This vintage book contains a complete guide to mastering the game of bridge. With comprehensive descriptions, helpful illustrations, and a wealth of invaluable tips, this volume is ideal for those with an interest in becoming a bridge master. It tackles some of the more advanced tactics to be employed in bridge and covers many of the common mistakes to be avoided as an advanced or competitive player. Contents include: “Play the Game”, “The Dealer's Bid”, “Second Hand's Bid”, “The Opening Lead”, “The Informatory Double”, “Signals – The Eleven Rule”, “The Finesse – Covering an Honour”, “The Squeeze – Elimination The Grand Coup”, “Common Mistakes”, “Card Memory and Card Reading”, “Camouflage”, etc. Many vintage books such as this are increasingly scarce and expensive. We are republishing this volume now in an affordable, modern edition complete with a specially commissioned new introduction on card games.

Mike Cappelletti, who has impressive credentials both as a bridge expert and as a poker authority, believes that the enlightened solution-or "preferred view"- to many difficult bridge bidding problems can be determined by applying poker tactics such as intimidation or bluffing at the bridge table. In this book, Mike discusses one hundred classic bridge problems often recommending an exciting course of action. The reader will learn to appreciate the possibility, and in some cases, the likelihood of human error or misjudgment, and to consider deceptive bids that gamble on a miscalculation or a misguess by the opponents.

Focuses on basic concepts of play of hand. Bidding tactics reviewed.

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"Five Weeks to Winning Bridge" is the book most frequently recommended and most often read by beginning bridge players. It is divided into 35 chapters, one for each day of the week over a seven week period. Each chapter is about 15 pages long, enough for a new player to read and absorb in a day. Thus, at the end of 35 days or 5 weeks, the reader should be a competent bridge player.This book describes the Standard American bidding system. Although still the most widely known system, there have been a proliferation of bidding systems. The reader should be prepared to play under other systems.The reader should be aware that this book primarily describes Rubber Bridge play. Nowadays, most bridge play is duplicate.In spite of these developments, this book remains the one more players start off with than any other book. Thus, it should be required reading for all bridge players. If offers the clearest and most easy-to-read description of bridge.

BRIDGE WITH THE BLUE TEAM sets down the most outstanding hands played by the Blue Team, the astonishingly successful Italian team which achieved a record number of victories in world-class championships, a feat unlikely to be equalled. The 140 chosen hands are first set out in single dummy form so that the reader can make his own decisions about playing the hand before reading the analysis provided. Sections at the end of the book give a summary of the bidding systems. Pietro Forquet is recognised as one of the most celebrated bridge players of all time, and in this book he demonstrates he would rank similarly as a bridge writer.

This 2014 authorized edition of the rules for contract rubber bridge games is the essential reference for all rubber bridge players. It familiarizes players with the customs and etiquette of the game, defines correct procedure for playing the game and tells what to do when a player inadvertently commits an irregularity. Great for settling any disputes! Includes a scoring table. (Previous edition was titled Laws of Contract Bridge.)