Basic Bridge

About this book

Take a quick and easy beginners course in the worlds most popular card game. From evaluating the hand to complex bidding tactics here is everything needed for a sound grounding in bridge. Even beginners will play with confidence when they have these easy-to-follow instructions and diagrams as a guide. Simple explanations of all the rules plus illustrations of sample hands and scoring provide the basics. A "get to know bridge" section explains the pack choosing partners shuffling dealing sorting tricks and trumps notations and much more. Extensive coverage on bidding includes values for games and slams; a variety of openings; the denial pass; a change of suit response; several responses to opponents bids; defensive and sacrifice bidding; and a huge range of other options. Move on to actual play with advice on choosing a strategy the finesse assuming split honors drawing trumps trumping losers in dummy defenders and safety play and card signaling. A quick reference scoring table plus a glossary of bridge terms complete this thorough package.