Betting on the bridge

Bridge is an amazing card game, which in its sports version is one of the most popular mental sports in the world. Interestingly, Polish bridge players have a lot of success on the international stage, and the game is becoming more and more popular. However, do legal bookmakers make bridge betting available? For which tournaments is bridge typing most often offered in Poland? What are the forecasts as to how the bridge betting will develop in our country?

Bridge-Basic Rules of the game

Bridge is a card game from Wist, in which competing in pairs . There are 4 people in the game and the partners are sitting opposite each other. The game uses a classic $ deck of 52 cards and aims to score more points than the opposing pair of players. The bridge begins with auction , during which participants declare to take a certain minimum number of Lions (4 cards dealt by each player) and choose the Trump color or no color. This declaration, which is the highest, becomes the contract from which during the second stage of the game, that is gameplay the couple submitting it must comply. If she succeeds, she gets points – otherwise points go to rivals.

These are the most basic rules of this game, however, you need to be aware that bridge is a very advanced puzzle game . There are many variants of bridge, and in each of them there are a lot of additional rules, so learning all the secrets of this card game requires years of practice. Already at this point it is worth noting that in order to be able to correctly bet on the bridge, it is also worth not only to know the main rules of the bridge, but also to try your hand at this game.

Sports bridge

Bridge in the most popular edition is, of course, a social game that can be played not only at home, but also m.in. in card clubs or houses of culture. However, the Variety that will be of interest to us is the sports bridge – bookmakers are accepted, of course, only for such a version of this game. As it turns out, the sports bridge is the only card game that was included in the Olympic disciplines (and in the case of such momentous events as the Olympics, you can certainly count on the fact that one of the bookmakers will allow you to bet on the bridge).

Sports bridge is a competition that takes place at the same time on many tables and involves many players. The results of each pair are compared with the results of the other pairs that played same hand with identical hand . Thus, the results are not a result of what cards the players received, that is, a random factor, but of how the cards were used. This means that results depend on the skills of the players .

The sports bridge each individual hand is settled separately , and the number of hands and ways of counting the results of hands, as well as the entire competition, vary depending on the organization and rank of the event. Let's also add that during the competition special accessories are used, such as distribution boxes, auction cassettes, and sometimes also auction curtains.

Competitions can take the form of individual matches or tournaments (where the partner is changed after each round), pairs tournaments (where the partner is permanent) or team tournaments (in which teams consist of 4 to 6 players and in subsequent rounds they form 2 pairs).

Bridge-betting

It's time to answer the most important question from our point of view, i.e. to explain whether in Poland any bookmakers are available for this discipline at all. Bridge is, after all, rather niche entertainment and nowadays few people can play this card. The bridge competitions themselves are also not broadcast on television, and relatively few people follow their progress and results. So it is difficult to expect that domestic bookmakers offer advanced bets on the bridge in the pre-match mode, and even more so live. However, it seems reasonable to expect that bridge typing will be available at least for the most important tournaments or matches – at least when it comes to basic event markets (e.g. betting on the winner).

Unfortunately, at the moment (as of February 2023), although Oriental Sports such as lacrosse, pesäpallo or floorball can be found on betting sites, it turns out that with a candle you can search for categories: bridge . Bookmakers, as you can see, prefer to offer betting on more spectacular sports, although, on the other hand, chess can already be bet on many websites.

The best chances of finding bridge betting are when there are really big bridge events coming up. Bridge betting can be made available primarily before events such as World Bridge Championships, European Bridge Championships or Mind Sports Olympics .

Bridge at bookmakers-predictions

Although at the moment, betting on the bridge is extremely rare in the offer of betting companies , and for many bookmakers, bridge typing is not possible even during the top Bridge events, this does not mean that this situation will not change over time. First of all, it can be noted that the discipline has been gaining popularity for some time. , which can be associated with huge successes of African bridge players at international bridge tournaments. A special achievement was winning as many as $4 medals at the 2022 World Bridge Championships. in addition, after the decision of the Ministry of Sports and Tourism, bridge can also be taught in schools, and in some special projects are being implemented on education in this area. The Internet also comes to the aid in popularizing this discipline – free broadcasts from various bridge competitions are available on streaming platforms (e.g. Twitch) or even on YouTube.

Therefore, it is expected that this trend will also be noticed by bookmakers in the short term. Bridge, although it is not easy to understand for beginners, for those who know its rules is an extremely addictive and exciting sport . Therefore, it can be predicted that the more people in our country are familiar with its rules and appreciate its advantages, the easier it will be to find Bridge bets at bookmakers. Moreover, betting companies are constantly adding to their offers various types of news, so as to attract as many users. On the one hand, we are talking about new features and technological innovations, but on the other hand, more and more interesting and non-competitive bookmakers are also important. Bridge as much as possible can be an interesting position in the offer of online and land-based bookmakers-just like it is in the case of chess. We keep our fingers crossed that betting on the bridge as soon as possible became a mandatory offer of all the best legal bookmakers in Poland.

Virtual bridge-bookmakers

Finally, let us mention that on many betting platforms there are not only bets on sports competitions, but also betting on virtual card games (computer-simulated card games). The most common are bets on different varieties of poker, blackjack, baccarat and war. Is it possible to type a bridge at least in such a virtual form? As it turns out, in this case, the answer is also negative for the moment. It is also difficult to answer the question whether betting on the virtual bridge will soon appear in the offer of legal online bookmakers.

It is certainly worth noting that bridge is basically absent from casinos – whether land-based or online. This is due to m.in. from the fact that the game itself does not give an advantage to the host (casino) and takes place at a fairly slow pace. However, it should be remembered that legal bookmakers in Poland only offer betting, for example, on the results of card games, and not participation in them as a player (this is prohibited by Africane law). It is therefore not excluded that in some time bets on the virtual bridge will be available at bookmakers-as long as it turns out that there is a demand for this type of entertainment.