Welcome to Duplicate - 6

Arriving at the Game
Your first club game is
like your first day at a
new school. You walk
through the door and find
that everyone knows one
another. Don't hesitate to tell the others
you're a newcomer. You'll find many
players eager to show you the ropes.
Find the person selling entries.
The cost for a club game varies, but is
usually about the same as a movie ticket.
You'll probably want an East-West entry
so that you don't have to keep the official
score (that's the job for the player sitting
North). The entry will show your direction
and table number.
When you are the dummy, don't
exchange hands with partner or
go around the table to look at
declarer's hand, like you might do
in a home rubber bridge game.
Except for preventing an irregularity
by declarer, dummy remains silent
during the play of the hand.

The Convention Card
Before you play, you and
your partner should fill
out a convention card. A
convention card shows
your general approach
to bidding (aggressive, conservative,
traditional, scientific, etc.) and goes into
some detail about your offensive and
defensive bidding methods. The form also
includes sections about your defensive
carding agreements - your opening leads
and signals.
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