Bridge For Dummies

Eddie Kantar, a transplanted Californian, is one of thebest-known bridge writers in the world. He has more than 30 bridgebooks in print, some translated into 8 languages, and is a regularcontributor to the Bulletin, The Bridge World, Bridge Today,and many other bridge publications. Eddie, a two-time World Champion, is highly regarded as a playerand known as one of bridge's great ambassadors. Eddie learned to play bridge at age 11. By the time he was 17, hewas teaching the game to his friends. Eddie was so enthusiasticabout bridge that he often took his bridge books to school, hidingthem behind his textbooks so that the teachers couldn't seehim reading about bridge during class. At the University ofMinnesota, where Eddie studied foreign languages, he taught bridgeto pay his tuition. Eddie gained stature as a player by winning 2 World Championshiptitles and 11 North American Championships. His North Americantitles include wins in the Spingold Knockout Teams, the ReisingerBoard-a-Match Teams, the Vanderbilt Knockout Teams, and the GrandNational Teams. Eddie is a Grand Master in World Bridge Federationrankings and an ACBL Grand Life Master. Today Eddie is best knownas a writer, and many of his books are considered classics. Whennot playing bridge or writing about the subject, he can be foundplaying paddle tennis (an offshoot of tennis) or bridge at thepaddle tennis courts at Venice Beach (come and join the fun ineither game). By the way, Eddie is the only person ever to haveplayed in both a World Bridge Championship and a World Table TennisChampionship (he did better at bridge). Eddie was inducted into the Bridge Hall of Fame in 1996, the sameyear he was inducted into the Minnesota State Table Tennis Hall ofFame.