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Week 0170 : 25th September 2023

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LINE

1. The horizontal line dividing a rubber bridge score sheet, hence the expressions ‘above the line’ relating to penalties, overtricks and bonuses, and ‘below the line’ for tricks bid and made.

2. The sequence of play that declarer takes (as in ‘the best line of play’).


3. When (typically) players bid four-card suits in ascending order, they are bidding ‘up the line’.

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