Bridge Cardplay: An Easy Guide - 6. Holding Up a Stopper

Bridge Cardplay: An Easy Guide - 6. Holding Up a Stopper
ISBN-10
1771402326
ISBN-13
9781771402323
Series
Bridge Cardplay
Pages
54
Language
English
Published
2021-04-07
Authors
David Bird, Marc Smith

Description

Whether you are just setting out to discover the wonderful game of bridge, or have played for some time, your success will be limited without a sound understanding of the basic techniques of cardplay. In this series, two of the game's top writers explain clearly the various cardplay skills that you will need. Every booklet contains six chapters - each ending with a short Quiz. The topics covered in this third book, on Holding Up a Stopper, are: Basic hold-up in notrumps Holding up a double stopper Positional second stoppers Holding up in a trump contract Avoiding the danger hand Other hold-up situations

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