The Complete Book on Balancing in Contract Bridge
1st Edition
Published on 1. October 2012
451 pages
978-0-939460-88-5 (ISBN)
Description
This revised and expanded edition examines bridge auctions where the opponents bid something and you have the opportunity to either let them have it or to balance. The cost of not balancing can be huge, but you must weigh the cost of passing against the cost of bidding and getting a bad result. Lawrence's discussion of hand evaluation and planning a balancing auction goes beyond generic rules. Hundreds of examples help you develop judgment
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Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
File size
1,15 MB
ISBN-13
978-0-939460-88-5 (9780939460885)
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The Complete Book on Balancing in Contract Bridge
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Mike Lawrence of Nashville, TN is one of the world's outstanding players, as well as a leading author and teacher. He began playing bridge while a chemistry student at the University of California. When a hand injury caused him to postpone final exams, he discovered the card room. It was not long before bridge became his major interest. He was a member of Ira Corn's original Dallas Aces team. He holds more than 23,000 master points in ACBL play. He has won more than twenty national championships and three world championships. Under Corn's mentorship, he started teaching bridge and subsequently writing books. His first bridge book, How to Read Your Opponents' Cards, was named book-of-the-year in 1973. Since then he has produced a steady stream of best sellers.
Content
- The Complete Book On BALANCING
- Contents
- Prologue
- Foreword: Read Me
- Introduction: Why Should You Balance When They Finish Bidding?
- ONE Balancing When One of a Suit is Passed Out
- TWO Balancing When 1NT is Passed Out
- THREE The Safety Factor in Reopening
- FOUR Reopening When the Opponents Find a Fit
- FIVE Reopening When the Opponents Have Not Found a Fit
- SIX Responding to the Reopening Bid
- SEVEN Continuing the Auction
- EIGHT The Opening Bid is One of a Suit. You Reopen by Bidding a Suit. What, if Given the Chance, Do You Do Next?
- NINE Continuing the Auction When Their Side Bids and Responds and Your Side Balances
- TEN Bidding Naturally in a Suit the Opponents Have Bid
- ELEVEN Reopening After a Preempt
- TWELVE When Partner Reopens After a Preempt
- THIRTEEN Bidding Again When You Have Reopened After a Preempt
- FOURTEEN Two Sets of Example Hands
- About the Author
