BOOKS ON BIDDING
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 | 20 Great Conventions Flipper
by Ron Klinger
List Price: $8.99 Price: $7.91 You Save: $1.08 (12%)
Conventions come and conventions go. Those that are worth playing remain, others wither and die. This flipper contains those conventions that have proven themselves viable, as well as some that are new but can significantly improve your competitive results. Even if you do not play them all, you will want to know what your competitors are doing.
32 pages. Booklet.
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 | 25 Bridge Conventions You Should Know
by Barbara Seagram & Marc Smith
List Price: $18.95 Price: $14.78 You Save: $4.17 (22%)
It doesn't take long before beginning bridge players want to know more about bidding systems, and especially about conventions. Even social players are usually keen to add a few choice gadgets to their bidding arsenal. Here 25 basic conventions and treatments are carefully explained, and the reader is shown how they can fit into standard bidding methods. Each section ends with a summary chart as well as a self-quiz to ensure that the concepts are understood.
192 pages. Paperback.
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 | 25 More Conventions You Should Know
by Barbara Seagram & David Bird
List Price: $18.95 Price: $14.78 You Save: $4.17 (22%)
If you're comfortable with the material in Barbara Seagram's best-selling first book, then you're ready to move on to the more sophisticated bidding gadgets in this one. Even if you don't want to add all these to your own system, you need to be familiar with them because you'll find your opponents using them. Once again, each convention is clearly and simply explained, and you'll see how it fits into any standard bidding system if you decide to use it. Each chapter includes a helpful summary of the key points and a quiz with full explanations of the answers.
192 pages. Paperback.
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 | 25 Ways to Compete in the Bidding
by Barbara Seagram & Marc Smith
List Price: $16.95 Price: $13.56 You Save: $3.39 (20%)
Aimed at the same novice/social/intermediate player as their first book in the award-winning '25' series, this new title deals with competitive auctions in which the opponents have opened the bidding. This is the most complex area of bridge bidding, and never, until now, has it been dealt with comprehensively in a book that is understandable by non-experts.
224 pages. Paperback.
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 | Better Rebidding With Bergen
by Marty Bergen
List Price: $7.95 Price: $6.76 You Save: $1.19 (15%)
Focuses on opener's second bid after partner's one - level response.
72 pages. Paperback.
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 | Better Slam Bidding With Bergen
Companion workbook to Slam Bidding Made Easier
by Marty Bergen
List Price: $9.95 Price: $8.56 You Save: $1.39 (14%)
This perfect compliment to Slam Bidding Made Easier is loaded with valuable tips. A must-read for all players who want to bid slams better.
64 pages. Booklet.
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 | Bid Better-- Much Better
(Std. American Edition)
by Ron Klinger
List Price: $15.95 Price: $14.04 You Save: $1.91 (12%)
Bidding theorists search long and hard for just the right combination of meanings that will produce the most efficient techniques for bidding in a given area. The author presents a non-standard but high-level problem-solving approach to responding to one notrump. The reader is offered ample opportunity to practice the different features on example deals, and can expeirment with the system in stages, adding advanced features only after getting comfortable with the basics. A full-featured method for responding to one notrump that solves many common problems of standard approaches.
128 pages. Paperback.
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 | Bridge Conventions in Depth
by Matthew & Pamela Granovetter
List Price: $23.95 Price: $18.92 You Save: $5.03 (21%)
These wonderful agreements and gadgets turn your everyday bidding system into something personal, something that fits the exact style that you and your partner want to play. And now you can choose from some seventy expert-level ideas to add to your bidding arsenal, quickly and painlessly.
290 pages. Paperback.
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 | Bridge Conventions, Defences and Countermeasures
by Ron Klinger
List Price: $19.95 Price: $17.76 You Save: $2.19 (11%)
Conventions are a vital element of bidding in bridge, and unless they are clearly understood, they can be destructive. Ron Klinger, one of the world's top bridge teachers, explains each convention, exploring in detail how it can be used--and how it is often misused.
160 pages. Paperback.
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 | Bridge The Modern Game
by Terence Reese & David Bird
List Price: $9.95 Price: $8.36 You Save: $1.59 (16%)
"What system shall we play?" one tournament play asks another. It is a question that can hardly be answered in these times because innumerable situations arise that are not covered by any particular system. Terence Reese and David Bird (author of the famous 'Bridge in the Monastery' series) have combined to present a style that contains the best of modern thinking. In addition there are chapters on play dealing with areas that lie beyond the usual textbooks.
