Written for complete beginners, this book is based on material that Barbara Seagram uses in her own classes to introduce hundreds of new players to the game every year. The book will take readers to the point where they can enjoy a social game with friends or begin to explore their local bridge club.
From teaching the rank of the suits to a sensible glossary of terms, here is a bridge book for beginners that is complete yet streamlined, solid but thoroughly understandable.Suitable for self teaching or for classroom use.
Beginning Bridge Using 2 Over 1
A lively guide to this popular card game uses scintillating stories to introduce readers to the great players, major tournaments, scandals, and strategies that make the bridge so legendary. Reprint. 20,000 first printing.
Bridge is a numbers game. This book is a beginner's "How To" book on learning to play bridge based on numbers. It is a step by step learning process as well as a reference manual for both new and intermediate bridge players.
The losing side, with 10 tricks bid and 9 tricks made, is said to GO DOWN one trick. ... While it may be good bridge strategy to occasionally ignore a guideline, beginners should always be on the lookout for when that is appropriate.
This beginning bridge book is for a complete novice or serves the returning player who would like a comprehensive bridge convention review.
Your next steps in learning bridge; we'll review Overcalls, Take-out Doubles, Weak Two Bids, Preemptive Bids, Gerber and Blackwood Conventions, plus, Strong 2 Clubs with the 2 Diamonds Waiting Response.
Two teenagers, strangers to each other, have decided to jump from the same bridge at the same time. But what results is far from straightforward in this absorbing, honest lifesaver from acclaimed author Bill Konigsberg.
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Each of the players must follow suit, meaning that they must play a card in the suit that's led if they have one. ... A trick! Whoever has played the highest heart takes the trick. One trick down and only 12 to go — you're on a roll!