var BridgeTip = new Array();

BridgeTip[0] = "In a competitive auction, the 5–level normally belongs to the opponents. Pass or double. Only consider bidding on if you’re in a team game."

BridgeTip[1] = "Once you know what the right contract is, bid it."

BridgeTip[2] = "Don’t be afraid to respond with a weak 4–card major suit at the one level."

BridgeTip[3] = "Only rebid a 5–card suit as an absolute last resort. This especially applies to minor suits."

BridgeTip[4] = "When you have a choice of trump suits, prefer to play in the trump suit of the weaker hand and have the stronger hand as dummy. The stronger hand will be more useful as a source of tricks in side suits."

BridgeTip[5] = "Bid aggressively when your honour cards are in your long suits (or in partner’s long suits). Otherwise, bid more conservatively."

BridgeTip[6] = "Don’t let the opponents play at the two level when their suit has been bid and raised."

BridgeTip[7] = "Don’t sacrifice with a flat hand."

BridgeTip[8] = "If partner has overcalled, the opponents end up playing the hand, and you are on lead, always lead partner’s suit (unless you’re void). It may be wrong on that particular hand, but you’ll have a happy partner for the rest of the game."

BridgeTip[9] = "Never lead an ace against a suit contract (on the opening lead) unless you also have the king or your partner has bid the suit."

BridgeTip[10] = "Never lead away from an ace against a suit contract (on the opening lead)."

BridgeTip[11] = "Do not lead a singleton trump."

BridgeTip[12] = "When the opponents have sacrificed, lead trump."

BridgeTip[13] = "When dummy is short in a suit and it looks like declarer will try to ruff losers in that suit, lead trump."

BridgeTip[14] = "When you have a major suit fit and 3NT is also a possibility, play in the major suit game with 25–28 combined points, but play 3NT with 29–31."

BridgeTip[15] = "Always play in a 4–4 fit even if you know a 5–3 or 5–4 fit is also available."

BridgeTip[16] = "Bid more aggressively when you and your partner have a fit in two suits."

BridgeTip[17] = "Don’t try a minor suit game unless you have at least 29 combined points. With 24–28 combined points, bid 3NT."

BridgeTip[18] = "If 5 cards are missing in a suit, the most common break is 3–2. With 6 missing, the most common break is 4–2."

BridgeTip[19] = "If you preempt, your partner decides whether to sacrifice."

BridgeTip[20] = "With a new partner, agree on general principles rather than discussing specific bids."

BridgeTip[21] = "When partner opens the bidding, and you have two sure tricks outside of partner’s suit, double any game contract the opponents bid."

BridgeTip[22] = "Don’t expect to defeat every contract you double. If you do, you aren’t doubling often enough."

BridgeTip[23] = "Don’t expect to make every slam you bid. If you do, you aren’t bidding enough slams."

BridgeTip[24] = "Partner never has the hand that makes your overbidding look good."

BridgeTip[25] = "Don’t bid unless you have something more to describe about your hand."

BridgeTip[26] = "Always consider what partner has not bid."

BridgeTip[27] = "You can lie a bit about your point count, but never lie about your distribution."

BridgeTip[28] = "Downgrade queens and jacks in suits bid by the opponents."

BridgeTip[29] = "Downgrade honour cards in suits bid on your left."

BridgeTip[30] = "Bid aggressively with length in a suit bid on your right. Bid conservatively with length in a suit bid on your left."

BridgeTip[31] = "Consider doubling artificial bids (transfers, Blackwood responses, etc.) to tell partner to lead that suit."

BridgeTip[32] = "High card points are a good way to evaluate balanced hands. With distributional hands, think in terms of how many tricks you can take."

BridgeTip[33] = "In competitive auctions, high card points become less important. Bid aggressively with a fit for partner and shortage in any suit bid by the opponents, regardless of your point count."

BridgeTip[34] = "Don’t try to rescue your partner when he rebids a suit and you’re void with a bad hand. Just pass. Without squirming."

BridgeTip[35] = "Never preempt with two aces or one ace and two kings. This applies to weak two’s, as well as 3–level preempts."

BridgeTip[36] = "When responding to Blackwood, never count a void as an ace (or a singleton as a king)."

BridgeTip[37] = "Do not use Blackwood with two or more losers in an unbid suit."

BridgeTip[38] = "Do not use Blackwood if you have a void."

BridgeTip[39] = "When using Blackwood, don’t ask for kings unless you have all four aces."

BridgeTip[40] = "When responding to partner’s takeout double, jump with 9–11 points. Bid game immediately with 12 or more. A non–jump bid shows 0–8 points."

BridgeTip[41] = "When responding to partner’s takeout double, do not count points for the queen or jack in the opener’s suit."

BridgeTip[42] = "When overcalling at the two level, you should have an ace or king outside your suit."

BridgeTip[43] = "You need 25–26 points to bid 4 hearts or 4 spades. You need the same number of points to bid 4 clubs or 4 diamonds. After all, you have to take the same number of tricks."