200 pages. Paperback.
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 | Bridge: The Bidder's Game
Winning Bids - Simple or Sophisticated (Including
by George Rosenkranz
List Price: $12.95 Price: $10.88 You Save: $2.07 (16%)
Romex is a fully integrated battle-hardened bidding system. Evolved over many year it puts equal weight on low-level bidding slam bidding and preemptive bidding by providing a comprehensive structure for each. Romex equips you not only with a basic outline but a very detailed follow-up structure. "This book will make your bidding even more precise regardless of the system you play. A must for serious bridge students and partnerships" Kathy Wei - World Champion
500 pages. Paperback.
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 | Building a Bidding System
by Roy Hughes
List Price: $17.95 Price: $13.82 You Save: $4.13 (23%)
This book discusses the theory of bridge bidding for advanced players, with emphasis on the principles that need to underpin an effective bidding system. These include the concepts of Useful Space, Relays, Transfers, Dialogue Bidding, as well as the conflicting needs for a system that is robust, antagonistic, and also accurate. The ideas are illustrated with dozens of example hands from championship play, showing how these principles work in practice. The book will appeal to serious tournament players.
176 pages. Paperback.
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 | Commonsense Bidding
by William S. Root
List Price: $16.95 Price: $14.24 You Save: $2.71 (16%)
In this major new volume renowned bridge expert and teacher Bill Root presents a modern thorough and complete guide to basic commensense bidding. Using a logical easy-to-follow format Root covers all the bidding essentials and treats just about every situation that the average bridge player will encounter in standard bidding and supplies copious illustrative examples.
232 pages. Paperback.
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 | Competitive Bidding in the 21st Century
by Marshall Miles
List Price: $16.95 Price: $13.56 You Save: $3.39 (20%)
In this book, written for serious tournament players, Miles addresses the the complex arena of competitive bidding methods. Miles discusses current thinking, and recommends methods which will continue to be playable as bridge enters the 21st century. This book will appeal to more serious readers but can be enjoyed thoroughly by the advancing player.
240 pages. Paperback.
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 | Competitive Bidding With Two-Suited Hands
by Max Hardy
List Price: $9.95 Price: $8.86 You Save: $1.09 (11%)
He addresses inadequacies in standard methods and suggests invauable answers to previously ignored bidding problems.
154 pages. Paperback.
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 | Complete Book On Balancing In Contract Bridge
Revised Edition.
by Mike Lawrence
List Price: $22.95 Price: $19.74 You Save: $3.21 (14%)
Since it was first published, this has been the definitive book on the tough topic of balancing your bridge hand. It examines auctions where the opponents bid something and you are given the opportunity to either let them have it or to balance. This revised and expanded edition is updated to reflect modern bidding practices and covers almost any possible auction. The cost of not balancing can be huge, but you must weigh the cost of passing against the cost of bidding and getting a bad result. Lawrence's discussion of hand evaluation and planning a balancing auction goes beyond generic rules. Hundreds of examples will help you develop judgment. This is important reading for intermediate bridge players who wish to advance. No other bridge book provides as thorough a discussion of the topic.
451 pages. Paperback.
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 | Cue Bidding To Slams (Std. American Edition)
by Ron Klinger
List Price: $15.95 Price: $14.20 You Save: $1.75 (11%)
A guide to a vital part of the bidding approach to slams, covering modern cue-bidding methods and Roman Key Card Blackwood, the ace-asking method preferred by most experts.
128 pages. Booklet.
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 | Cue-Bidding To Slams (Acol Edition)
by Ron Klinger
List Price: $15.99 Price: $14.07 You Save: $1.92 (12%)
A guide to a vital part of the bidding approach to slams, covering modern cue-bidding methods and Roman Key Card Blackwood, the ace-asking method preferred by most experts
128 pages. Paperback.
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 | Cuebidding at Bridge
A Modern Approach
by Ken Rexford
List Price: $19.95 Price: $15.76 You Save: $4.19 (21%)
Everyone knows that control-showing bids are the expert route to slam, but it is remarkable hard to find a comprehensive treatment of this vital area of the game. Until now, that is. This is an exhaustive work, covering a lot of territory. The average reader won't agree with everything he reads - and it would be a mammoth undertaking to try and adopt it all - but it will get them thinking about their bidding and offer many ways to improve it. After all, bridge is the ultimate game for thinkers. This book fills an important gap in the literature of bridge for serious players.
