The Complete Bridge Player


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Advanced Auction and Contract Bridge Tactics for the Keen Player


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This vintage book contains a complete guide to mastering the game of bridge. With comprehensive descriptions, helpful illustrations, and a wealth of invaluable tips, this volume is ideal for those with an interest in becoming a bridge master. It tackles some of the more advanced tactics to be employed in bridge and covers many of the common mistakes to be avoided as an advanced or competitive player. Contents include: “Play the Game”, “The Dealer's Bid”, “Second Hand's Bid”, “The Opening Lead”, “The Informatory Double”, “Signals – The Eleven Rule”, “The Finesse – Covering an Honour”, “The Squeeze – Elimination The Grand Coup”, “Common Mistakes”, “Card Memory and Card Reading”, “Camouflage”, etc. Many vintage books such as this are increasingly scarce and expensive. We are republishing this volume now in an affordable, modern edition complete with a specially commissioned new introduction on card games.




Complete Auction Bridge for 1922


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Excerpt from Complete Auction Bridge for 1922 The writer has endeavored to make a clear presentation of Auction Bridge, comprehensible to beginners as well as to those experienced in the game. The conventions selected are generally accepted by the large majority of good players. Where there exists any real difference of opinion, both sides are presented, with the writer's reasons for the view adopted. The purpose of this book is to standardize the game among average players, and its price has accordingly been made so as to put it within the reach of all. Some detail has been sacrificed to simplicity and clearness, but nothing really essential has been omitted. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.