Bridge: Tricks of the Trade (Master Bridge Series)

by TerenceReese (Author), David Lyster Bird (Author)

• Used

  Hardcover
  1989

  $5.17

  The last two decades have brought a great advance in the standard of card-play, both at club and tournament level. Although many players feel confident in their ability to deal with the routine problems they may encounter at the bridge table, there are still certain areas that can be classified as blind spots - areas in which only the expert can be expected to make the right move at the right time. In addressing these particular areas, the authors of Miracles of Card Play and Unholy Tricks pass on their experience of professional competitive play. The text includes useful information and tips on strategy which aims to show the average player how to play declarer and defensive hands the expert way.

• Used

  Paperback
  1991

  $8.67

  The last 20 years have brought a great advance in the standard of card-play in bridge, both at club and tournament level. Many players nowadays feel confident in their ability to deal with all the routine problems they may encounter at the bridge table, but there are still areas which can be classified as blind spots for the normally competent player - areas in which only the expert can be expected to do the right thing time after time. In addressing these, the authors pass on the tricks of the trade , the distillation of experience which gives the expert his advantage in competitive play. The first half of the book is devoted to declarer play and the second half to defence.