Playing Beginning Bridge

Playing Beginning Bridge
ISBN-10
1514479915
ISBN-13
9781514479919
Category
Games & Activities
Pages
282
Language
English
Published
2016-05-05
Publisher
Xlibris Corporation
Author
Ken Casey

Description

The book is designed to give a comprehensive and systematic view of the rules of play for suit contracts. The various subjects contain rules for when and how to ruff, how to set up a long suit, when and how to finesse up to a lone honor, how to handle special combinations such as a split A-Q or K-Q, ways to set up a J or 10, when to play for the drop, how and when to get a count on the hand, the ruffing finesse, the backward finesse and choosing alternative finesses. Under each subject, there are numerous examples of how to handle each rule of play.

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