Talk:Beer card

last point
There is some debate in my circles about whether the last point in each list applies. Perhaps it might be best if they are marked as optional. Any thoughts? In adddition the beer card is not limited to universities bridge. I've encountered it in U25 internationals (though not everyone had heard of it) Cambion 11:56, 10 April 2006 (UTC)


 * I've always played with the rule that you can't blow tricks, or even take an inferior line of play, in order to win the beer card.


 * More importantly, does anyone have the hand with the original beer card? Or has that been lost in the mists of time?  Estienne 06:43, 27 April 2006 (UTC)

Example hand - discard club or heart?
The original example stated that when the declarer had to find three discards from dummy on the four spade tricks, one of the discards had to be a club. Is this the best play? Why not discard a small heart instead? --B.d.mills 04:37, 7 July 2006 (UTC)
 * Yes, I'd say a heart too. A club would just unnecessarily block the suit, and I'm not sure if the beer is even makeable in this case (but I'm lazy to do deeper analysis, so I'll stick to the common sense.) Duja 07:05, 7 July 2006 (UTC)
 * As it was not done before "correcting" the article, somebody should do the deeper analysis now. The reason to keep four hearts is to demonstrate a "threat" and encourage someone with 4=4=4=1 shape to discard a diamond. Matchups 02:20, 9 July 2006 (UTC)

Diamond contract permitted if a defender?
I was always under the impression that it was permitted, and certainly encouraged to beer as a defender in a diamond contract, the ultimate insult to the opposition's feeble bidding! Ant590 14:13, 25 June 2007 (UTC)


 * An at-the-table ruling some years ago at the Spring Fours (page needed there lol), from the EBU TD (and nice guy) John Probst, after I'd just nicked him for 800 in 2x: the beer card counts for defender in a defeated doubled contract. He was being objective, he had no financial interest in the two beers I subsequently enjoyed:-D Narky Blert (talk) 22:22, 11 August 2014 (UTC)