æz ɪn kˈɑːntɹækt bɹˈɪdʒ, ɪɾ ɪz ðˈɛn dᵻsˈaɪdᵻd wˌɪtʃ plˈeɪɚ bɪkˌʌmz dᵻklˈɛɹɚ, bˌʌt ɐ kˈiː ˌɪnəvˈeɪʃən ʌv mˈɪnɪbɹˌɪdʒ ɪz ðæt ðɪs dᵻsˈɪʒən ɪz tˈeɪkən ˌaʊɾəv ðə plˈeɪɚz hˈændz.
As in contract bridge, it is then decided which player becomes declarer, but a key innovation of Minibridge is that this decision is taken out of the players' hands.