A The Contract Bridge Game

The game of Contract Bridge is played with a standard 52-card deck (4 suits,,, and, with 13 cards in each suit) and 4 players (North, East, South, West). North-South and East-West are two competitive teams. Each player is dealt with 13 cards. There are two phases during the game, namely bidding and playing. After the game, scoring is done based on the won tricks in the playing phase and whether it matches with the contract made in the bidding phase. An example of contract bridge bidding and playing in shown in Figure 1.