Fun Way to Serious Bridge

Name: Fun Way to Serious Bridge
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ISBN: 9780671630270

ISBN-10: 067163027X

ISBN-13: 9780671630270

Edition: 1980 (Revised)

Authors: Harry Lampert

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Book details

List price: $16.99
Copyright year: 1980
Publisher: Touchstone
Publication date: 5/15/1986
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 160
Size: 5.25" wide x 8.37" long x 0.60" tall
Weight: 0.440
Language: English

R. M. Johnson is a former radiation specialist whose first book, The Harris Men reached #5 on the Blackboard Bestseller list.



Introduction


Basics of Game


First Magic Number


Mechanics of game


Scoring Bidding


Goal of bidding


How to evaluate hand


Point count system


What is an opening bid?


Suit Bidding


Distributional Points


Opening BidsPoint requirements for game and slams


Second Magic Number


Responses to opening suit bids


Rebids by the Opening Bidder


No Trump Bidding


Opening One No Trump bids


Responses to No Trump bids


Stayman Convention


Stayman Interference


Forcing Bids


competition


Reasons for competing


Ways of competing


Overcalls


Responses to overcalls


One no trump overcalls


Take-out doubles and responses


Defense against take-out doubleCue bids


Preemptive overcalls"Unusual" no trump


Big Hand Bidding


Opening two bids in suits and responses


Blackwood convention


Grand slam force


Big no trump hands


Gerber convention


Preemptive Biddingpenalty Doubles


patterns of Play


How tricks are won


Declarer Play


The finesse


Establishing long suits


Play in trump contracts


When to pull trumps


When to delay pulling trumps


No trump play


Hold-up play


Dangerous opponent


Which suit to set up


Entries


Defensive Play


Opening leads


No trump leads


Rule of Eleven


Suit contract leads


Third hand play Signalling


Lead-directing doubles


Advanced Play


Strip and end plays


Simple squeeze


Counting the hand


Dummy reversals


False-carding


Bath coup


Your Bridge System Proprietiesother Systems


The weak two bid


Preemptive single jump overcalls


Dopi


Balancing


Third hand openings


Drury


The negative double


Transfer bids


Flannery