The bridge game uses the 4 suits which all have different ranking strengths when trumps are nominated or bid, in a 52 card deck of playing cards. The lowest trump suit is Clubs and a bid at the same level in one of the other suits will outrank clubs. The two bridge teams of two playing partners each control the bidding. With Clubs being the lowest, the other suits bid upwards are Diamonds, Hearts and Spades in that order. The scoring reflects the suit strength with the major suit tricks being more valuable than the minor suit ones. The major suits are Hearts and Spades with the minor suits represented by Clubs and Diamonds.
When no suit can be agreed or declared the players may opt to bid and play the hand in No-Trumps and this confers equality again to all the suits. No-Trump play is more difficult as you need to protect your honor cards (court cards) in each of the 4 suits. In No-Trumps you also lose out on the ability to ‘ruff’ out high value opponent cards with a ‘trump’ when you are void in the particular suit. You must have control of all 4 suits to be successful.
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