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Test your card reading! This book is designed to accompany Reading the Cards, Book 10 in the Bridge Technique series. It sometimes seems that expert players are able to see through the backs of the cards! Their finesses win more often, and they choose unerringly between alternative lines of play. There is a simple reason for this: they are adept at drawing the correct inferences about their opponents' hands, from the auction and the cards their opponents play to each trick. You can learn to do the same thing, if you are prepared to work a little. The basic principles of card-reading are straightforward, but applying them is not always so easy. Rest assured that some serious challenges await you in these pages!

• Intermediate
• Advanced

Short and full of practical examples, each book in the 'Bridge Technique Series' takes the reader through the most important aspects of card-play technique at bridge. Where appropriate, play is examined from the point of view both of declarer and defenders. Full of quizzes and chapter reviews, these award-winning books will also reinforce the bridge concepts you learn. At this price, what bridge player could stand not to have all twelve?

• Intermediate

Master Point Press author Ken Rexford provides the first authoritative description of the R.U.N.T. Convention. R.U.N.T. is actually a two-way overcalling structure to distinguish a very sound takeout double from a weak three-suited takeout by way of an artificial 1NT overcall - preempting and intervening in the auction safely and effectively. Do you find a 4-3-3-3 hand with three Jacks a reason to sleep, or is this as good a reason to bid as any? You know who you are. Do you secretly enjoy declaring Two Clubs doubled, trying to find a fifth trick before the opponents find their ninth trick, instead of defending a boring 3NT? If you find it amusing to interfere with as many auctions as possible, this book is for you. Rexford introduces you to this effective and proven two-way overcall structure. With more advanced versions of the convention, you can add a very strong option, making the 1NT overcall almost a Multi type of takeout. After all, bridge is supposed to be fun, right?

• Intermediate
• Advanced

When one talks of bridge writers, the name Terence Reese is synonymous with excellence. Several of his books are landmarks in the development and understanding of bridge, especially in the field of card play. In this timeless classic, he reveals what counts in play and defence and shows the reader how to join the ranks of experts.

The author of last year's cult bridge classic, Samurai Bridge, returns with another bridge novel, this time set in 17th century France. Through the medium of fictional bridge games, we see the politics and intrigue of the French court play out, and follow Cardinal Richelieu's career as he becomes the queen's confidant and the real power behind the throne. Again in MacKinnon's second novel, the bridge is deftly woven into the everyday life of the culture we are observing, so that it seems to take its natural place in the development of character and events. Nobles rise and fall in court favour, fortunes are made and lost, and life and death affairs are planned and executed, all between the bids and plays of the most deadly and mannered bridge games imaginable.

12th-Century bridge adventures Journey back to Sherwood Forest and Nottingham Castle in David Bird’s fourth book of Robin Hood bridge stories. The 32 stories contain well over 100 splendid deals and provide the laugh-aloud humor and painless instruction for which the author is renowned. The cast list features Robin Hood, Maid Marian and the Outlaws — also their arch-enemies, the Sheriff of Nottingham and his hapless side-kick, Sir Guy of Gisborne. Joining in the fun are a host of nuns, novices, priests, bishops, Wise Wynfryth (a witch), Maid Marian’s girlfriends, soldiers, serfs, horse traders, landlords, barmaids, undertakers, lords and ladies of the court and their vulnerable young daughters. The deals played are ingenious and the adventures hilarious. Robin Hood’s Hold-up is a sequel to the popular Arrow Through the Heart, also available from Master Point Press.

With this handy little book, you can: Learn a new convention, or extend your knowledge of it Learn and practice by yourself using the unique quiz format Practice with your partner using the specifically selected example hands, and compare your results with the recommended auctions.

Do you want to bid more good slams, and fewer bad ones? Everyone today plays Roman Keycard Blackwood -- or at least, they think they do. This fourth edition of the only comprehensive book on RKB covers not only the basics, but also the cutting-edge ideas that can improve your slam bidding dramatically. These include: Why you should play 1430 and 3014 RKB asks The important extensions of RKB: the Queen-Ask, the Specific King Ask, and Specific Suit Asks Responding to RKB with a void ELB -- asking for Keycards with a void RKB in notrump auctions RKB in minor-suit auctions In this book, you'll find everything you need: clear explanations of the many aspects of Roman Keycard Blackwood with hundreds of carefully-annotated example hands and summaries at the end of each chapter. Finally, there is a set of 60 hands for you to bid with your favorite partner, then compare Eddie Kantar's suggested auctions to your own results.

This is the fifth (and according to the author, the very last - but don't hold your breath!) edition of what is acknowledged to be the definitive book on a convention that every serious player uses. Completely revised and updated from the previous version, this newest version contains even more leading-edge ideas, and is full of examples, quizzes and practice hands. A must for the tournament player. Includes, among many other features: Why you should play 1430 and 3014 RKB responses, and when The extensions of RKB: the queen ask, the specific king ask, and more How to handle voids, as asker or responder RKB in minor-suit auctions 60 practice hands for you to bid with your favorite partner This is the only book that explains every facet of one of the most popular conventions in modern bridge.

• Advanced