Beginning Bridge

Beginning Bridge
Author: Barbara Seagram
Publisher: Master Point Press
Total Pages: 220
Release: 2008-06
Genre: Games & Activities
ISBN: 9781897106334

Written for complete beginners, this book is based on material that Barbara Seagram uses in her own classes to introduce hundreds of new players to the game every year. The book will take readers to the point where they can enjoy a social game with friends or begin to explore their local bridge club.

No Trump Contracts

No Trump Contracts
Author: David Bird
Publisher: D&B Publishing
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2003
Genre: Contract bridge
ISBN: 9781904468004

No trump contracts provide the nuts and bolts of bridge card play. Without a trump suit lurking in the background, where small cards can pop up unexpectedly and ruff your winners, the play is simplified and becomes all about the correct handling of the suits. This does not imply that no trump play is easy--far from it. There are difficult decisions to be made all along the line: should you take a finesse? which is the danger hand? when is it right to hold off? In this groundbreaking book, renowned bridge author David Bird helps you to answer these questions and to comprehend the reasoning as to why certain decisions are taken. Each independent principle is thoroughly examined and the reader is then invited to test their own understanding of the concept by answering a number of puzzles typical of those that arise in practical play.

Planning the Play of a Bridge Hand

Planning the Play of a Bridge Hand
Author: Barbara Seagram
Publisher: Master Point Press
Total Pages: 236
Release: 2009
Genre: Games & Activities
ISBN: 9781897106518

This book, starting from the basics, explains how to make a plan as a declarer. The reader learns how to recognise which technique to apply on a given deal, both in notrump contracts and suit contracts.

Bridge

Bridge
Author: Andrew Robson
Publisher: Collins
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2007
Genre: Card games
ISBN: 9780007234028

"Thinking about learning bridge but don't know the basics? Want to be able to play a social game? Collings need to know? Bridge starts from scratch to teach you how to play and enjoy the ever popular game of bridge."--Back cover.

How to Play a Bridge Hand

How to Play a Bridge Hand
Author: William S. Root
Publisher: Crown
Total Pages: 321
Release: 2010-11-03
Genre: Games & Activities
ISBN: 0307774457

Neither for beginners nor for experts but for the 90 percent of players in between, How to Play a Bridge Hand includes more than 300 of bridge master William Root's favorite hands. Hailed by the American Bridge Teachers' Association as the "Book of the Year." Line drawings.

Play of the Hand

Play of the Hand
Author: Audrey Grant
Publisher: Baron Barclay Bridge Supplies
Total Pages: 378
Release: 1999-10-26
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9780943855127

Focuses on basic concepts of play of hand. Bidding tactics reviewed.

Countdown to Winning Bridge

Countdown to Winning Bridge
Author: Tim Bourke
Publisher: Master Point Press
Total Pages: 220
Release: 1999
Genre: Games & Activities
ISBN: 9781894154055

Did you ever notice how the bridge experts always seem to know where every card is? How their finesses always seem to succeed? How their guesses are nearly always perfect? This book won't teach you to play quite that well, but it will introduce you to some very simple techniques that the experts use on play and defense. As declarer or defender, counting the hand is the one thing that will help you the most. But how do you keep track of all those cards? This book will show you how - explaining the tricks of the trade, and helping anyone who can count to thirteen to become a much better player. Full of practical examples of how to apply the information you get from counting, this book is sure to improve your game.

How I Became a Life Master Playing the Weak No Trump

How I Became a Life Master Playing the Weak No Trump
Author: Eric v.d. Luft
Publisher: Gegensatz Press
Total Pages: 227
Release: 2009-07-10
Genre: Games & Activities
ISBN: 1933237384

A comprehensive exposition of the Kaplan-Sheinwold (K-S) bidding system, incorporating up-to-date aggressive methods. Advantages of this Aggressive Weak No Trump bidding system include: (1) A greater proportion of limit bids and a higher frequency of bids in general, improving communication between partners. (2) More accurate low-level descriptive bids, making it easier during the auction to envision the probable play of the hand and to find your best contract. (3) Increased use of preempts, making it more difficult for the opponents to find their best possible result in a competitive auction.

According to Hoyle

According to Hoyle
Author: Richard L. Frey
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Total Pages: 302
Release: 1996-08-27
Genre: Games & Activities
ISBN: 044991156X

"A must for anyone who wants to play a game and play it correctly." Charles H. Goren Whether you play card games, dice games, parlor games, word games, chess, checker, backgammon, or solitaire games, here is a comprehensive, up-to-date book with the complete rules of your favorite games of skill and chance. ACCORDING TO HOYLE gives not only the rules but expert advice on winning, too.