Contract bridge

Contract bridge, commonly called bridge, is a trick-taking card game played with a standard 52-card deck. Four players form two partnerships and sit opposite one another. Each deal includes dealing, an auction, card play, and scoring. Bids communicate information about players' hands and set a contract for the declaring side to fulfill. Casual play commonly uses rubber bridge, while clubs and tournaments usually use variants of duplicate bridge.

Players

Four players in two competing partnerships

Deck

Standard 52-card deck

Tournament format

Usually a variant of duplicate bridge