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.
Written for complete beginners, this book is based on material that Barbara Seagram uses in her own classes to introduce hundreds of new players to the game every year.
You can step up to the table with confidence after mastering the many concepts and strategies in this fascinating book: Bidding Basics and Basic Gameplay Playing as the Declarer and the Dummy Scoring: Contract/Overtrick Points Slam, Doubled ...
After selling more than five hundred of these books, Linda decided she was working too hard and could reach more bridge players if she published her book.
Winner of the American Bridge Teachers' Association Book of the Year award in its original self-published edition, this book takes an entirely new approach to teaching bridge.
From teaching the rank of the suits to a sensible glossary of terms, here is a bridge book for beginners that is complete yet streamlined, solid but thoroughly understandable.Suitable for self teaching or for classroom use.
Even if you have played bridge before, this book still has much to offer you. Author Eddie Kantar condenses his fifty years of experience with the game into tips and hints that can make you a better player.
Each of the players must follow suit, meaning that they must play a card in the suit that's led if they have one. ... A trick! Whoever has played the highest heart takes the trick. One trick down and only 12 to go — you're on a roll!
96pp . 9 % x 12 % . 29265-7 MAKING FURNITURE MASTERPIECES : 30 Projects with Measured Drawings , Franklin H. Gottshall . Step - by - step instructions , illustrations for constructing handsome , useful pieces , among them a Sheraton ...
"Thinking about learning bridge but don't know the basics? Want to be able to play a social game? Collings need to know? Bridge starts from scratch to teach you how to play and enjoy the ever popular game of bridge."--Back cover.
Beginning Bridge Using 2 Over 1