Rules for Opener (the first player to make a bid other than Pass). Your first bid: Always open the bidding at the 1-level if you have at least 13 points You may open a hand of 11 or 12 points if you have a long suit, distributional strength and/or good quick tricks. Standard American Yellow Card (SAYC) Download a PDF of the card as well as full instructions for using this popular convention card in single-page format or paginated format. A Spanish version of the instructions is available at Bridgear.com.
The ACBL has all of the supplies you need to play competitively or at home. Go to Shop Bridge.
Playing CardsSelect from many great card designs, including our popular ACBL logo cards. Shop Bridge offers ensembles, two-deck sets, regular- and jumbo-face cards and more.
Convention Cards ACBL Convention CardYou can print a blank card. You may also save the file to your computer and edit it for your personal use.
Get helpful instructions for filling out your card.
ACBL “Fat Free” Convention CarDownload a completed card with a basic system for you.
Basic 2 over 1 Convention CardFrom Larry Cohen’s Conventional Wisdom Lite series featured in the ACBL Bridge Bulletin.
Download the completed card. To view the Conventional Wisdom Lite series, click here.
Standard American Yellow Card (SAYC)Download this as well as full instructions for using this popular convention card.
Conventional WisdomHow to fill out the convention card line by line with advice from ACBL editors. Click here.
Commonly Used ConventionsExplanations of how to play commonly used conventions from the Bridge Bulletin’s Bidding Toolkit series. A new convention is added each month
Convention Card Editors Other Convention Card Editors (none of these are supported by ACBL) How to Keep ScoreACBL Duplicate Instant Scorer and scoring for duplicate, teams and rubber bridge.
Home-Style Supplies Standard Bidding At Bridge With Sayc Pdf To Excel DownloadBaron Barclay, a website where you can get the supplies you need to score and list results for your home rubber bridge games.