BridgeTip[44] = "After a two level response, a new suit by opener is forcing for one round."

BridgeTip[45] = "After a two level response, a new suit by opener at the three level is forcing to game."

BridgeTip[46] = "Before making the opening lead or playing to the first trick, review all the bidding (silently) to determine what you know about your opponents’ hands and your partner’s hand."

BridgeTip[47] = "Put your short suits in the middle of your hand."

BridgeTip[48] = "When defending, avoid leading new suits unless it’s absolutely necessary or you have no other choice. Let declarer figure out where the cards are."

BridgeTip[49] = "You can’t defend properly unless you remember the bidding and watch all the cards (especially the small ones)."

BridgeTip[50] = "On defence in a matchpoint game, where the opponents have bid normally, your primary goal is to prevent overtricks. Don’t take risks on defence."

BridgeTip[51] = "On defence in a matchpoint game, where the opponents have preempted or sacrificed, your goal is to take as many tricks as possible. Take reasonable chances on defence."

BridgeTip[52] = "Hardly anyone discards from a suit holding the queen. If you need to guess who has a queen, and one opponent discards in that suit, assume the other opponent has it."

BridgeTip[53] = "Lead trump when the opponents are playing in opener’s second bid suit."

BridgeTip[54] = "When your partner has preempted and the opponents end up playing the hand, be thankful if partner can take one trick."

BridgeTip[55] = "Once your bidding has shown the strength and distribution of your hand, your partner is in charge of the auction. Usually, your partner will have the weaker hand."

BridgeTip[56] = "Players who count points and don’t take note of distribution are a menace."

BridgeTip[57] = "According to a local paper, there are only five real authorities on bridge in this country. Odd how often one gets one of them as a partner."

BridgeTip[58] = "When you sense a misfit, stop bidding immediately. Do not bid no trump as a rescue attempt."

BridgeTip[59] = "A husband should never try to teach his wife to play golf or drive a car. A wife should never try to teach her husband to play bridge."

BridgeTip[60] = "The road to hell is paved with good conventions."

BridgeTip[61] = "The real test of a bridge player isn’t in keeping out of trouble, but in escaping once he’s in it."

BridgeTip[62] = "The only advantage to bad bidding is learning to play atrocious contracts."

BridgeTip[63] = "The point count generally underrates aces and kings, and overrates queens and jacks."

BridgeTip[64] = "When there are tricks you know you have to lose, it’s usually best to lose them early."

BridgeTip[65] = "It’s not the handling of the difficult hands that makes the winning bridge player. It’s the ability to avoid messing up the easy ones."

BridgeTip[66] = "You will have a six card suit about 17% of the time."

BridgeTip[67] = "You will have a seven card suit about 3.5% of the time."

BridgeTip[68] = "While playing 300,000 hands, expect to see an eleven card suit once. That’s over 820 hands per day over one year."

BridgeTip[69] = "To see a thirteen card suit once, you’d have to play about six billion hands. That’s 250,000,000 sessions of 24 boards each. That’s about 875,000,000 hours of bridge. If you do absolutely nothing but play bridge non–stop for eighty years, you won’t even get 10% of the way there. The moral is: your bidding system doesn’t have to handle thirteen card suits."

BridgeTip[70] = "When you can finesse either opponent for a queen, finesse the opponent you don’t like. It’s more fun when it works."

BridgeTip[71] = "When playing a hand, try to discard the side suit that you want the opponents to lead."

BridgeTip[72] = "Always try to play cards you are known to hold as quickly as possible."

BridgeTip[73] = "Generally avoid ruffing in the hand with long trumps. It rarely gains anything."

BridgeTip[74] = "When declarer will run a long suit and you will have to make discards, plan them in advance. Don’t hesitate while discarding; it gives your hand away."

BridgeTip[75] = "When a player who preempted at the three level leads another suit, assume it’s a singleton."

BridgeTip[76] = "Don’t put your hand anywhere near the bidding box until you know what you will bid."

BridgeTip[77] = "Once you take a bid from the bidding box, look at it before you put it on the table. You are allowed to correct it if you have pulled out the wrong card."

BridgeTip[78] = "Defend passively if side suit tricks cannot get away; defend aggressively if they can."

BridgeTip[79] = "With two five–card suits, open in the higher-ranking suit first."

BridgeTip[80] = "Supporting your partner’s first bid major suit requires three or more cards in the suit; supporting any second bid suit requires four or more cards in the suit."

BridgeTip[81] = "When taking or establishing tricks in unequally divided suits with equal honor cards, start by playing the high card from the short side (e.g. with K x opposite A Q x x, start with the king)."

function TipShow() {

	var i = Math.floor(Math.random()*BridgeTip.length);

	TipText = BridgeTip[i];

	document.getElementById("TipType").innerHTML = TipText;

	BridgeTip.splice(i,1);

	if(BridgeTip.length == 0) {
		TipText = "Sorry; you’ve seen them all.";
		document.getElementById("TipType").innerHTML = TipText;
		return;
	}

}