200 pages. Paperback.
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 | Cuebids in a Nutshell
by Dee Berry
List Price: $12.95 Price: $11.40 You Save: $1.55 (12%)
The ability to grasp and use one single bridge tool, the cuebid, is the way to most easily judge those players who will make real progress in bridge. "Cuebids in a Nutshell" is dedicated to advancing students and players who want a firm grasp of the cuebid in it's many guises. Cuebid more and win more.
132 pages. Booklet.
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 | Daily Telegraph Guide To Acol Bridge
by Patrick Jourdain
List Price: $16.95 Price: $14.58 You Save: $2.37 (14%)
Acol bidding is the most popular system in the UK and is used by the majority of players throughout the country. Because it uses a weak no-trump opening and a minimum of conventions, it's a great way for beginners to learn how to bid with confidence. Partnerships that use Acol will never have misunderstandings in the auction, regardless of the level of experience of either or both players. Now, thanks to the Daily Telegraph, American bridge enthusiasts will get the perfect introduction to this logical, easy-to-understand method, ideal for newcomers to the game as well as all social players.
176 pages. Paperback.
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 | Extra Length Transfer Bids
by Krzysztof Martens
List Price: $13.00 Price: $11.44 You Save: $1.56 (12%)
Brings the reader up to date with cutting-edge suggestions for using the transfer principle.
103 pages. Paperback.
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 | Famous Bidding Decisions
by David Bird & Terence Reese
List Price: $15.99 Price: $13.91 You Save: $2.08 (13%)
Comprised of 60 famous deals, Famous Bridge Decisions invites you to select the best bid from a number of possibilities. You can then compare your choice with that made by the player to see if you beat the experts.
128 pages. Paperback.
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 | Focus on Bidding
by Danny Roth
List Price: $18.00 Price: $7.92 You Save: $10.08 (56%)
This is not a book about systems, nor is it a book about conventions (although I confess I shall attempt to persuade you to adopt one or two in the course of it). This is a book about bidding and the places in the auction that we (and I use the word advisedly) go wrong. I don't care whether you prefer to play a weak or a strong notrump, or eight-card majors, or the Purple Spotted Forcing Club. But I do care about how you decide when to bypass a major to bid one notrump, or what constitutes a decent opening bid, and why, and what sequences you regard as forcing. You see what I mean about 'bidding' as opposed to 'system'? - Danny Roth
160 pages. Paperback.
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 | Following the Law
by Larry Cohen
List Price: $15.95 Price: $12.76 You Save: $3.19 (20%)
Following the LAW, the sequel to To Bid or Not to Bid, was published in 1994, and took the basic concepts explained in the first book to a higher level of sophistication, while giving many practical examples from expert play of how to use the Law of Total Tricks correctly. Both books are must-reads for every improving bridge player.
192 pages. Paperback.
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 | Four-Suit Transfers
Practice Your Bidding Series
by Barbara Seagram & Andy Stark
List Price: $7.95 Price: $6.36 You Save: $1.59 (20%)
With these handy little books, you can: Learn a new convention, or extend your knowledge of it; Learn and practice by yourself using the unique quiz format; Practice with your partner using the specially selected sample hands, and compare your results with the recommended auctions. With these handy little books, you can: Learn a new convention, or extend your knowledge of it; Learn and practice by yourself using the unique quiz format; Practice with your partner using the specially selected sample hands, and compare your results with the recommended auctions.
68 pages. Paperback.
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 | Hand Evaluation
Number 4
Secrets to Winning Bridge Series
by Marty Bergen
List Price: $9.95 Price: $6.96 You Save: $2.99 (30%)
The most important topic in bridge. Marty's reader-friendly tips are helpful, easy to learn, and best of all, they work!
24 pages. Booklet.
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 | Hand Evaluation, Bidding Decisions
by Krzysztof Martens
List Price: $20.00 Price: $17.40 You Save: $2.60 (13%)
Expert-level valuation techniques, including adjustments based on analyzing the auction.
146 pages. Paperback.
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 | Hand Evaluation: Points Schmoints
by Marty Bergen
List Price: $7.95 Price: $6.76 You Save: $1.19 (15%)
Learn to reevaluate honor cards to get a more accurate point count.
