Books written by William S. Root

Commonsense Bidding: The Most Complete Guide to Modern Methods of Standard Bidding

The Most Complete Guide to Modern Methods of Standard Bidding William S. Root. The Wheel The “wheel" is used on the score sheet to keep track of who dealt first, the rotation of the deal, and the vulnerability.
The ABC's of Bridge

The national bridge champion explains standard bidding, play and defense for beginners, combinations, and contracts As a bridge teacher, Bill is considered to be one of the best of all time and has helped tens of thousands to enjoy the ...
Commonsense Bidding

The most complete guide to the modern methods of standard bidding for bridge, from one of America's leading players, teachers, and authorities. With a logical, easy-to-follow style, William Root covers all the bidding essentials.
Common Sense Bidding

THE GERBER CONVENTION Gerber is a way to find out how many aces and kings your partner holds , as is Blackwood , but 4 4 is the asking bid for aces and 5 ¢ is the asking bid for kings . A few players use Gerber instead of Blackwood ...
Modern Bridge Conventions

This easy-to-follow book covers in detail more than 50 of the most practical bridge conventions in use today.
Standard Bidding

Analyzes the complexities of contract bridge and assists the intermediate player searching for bidding accuracy by emphasizing a natural, common-sense approach based on a five-card style
How to Play a Bridge Hand: 12 Easy Chapters to Winning Bridge by America's Premier Teacher

Hailed by the American Bridge Teachers' Association as the "Book of the Year." Line drawings.
How to Play a Bridge Hand

Covers suit combinations, communication problems, trump entries, trump control problems, master hand selection, opening leads, the squeeze play, the throw-in play, and matchpoint strategy, and provides sample hands to illustrate each point
Fun With Games of Rummy: America's Most Popular Game: Including Canasta, Bolivia, Samba and all Other Popular Forms of Canasta,...

Fill—draw a card that turns a combination into a matched set. Foot—the bottom portion ... Condition of the discard pile when, under the rules, it may be taken only by matching the top card with a natural pair. Game—the specific number ...
The Play of the Hand

This work shows how to play a hand of bridge, and is intended for both the amateur and professional bridge player. It includes the author's favourite 300 bridge hands, collected over 30 years.
Modern Bridge Conventions

This easy-to-follow book covers in detail more than 50 of the most practical bridge conventions in use today.
Modern Bridge Conventions

This easy-to-follow book covers in detail more than 50 of the most practical bridge conventions in use today.
How to Defend a Bridge Hand

This book is a comprehensive work covering every angle in defending bridge hands. As a bonus, there is a section on many of the lead and signal conventions practiced in expert circles.