MAT 310 - Bridge

Course Objectives

To teach fundamental concepts and rules of bridge.
To teach bridge techniques and strategies.
To teach mathematical essentials of bridge and related probability theories.
To teach team play and bridge ethics.

Course Description

Fundamental Concepts and Rules of Bridge, Hand Evaluation, Opening Bids and Their Responses, Basic Card Play and Defense, Card Combinations, Game Plan, Conventions, Scoring. Mathematical Essentials of Bridge, Combinatorics, Law of Vacant Places, Monty Hall Problem, Conditional Probability, Bayes Theorem, Law of Alternatives, Principle of Restricted Choice. Bridge Ethics.