Author : Barbara Seagram
Publisher : Master Point Press
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 20,49 MB
Release : 2006
Category : Contract bridge
ISBN : 9781897106112
Defense is the hardest part of playing bridge, but that doesn't mean that it's impossible to learn. The authors explain how to make a plan as a defender: how to work out from the auction and play what declarer probably has, and which of the strategies available to defenders is likely to be successful.
Author : Audrey Grant
Publisher :
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 29,84 MB
Release : 1995
Category : Cooking
ISBN : 9780822016663
"This book tells you everything you need to know about the most widely accepted bidding methods. Read about the secrets of hand evaluation that can dramatically improve your game. Learn how to describe your hand to partner so that the partnership can find its way to the best contract. Discover new concepts that keep the bidding conversation straightforward. You'll be confident when you go to your next bridge game because you'll have the solid foundation needed to handle any bidding sequence."--Back cover
Author : Barbara Seagram
Publisher : Master Point Press
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 26,79 MB
Release : 2008-06
Category : 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.
Author : Audrey Grant
Publisher :
Page : 57 pages
File Size : 12,93 MB
Release : 2019-10-14
Category :
ISBN : 9781944201326
This Bridge Guide encourages players to see the potential of weak hands. When the defenders know the standard opening lead guidelines and how to use signals and the Defenders' Plan, they start to maximize the partnership's trick-taking potential on defense, even when holding the weakest hand at the table.
Author : Barbara Seagram
Publisher : Master Point Press
Page : 222 pages
File Size : 16,45 MB
Release : 2003
Category : Contract bridge
ISBN : 9781894154659
The squel to ... 25 bridge conventions you should know--Cover.
Author : Ken Casey
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Page : 643 pages
File Size : 46,35 MB
Release : 2020-12-13
Category : Games & Activities
ISBN : 1664147020
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 2nd hand high or 3rd 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. Ken has published more than 15 bridge books. These books have now been consolidated into a series of 5 core tournament books as follows: Tournament Bridge for Beginning Players (4th ed. 2020), Tournament Bridge for Intermediate Players (4th ed. 2020), Tournament Bridge for Advanced Players (3rd ed. 2019), Tournament Bridge for Notrump Contracts (4th ed. 2020) and Tournament Bridge Tips on Defense (4th ed. 2020). The above 5 books have themselves been condensed into a two-volume set called The Complete Book of Bridge Hands, Volumes 1 and 2 (2d ed. 2019). In addition, Ken has published a book on bidding, called The Casey 2/1 Bridge Bidding System (4th Edition 2021).
Author : Eddie Kantar
Publisher : Master Point Press
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 30,60 MB
Release : 1999
Category : Games & Activities
ISBN : 9781894154024
Covers leads, signaling, second- and third-hand play, and discarding, and includes practice hands and quizzes.
Author : Audrey Grant
Publisher : Baron Barclay Bridge Supplies
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 43,23 MB
Release : 2008-02-04
Category : Games & Activities
ISBN : 9780939460656
This is the 3rd in the American Contract Bridge League's series of bridge books for beginning and advancing players. Successfully used for over 20 years, this edition has been updated to reflect modern theory. Lessons include Opening Leads vs. Notrump Contracts, Opening Leads vs. Suit Contracts, Third-Hand Play, Second-Hand Play, Defensive Signals, Developing Defensive Tricks, Interfering with Declarer, Making a Plan, and the new bonus lesson on Negative Doubles.
Author : Eddie Kantar
Publisher : Master Point Press
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 41,97 MB
Release : 1999
Category : Games & Activities
ISBN : 9781894154031
Covers defensive strategies, interferences, ways of counting the hand, extra trump tricks, falsecarding, and lead-directing doubles.
Author : Edwin B. Kantar
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 36,21 MB
Release : 2003-02
Category : Games & Activities
ISBN : 9780879803223
Introduction to Defender's Play, written by one of the outstanding world bridge experts, will teach you the defender's skills you need to play winning bridge.