64 pages. Paperback.
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 | How Good Is Your Bridge Hand?
by Andrew Kambites & Ron Klinger
List Price: $14.99 Price: $13.34 You Save: $1.65 (11%)
No matter how good your bidding system may be, you must be able to assess the value of your hand accurately. This exciting book reveals how the experts achieve precise hand evaluation, and shows you how to judge whether your hand fits well with your partner's, whether the danger of a misfit exists, whether your high cards lie well or badly in relation to the opponents', how high to bid, when to try to outbid the opponents, and when to choose to defend.
128 pages. Paperback.
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 | I Fought The Law (Of Total Tricks)
by Mike Lawrence & Anders Wirgren
List Price: $17.95 Price: $15.62 You Save: $2.33 (13%)
Judgement-based hand evaluation for more accurate bidding.
271 pages. Paperback.
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 | Improve Your Bidding Judgment
by Neil Kimelman
List Price: $18.95 Price: $14.78 You Save: $4.17 (22%)
Discusses how to make decisions in the bidding, especially in competitive auctions.
192 pages. Paperback.
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 | Innovative Slam Bidding
by Irwin Landow
List Price: $18.00 Price: $15.66 You Save: $2.34 (13%)
Not all slams that are made are biddbale. However most can be found with the speial conventions and bidding techniques that are described in this book.
137 pages. Paperback.
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 | Intro To Negative Doubles
by Marty Bergen
List Price: $6.95 Price: $5.98 You Save: $0.97 (14%)
Introduction on one of the most widely-used conventions.
64 pages. Paperback.
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 | Introduction To The Law
The Law of Total Tricks Simplified
by Larry Cohen
List Price: $5.95 Price: $5.30 You Save: $0.65 (11%)
After his two landmark books on this subject, Larry Cohen has now authored an easy-to-understand explanation of his theories. Chapters include the Definition of the Law, Why the Law works, When to use it, Fine-tuning the Law, and Logic to apply to the Law.
62 pages. Booklet.
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 | It's Your Call
by Brian Senior
List Price: $17.95 Price: $15.80 You Save: $2.15 (12%)
The most popular feature in all the best bridge magazines is the bidding panel article where a team of experts submit their answers to a variety of bidding problems. In this book, Brian Senior has grouped together problems in related situations in order to discover modern expert thinking.
122 pages. Paperback.
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 | It's Your Call
by Marshall Miles
List Price: $19.95 Price: $15.76 You Save: $4.19 (21%)
For about 25 years, Miles was the moderator of a monthly all-star bidding panel for a California bridge publication. This book is a compilation of his favorite problems from those years, together with the panel's views and the author's own trenchant comments. As ever, he goes his own way; he refuses, for example, to assign scores to various bids on the grounds that he wasn't going to give himself 20/100 when he knew his answer was right, even if no-one on the panel agreed with him! A bonus section includes Miles' latest thoughts and recommendations on a number of cutting-edge bidding ideas.
192 pages. Paperback.
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 | Larry Cohen's Bidding Challenge
by Larry Cohen
List Price: $15.95 Price: $12.76 You Save: $3.19 (20%)
This book puts the reader at the table in the world's most prestigious Invitational Pairs tournaments. The author presents real-life hands from several of these tournaments as bidding problems that you can try with your own favorite partner. Then you can read Cohen's insightful analysis of how each pair of hands should be bid, and compare your results with those of the world-class experts who actually played them. Includes an optional tearout section at the end of the book for easy bidding practice.
192 pages. Paperback.
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 | Mastering Weak 2-Bids
Number 5
Secrets to Winning Bridge Series
by Marty Bergen
List Price: $9.95 Price: $6.96 You Save: $2.99 (30%)
Potential weak 2-bids occur on many hands. Knowing when to open, how to respond, and when/how to overcall is crucial.
24 pages. Booklet.
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 | Match Your Bidding Against The Masters
by Keith McNeil
List Price: $13.95 Price: $12.42 You Save: $1.53 (11%)
Could you use expert help in any of these areas: Bidding over pre-empts, penalty doubles, part score strategy, bidding in fourth seat, high level decisions, defence against psychic bidding, competitive bidding, lead directing bids, choice of overcall, bidding after an overcall, weak points-huge fit, weak two openings, bidding after a double, opener's rebid, responder's rebid? These and many other areas are covered in this book which features over 70 bidding problems to test and tantalise you. Each of the problems is followed by advice from the world's leading players and writers, all leavened by the wit and humor of master moderator Keith McNeil. Features over 70 bidding problems to test and tantalise you. Each of the problems is followed by advice from the world's leading players and writers, all leavened by the wit and humor of master moderator Keith McNeil.
