Play Bridge with Mike Lawrence

Play Bridge with Mike Lawrence
Author: Mike Lawrence
Publisher: Baron Barclay Bridge Supplies
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2006-03
Genre: Games & Activities
ISBN: 9780910791090

A two-session matchpoint event at a regional tournament, How to gather information from the auction, play of the cards, the atmosphere at the table, when to go against the field.

The Complete Book on Balancing in Contract Bridge

The Complete Book on Balancing in Contract Bridge
Author: Mike Lawrence
Publisher: Baron Barclay Bridge Supplies
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2013-01-16
Genre: Games & Activities
ISBN: 9780939460700

This revised and expanded edition examines bridge auctions where the opponents bid something and you have the opportunity to either let them have it or to balance. 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 help you develop judgment

How to Play Card Combinations

How to Play Card Combinations
Author: Mike Lawrence
Publisher: Devyn Press Bridge Library
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2006-03
Genre: Games & Activities
ISBN: 9780910791632

52 hands presented as problems. Discusses the proper way to play each combination. Each hand concludes with further analysis.

Tips on Cardplay

Tips on Cardplay
Author: Mike Lawrence
Publisher: Master Point Press
Total Pages: 316
Release: 2015
Genre: Games & Activities
ISBN: 9781771400220

Third and final volume in the series by one of the best bridge writers in the world, which offers expert tips for bridge players, originally published in limited-circulation pamphlets twenty years ago. The topics here include: defence, including opening leads, signalling and third hand play, declarer play including endplays, simple squeezes, loser on loser plays, and timing. There is also a general discussion of the mistakes we all make in cardplay but need to avoid. This is the third volume in a three-volume series, 'Mike Lawrence Bridge Tips', based on bridge tips for intermediate players first published twenty years ago.

How to Read Your Opponent's Cards

How to Read Your Opponent's Cards
Author: Mike Lawrence
Publisher: Baron Barclay Bridge Supplies
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2006-03-28
Genre: Games & Activities
ISBN: 9780910791489

Each chapter takes a principle, helps the reader understand it, and gives examples, plus a quiz on the subject. A great help if you seem to guess right half the time or less when playing the dummy.

Complete Guide to Passed Hand Bidding

Complete Guide to Passed Hand Bidding
Author: Mike Lawrence
Publisher: Master Point Press
Total Pages: 212
Release: 2011-10-15
Genre: Games & Activities
ISBN: 9781897106822

"A major contribution to bidding theory, easy to understand and fun to read at the same time" -- Publisher description.

Partnership Understandings

Partnership Understandings
Author: Mike Lawrence
Publisher: Baron Barclay Bridge Supplies
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2006-03-29
Genre: Contract bridge
ISBN: 9780910791083

Stop bidding misunderstandings before they occur with this valuable guide. It covers all the significant points you should discuss with your partner.

Tips on Bidding

Tips on Bidding
Author: Mike Lawrence
Publisher: Master Point Press
Total Pages: 292
Release: 2015
Genre: Games & Activities
ISBN: 9781771400206

Twenty years ago, Mike Lawrence published a series of short booklets entitled Topics on Bridge, offering tips on various aspects of cardplay and bidding for intermediate players. Now this material is being republished as a three-book series - revised, updated, and with new topics added. Included in this volume: Avoiding Common Errors, How Long is Partner's Suit? The Three-card Raise, Reverses, The Splinter Bid, Bidding after an Opponent's Takeout Double, Weak Two-bids, Preempts, Drury, Passed Hand Bidding, The Fine Art of Hanging Partner Book jacket.