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In [[contract bridge]], a '''two suiter''' is a hand containing cards mostly from two of the four suits. Normally a hand is considered a two suiter if it contains at least ten cards in two suits, with the shorter suit of the two being at least four or five cards long (depending on partnership agreement or some different classification schemes). The six possible combinations are given the names "[[major suit]]s" (spades and hearts), "[[minor suit]]s" (diamonds and clubs), "[[black suit]]s" (spades and clubs), "[[red suit]]s" (hearts and diamonds), "[[pointed suit]]s" (spades and diamonds), and "[[rounded suit]]s" (hearts and clubs).
In [[contract bridge]], a '''two suiter''' is a hand containing cards mostly from two of the four suits. Normally a hand is considered a two suiter if it contains at least ten cards in two suits, with the shorter suit of the two being at least four or five cards long (depending on partnership agreement or some different classification schemes). The six possible combinations are given the names "[[major suit]]s" (spades and hearts), "[[minor suit]]s" (diamonds and clubs), "[[black suit]]s" (spades and clubs), "[[red suit]]s" (hearts and diamonds), "[[pointed suit]]s" (spades and diamonds), and "[[rounded suit]]s" (hearts and clubs).

== See also ==
* [[Spades]]
* [[Clubs]]
* [[Hearts]]
* [[Diamonds]]


[[Category:Anglo-American playing card games]]
[[Category:Anglo-American playing card games]]

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In contract bridge, a two suiter is a hand containing cards mostly from two of the four suits. Normally a hand is considered a two suiter if it contains at least ten cards in two suits, with the shorter suit of the two being at least four or five cards long (depending on partnership agreement or some different classification schemes). The six possible combinations are given the names "major suits" (spades and hearts), "minor suits" (diamonds and clubs), "black suits" (spades and clubs), "red suits" (hearts and diamonds), "pointed suits" (spades and diamonds), and "rounded suits" (hearts and clubs).

See also