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• n  a version of contract bridge in which no suit is designated as trump for the duration of the hand

• In no-trump the first trick scores 40, all others 30.
• Instead of using the Blackwood four-no-trump bid to ask partner how many aces he has, the Gerber convention starts out with four clubs, with partner responding four diamonds for .
• For suit bids, Goren stuck pretty much to Culbertson's elaborate "honor trick" count, but for no-trump bidding he adopted Milton Work's method of evaluating a hand with a point .

News & Articles

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• Goren on Bridge
  After South's no-trump opening bid, North checked for a four-four spade fit via the Stayman Convention, then settled in three no trump when none was located. [...] there was no problem if diamonds broke three-two or, in the event of a four-one break, if West held the ace or length. If tricks are lost to the West hand, there is no immediate threat from that quarter since the jack-nine of hearts ...
  Oct. 4, 2013 - Albany Times Union