HESI READING A2 GAME OF BRIDGE
2025/2026
HESI READING A2 GAME OF BRIDGE
2025/2026
Game of Bridge
The ebb and flow of laughter and silence fills the room as four old friends gather to
engage in a round of Bridge playing. For the beginner, Bridge can be complicated, but
with time, effort, and a good teacher, even the novice can become proficient. Composed
of two main parts, bidding and playing, Bridge requires the player’s undivided attention.
The dealer deals the entire deck of playing cards evenly between the for players, with
each person receiving thirteen cards. In the bidding portion of the game, the four suits of
cards in the deck are ranked highest to lowest as follows: spades, hearts, diamonds,
and finally clubs. However, during play all the suits of cards are considered equals, and
they go from highest to lowest from the ace being high to the two card being low. The
highest number of tricks wins. A trick is one card played by each player for a total of
four. After the lead player lays down his/her card, the other players follow suit, if
possible. The highest card within the four “same suit” cards played wins the trick and
picks up all four cards. If a player cannot follow suit, he/she plays any card, but to make
the game more interesting and challenging, one suit is named a trump suit which means
that if a player plays a card from the trump suit, it always wins the trick. If two cards from
the trump suit are played, the highest card within the trump suit wins the trick. Obviously
the team with the most tricks wins the hand.
Set 3
Aa
1. The author wants the reader to feel (Gob)
Confident and excited about learning the game of bridge
2025/2026
HESI READING A2 GAME OF BRIDGE
2025/2026
Game of Bridge
The ebb and flow of laughter and silence fills the room as four old friends gather to
engage in a round of Bridge playing. For the beginner, Bridge can be complicated, but
with time, effort, and a good teacher, even the novice can become proficient. Composed
of two main parts, bidding and playing, Bridge requires the player’s undivided attention.
The dealer deals the entire deck of playing cards evenly between the for players, with
each person receiving thirteen cards. In the bidding portion of the game, the four suits of
cards in the deck are ranked highest to lowest as follows: spades, hearts, diamonds,
and finally clubs. However, during play all the suits of cards are considered equals, and
they go from highest to lowest from the ace being high to the two card being low. The
highest number of tricks wins. A trick is one card played by each player for a total of
four. After the lead player lays down his/her card, the other players follow suit, if
possible. The highest card within the four “same suit” cards played wins the trick and
picks up all four cards. If a player cannot follow suit, he/she plays any card, but to make
the game more interesting and challenging, one suit is named a trump suit which means
that if a player plays a card from the trump suit, it always wins the trick. If two cards from
the trump suit are played, the highest card within the trump suit wins the trick. Obviously
the team with the most tricks wins the hand.
Set 3
Aa
1. The author wants the reader to feel (Gob)
Confident and excited about learning the game of bridge
