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Valet - The fourth highest-ranking card (four Jacks are in the deck), occasionally referred to as the Knave. See  Example and Card Names
 

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Vanderbilt Cup - The Vanderbilt Knockout Team Championship is contested annually at the Spring NABC. It ranks with the Spingold Trophy as the most highly prized trophy in the ACBL calendar. The Vanderbilt Cup was donated by Harold S. Vanderbilt, a member of the ACBL Bridge Hall of Fame, and individual replicas of the trophy are given to the winners of the team championship
 

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Variation Of Manner Or Tempo - The interval of time during bidding or play, as compared to other intervals by the same player.  Tempo should not be confused with hesitations; for instance, a player who normally bids or plays in 5-10 seconds but makes a bid or play after only 1 second has broken tempo.  Changes in tempo may be both fast or slow.

Accidentally received information - See Law 16
Action by partner - See Law 16
Inadvertent variation in manner or tempo - See Law 73
Intentional variation in manner or tempo - See Law 73

Bidding

Variable Notrump - An partnership agreement to play more than one bidding range to open 1 Notrump.  For instance, a pair may agree to open with a weak (10-12 HCP, 12-14 HCP, etc) 1 Notrump bid when Vulnerable and strong (15-17 HCP) when Vulnerable.  Some players employ variable Notrump range bids based on seat position at the table, such as opening a weaker 1 Notrump in first and third seat (for the preemptive effect).  Also called Chicken Notrump, Three Quarter Notrump, and Split Notrump
 

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Venice Cup - The Women's championship world team event.
 

Verify - To validate and reach an agreement of tricks won-lost or score for a deal, session, or match.
 

Versus Opening Preempt Doubles - See Conventions
 

Vice - A variation of the "squeeze without count" where the opponent's guard card is less apparent. See Example
 

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Victory Points - Victory points is the scoring method favored by many experts in contests where there are many teams and each team plays a relatively small number of deals against each of the other teams. When using victory point scoring, the IMP score on each board is calculated. The total IMP score on the boards of the match are then converted to victory points in accordance with a predetermined scale.  Victory Point scales vary from country to country; here are the two common scales used in North America for multi-Board per Match Swiss Team games. See Details
 

Play

Vienna Coup/Backwash Squeeze -  This variation of the squeeze play is based on a trump squeeze where both menace cards are in the same hand, with the opponent seated behind the menaces holding two guards leads a trump. Aptly named, the opponent is squeezed in the backwash since the declarer squeeze takes a ruff with the hand holding the menaces.  A variation is the Seres Squeeze, where one of the squeezed suits is trump.  See Example  Also see Coups, Crocodile Coup, Morton Fork Coup, and books on Coups and Squeezes
 

View - A perspective of the correct action based on prior actions, including the bidding, opening lead, and dummy cards.
 

Virtual Cuebid - Also known as an invisible cuebid, a bid in the opponent's implied, but not bid, suit.  See Details
 

Vise Squeeze - A variation of the "squeeze without count" where the opponent's guard card is less apparent.  See Example
 

Laws

Visibility Of Card -

Position of play - See Law 45

Simultaneous play of more than one card - See Law 58

Void - Describing a player's suit with zero cards held by a player.
 

Voidwood - See Conventions

VP - Abbreviation for Victory Points
 

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Vu-Graph - An overhead graphical representation of the player's cards and bids utilized by Bridge commentator's in popular tournaments.  The vugraph offers a method of presenting bridge play to an audience larger than can be accommodated around a bridge table. The audience watches the matches played simultaneously by the opposing teams. The presentation is complemented by commentary designed to make the audience both understand and enjoy the bidding and play of the experts competing in the event. Vugraphs now are available online as well.
 

General

Vulnerable - A Vulnerable condition may occur on one, both, or neither side of the table, depending on the circumstance.  In Rubber Bridge, the state where the side has won a singular game.  In Duplicate Bridge, the condition where the side is enjoys a higher game or slam score but incurs additional penalties. Sometimes referred to as the color "red".  Thus, "Red versus red" means both sides are Vulnerable. See Example
 

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Vulnerability By Board -

For those so inclined, here is a memory aid to determine who is vulnerable on a given board - notice how the acronym letters rotate left for each four board round (the left most letter rotates to the right):

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Vulnerable Conditions -