SYSTEMS AND CONVENTIONS
 | 2-Over-1 Game Force by Audrey Grant • Eric Rodwell List Price: 238 pages. Paperback. This book covers the basics of Two-Over-One Game Force, a popular variation of Standard American bidding methods. The reader is shown how a small modification can make it easier for the partnership to: Get to the best game contract and explore the possibility of slam. It also describes how using a response of 1NT as a forcing bid can improve the partnership results, even on partscore hands. The b . . . read more. |
 | 2-Over-1 Game Force: An Introduction by Steve Bruno • Max Hardy List Price: 141 pages. Paperback. The first 2-over-1 book ever written for less experienced players. Your easy-to-understand guide to The System plus Tools and Gadgets. Recommended for: Beginners to intermediate players. . . . read more. |
 | 25 Steps to Learning 2/1 by Paul Thurston List Price: 192 pages. Paperback. Also available as an E-book. Over the last fifteen or so years, the 2/1 Game Forcing bidding method has gained substantial popularity. This book is designed for players who are familiar with Standard bidding and are interested in switching to the 2/1 method. It covers basic concepts as well as the differences between 2/1 and Standard auctions, and includes a discussion of more advanced ideas and conventions that fit particul . . . read more. |
 | 5-Card-Major Stayman (Std. American)(Modern) Modern Bridge Series by Ron Klinger List Price: 96 pages. Paperback. More and more, strong-notrump users eliminate the age-old taboo against holding a five-card major for a one-notrump opening. Opening one notrump can avoid a difficult rebid problem or preempt an opponent out of a one-spade overcall. However, the opening side then faces the challenging problem of how to locate five-three (as well as four-four) major-suit fits. Here is a comprehensive approach to h . . . read more. |
 | Advanced Bridge Bidding for the 21st Century by Max Hardy List Price: 336 pages. Paperback. Max Hardy follows his first volume, Standard Bridge Bidding for the 21st Century, with his comprehensive second volume, including contributions by expert players Grant Baze, Marty Bergen, Fred Hamilton, Jeff Meckstroth, Mike Passell, and Eddie Wold. "Max takes players to the next level, bringing them up to date with the system of choice of the top players in the world. He presents the concepts . . . read more. |
 | DONT (Disturbing Opponents' No Trump) by Mike Lawrence List Price: 45 pages. Booklet. A discussion of the convention for competing against the opponents' opening 1NT bid and how to combat the convention when your opponents use it against you. . . . read more. |
 | Enhanced Precision Fourth Edition by Ron Beall List Price: 204 pages. Paperback. Also available as an E-book. Enhanced Precision is a bidding system for the determined tournament player, designed to arrive at the best possible contract. It is an evolved system with many enhancements compared to standard systems, even standard precisions. The author notes: When I completed the third edition of Enhanced Precision, I believed (or at least hoped!) that it would be the final version. But many people made sugg . . . read more. |
 | Five Card Major Bidding In Contract Bridge by Harold Feldheim List Price: 181 pages. Paperback. A clearly written discussion of the five card major approach that is now considered Standard American by most duplicate players. Covers two-over-one game force auctions, forcing notrump structure, limit raises and negative doubles. Includes many quizzes. . . . read more. |
 | Guide To Better Bridge (Std. American)(Modern) Modern Bridge Series by Ron Klinger List Price: 184 pages. Paperback. Pointers to better bidding technique in both partnership and competitive bidding. Emphasizes improvement through solid fundamentals and provides a huge array of practice examples and quizzes. Includes some material on play for a change of pace (or to help a teacher in constructing lessons). Emphasizes fundamentals over fanciness for players hoping to move toward the expert level. . . . read more. |
 | Helms to HELLO by Jerry Helms List Price: 48 pages. Booklet. Also available as an E-book. The answer to your prayers - a simple, effective convention for competing over the opponents' 1NT opening bid! Originally self-published in 1996, the first edition sold out quickly, so that this much sought-after treatise has been unavailable for several years. The book describes how the convention works, and how to use it against various ranges of 1NT opening bids, as well as over strong 1 Club . . . read more. |
 | Jacoby 2NT (PYB) Practice Your Bidding Series by Barbara Seagram • Linda Lee List Price: 68 pages. Paperback. Also available as an E-book. 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. . . . read more. |
 | Jacoby Transfers (PYB) Practice Your Bidding Series by Barbara Seagram • Andy Stark List Price: 68 pages. Paperback. Also available as an E-book. 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. . . . read more. |
 | My System: The Unbalanced Diamond by Marshall Miles List Price: 160 pages. Paperback. Also available as an E-book. Marshall Miles has been writing bridge books for more than fifty years, and during that time has remained one of the world's leading thinkers on the theory of bidding. His recent gold medal in the World Senior Teams shows that he has lost little of his edge with time. This book, a distillation of the ideas he has been developing and evolving over many years, describes what in his view is an optim . . . read more. |
