Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #39043 in Books
• Published on: 2003-09
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 192 pages

Features

• ISBN13: 9781894154659
• Condition: USED - VERY GOOD
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Customer Reviews

Good overview of essential bidding conventions - but shallow
I suppose this book fulfills its purpose of providing an exposure to basic bidding conventions, and, from this perspective, its a good starting point. However, since it does cover so many conventions, the explanation and examples and not as in depth as a serious bridge player would like to see. I gave this book 4 stars because I think that it is a good reference book that should be in your bridge book library because it serves as a starting point for developing a bidding system. Serious players will want to go into more depth regarding the conventions that they decide to employ and should refer to other, focused books for comprehensive explanations.

Contents (I just got this book.)

Section 1 Learn these first

Chapter 1 Cappelletti Defense to 1NT
Chapter 2 Flannery Two Diamonds
Chapter 3 Bergen Raises
Chapter 4 Responding to Three-bids
Chapter 5 Four-Suit Transfers
Chapter 6 Gambling 3NT
Chapter 7 D.O.N.T. Defense to a Strong 1NT
Chapter 8 Namyats


Section 2 More complicated

Chapter 9 More About Stayman
Chapter 10 Exclusion Blackwood
Chapter 11 Ingberman
Chapter 12 Weak Jump Shifts
Chapter 13 Support Doubles
Chapter 14 Fit-showing Jumps
Chapter 15 DOPI, ROPI and DEPO
Chapter 16 Puppet Stayman


Section 3 Sophisticated stuff

Chapter 17 Inverted Minor Raises
Chapter 18 Leaping Michaels
Chapter 19 The Forcing 1NT
Chapter 20 Ace-and-King (Italian) Cuebidding
Chapter 21 Unusual over Unusual
Chapter 22 SOS and other Redoubles
Chapter 23 Pick-a-slam 5NT
Chapter 24 Snapdragon Doubles
Chapter 25 Multi-colored Two Diamonds

Advanced Conventions
Terrific reference book. Covers Forcing No Trump, responding to preempts, Snapdragon Doubles, Unusual v. Unusual, Puppet Stayman, 1430 RKC, Q bidding, and many others. The good thing about this book is that it covers ALL aspects of each convention, from the first bid to all follow-up bids and responses.