176 pages. Paperback.
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 | Modern Bridge Conventions
by William S. Root & Richard Pavlicek
List Price: $16.95 Price: $14.24 You Save: $2.71 (16%)
Here in a clear easy-to-follow fashion experts Bill Root and Richard Pavlicek cover in detail more than fifty of the most practical bridge conventions in use in America today. They present their material in a unique format so players of every ability may readily understand the conventions appropriate to their level. In addition the authors provide information on Alert Procedures How to Fill Out Convention Cards Skip-Bid Warnings Ethics and Proprieties and How to Build a Partnership. A glossary which also serves as an index lists more than 250 popular conventions treatments and systems.
264 pages. Paperback.
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 | Modern Constructive Bidding
by Marshall Miles
List Price: $19.95 Price: $15.76 You Save: $4.19 (21%)
The logical follow-up to the author's best-selling Competitive Bidding in the 21st Century, this book deals with the latest expert thinking on constructive auctions at bridge. As usual, Miles' ideas are cutting edge, and not everything he recommends will appeal to everyone. However, also as usual, he challenges his readers to think and question what they are currently doing, and convince themselves that it is indeed the best approach.
240 pages. Paperback.
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 | Modern Doubles
Number 1
Secrets to Winning Bridge Series
by Marty Bergen
List Price: $9.95 Price: $6.96 You Save: $2.99 (30%)
In olden days, most doubles were penalty, but this approach is not very practical. Instead, doubles are now used as an excellent way to find out more about partner's hand. This booklet focuses on ten doubles that are essential to good competitive bidding.
24 pages. Booklet.
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 | More Points Schmoints
by Marty Bergen
List Price: $19.95 Price: $16.76 You Save: $3.19 (16%)
A sequel that more than measures up to original.
210 pages. Hardcover.
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 | Negative Doubles
by Marty Bergen
List Price: $9.95 Price: $8.76 You Save: $1.19 (12%)
Covers one of the most important bidding tools in modern bridge.
118 pages. Paperback.
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 | Negative Doubles for Acol Players
by Marty Bergen & Tim Bourke
List Price: $15.99 Price: $14.23 You Save: $1.76 (11%)
Marty Bergen, the ten-time US National Champion, covers the hands which are ideal for the negative double, those which are imperfect but still qualify, and those which you must not double. Also included are aspects of hand valuation, opener's replies to the negative double, rebids by the doubler, and when to play for penalties.
128 pages. Paperback.
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 | Points Schmoints
by Marty Bergen
List Price: $19.95 Price: $16.76 You Save: $3.19 (16%)
Loaded with helpful tips. Bridge Book of the Year.
210 pages. Hardcover.
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 | Practical Slam Bidding
(Std. American Edition)
by Ron Klinger
List Price: $14.95 Price: $12.86 You Save: $2.09 (14%)
A guide to slam bidding in bridge, this book offers 120 deals for readers to test themselves and their partners. It provides many helpful tips, and all the deals are from games played at the highest level, enabling players to dramatically improve their play.
96 pages. Booklet.
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 | Practical Slam Bidding (Acol Edition)
The Self-Help Guide To Better Slam Bidding
by Ron Klinger
List Price: $14.99 Price: $12.89 You Save: $2.10 (14%)
A guide to slam bidding in bridge, this book offers 120 deals for readers to test themselves and their partners. It provides many helpful tips, and all the deals are from games played at the highest level, enabling players to dramatically improve their play.
96 pages. Paperback.
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 | Psychic Bidding
Everything You Need To Know But Were Afraid To Ask
List Price: $4.99 Price: $2.00 You Save: $2.99 (60%)
"My friend Bernard Trippett has in this work, presented a scholarly treatment of a difficult subject and has succeeded in making it interesting in the extreme. He handles the language with great skill and at times raises hist story to exciting pitches. * I am quite sure that the reader will profit by reading this presentation and am equally sure he will be well repaid in entertainment for the time he has devoted to it."--Charles Goren
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 | Roman Keycard Blackwood
Practice Your Bidding Series
by Barbara Seagram & Linda Lee
List Price: $8.95 Price: $6.98 You Save: $1.97 (22%)
With these handy little books, you can: Learn a new convention, or extend your knowledge of it; Learn and practice by yourself using the unique quiz format; Practice with your partner using the specially selected sample hands, and compare your results with the recommended auctions.
