[kenrexford]

Trumpace, on Apr 15 2008, 07:05 PM, said:

kenrexford, on Apr 15 2008, 05:44 PM, said:

halfstep, on Apr 15 2008, 10:16 AM, said:

i am still learning how to play bridge...

...just how important is the bidding part? does it require more strategies than the play part? if so, it would make more sense to me why bridge is to hyped up and hearts is not 

As a new player to the game, the odd comments you may have read so far have no application to your experience so far. The reality is that bidding is of HUGE importance to your game right now.

I disagree.

Given the confusion between play of hearts/bridge, seems like concentrating on the fundamentals of card-play is of the most importance IMO.

Giving undue importance to bidding during the formative years is a bad way to become a good bridge player (again, IMO).

I'm not questioning anything that you have said.

It seemed that the question was why bridge is more fun than hearts. The same question could be asked as to why bridge is more fun than spades, whist, or auction bridge. The dummy adds a lot, but not so much as to comparing auction. The bidding is the key.

Plus, if you assume bare bones, just starting, I'd rather have a person guess intuitively what to play when than guess what the heck anything means when you speak out loud at the table. A person can easily guess to win a King with an Ace, but what does 1NT-P-2♣ mean?

[matmat]

han, on Apr 15 2008, 02:03 PM, said:

If you like tic tac toe, try chess sometimes! It has the same elements (thinking ahead, remembering openings, etc.) but it's more complicated. I would recommend it to any serious tic tac toe player.

nicely done.