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Item ImageBreaking The Bridge Rules
First Hand Play
by Barry Rigal
List Price: $19.95  Price: $23.94
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176 pages. Paperback. Also available as an E-book.

Rules are made to be broken, and bridge is no exception. The first of a planned four-book series on cardplay, this book deals with situations where the player who is on lead - defender or declarer, at the start of the deal or in the middle - needs to do something that involves ostensibly 'breaking the rules'. Not, obviously, the rules of bridge itself, but the well-tried adages that every player . . . read more.

                                   
Item ImageBreaking The Bridge Rules (E-BOOK)
First Hand Play
by Barry Rigal
List Price: $9.99  Sale Price: $8.49  You Save: 15%
176 pages. E-book (PDF • EPUB • MOBI)

Rules are made to be broken, and bridge is no exception. The first of a planned four-book series on cardplay, this book deals with situations where the player who is on lead - defender or declarer, at the start of the deal or in the middle - needs to do something that involves ostensibly 'breaking the rules'. Not, obviously, the rules of bridge itself, but the well-tried adages that every player . . . read more.

                                   
Item ImageMore Breaking the Rules
by Barry Rigal • Josh Donn
List Price: $19.95  Price: $23.94
This is a Special Order item.
226 pages. Hardcover.

To master bridge, we need to learn the rules and algorithms that govern the game, but we must also take them with a pinch of salt. The "rules," or best practices, are there because they work. But not always. The more deals you play, the more you realize that context determines whether or not you should follow the general principles that operate successfully more often than not. And that is what t . . . read more.

                                   
Item ImageTest Your Bridge Judgement
by Barry Rigal
List Price: $17.95  Sale Price: $15.26  You Save: 15%
207 pages. Paperback.

One of Rigal's classics has been updated and modernized. Barry Rigal--the highly respected bridge commentator, author, and player--has set a series of tests of your bridge skill, and teaches you new skills at the same time. You are the player and he is your guide to making the crucial decisions at each stage of bidding and play. Rigal grades your performance and that of your partner and offers h . . . read more.