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BR 2.5 - Major and Minor Suits
From a scoring (and therefore winning-) point of view it is obviously better (if there is a choice) to play in a trump contract of Hearts or Spades where you receive 30 trick points per winning trick, than a trump contract in Diamonds or Clubs where you receive only 20 trick points per winning trick.
Hearts and Spades are therefore called the major suits
Diamonds and Clubs are called the minor suits
GAME contracts
When a contract scores 100 or more trick points it is called a Game contract.
When a Game contract is both bid in the auction (see Lesson 4 and onwards) and made during the play it is awarded (300 or more) extra bonus points, resulting in a higher total score.
The minimum number of tricks required for a Game score contract are :
