Bridge Game Onlineplay bridge online free
Board 1
Take a seat at the table
You are South, partnered with North. Bid, take the contract, and score the deal.
Space/Enter to deal · M mutes · H hints
Press Play to deal the cards.
What is bridge
The world's great partnership card game, free online
Bridge is a trick-taking game for four players in two partnerships. Each deal starts with an auction, where the players bid for a contract — a number of tricks and a trump suit — and continues with thirteen tricks of play, where the declarer controls both their own hand and the dummy. Make your contract and you score; miss it and the opponents do. Play bridge online free here, hand after hand, whenever you like.
- A full four-player table
- You sit South with a computer partner against two computer opponents. Every deal has a real auction, a dummy hand, and thirteen tricks — not a simplified version.
- Plays in your browser
- No download, no install, no plugins. bridgeonline.app deals a hand the moment you press Play, on desktop and mobile.
- Hints and clear scoring
- Ask for a hint on any bid or card, then see exactly how each deal was scored: contract points, game and slam bonuses, overtricks, and penalties.
- Progress saved locally
- Deals won, total score, best deal, contracts made, and win streak are stored on your device — never on a server.
How to play
How to play bridge
Bridge is a game of two halves: an auction to choose the contract, then thirteen tricks to fulfil it. Read your hand, bid with your partner, and play the cards.
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Sit down and read your hand
Four players sit at a table: you (South) and North are partners against East and West. Each player is dealt 13 cards. Count high-card points — Ace 4, King 3, Queen 2, Jack 1 — and note how many cards you hold in each suit. Points and shape decide your bidding.
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Bid in the auction
Starting with the dealer and moving clockwise, each player calls: a bid (a level from 1 to 7 plus a suit or No Trump), Pass, Double, or Redouble. Each bid must outrank the last. A level-4 bid in hearts is a promise that your side will win ten of the thirteen tricks (the level plus six) with hearts as trumps.
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Play the hand
When three players pass in a row after a bid, the last bid becomes the contract. The declarer is the first player of the winning side to name that suit. The player to the declarer’s left leads; then the declarer’s partner, the dummy, lays their hand face up and the declarer plays both hands. Follow suit if you can, and the highest trump — or the highest card of the suit led — wins each trick.
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Score the deal
Count the tricks. If the declaring side takes at least the level plus six, it scores contract points plus any game, slam, and overtrick bonuses. If not, the defenders score penalty points for every trick short. Then the next deal starts, with a new dealer and possibly a new vulnerability.
Tips to bid and play better
- Count high-card points and shape before every call. Points tell you how strong the hand is; length tells you where it wants to play.
- Look for an eight-card fit in a major first. A major-suit game needs about 25 combined points; a minor needs closer to 28, so 3NT is often easier.
- Do not bid a suit you cannot back up. A steady, honest bid helps your partner far more than a hopeful one.
- Before playing to the first trick as declarer, count your sure tricks and your losers, and make a plan for the rest.
- Draw the opponents’ trumps early when you have the length, unless you need trumps to ruff your own losers.
- On defence, lead the top of a solid sequence, or fourth-highest from your longest suit against No Trump.
- Watch the discards. The cards players throw away show which suits they hold and which they are giving up.
- Use the hint button to study a spot rather than skip it: ask for a hint, then work out why that call or card is sensible.
FAQ
Bridge, answered
Straight answers about this free bridge game: bidding, scoring, the computer players, and playing on your phone.
What is bridge?
Bridge is a trick-taking card game for four players in two partnerships, played with a standard 52-card deck. Each deal has two phases: an auction, where the players bid to name a trump suit and the number of tricks they expect to win, and the play, where thirteen tricks are contested. The partnership that fulfils its contract scores points; the other side scores when a contract fails.
Is bridge online free to play here?
Yes. bridgeonline.app is completely free and runs entirely in your browser. There is nothing to buy, download, or install, and there are no video ads, premium tiers, or paywalls. Press Play and a hand is dealt.
Who do I play against?
You sit South and play with a computer partner (North) against two computer opponents (East and West). All three are built into the page and run on your device, so there is nothing to wait for and no need to find three other people.
How do you play bridge?
Each player gets 13 cards. Starting with the dealer, players bid clockwise until three passes follow a bid. The last bid is the contract: its level plus six is the number of tricks the declaring side must win, in the named trump suit or in No Trump. The player left of the declarer leads, the declarer’s partner puts their hand down as the dummy, and the declarer plays both hands. Follow suit when you can; the highest trump, or the highest card of the suit led, wins the trick. Then the deal is scored.
How does bridge scoring work?
This game uses duplicate-style scoring for every deal. A made contract scores contract points (20 per trick in clubs or diamonds, 30 in hearts or spades, 40 then 30 in No Trump) plus a bonus: 50 for a part-score, 300 or 500 (vulnerable) for a game, and slam bonuses for six or seven. Overtricks add points. A failed contract gives the opponents 50 or 100 (vulnerable) per undertrick, more if doubled.
What is vulnerability?
Vulnerability makes bonuses and penalties larger for a side. It rotates through the 16 standard boards: none, North–South, East–West, then both. A vulnerable game is worth 500 instead of 300, and vulnerable undertricks cost 100 each instead of 50. Your side’s status is shown in the header of the table on every deal.
What is the dummy?
The dummy is the declarer’s partner. After the opening lead, the dummy’s hand is laid face up so everyone can see it, and the declarer chooses which dummy card to play at each turn. The dummy does not decide anything. When you are the declarer, you play North’s cards from the top row of the table as well as your own.
What do Double and Redouble do?
A double, made only on an opponent’s bid, increases the points for making the contract and the penalties for failing it. A redouble, made only by the doubled side, doubles them again. Use a double when you believe the opponents’ contract will fail. Doubling a contract that makes gives the declarer a bonus.
How does the computer bid?
The computer players use a natural bidding style: about 12 points to open, five-card majors, 1NT for a balanced 15–17, weak twos and higher pre-empts, simple overcalls, and takeout doubles. They use no artificial conventions, so a call means roughly what it says, which makes their bids straightforward to read as a learner.
Can I get a hint?
Yes. Press the lightbulb or H when it is your turn. During the auction a hint suggests a call, and during play it highlights a suggested card. Hints follow the same bidding and play logic as the computer players, so they are a sensible baseline rather than a perfect answer.
How do I get better at bridge?
Learn to count points and shape, then practise the auction: open with the right strength, look for a major-suit fit, and stop at the right level. In the play, count your winners and losers before you start as declarer, and think about which suit to lead on defence. The tips page walks through each habit.
Does the game save my progress?
Deals played, deals won, your total and best score, contracts you made as declarer, slams, and your win streak are saved locally in your browser. Nothing is sent to a server and there is no account. A hand in progress is not saved if you close the tab.
Can I play bridge on my phone?
Yes. The table is designed for touch. Your hand fans across the bottom of the screen, the bidding box is a compact grid above it, and cards use tap-to-lift then tap-to-play so you cannot play the wrong card by accident. It fits a portrait screen without pinch-zooming.