From the table
Strategy, tournament stories, and family game nights — articles from the rookgame.com archive, going back to 2010.
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Bidding Your Opponent Up in Set Partner Rook
I was recently asked if it was smart to bid up your opponent in a 4 player, set partner, rook game when your partner has passed and you clearly do not have a good enough hand to bid on. Notice, if your partner has already passed and you are the last one from your team…
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Aggressive Bidding Scenario
Here’s a real game scenario. We were playing set partner rook the other day as we usually do and my partner and I found ourselves relatively close in score with our competition at 240 pts to 210 pts in the middle of a heated rook game to 500. During this next had, the bidding was…
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Bidding Strategies
It is wise to remember that the more information you have from your partner, the more you can expect help or not having any help at all. For example, if you are the first person to bid, you can often give your partner a bit of information about the strength of your hand by your…