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Bridge At A Glance Audrey Grant A quick reference of the material in the Bridge Basics series. These summaries work in conjunction with the books which present the reasoning behind the guidelines. |
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25 Bridge Conventions You Should Know Barbara Seagram, Marc Smith It doesn't take long before beginning bridge players want to know more about bidding systems, and especially about conventions. The authors have selected 25 basic conventions and treatments that novice players can easily assimilate into their own methods. They explain clearly and concisely how to use each one, and how it fits into a standard bidding system. Each section ends with a summary chart as well as a self-quiz to ensure that the reader has understood the concepts. |
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Bid Better Play Better: How to Think at the Bridge Table Dorothy Hayden Truscott Revised and updated. Winning advice on bidding and play for the intermediate, based on five card major openings. |
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Bidding in the 21st Century Audrey Grant |
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Bridge Basics 1: An Introduction (The Official Better Bridge Series) Audrey Grant Starts at the beginning, introducing the mechanics of the games. It covers bidding, play and defense. |
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Play of the Hand in the 21st Century: The Diamond Series (Acbl Bridge) Audrey Grant This is the 2nd in the American Contract Bridge League's series of bridge books for beginning and advancing players. Successfully used by students and teachers for over 20 years, this edition has been updated to reflect current standards for playing bridge. This book concentrates on the play of the hand (making a plan, promoting winners, finessing, trumping losers, etc.). The initial bidding concepts are reviewed and Jacoby transfers and slam bidding are introduced. |
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Bridge For Dummies Eddie Kantar Your plain-English guide to the most popular card game in the worldBridge, as any player will tell you, is simply the best card game ever. It's challenging—each hand presents a different set of conditions you must figure out and solve. It's very social—you play with a partner and two opponents. And best of all—it's fun. Bridge For Dummies gives you a step-by-step explanation of the fundamentals of the game in terms you can understand. It walks you through the different aspects of bridge, featuring real-life examples, so that you can feel comfortable with the basics before you ever start to play. And if you're already experienced at the game, you'll discover a wealth of tips and hints that can make you a better player. - Covers playing bridge online
- Includes updated websites and other resources
- Gives you the latest bidding techniques, including ACOL
Bridge For Dummies is the perfect guide for a beginner hoping to learn to play bridge as well as the seasoned player looking for new techniques and strategies. |
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Bridge Basics 2: Competitive Bidding Audrey Grant Covers the concepts needed when both sides are bidding for the contract. It introduces preemptive opening bids, overcalls and takeout doubles. |
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The Pocket Guide to Bridge Conventions You Should Know Barbara Seagram, Marc Smith Using the same format as The Pocket Guide to Bridge, this book provides a handy pocket summary of about two dozen basic bidding conventions. In a concise but readable manner, it summarizes most of the material presented in 25 Bridge Conventions You Should Know by the same author team - a book that is now the bestselling bridge title of the last 50 years (more than 130,000 copies in print). |
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2 Over 1 Game Force (The Official Better Bridge) Audrey Grant, Eric Rodwell This book covers the basics of Two-Over-One Game Force, a popular variation of Standard American bidding. It shows how a small modification can make it easier for the partnership to get to the best game contract and explore the possibility of slam. Using a response of 1 NT as a forcing bid can improve the results. Bidding is color-coded in this well organized book. Summaries, exercises, and sample deals illustrate the ideas. |