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| | Bridge convention - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | In the game of contract bridge, a convention is an agreed-upon meaning for a call (a bid, double or redouble, or a pass) during the auction phase of the hand. |
 | | A natural convention, for example, is the one notrump opening (showing a balanced hand and 10-13, 11-14, 12-14, 15-17, 15-18 or 16-18 high card points, depending on the partnership and perhaps other factors). |
 | | An example of an artificial convention is the Stayman convention, in which the responder's 2♣ response to a 1 NT opening says nothing about the clubs in responder's hand. |
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