Author: Hugh Walter KelseyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Contract bridge
Languages : en
Pages : 125
Book Description
Bridge Odds for Practical Players
Author: Hugh Walter KelseyPublisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson
ISBN: 9780304357789
Category : Games
Languages : en
Pages : 125
Book Description
Anyone who learns the principals set out in this book need never again be accused of playing against the odds. Backing outsiders has ruined many a punter at the bridge table as well as at the race track. Few players have any idea of how to harness the odds to solve problems that constantly recur. Which is the best line of play? Is it better to finesse or play for the drop? Will the diamonds break? Can the chances be combined? What are the exact odds? Here is a simple guide to solving the problems that arise in assessing the odds in play at bridge. Keeping theory to a minimum, the authors show by means of many practical examples how to calculate the odds and how to come up with the right answer at the bridge table. Anyone who learns to apply the principles set out in this book need never again be accused of playing against the odds.
Tournament Bridge for Advanced Players
Author: Ken CaseyPublisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1664177248
Category : Games & Activities
Languages : en
Pages : 598
Book Description
This book is designed to give a comprehensive and systematic view of the hands an advanced player might expect to encounter in a tournament. The various categories of hands presented will teach you when and how to use the endplay, when and how to squeeze, how to handle a forcing defense and how to handle a 4-1 trump split. Ken has published more than 15 bridge books. These books have now been consolidated into a series of 5 core tournament books as follows: Tournament Bridge for Beginning Players (4th ed. 2020), Tournament Bridge for Intermediate Players (5th ed. 2021), Tournament Bridge for Advanced Players (4th ed. 2021), Tournament Bridge for Notrump Contracts (4th ed. 2020) and Tournament Bridge Tips on Defense (4th ed. 2020). These 5 core books have themselves been condensed into a two-volume set called The Complete Book of Bridge Hands, Volumes 1 and 2 (2nd ed. 2019). In addition, Ken has published two books on bidding, The Casey 2/1 Bridge Bidding System (4th ed. 2021) and The Casey Simplified Precision Club Bridge Bidding System (2nd ed. 2021). Ken served as a Russian interpreter during the Vietnam War and then spent over 30 years practicing as a tax attorney. Ken also has an MBA in accounting and a CPA.
Tournament Bridge for Intermediate Players
Author: Ken CaseyPublisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1664177280
Category : Games & Activities
Languages : en
Pages : 678
Book Description
This book is designed to give a comprehensive and systematic view of the types of hands an intermediate player might expect to encounter in a tournament. The various categories of hands presented will teach you when to use the dummy reversal, when to spurn a finesse, when to duck a trick, when to do the avoidance play and how to handle a defender’s singleton. The book will also teach you how to discard, how to unblock, how to deceive and how to handle transportation problems. Ken has published more than 15 bridge books. These books have now been consolidated into a series of 5 core tournament books as follows: Tournament Bridge for Beginning Players (4th ed. 2020), Tournament Bridge for Intermediate Players (5th ed. 2021), Tournament Bridge for Advanced Players (4th ed. 2021), Tournament Bridge for Notrump Contracts (4th ed. 2020) and Tournament Bridge Tips on Defense (4th ed. 2020). These 5 core books have themselves been condensed into a two-volume set called The Complete Book of Bridge Hands, Volumes 1 and 2 (2nd ed. 2019). In addition, Ken has published two books on bidding, The Casey 2/1 Bridge Bidding System (4th ed. 2021) and The Casey Simplified Precision Club Bridge Bidding System (2nd ed. 2021). Ken served as a Russian interpreter during the Vietnam War and then spent over 30 years practicing as a tax attorney. Ken also has an MBA in accounting and a CPA.
Useful Probability for Bridge Players
Author: Julian LadermanPublisher:
ISBN: 9781771400596
Category : Games & Activities
Languages : en
Pages : 272
Book Description
Beginners rely heavily on bridge maxims. Are they accurate? What is the mathematics behind them? Useful Probability for Bridge Players examines these questions. The emphasis here is on 'useful'. This is not an academic tome, but a discussion of the aspects of probability that every bridge player needs to know and understand. Topics include suit splits, suit combinations, percentage plays, the Principle of Restricted Choice, and even the application of probability to bidding decisions.
Why You Lose at Bridge
Author: S. J. SimonPublisher: Read Books Ltd
ISBN: 1446547604
Category : Games & Activities
Languages : en
Pages : 200
Book Description
This vintage book contains a detailed guide to playing bridge, with information on common mistakes and how to avoid them, simple instructions for improved play, and a wealth of useful little hints and tips. This book is designed for the ordinary club member with a fair amount of playing under their belt and a knowledge of the more popular systems of play, and it would prove invaluable to those fitting this description who want to improve their game. The chapters of this book include: 'The Points you Lose - Ignoring the Odds', 'The Points you Lose - Playing the Dummy', 'The Points you Lose - in Defense', 'The Points you lose - in Bidding', 'The Points you Lose - in Not Doubling', 'Your Battlefield', 'Don't Teach your Partner', et cetera. We are republishing this volume now complete with a specially commissioned new biography of the author.
Author: Alan TruscottCountdown to Winning Bridge
Author: Tim BourkePublisher: Master Point Press
ISBN: 9781894154055
Category : Games & Activities
Languages : en
Pages : 220
Book Description
Did you ever notice how the bridge experts always seem to know where every card is? How their finesses always seem to succeed? How their guesses are nearly always perfect? This book won't teach you to play quite that well, but it will introduce you to some very simple techniques that the experts use on play and defense. As declarer or defender, counting the hand is the one thing that will help you the most. But how do you keep track of all those cards? This book will show you how - explaining the tricks of the trade, and helping anyone who can count to thirteen to become a much better player. Full of practical examples of how to apply the information you get from counting, this book is sure to improve your game.
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Author: Victor MolloA Bridge to Inspired Declarer Play
Author: Julian LadermanPublisher: Master Point Press
ISBN: 9781897106440
Category : Games & Activities
Languages : en
Pages : 178
Book Description
HELP, what do I do now? Every bridge player learns basic cardplay techniques - finesses, eliminations, endplays, loser-on-loser, and so forth. The trick is to know which technique to use on each particular deal. What features of a bridge hand lead an expert to select the correct line of play from all those available? The carefully chosen examples in this book will help advancing players recognize those features and take action accordingly. DR. JULIAN LADERMAN is a New York math professor who writes a regular bridge column in The Bronx Journal. His first book, A Bridge to Simple Squeezes, was named 2006 Book of the Year by the American Bridge Teachers' Association.
