10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SMALL SLAM»
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On about one deal in 15 a Small Slam can be made. A bonus of 500 points is
given for a successful Small Slam when non-vulnerable (no game yet scored);
and a bonus of 750 points is given for a successful slam when vulnerable.
However a ...
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Contract Bridge for Beginners: A Simple Concise Guide on ...
When you bid for all but one of the tricks, and are successful, you receive the
bonus for a small slam. You must fulfill your contract in order to be eligible for the
bonus. If you bid for a grand slam and make twelve tricks, you have not scored a
...
Sometimes you have enough strength between the two hands and are
courageous enough to bid a small slam, meaning you have to take 12 of the 13
possible tricks to make your contract. This contract is exciting and perilous
because if you ...
Eddie Kantar, Edwin B. Kantar, 2012
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Winning Contract Bridge
A contract of six (12 tricks) is known as a small slam; a contract of seven (all 13
tricks) is called a grand slam. Obviously, slams are dificult to make, and your
enterprise in bidding them is handsomely rewarded (unless you go down): Small
...
In the average club duplicate, you are assured of better than average score on a
board if you merely reach a small slam that can be made. There are always two
or three pairs who fail to bid the slam, and your score surely beats theirs.
That will at least give you time on offense, and you bid a small slam in hearts. It's
not sure, of course, but not much is. The opening lead is a small diamond, and
partner comes down with A A K Q 6 V J 7 4 ♢ A K 5 * J 10 6 Well, it wasn't exactly
...
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Innovative
Slam Bidding
Without a five-card suit, it is sometimes risky to make a small slam even with 33
points because you need those queens and jacks. Thirty-three HCP is suggested
for a small slam because of the odds that at least one partner will hold a five-card
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The Everything Bridge Book: Easy-to-follow instructions to ...
Nor does the bonus for making slam (taking 12 tricks in the case of a small slam
and all 13 tricks in the case of a grand slam). That also goes above the line. Of
course, you can get your game bonus in one fell swoop by simply bidding “game”
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Table 10: Bonus Points * When playing that suit Table 11: Slam Bonus ~ Quick
Tip ~ Slam Bonus You receive 500 bonus points for scoring a small slam, and
1000 for a grand slam. If you are vulnerable you receive 750 points for a small
slam ...
Much more common is a bid of six, a try for a small slam. As you would expect,
when this succeeds it is worth a small bonus — smaller than the grand slam
bonus, but well worth having. Here again there are some vital numbers: 33 points
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2 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SMALL SLAM»
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How 'Grand Slams' Conquered the Sports World
Then when bridge emerged in the 1880s, it borrowed the “grand slam” terminology, adding the “small slam” or “little slam” for winning 12 out of 13 tricks. «Wall Street Journal, Jun 15»
BIG DAY AND SMALL SLAM
Memory has whims of its own, and is all the while choosy. Or perhaps it has its own rationale which it refuses to disclose. Thus it happens that on a somewhat ... «Calcutta Telegraph, Feb 14»
