in Auction Bridge, play as in Whist, as there is no dummy. All hands are played by their holders, as in Whist.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.