Editing Major suit

{{Short description|Spades and hearts in contract bridge}}
In the card game [[contract bridge]], the '''major suits''' are [[Spades (suit)|spades]] ({{Spades}}) and [[Hearts (suit)|hearts]] ({{Hearts}}).<ref>{{OEB|6|277}}</ref>  The major suits are of prime importance for tactics and [[Bridge scoring|scoring]] as they outrank the [[minor suit]]s while bidding and also outscore them (30 per contracted trick for major suits—compared to 20 for minor suits).  Much of the tactics of bidding in bridge revolves around the attempt by partners to find a "fit" in one of the major suits that will allow them to make a game contract. Another reason why the major suits is more desirable than the minor suits is that they need one less trick to make game. Of the two major suits, spades rank higher than hearts.

==Suit combinations==
Fundamentally, there are three ways to divide four suits into pairs: by ''color'', by ''rank'' and by ''shape'' resulting in six possible suit combinations.
* Color is used to denote the ''red'' suits (hearts and diamonds) and the ''black'' suits (spades and clubs).
* Rank is used to indicate the ''major'' (spades and hearts) versus ''[[Minor suit|minor]]'' (diamonds and clubs) suits.
* Shape is used to denote the ''pointed'' (diamonds and spades, which visually have a sharp point uppermost) versus ''rounded'' (hearts and clubs) suits. This is used only as a [[mnemonic]].

==See also==
*[[Standard 52-card deck]]
* [[Minor suit]]
* [[Two suiter]]

==References==
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