How to Play a Bridge Hand
12 Easy Chapters to Winning Bridge by America's Premier Teacher
1st Edition
Published on 3. November 2010
320 pages
978-0-307-77445-3 (ISBN)
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Neither for beginners nor for experts but for the 90 percent of players in between, How to Play a Bridge Hand includes more than 300 of bridge master William Root's favorite hands. Hailed by the American Bridge Teachers' Association as the "Book of the Year." Line drawings.
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William S. Root (1923-2002) was an American professional bridge player who was also a noted teacher and writer about the game. He was inducted into the American Contract Bridge League Hall of Fame in 1997, and was author of several acclaimed books on bridge, including Commonsense Bidding: The Most Complete Guide to Modern Methods of Standard Bidding and How to Play a Bridge Hand: 12 Easy Chapters to Winning Bridge by America's Premier Teacher.
Omar Sharif, an actor best known for his roles in the films Doctor Zhivago, Lawrence of Arabia, and Funny Girl, was considered one of the world's best bridge players. He also wrote the introduction to How to Play a Bridge Hand. In his later years, Sharif retired to his home in Cairo, Egypt, where he died in 2015.
Omar Sharif, an actor best known for his roles in the films Doctor Zhivago, Lawrence of Arabia, and Funny Girl, was considered one of the world's best bridge players. He also wrote the introduction to How to Play a Bridge Hand. In his later years, Sharif retired to his home in Cairo, Egypt, where he died in 2015.
Content
- Intro
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Other Books by This Author
- Dedication
- Contents
- Introduction
- Before You Read This Book
- Think Before You Play
- Counting Tricks at Notrump Contracts
- Counting Tricks at Trump Contracts
- Chapter 1 - How to Play Suit Combinations
- The Finesse
- Lead Toward Honor Cards
- To Finesse, or to Play for the Drop
- Restricted Choice
- Safety Plays
- When Entry Cards Are Limited
- When an Opponent Leads the Suit
- Quiz
- Quiz Answers
- Chapter 2 - Blocking the Opponents' Communication
- The Hold-Up Play at Notrump Contracts
- Hold-Up Plays at Trump Contracts
- Second Hand High
- The Danger Hand
- Quiz
- Quiz Answers
- Chapter 3 - Communication Problems
- Ducking
- Overtaking
- Saving and Creating Entries
- Unblocking
- Jettison Plays
- Quiz
- Quiz Answers
- Chapter 4 - Trump Entries
- Timing
- and Ruffing Losers in the Dummy
- Using the Trump Suit for Entries
- The Timing: First Things First
- Ruffing Losers in the Dummy
- Quiz
- Quiz Answers
- Chapter 5 - Trump Control Problems
- When to Draw the High Trump(s)
- Keeping Trump Control
- Establishing a Side Suit
- Protecting Winners from Being Ruffed
- Preventing Overruffs and Trump Promotions
- Quiz
- Quiz Answers
- Chapter 6 - Choosing the Master Hand
- the Crossruff
- and Ruffing in the Long Hand
- Making Dummy the Master Hand
- The Dummy Reversal
- The Crossruff
- Ruffing in the Long Hand
- Quiz
- Quiz Answers
- Chapter 7 - Going with the Odds
- Choosing the Percentage Play
- Combining Your Chances
- The Percentage Table for Suit Distribution of Outstanding Cards
- Quiz
- Quiz Answers
- Chapter 8 - Clues from the Opening Lead and the Bidding
- Clues from the Opening Lead (including the Rule of Eleven)
- Clues from the Bidding
- Quiz
- Quiz Answers
- Chapter 9 - How to Count the Suits and the Squeeze Play
- How to Count the Suits
- Counting One Suit
- Counting Two Suits
- Counting All Four Suits
- Conceding a Trick to Obtain a Count
- The Squeeze Play
- Rectifying the Count
- The Pseudo Squeeze
- Create a Threat Card
- The Suicide Squeeze
- Communication Problems
- The Double Squeeze
- Quiz
- Quiz Answers
- Chapter 10 - The Throw-In Play
- Throw In Either Opponent
- Throw In One Opponent
- Forcing a Ruff and Discard
- Guarding Against a Bad Break
- Multiple Tenace Positions
- Choosing Your Victim
- Throw-In for a Trump Lead
- Throw-In for an Entry
- Throw-In at Notrump
- Quiz
- Quiz Answers
- Chapter 11 - Deception and Psychology
- False-carding
- Winning with the Right Card
- Tempting a Defender to Cover an Honor
- Tempting a Defender to Play Second Hand Low
- Tempting a Defender to Play Second Hand High
- Tempting a Defender Not to Ruff
- Discouraging the Defenders from Leading a Suit
- Reading Defensive Carding
- Quiz
- Quiz Answers
- Chapter 12 - Matchpoint Strategy
- Overtricks
- Overtricks versus Safety Plays
- The Wrong Contract
- Whose Hand Is It?
- Stealing a Trick
- Shooting
- Quiz
- Quiz Answers
