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Building on the success of 'Planning the Play of a Bridge Hand', this book gives the near-beginner a chance to practice the principles on which sound defensive play is based, from the opening lead onwards. This is not just a series of problem hands,...

In 1974, Eddie Kantar wrote Defensive Bridge Play Complete (Wilshire Books), a book which has only recently gone out-of-print, and is a consensus nominee as one of the ten top bridge books ever written. But the technical theory of the game has come a...

Master Cribbage and Impress Your Friends!Inside How to Play Cribbage, you'll discover everything you need to know to have fun with this fascinating game: Basic beginner strategies for quick success and more wins Tactics for making smart choices on the discard How to take...

What makes gin rummy winners win? Since the game first emerged in North America nearly a century ago, players have had to rely solely on experience, instinct, and trial and error to faintly grasp the principle behind winning. Avid card player and mathematical analyst...

The classic first book on declarer play at bridge, covering the topic with clarity, skill and humor. More than fifty years after its first publication, this book has been revised and updated to bring it into line with modern methods of play and bridge...

The classic first book on defensive cardplay at bridge, covering the topic with clarity, skill and humor. More than fifty years after its first publication, this book has been revised and updated to bring it into line with modern methods of play and bridge...

This book, starting from the basics, explains how to make a plan as a declarer. The reader learns how to recognise which technique to apply on a given deal, both in notrump contracts and suit contracts.Author: Barbara Seagram,David BirdPublisher: Master Point PressPublished: 06/01/2009Pages: 231Binding...

This is the 2nd in the American Contract Bridge League's series of bridge books for beginning and advancing players. Successfully used by students and teachers for over 20 years, this edition has been updated to reflect current standards for playing bridge. This book concentrates...

Lawrence Revere was widely acknowledged as the true "Master of Blackjack" and this book, PLAYING BLACKJACK AS A BUSINESS is one of the best selling books on the subject. He constantly utilized computer technology to make his system the most effective of them all....

Standard American Yellow Card or SAYC is described and explained in this book. This book aids anyone wanting to learn and understand SAYC, or anyone who simply knows the basics and is eager to fill in the missing pieces in their repertoire. It also...

Using the same format as The Pocket Guide to Bridge, this book will provide a handy pocket summary of the popular 2/1 bidding system. In a concise but readable manner, it goes over the basic ideas for Standard players who want to make the...

This new edition of The Pocket Guide to Conventions, a handy summary of its parent, has been updated in similar fashion, to reflect the changes in 25 Conventions You Should Know, Second Edition.Author: Seagram Barbara,Marc SmithPublisher: Master Point PressPublished: 09/01/2023Pages: 72Binding Type: SpiralWeight: 0.17lbsSize:...

This title provides a handy pocket summary of about two dozen basic concepts in defensive cardplay.Author: Barbara Seagram,David BirdPublisher: Master Point PressPublished: 01/01/2014Pages: 64Binding Type: SpiralWeight: 0.15lbsSize: 4.10h x 6.90w x 0.40dISBN: 9781771400046

This text provides a handy pocket summary of the popular SAYC (Standard American Yellow Card) bidding system. It goes over the basic ideas of SAYC, which is the most natural system for online bridge players around the world.Author: Ned Downey,Ellen PomerPublisher: Master Point PressPublished:...

Rodwell describes and explains a host of innovative ideas in cardplay, strategems that can be used as a declarer or defender. He then goes on to discuss the mental side of the game, areas that mark the key differences between an average player and...

20 years ago, Mike Lawrence published a series of short pamphlets for intermediate players with advice on various aspects of bidding and cardplay. Long unavailable, this material has now been revised, updated, and republished in three anthology volumes, each comprised of about 10 of...

Author: Mike LawrencePublisher: Master Point PressPublished: 07/15/2015Pages: 224Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.85lbsSize: 8.40h x 5.50w x 0.70dISBN: 9781771400213

To bid or not to bid -- the perennial dilemma in competitive auctions. The easy answer to the question lies in the correct use of the Law of Total Tricks. The LAW has been part of bridge literature since the 1950s, but it was...