68 pages. Paperback.
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 | Slam Bidding Made Easier
How to bid good slams, and avoid bad ones.
by Marty Bergen
List Price: $24.95 Price: $20.71 You Save: $4.24 (17%)
Size up your hand and get to good slams that other players won't get to.
240 pages. Hardcover.
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 | Splinter Bids
Practice Your Bidding Series
by Barbara Seagram & Linda Lee
List Price: $6.95 Price: $5.56 You Save: $1.39 (20%)
With these handy little books, you can: Learn a new convention, or extend your knowledge of it; Learn and practice by yourself using the unique quiz format; Practice with your partner using the specially selected sample hands, and compare your results with the recommended auctions.
68 pages. Paperback.
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 | Stayman Auctions
Practice Your Bidding Series
by Barbara Seagram & Linda Lee
List Price: $7.95 Price: $6.36 You Save: $1.59 (20%)
With these handy little books, you can: Learn a new convention, or extend your knowledge of it; Learn and practice by yourself using the unique quiz format; Practice with your partner using the specially selected sample hands, and compare your results with the recommended auctions.
68 pages. Paperback.
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 | The Art Of Psychic Bidding
And Its Pitfalls
by Julian Pottage & Peter Burrows
List Price: $15.95 Price: $14.20 You Save: $1.75 (11%)
Defined as bluffing calls to create an illusion of strength or length in a suit or to conceal weakness psychic bids have long been the subject of heated controversy in bridge. This is the only recent full length book in English to cover the subject systematically providing ethical guidelines together with an anthology of successful - aqnd disastrous - famous psychs. It is a book for all rubber and duplicate players with some prior bridge experience.
160 pages. Paperback.
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 | The Complete Book On Overcalls in Contract Bridge
A Mike Lawrence Classic
2nd Edition
by Mike Lawrence
List Price: $21.95 Price: $17.56 You Save: $4.39 (20%)
Originally published in 1980, this book quickly became recognized as a must-read for any would-be bridge expert, and has never been out of print. Now, almost 30 years later, the author has revised, updated and expanded it to take into account modern developments in the theory and practice of competitive bidding. Anyone who is at all serious about improving their game needs to own a copy of this book. Alfred Sheinwold's review of the original edition: 'If you read only one bridge book this year, this should be it.'
320 pages. Paperback.
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 | The Golden Rules of Competitive Auctions
by Julian Pottage & Marc Smith
List Price: $21.99 Price: $18.47 You Save: $3.52 (16%)
These days somewhere between two-thirds and three-quarters of all auctions see both sides entering the fray. Having a basic knowledge of how to get into or stay in the bidding is therefore a key attribute for success at the bridge table. This book covers all the rules likely to help you and, as usual in this series, you will find plenty of examples both for and against each one.
160 pages. Paperback.
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 | The Golden Rules of Constructive Bidding
by Julian Pottage & Marc Smith
List Price: $14.99 Price: $12.97 You Save: $2.02 (13%)
Bidding depends to some extent on the agreed system, but underpinning those methods are standards that are common around the globe: the Golden Rules. No matter what you play, this book will show you how to avoid unwise bidding contracts.
128 pages. Paperback.
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 | The Law Of Total Tricks Flipper
by Ron Klinger
List Price: $8.99 Price: $7.91 You Save: $1.08 (12%)
The Law of Total Tricks is a vital element in competitive bidding in bridge. This flipper is designed as a quick reference guide for all keen bridge players, explaining the approach and how it should be used both at part-score level or at game-level or higher.
32 pages. Booklet.
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 | The Modern Losing Trick Count (Acol Ed.)
(Acol Edition)
by Ron Klinger
List Price: $19.99 Price: $17.59 You Save: $2.40 (12%)
Measure the trick-taking potential of a trump contract without the need to count points.
144 pages. Paperback.
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 | The Modern Losing Trick Count (Std. American Ed.)
