Point Count Bidding

Point Count Bidding
Author: Charles H. Goren
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Total Pages: 166
Release: 1958
Genre: Games & Activities
ISBN: 9780671592301

Improve Your Bidding Judgment

Improve Your Bidding Judgment
Author: Neil Kimelman
Publisher: Master Point Press
Total Pages: 212
Release: 2008
Genre: Games & Activities
ISBN: 9781897106297

Beginners at bridge are taught rigid rules to apply to bidding, rules that involve point count, losing trick count and other evaluation methods. But they quickly discover that there are more situations where the rules don't apply than where they do. This book addresses a gap in bridge literature by discussing how to make decisions in the auction: when to be aggressive and when to pull back, when to take saves, when to double the opponents, and so forth. Filled with real-life examples, practical advice and helpful quizzes, this will help any reader become a better bidder.

Better Balanced Bidding

Better Balanced Bidding
Author: Ron Klinger
Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2010-04-28
Genre: Games & Activities
ISBN: 9780297859987

This is an important, and in some ways revolutionary, book. The point count method of hand evaluation was first proposed in 1914 and popularized in 1934 by Milton Work. The Banzai Method advanced by David Jackson and Ron Klinger improves on Milton Work by reassessing the relative values of the honour cards but also adds a further dimension to accurate hand evaluation by including the tens and is of crucial importance when assessing balanced hands. According to Eric Kokish, an internationally respected American authority, who has contributed the Foreword, the many example deals are an eye-opener. When you finish this book, it is unlikely that you are going to look at your hand the same way as you have in the past.

Goren's Point Count Bidding Made Easy

Goren's Point Count Bidding Made Easy
Author: Charles Henry Goren
Publisher: Doubleday Books
Total Pages: 106
Release: 1975
Genre: Games & Activities
ISBN:

"The point-count method, standard world-wide in all modern bidding, is presented here in a self-teaching format, complete with quizzes that enhance enjoyment and advance the reader's learning. The world's foremost bridge authority, winner of hundreds of titles, including his official designation as "Mr. Bridge," explains in clear, simple terms the point-count method he pioneered--the method that made good partnership bidding easy. Readily grasped by any bridge player, beginner or advanced."--Cover.

Winning Contract Bridge

Winning Contract Bridge
Author: Edgar Kaplan
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Total Pages: 468
Release: 2010-06-17
Genre: Games & Activities
ISBN: 9780486245591

Bridge.

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.

Bridge at a Glance

Bridge at a Glance
Author: Audrey Grant
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2014-05-18
Genre: Bridge whist
ISBN: 9780910791625

Bridge at a Glance - Expanded Version - now with a glossary and pages dedicated to Duplicate and Chicago scoring. This is a quick reference guide of the material in Audrey Grant's award-winning Bridge Basics series. These summaries work in conjunction with her books which provide the reasoning behind these guidelines. This 37-page booklet fits right inside your convention card holder for easy reference. -- Publisher website.

Modern Losing Trick Count Flipper

Modern Losing Trick Count Flipper
Author: Ron Klinger
Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2009-04-09
Genre: Games & Activities
ISBN: 9780297855576

The Losing Trick Count is a way of measuring the trick-taking potential of a trump contract. It enables you to calculate the playing-strength, the tricks in your own hand and to estimate those in your partner's hand. Used correctly the LTC is a vastly superior valuation technique for accurate bidding.