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Bridge Bidding Tips: For Intermediate Duplicate Bridge Players
Paperback
ISBN13: 9781771402552
Publisher: Lightning Source Inc
Published: Jun 16 2023
Pages: 136
Weight: 0.36
Height: 0.29 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
Bridge Bidding Tips is a great addition to the knowledge base for intermediate duplicate bridge players. Players are often in doubt about borderline cases; the tips in this book will address these concerns and improve your bidding.
There are many nuances to bidding difficult hands. You have to know when to bid, when to pass, when to be aggressive and when to sit back and let the opponents win the contract. This book will help you in making those decisions and will give you invaluable tips on how to use conventions.
The book is full of examples and quizzes to sharpen your skills in making borderline decisions.
Here are just a few examples of what an intermediate duplicate bridge player can learn from this book:
- Which conventions are more useful than others
- When to use point count and when to use loser count
- The opening bid rule of 22
- When to overcall and when to pass
- How to be bold when balancing
- Rules for jump bids in your suit
- Types of doubles and when to stand for partners' double
- Converting from Standard American to 2/1 system
- Slam bidding; when to ask for controls and when to cue bid
- Defenses against NT openings; when to bid and when to pass.
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