Card rules · 2026-11-03
Call Bridge: Nobody Can Finish Your Call for You
This is an individual game, not a fixed-partnership contract. If you call four and take three, another player's extra trick does not fill your shortage.

This is an individual game, not a fixed-partnership contract. If you call four and take three, another player's extra trick does not fill your shortage.
Keep your own requirement and the public opponents' calls in mind. An apparently friendly lead does not establish a partner whose captures belong to you. Plan around legal access to the lead and the winners actually in your hand; the score is attached to your personal result.