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Playing to Trick One
There Are No Mulligans in Bridge
E-bok, 2020
57 kr
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Bridge is a game of mistakes.The best players make fewer mistakes. It's not a matter of being brilliant The real expert players never make basic mistakes,they keep the ball in the court, in the fairway. Sure there is an occasional hand where they make a brilliant play but that's not what …
Finesse
Only a Last Resort
E-bok, 2021
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How much do you really know about finesses? A finesse is one of the most common techniques in bridge and yet one of the most abused. The term "e;finesseaholic"e; describes a player who never met a finesse he/she didn't want to take. So often the finesse is really a last resort, only when …
Blocking & Unblocking
Don't Paint Yourself into a Corner
E-bok, 2021
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In this book, we will see a variety of examples of how to unblock your suits and how to block theirs. Mastering these will lessen your frustrations. The plays are easy, it's the anticipation in sufficient time that is a good deal more tricky. I'm sure you will recognize some of these situations …
"e;Second Hand High, Third Hand Not so High"e;
No Rules, Just Right
Av Danny Kleinman, James Marsh Sternberg MD
E-bok, 2021
55 kr
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"e;Second hand low"e; and "e;third hand high"e; are adages we learned in Bridge 101 along with others like "e;cover an honor with an honor"e; and "e;always return your partner's suit."e; These so-called rules will get you by, but they won't see you very far. Second …
L O L
It's Loser - on - Loser
Av Danny Kleinman, James Marsh Sternberg MD
E-bok, 2021
55 kr
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Just what is LOL? Yes, a common abbreviation for Laughing Out Loud, and often used to refer to a Little Old Lady, but in bridge it means a Loser-On-Loser play. At times a declarer can improve his/her situation by playing a losing card from one hand on a loser in a different suit from the hand …
Search for a Second Suit
It's in Here Somewhere
Av Danny Kleinman, James Marsh Sternberg MD
E-bok, 2021
55 kr
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Becoming a good declarer starts with some basic principles. All the books tell you the same thing; before playing to Trick 1, think and form a plan. But what should you think about? Players often look at a deal and see a new mystery, a complex problem. They become overwhelmed. Of all the ways of …
When Michaels Met the Unusual
The Perfect Couple
E-bok, 2022
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In the earlier days of bridge, a direct cue bid of the opponent’s opening bid was traditionally played as a ‘strong cue bid’, a hand too strong for an ordinary take-out double, and forcing to game. A typical hand was any 4-4-4-1 hand with 18 – 19+ HCP. These occurred so seldom and players found …
Elimination & Endplays
Av Danny Kleinman, James Marsh Sternberg MD
E-bok, 2022
57 kr
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Card play at bridge embraces both declarer play and defense. Hundreds of books have been written about it. Our approach here, as in our previous books, is to focus on a particular deal type. Repeated experience with a theme makes it easier to recognize deal types and employ the appropriate …
Shortness
A Key to Better Bidding, Second Edition
E-bok, 2022
57 kr
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This book is about only one thing. Shortness, singletons or voids. It's impossible to overestimate the value distribution plays in bidding accuracy. High cards are nice; anybody can bid games and slams when the high cards are falling out of their hands onto the table. But usually those results don …
Reversing the Dummy
And It's Cousin, the Cross Ruff
E-bok, 2022
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When discussing declarer play, the first thing I always suggest is for declarer to try to determine what kind of hand he is dealing with. Proper play of the hand starts with planning your play at Trick 1. After identifying/counting your losers, you need to look for ways to eliminate them. Counting …
From Zero to Three Hundred
A Bridge Journey
E-bok, 2022
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Three hundred. What's so special about the number 300? It's the magic number all serious bridge players seek, often unsuccessfully. It takes three hundred masterpoints of varying types to become a Life Master in the American Contract Bridge League (ACBL). When Dr James Sternberg took up the game, …
Trump Promotion
The Uppercut
E-bok, 2022
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How do defender’s win trump tricks? Other than having high honors, natural winners, it’s by getting an early ruff of a short suit. Far more fulfilling and intriguing possibilities arise in poking away at declarer’s trump suit and plucking out an unexpected trick. Trump promotion has been described …
Suit Preference
The Abused and Misused Signal
Av Danny Kleinman, James Marsh Sternberg MD
E-bok, 2022
57 kr
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SUIT PREFERENCE SIGNALSIf there was ever an area in bridge that resembles walking thru a mine field this is it. No topic causes more confusion and arguments than suit preference signals. “Partner, I played a deuce. Why didn’t you switch to a club?” is heard everywhere all the time. Most signals in …
Active or Passive
A Guide to Being a Better Defender
E-bok, 2022
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Innumerable books have been written on declarer play. Far less attention has been paid by bridge writers to defense, which is the weakest part of most players’ game. This book presents a series of problems in defensive play, the central theme being active versus passive defense. This problem may …
I, Radiologist, and the Evolution of Medicine in 'West' West Broward County, Florida
E-bok, 2023
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This is a true story. A young radiologist, fresh out of training, starts working in south Florida but has difficulty establishing himself in a practice. Finally, working alone in west Broward county, he sees the vast empty spaces, west of what is currently considered west. Knowing the future must …