(Std. American Edition)
by Ron Klinger
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Among experts, the losing trick count is one of the most widely used methods for overcoming the negative aspects of straight point-counting. LTC is deceptively simple, but it can be highly effective if applied in a sophisticated way. This book guides you to expert use of an effective, classic hand-valuation technique. Many experts use the losing trick count as a primary or secondary method of valuing a hand. This book shows you how to apply the very simple LTC in a sophisticated way.
160 pages. Paperback.
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 | The NoTrump Zone
by Danny Kleinman
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Notrump openings, and the constructive auctions that follow them, are two of the most neglected areas in bridge literature. Following on from his popular articles in the ACBL Bulletin, Kleinman discusses the principles behind notrump bids and rebids in a variety of situations, emphasizing the ideas and concepts rather than attempting to teach a series of rigid rules.
192 pages. Paperback.
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 | The Power of Shape
by Ron Klinger
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Average bridge players tend to focus on point count for their bidding decisions, but the expert recognizes that the shape of the hand also plays a vital role. Knowing the implications of shape will help you find the best contract more often. This insightful reference not only reveals how to use hand patterns to winning effect, but also shows how to incorporate the ideas of shape in your bidding system. The extent to which a successful play or defense is linked to a knowledge of the pattern of the opponents' hands is also addressed. Simple instructions and useful examples demonstrate the essentials of learning how to read your hand.
144 pages. Paperback.
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 | The Weak Notrump
How to play it, how to play against it
by Andy Stark
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All North American players are taught to play using a strong notrump, but that is not the way of the rest of the world. Even in North America, weak notrump systems, or even Kamikaze notrump systems, are becoming more common. This book discusses the advantages and disadvantages of playing a system with a weaker notrump opening, and shows how the 1NT range impacts the rest of the bidding system. Even those who have no interest in converting to a weak notrump range still need to know how to play against weak notrump systems. For them, the book includes advice on effective competitive methods.
200 pages. Paperback.
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 | To Bid or Not To Bid
by Larry Cohen
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Since its publication in 1992, To Bid or Not to Bid has sold over 50,000 copies in English alone and has been published in several other languages. Undoubtedly the best-selling bridge book of the 1990s, its lucid exposition of the empirical Law of Total Tricks (a simple guide to making the right decisions in competitive bridge auctions) has made it a book that literally every serious bridge player just has to read.
240 pages. Paperback.
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 | To Open Or Not To Open
by Marty Bergen
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Featuring the Rule of 20. Plus, many competitive bidding details - whether or not to make a free bid.
64 pages. Paperback.
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 | Understanding Slam Bidding
by Ron Klinger & Andrew Kambites
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To bid in a controlled auction to a successful slam is one of the great pleasures of bridge. In Understanding Slam Bidding, Ron Klinger and Andrew Kambites teach you the important modern conventions and teach you how to identify the key cards in your hand.
128 pages. Paperback.
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 | Understanding The Contested Auction
by Ron Klinger & Andrew Kambites
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Understanding the Contested Auction explains the principles that will guide you through the maze of competitive bidding. It also demonstrates how you can inconvenience your opponents should they have the balance of strength.
128 pages. Paperback.
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 | Understanding the Uncontested Auction
by Ron Klinger & Andrew Kambites
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Good bidding is based on the understanding of principles. Understanding the Uncontested Auction aims to help aspiring players in a sympathetic and logical manner to bridge the bidding gap between themselves and the experts. You can use it either as a complete modern bidding system or selctively to improve your general standard of bidding.
128 pages. Paperback.
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 | When to Bid, When to Pass
by Ron Klinger
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Many players know how to bid but are less adept at deciding when not to bid. From the opening bid to later rounds, from uncontested sequences to highly competitive auctions, When to Bid, When to Pass will provide the groundwork to know when silence is golden.
128 pages. Paperback.
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 | Wielding The Axe
The Vanishing Art of the Penalty Double
by Augie Boehm
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Nothing exemplifies the keen competitive spirit of tournament bridge better than the penalty double. Acquire a feel for opportunistic doubles, add a potent weapon to your arsenal, avoid dangerous gambles, and become a more feared opponent.
162 pages. Paperback.
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 | Win At Duplicate Bridge
Bid Difficult Bridge Hands Like An Expert
by Fred Parker
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Learn the rules in this intermediate-level book and become a better bidder than your opponents.
210 pages. Paperback.
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