Five-card Majors

Offering an introduction to five-card majors and demonstrating the system's virtues, this book is aimed at all bridge players, irrespective of whether they use four or five-card major opening bid systems or whether they base their game on Acol, Standard American or any other system. About two-thirds of the world's leading players use some system based on opening with five-card major suits. This detailed analysis of the system and its application in pairs play are supported by exercises which should enable players to consolidate their grasp of five-card major methods. The answers to the bidding problems are accompanied by explanations of how the final contracts were reached.
 
Offering an introduction to five-card majors and demonstrating the system's virtues, this book is aimed at all bridge players, irrespective of whether they use four or five-card major opening bid systems or whether they base their game on Acol, Standard American or any other system. About two-thirds of the world's leading players use some system based on opening with five-card major suits. This detailed analysis of the system and its application in pairs play are supported by exercises which should enable players to consolidate their grasp of five-card major methods. The answers to the bidding problems are accompanied by explanations of how the final contracts were reached.