 | Roman Keycard Blackwood: The Final Word Fifth Edition by Eddie Kantar List Price: 244 pages. Paperback. Also available as an E-book. This is the fifth (and according to the author, the very last - but don't hold your breath!) edition of what is acknowledged to be the definitive book on a convention that every serious player uses. Completely revised and updated from the previous version, this newest version contains even more leading-edge ideas, and is full of examples, quizzes and practice hands. A must for the tournament play . . . read more. |
 | Standard Bidding with SAYC by Ned Downey • Ellen (Caitlin) Pomer List Price: 192 pages. Paperback. Also available as an E-book. What is Standard Bidding? This is an increasingly hard question to answer, but the proliferation of bridge on the Internet in pickup partnerships makes it imperative that someone does so. Perhaps the most popular natural system for the hundreds of thousands of online players worldwide is the Standard American Yellow Card, or SAYC. In this book, for the first time, SAYC is fully described and expl . . . read more. |
 | Standard Bridge Bidding for the 21st Century by Max Hardy List Price: 278 pages. Paperback. Shows why even social players can expect consistently winning auctions from a five card major, forcing notrump, two-over-one forcing to game bidding system. "...an easy recommendation for all but experts as the new 2/1 reference manual." American Contract Bridge League Magazine, February 2001 Max Hardy is one of the most versatile professionals in the world of bridge. Recently retired af . . . read more. |
 | The Flannery Two Diamond Opening by Bill Flannery List Price: 190 pages. Paperback. A complete book of The Flannery Convention, one of the most popular conventions in use today. It includes sections on the mechanics of Flannery, defense strategies against the convention, and 65 hands showing Flannery in action. . . . read more. |
 | The Lebensohl Convention Complete by Ron Andersen List Price: 107 pages. Paperback. A full explanation of how to compete when the opponents overcall your partner's notrump opening bid, plus the use of Lebensohl after the opponents' weak two-bids and opener's reverse bids. . . . read more. |
 | The Martens System Bidding Like Music by Krzysztof Martens List Price: 232 pages. Paperback. The author's system, distinguished by mechanisms that allow one partner to control the bidding when it seems appropriate. . . . read more. |
 | The Mysterious Multi How To Play It, How To Play Against It by Mark Horton • Jan van Cleeff List Price: 208 pages. Paperback. Also available as an E-book. The Multi Two Diamonds is a popular convention among tournament players, yet this is the first comprehensive modern book on how it fits into commonly played bidding structures. Various alternative uses for the opening major-suit two-bids, including the popular Muiderberg Twos, are discussed in depth, as well as the popular Multi Landy (Woolsey) defense against 1NT. A substantial amount of space i . . . read more. |
 | The Pocket Guide to 2/1 by Paul Thurston List Price: 64 pages. Booklet. Also available as an E-book. 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 switch. The contents are based on Thurston's 25 Steps to Learning 2/1, which was the American Bridge Teachers Association Book of the Year in 2003. . . . read more. |
 | The Pocket Guide To SAYC by Ned Downey • Ellen (Caitlin) Pomer List Price: 64 pages. Spiral bound. Also available as an E-book. The most popular natural bidding system for thousands of player's worldwide is the "Standard American Yellow Card" or SAYC. This book is a hand reference for anyone learning SAYC, ort for those who have grasped the basics of the system and are eager to fill the gaps in their knowledge. . . . read more. |
 | The World Of Transfers Bidding Like Music by Krzysztof Martens List Price: 241 pages. Paperback. Using transfers to overcome traditional problems in contested auctions. . . . read more. |
 | Two Over One in a Nutshell by Dee Berry List Price: 70 pages. Spiral bound. Designed for quick and easy access to the most popular bridge system of the 21st century, 2/1 In A Nutshell offers easy guidelines to key parts of the system, including brief summaries of conventions necessary to 2/1 and modern bridge. All possible sequences and conventions are not included but the careful reader will learn to open the bidding, respond, and rebid effectively. Special cases are sp . . . read more. |
 | Two-Over-One Game Force Revised and Expanded by Max Hardy List Price: 314 pages. Paperback. The most popular bidding style today. New edition: revised, updated, expanded. The system played by many consistent winners. A thorough explanation of opening bids and responses, plus competitive bidding and useful gadgets. Recommended for: Intermediate through expert. . . . read more. |
 | Workbook On The Two Over One System by Mike Lawrence List Price: 189 pages. Paperback. The current system of choice for most experienced players today. Many theories not presented elsewhere. Easy-to-use ideas. Chapters: 1. Reasons For Playing Two Over One; 2. Variations of the Two Over One; 3. Two Over One Auctions After A Major Suit Opening Bid From Opener's Point of View; 4. Two Over One Auctions After a Major Suit Opening Bid From Responder's Point of View; 5. Auctions That Star . . . read more. |
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