Paul Mendelson is best known as the Financial Times bridge correspondent - he writes a weekly column - and as a leading author on bridge and poker. He is the author of six books on bridge and three on poker. He runs classes, lectures and workshops on bridge and is known to many of the world's finest players. His students have gone on to win many competitions, and he has coached top players of higher standard than himself.

Paul Mendelson is best known as the Financial Times bridge correspondent - he writes a weekly column - and as a leading author on bridge and poker. He is the author of six books on bridge and three on poker. He runs classes, lectures and workshops on bridge and is known to many of the world's finest players. His students have gone on to win many competitions, and he has coached top players of higher standard than himself.