Talk:Rubber bridge

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This statement is in the opening paragraph. As in other card games, the outcome of rubber bridge depends heavily on luck, but skills of the players are important .. Does any experienced contract bridge player accept this? It sounds like beginning players could sit as partners against Life Masters and win perhaps 40 % of the time. In 4 hours play, though I've never played with Life Masters, it would be shocking if beginning players ever won. Rubber bridge seems to me be something like 90% skill. For a single hand luck matters a great deal. For a session of say an hour, luck can matter. Over a period of say, 4 hours, luck matters very little. What do other people who play bridge say? 65.147.85.37

Isn't it the case with all other (card) games? Games in general are seldom guided purely by chance—even a tiny difference in skill will ultimately make a difference in score in the long run. Duja 09:10, 25 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Consecutive Contracts?

I find the following language confusing:

A game is achievement of 100 or more points for making one or several consecutive contracts

The consecutive is the part I have a problem with. Consider the following scenario:

• I bid and make the contract of 3 clubs (60 pts below the line)
• I bid 4 hearts and fall short 1 trick
• my opponents bid and make 2 spades (60 pts)
• I bid and make 3 diamonds (60 pts below the line).

I believe that with the last trick my side closes out the game but the consecutive language in the article makes it sound as if the intervening contracts prevent me from finishing the game due to the fact that the first and second contracts that I make are not consecutive. Funkyj 01:53, 24 July 2006 (UTC)

Fixed. Duja 07:58, 24 July 2006 (UTC)