A Bridge to Inspired Declarer Play

A Bridge to Inspired Declarer Play
Author: Julian Laderman
Publisher: Master Point Press
Total Pages: 178
Release: 2009
Genre: Games & Activities
ISBN: 9781897106440

HELP, what do I do now? Every bridge player learns basic cardplay techniques - finesses, eliminations, endplays, loser-on-loser, and so forth. The trick is to know which technique to use on each particular deal. What features of a bridge hand lead an expert to select the correct line of play from all those available? The carefully chosen examples in this book will help advancing players recognize those features and take action accordingly. DR. JULIAN LADERMAN is a New York math professor who writes a regular bridge column in The Bronx Journal. His first book, A Bridge to Simple Squeezes, was named 2006 Book of the Year by the American Bridge Teachers' Association.

Eddie Kantar Teaches Topics in Declarer Play at Bridge

Eddie Kantar Teaches Topics in Declarer Play at Bridge
Author: Eddie Kantar
Publisher: Master Point Press
Total Pages: 226
Release: 2002
Genre: Games & Activities
ISBN: 9781894154536

Kantar's two-book series on Bridge Defense (Modern Bridge Defense and Advanced Bridge Defense) won an ABTA Book of the Year Award in 1999. This newer book addresses a more popular topic, using a similar approach. While not a comprehensive treatment of declarer play at bridge, this book deals with specific topics exhaustively, and will be invaluable to the improving player: finesses (when and how to take them, and equally importantly, when to avoid taking them), endplays, eliminations, issues with entries, suit establishment, and counting. Designed to be used by bridge teachers, or by students learning on their own, this book like its predecessors contains a host of features that help the student to grasp the material: clearly laid-out concepts, margin notes, practice hands, chapter-end quizzes, key-point summaries at regular intervals, and an index. Kantar's various beginner books have sold hundreds of thousands of copies, not least because of his unique writing style and the humor that he introduces into the learning process. Eddie Kantar Eddie Kantar (Santa Monica, CA) is one of the most popular and prolific bridge writers in the world. A winner of two World Championships, and a member of the Bridge Hall of Fame, his many books include Modern Bridge Defense, Advanced Bridge Defense, the hilarious Kantar on Kontract, and of course, Roman Keycard Blackwood. His work appears regularly in many bridge magazines around the world.

Monster Book of Basic Declarer Play

Monster Book of Basic Declarer Play
Author: David Huggett
Publisher: Batsford
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2003-10-31
Genre: Games & Activities
ISBN: 9780713488821

A ‘monster’ collection of exercises in declarer play for bridge beginners. Written for newcomers to the game, it consists of 240 deals where very basic techniques will bring home the contract. It gives beginners the chance to practise counting up tricks and losers, planning the order in which to play the cards, and working out where extra tricks are to come from. By working their way through this book, beginners will learn how to focus on the main problems of playing contracts – keeping track of winners and losers, and being in the right hand at the right time. In the process, they will gain confidence and not panic when confronted with playing a hand at the table. They will also gain experience of how to read a bridge book, so that they will be able to move on to more advanced topics – and derive more enjoyment from their hobby.

A Bridge to Simple Squeezes

A Bridge to Simple Squeezes
Author: Julian Laderman
Publisher:
Total Pages: 151
Release: 2007
Genre: Games
ISBN: 9781897106266

Most bridge players find squeeze play the hardest technique to learn. It has unavoidable technical aspects that for many make it impenetrable. In this award-winning book, the reader is taken slowly and carefully through the basics, and by the end will be confident that they too can execute simple squeezes at the table. This second edition reflects many enhancements and improvements made to the original version, which was the 2006 American Bridge Teachers Association Book of the Year.

Declarer Play at Bridge

Declarer Play at Bridge
Author: Barbara Seagram
Publisher: Master Point Press
Total Pages: 156
Release: 2012
Genre: Games & Activities
ISBN: 9781897106914

Planning the Play of a Bridge Hand, by the same author team, was named the 2010 Book of the Year by the American Bridge Teachers Association. Building on the success of that title, this book gives near-beginners a chance to practice the principles on wh

Playing the Nt Hand

Playing the Nt Hand
Author: Ken Casey
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
Total Pages: 262
Release: 2016-04-23
Genre: Games & Activities
ISBN: 1514479974

The book is designed to give a comprehensive and systematic view of the rules of play for Notrump contracts. The various subjects contain rules for when to hold up, how to finesse, when to spurn a finesse, when to avoid the dangerous hand, when to endplay opponents, when to squeeze, how to insure your transportation to the dummy, how to sneak your ninth trick, when to falsecard, and how to handle a blocked suit. Under each subject, there are numerous examples of how to handle each rule of play. After finishing this book, you will be challenged to find a Notrump hand that you cannot handle.

Playing Defense

Playing Defense
Author: Ken Casey
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
Total Pages: 382
Release: 2016-05-06
Genre: Games & Activities
ISBN: 1514479958

This book is designed to give a comprehensive and systematic view of the rules for defense. The various subjects contain rules for how to defend against a long suit, when and how to ruff, how to defend against a squeeze play or an endplay, when and how to duck, when to play second hand high or third hand low, how to play from E, when to underlead your ace, how to discard and to deceive, how to defend against a Notrump contract, how to signal, and how to lead. Under each subject, there are numerous examples of how to handle each rule of defense.

Playing Beginning Bridge

Playing Beginning Bridge
Author: Ken Casey
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
Total Pages: 304
Release: 2016-05-05
Genre: Games & Activities
ISBN: 1514479915

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.

Playing Intermediate Bridge

Playing Intermediate Bridge
Author: Ken Casey
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
Total Pages: 310
Release: 2016-04-22
Genre: Games & Activities
ISBN: 1514479990

This 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 to use the dummy reversal, when to spurn a finesse, when to duck a trick, the avoidance play, how to handle a defenders singleton, how to discard, how to unblock, how to deceive, how to handle transportation problems, and how to make inferences from the defenders bidding, opening lead, play and discards. Under each subject, there are numerous examples of how to handle each rule of play.

Playing Advanced Bridge

Playing Advanced Bridge
Author: Ken Casey
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
Total Pages: 261
Release: 2016-04-14
Genre: Games & Activities
ISBN: 1514479931

This book is designed to give a comprehensive and systematic view of the rules of play for advanced bridge. The various subjects contain rules for when and how to use the endplay, when and how to use the squeeze play, how to handle a forcing defense, and how to handle a 41 trump split. The book also contains my favorite hands and the various coups. Under each subject, there are numerous examples of how to handle each rule of play.