Talk:Bridge scoring

Scoring error
I think there is an error in the scoring rules. In the Double or Redouble bonus for making your contract, I think there should not be any extra points if you are vulnerable. It should always be 50 if doubled, 100 if redoubled. Look at the following website for scoring rules: http://www.acbl.org/learn/scoreRubber.html

The example scoring is incorrect because of this as well —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jeff Marks (talk • contribs)
 * Fixed. Duja 03:48, 28 April 2006 (UTC)

Bonus for game + part score???
I only play rubber bridge. Years ago "live", but now only online on Yahoo. I have never heard of bonus points for making game or a part score. The site linked above doesn't mention it for rubber bridge. Is this something only found in duplicate? Should the article be changed?Steve Dufour 17:48, 31 July 2006 (UTC)
 * Erm, the sentence right above the level bonus table says that "The part-score bonus applies in duplicate and Chicago bridge, but not in classic rubber bridge scoring:". As for the game bonus, it should be mentioned too regarding rubber bridge (although it is mentioned in "Rubber bridge" section). Duja 11:14, 2 August 2006 (UTC)

Subtracting hand value
When I used to play (10 years ago, during University) we used the following method of scoring:
 * would always play multiple of 4 hands, where vulnerable is nobody, then NS, then EW and finally everybody;
 * would score using rubber-bridge scoring for made contracts, penalties, extras etc.;
 * additionally, would count the honour points of both teams: there is a total of 40 points, so it would be fair if each team had 20. The team which has more than 20 has a better hand, thus it must pay the difference to 20 points, in order to eliminate (or at least reduce) the chance factor. When not vulnerable, each point was counted 30, when vulnerable 50 (if I remember correctly);
 * the winner is obviously the team with the bigger total score at the end.

I couldn't find anywhere any reference to this scoring system, what it's called etc. Could anybody help ?
 * See Chicago (bridge card game). Newwhist (talk) 23:51, 23 August 2012 (UTC)

slam double/redouble
Are slam bonuses doubled and quadrupled when doubled and redoubled respectively or only the points below the line? thanks. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 165.82.28.77 (talk) 23:21, 6 September 2007 (UTC)


 * No, bonuses are never doubled. Re(double) affects only the base trick value, overtrick value, and the "insult". Duja ► 07:15, 7 September 2007 (UTC)

Someone explain what vulnerable is somewhere?!
This term is used often, and I have no clue what it means! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.85.109.160 (talk) 06:47, 20 March 2008 (UTC)


 * "vulnerability" comes from rubber bridge.  In rubber bridge, the winner of each rubber is the first pair to get two games.  So a rubber can be won 2-0,  or 2-1,  with 700 point or 500 point rubber bonus.   When one or both pairs has won a game,  they become vulnerable until they win the second game.  Which means their penalties are doubled.    In other forms of bridge,  on each deal it is determined by some arbitrary method whether neither pair, or one of them, or both pairs  are vulnerable for that deal.Eregli bob (talk) 08:18, 19 January 2010 (UTC)


 * You can see vulnerability/ beeing in danger in the new "Rubber" section. Mai 2010 Paul Hauff (talk) 08:07, 27 May 2010 (UTC) Paul Hauff

When to declare an honors bonus
The statement in this article that “honors may be declared and scored at any time after the auction” matches the practice that many rubber bridge players use and that the American Contract Bridge League agrees is correct, however wiki.answers.com, gives the answer: “If you are playing party/rubber bridge, it is after the bridge/auction has concluded,” which is incorrect. Can someone who can edit or correct wiki.answers please correct the answer so that Internet searchers won't come up with conflicting rules.--Tvbanfield (talk) 22:49, 14 January 2014 (UTC)


 * Wikipedia.org is not related to wiki.answers.com and so you should address your suggestion there. Someone from the Wikipedia world might be technically able to do what you suggest but it is not the purpose of this site to correct other unrelated sites.  Newwhist (talk) 14:32, 15 January 2014 (UTC)

Duplicate Bridge Match Point Historical Note
The Historical Note is not clear. I understood it because I've seen this form of scoring but I had to read the note twice to make sense of it. This is not important (it's a throwaway line.) but I would prefer that it were clear. I'll try to work out a better line of words. If no-one comments here or edits the note then I'll edit it when I have something better to say.OrewaTel (talk) 02:14, 4 May 2020 (UTC)

After some thought I decided the comment had neither merit nor meaning so removed it. This was the original statement. "Historical note: At some time in the past, both North–South and East–West might have been awarded the same matchpoint score. Using this arrangement, the lowest East–West Score would be the winner." (Penultimate line of §Bridge Scoring/Matchpoints) OrewaTel (talk) 05:40, 26 July 2020 (UTC)