![The bidding system [Desiderius part 4]](https://i0.wp.com/www.felienne.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/800px-Holbein-erasmus1.jpg?fit=600%2C849&ssl=1 "The bidding system [Desiderius part 4]")
As explained in my first bridge related post, before a round of bridge, firstly, the players bid to determine how many ticks they will make with what trump. Bridge players can define their own rules for how to bid, and as part of my effort to make a bridge bot, I want to design a little […]
Bidding no trump [Desiderius part 3]
No clue what this is about? Read the previous posts on my Bridge bot Desiderius first. Bidding without a trump! Now that we have hands with cards, we can start defining bids. As explained, in bridge a bid is defined with two values: the number of tricks you think you can make. The lowest you can […]
Data Types for Desiderius – [part 2]
In case you missed it, I picked up my old hobby of playing bridge, but because I do not have any friends to play with, I am making a Bridge Bot. My ultimate goal is to participate in the World Championships of Computer Bridge. The basic data types I started by creating a few abstract […]
Getting a computer to play Bridge
When I was a teenager, my best friend Hugo invited me to join him on his family vacation with his parents. There was one condition though, I had to learn bridge so we could play every night. His parents tried to get his brother and sister to play, but they denied, so I had to […]
