BriJ
BJ Bridge
for Android
Bidding in the Auction
Touch one of the bidding cards from the central bidding box
to make a bid. The number is the bidding level.
NT stands for a No trumps
contract.
The yellow bar shows whose turn it is to play. (A red bar appears when
it's BriJ's turn to bid).
Bidding "1♠" means that you reckon you can make 7 tricks with
spades as trumps, bidding "2♠" means you can make 8 tricks in
spades and so on. (If you jump a level you must first touch the
Stop card. For example bidding 4♠ when the most recent bid is
1♠ requires the Stop card. Use the
Pass card to say "No bid".
BriJ has an option to make Stop cards optional.
You must alert partner's conventional bids
by touching the
Alert bidding card, although BriJ has an
option to make Alert cards optional.
You can also use the bidding cards:
Double
X and Redouble
XX . More on this
in BriJ conventions.
If you change your mind about a bidding card you have touched, slide
your finger to one side before letting go. Alternatively use the UNDO
button
after
you play a card in error.
Touch the hint tab to get help on what might be good to bid. You can take BriJ's advice (optionally by touching the (bid) link, or ignore it.
If you don't make a bid for a while, BriJ will show a "Did
you know?" display.
This first hel screen is intended for absolute beginners, so
don't be offended if you are an experienced player!
Use
the Next tip button to look through more
specific tips about
the way BriJ works.
If you're really stuck and want to get on with playing the cards, just touch the Auto button in the Menu tab to let BriJ complete the bidding for you.
At any time you can also touch any bidding card already on the table to see hints on what the bid means and why the bid was made.
From the central hint display that appears, use the arrow keys to cycle through the
other bids.
BriJ uses the ACOL system of bidding with some additional conventions including Benji Weak and Strong two openers. Here is the BriJ Convention Card.
As well as the conventional bids listed, BriJ knows about and uses standard techniques such as Reverses and Jump bids, Jump shifts, Weak Jump Overcalls, Doubles (negative or for takeout or penalty), Redoubles and Looking for NT contracts in the way that you'd expect.
Once there have been 3 passes, BriJ will invite you to start the
playing phase of the game
.
Alternatively you can rebid the same deal from the beginning, review all
the bids or start bidding for a newly shuffled deal.
Touch here for the next topic: Playing
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