Join master bridge teachers Barbara Seagram and David Bird as they first show you the basic building blocks of declarer play.
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Then move on to learning how to make a plan at the start of each hand, how to count the opponents' hands and then use that information, and how to keep a dangerous opponent from getting the lead. Finally you'll be ready for more advanced techniques that you may think are beyond you: safety plays, dummy reversals, eliminations and throw-ins.
Loaded with good, easy-to-understand advice, along with chapter-end quizzes, key-point summaries and a glossary of technical bridge terms, this book is sure to help you become a better declarer, and a popular partner.
25 Ways to Take More Tricks as Declarer Part 1 of 3: The Basics includes:
-- Foreword
-- Introduction
-- Chapter 16: Elimination Play
-- Chapter 17: The Hold-up Play in a Suit Contract
-- Chapter 18: The Throw-in at Notrump
-- Chapter 19: Reversing the Dummy
-- Chapter 20: Combining Two Chances
-- Chapter 21: Keeping the Danger Hand off Lead
-- Chapter 22: Playing a Contract Safely
-- Chapter 23: Counting the Defenders' Shape
-- Chapter 24: Counting the Defenders' Points
-- Chapter 25: Comparing Two Lines of Play
-- Glossary
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