| When you first begin to play the game of bridge, | | | | individual who deals the cards to each player |
| getting a firm grasp of who is who in the game can be | | | | throughout the game. Bridge is played with a full deck |
| somewhat of a challenge. Learning what the different | | | | of 52 cards, and the dealer will deal out 13 cards to |
| names of the players and what their role is in the | | | | each player in every round of the game. The cards will |
| game is essential to game play, but apart from bidding | | | | be dealt out one at a time starting with the player left |
| it is the most difficult thing to learn and remember. Here | | | | of the dealer; in a clockwise direction. |
| is a guide to help you learn the who's who of a bridge | | | | The Opener - The opener is the person who starts |
| game. | | | | the bidding at the beginning of each hand. It will be best |
| Bridge must be played with 4 players who form two | | | | to not go into bidding just yet, but the opener will base |
| groups, the north and south team and the east and | | | | their opening bid on the amount of points they hold in |
| west team. Each player will sit on opposite sides of | | | | their hand. |
| the table from their team-mate. The teams are | | | | The Responder - This player is the team-mate of the |
| selected by each player selecting a card from the | | | | opener. They will respond to the opening bid. How they |
| deck. The individuals that draw the two highest cards | | | | respond to their team-mate's bid depends upon their |
| will be a team, and the ones with the two lowest | | | | hand in relation to the opening bid. |
| cards will become the opposing team. The person | | | | The Overcaller - The overcaller is on the opposite |
| who draws the highest card will become the dealer. | | | | team as the opener and the responder. It is difficult to |
| This is not always the way the teams are decided, | | | | say exactly what this player's objective is without |
| players may decided to form teams before the game | | | | going into bidding. I don't want to over complicate things |
| starts, and the cards are just drawn to determine who | | | | at the moment, so I will leave the description at the |
| will be the dealer. | | | | overcaller being the other team chiming in with their bid. |
| The Dealer - As the name suggests the dealer is the | | | | |