Bridge for Beginners A Step-by-Step Guide to One of the Most Challenging Card Games

Name: Bridge for Beginners A Step-by-Step Guide to One of the Most Challenging Card Games
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ISBN: 9781592282838

ISBN-10: 1592282830

ISBN-13: 9781592282838

Edition: 2004

Authors: Paul Mendelson

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Bridge is the ultimate card game. It is truly a mind sport, as taxing on the brain as a decathlon is to the body. Bridge for Beginners is the ultimate introduction. Bridge for Beginners starts with the basics, even suggesting that the reader remove the jokers from a full deck of cards. With the basics established, the book progresses, and by the end, the beginning player will be ready to go as far as desired, whether it be to social bridge, club bridge, competitive bridge, or trying out for the national team. Bridge, and this book, is divided into two parts: the bidding, or auction, and the play of the cards. Each is examined closely, in a step-by-step method that greatly simplifies one…

Book details

List price: $12.95
Copyright year: 2004
Publisher: Globe Pequot Press, The
Publication date: 4/1/2004
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 192
Size: 5.00" wide x 8.00" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.022
Language: English



Introduction



Introduction to Bridge: How It Is Played and Scored



Absolute Beginners



The Game Unveiled



The Scoring



The Shape of the Hand



The Bidding (AKA The Auction)



The Bidding



The Positions at the Table



Opening and Responding to 1NT



Opening and Responding to 1-of-a-Suit



Supporting Partner



Responding with 1NT



Competitive Bidding: Doubles and Overcalls



Conventions: Description of Stayman and Blackwood



The Play of the Cards



No-Trump Contracts



Suit Contracts



Finesses



Defending Your Opponents' Contracts: Basic Strategies and Opening Leads



Defending Your Opponents' Contracts: Simple Signals and Discards



Dull but Important Information on Etiquette, Scoring and Basic Rules



Etiquette



Scoring



Basic Rules


Glossary


Index