Bridge in 3 Weeks: The Beginner's 21-Day Guide to the World's Most Popular Card Game
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| Rating | : | 4.74 (906 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1894154908 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 242 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-11-22 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
"The absolute best book for learning bridge" according to M. Chiz. Every other beginners bridge book focuses teaching bridge via memorization. This book, by contrast teaches you to THINK. It shows you the logic that underlies the "rules" the other books focus on. More importantly, because it focuses on the logic, it does not have to "simplify" things to avoid taxing your memory. When you finish reading this book, you'll use modern bidding methods that any bridge player will understand. If you want to learn to play bridge, this is by far and away the best book to do it with. More importantly, this book focuses on building a solid core of bridge skills. Wh. Bluewater cruiser said Can't recommend - it's not really updated for duplicate. I bought this as an ebook download elsewhere for a friend who wants to learn to play the duplicate version of bridge. The problem is the intro to the book says it's "updated" - but the updates are mostly footnotes that point to later add-on chapters. Modern duplicate bridge includes the Stayman "Can't recommend - it's not really updated for duplicate" according to Bluewater cruiser. I bought this as an ebook download elsewhere for a friend who wants to learn to play the duplicate version of bridge. The problem is the intro to the book says it's "updated" - but the updates are mostly footnotes that point to later add-on chapters. Modern duplicate bridge includes the Stayman 2 club bid asking a 1 NT opener for Can't recommend - it's not really updated for duplicate Bluewater cruiser I bought this as an ebook download elsewhere for a friend who wants to learn to play the duplicate version of bridge. The problem is the intro to the book says it's "updated" - but the updates are mostly footnotes that point to later add-on chapters. Modern duplicate bridge includes the Stayman 2 club bid asking a 1 NT opener for 4 card majors and the Jacoby transfer bids as a standard in bidding - this book covers responses to 1 NT openings without covering these - except for footnotes pointing to Chap 16 or where ever. Also, weak 2 opening bids are now standard - the old strong 2's are . card majors and the Jacoby transfer bids as a standard in bidding - this book covers responses to 1 NT openings without covering these - except for footnotes pointing to Chap 16 or where ever. Also, weak 2 opening bids are now standard - the old strong 2's are . club bid asking a 1 NT opener for Can't recommend - it's not really updated for duplicate Bluewater cruiser I bought this as an ebook download elsewhere for a friend who wants to learn to play the duplicate version of bridge. The problem is the intro to the book says it's "updated" - but the updates are mostly footnotes that point to later add-on chapters. Modern duplicate bridge includes the Stayman 2 club bid asking a 1 NT opener for 4 card majors and the Jacoby transfer bids as a standard in bidding - this book covers responses to 1 NT openings without covering these - except for footnotes pointing to Chap 16 or where ever. Also, weak 2 opening bids are now standard - the old strong 2's are . card majors and the Jacoby transfer bids as a standard in bidding - this book covers responses to 1 NT openings without covering these - except for footnotes pointing to Chap 16 or where ever. Also, weak "Can't recommend - it's not really updated for duplicate" according to Bluewater cruiser. I bought this as an ebook download elsewhere for a friend who wants to learn to play the duplicate version of bridge. The problem is the intro to the book says it's "updated" - but the updates are mostly footnotes that point to later add-on chapters. Modern duplicate bridge includes the Stayman 2 club bid asking a 1 NT opener for Can't recommend - it's not really updated for duplicate Bluewater cruiser I bought this as an ebook download elsewhere for a friend who wants to learn to play the duplicate version of bridge. The problem is the intro to the book says it's "updated" - but the updates are mostly footnotes that point to later add-on chapters. Modern duplicate bridge includes the Stayman 2 club bid asking a 1 NT opener for 4 card majors and the Jacoby transfer bids as a standard in bidding - this book covers responses to 1 NT openings without covering these - except for footnotes pointing to Chap 16 or where ever. Also, weak 2 opening bids are now standard - the old strong 2's are . card majors and the Jacoby transfer bids as a standard in bidding - this book covers responses to 1 NT openings without covering these - except for footnotes pointing to Chap 16 or where ever. Also, weak 2 opening bids are now standard - the old strong 2's are . opening bids are now standard - the old strong "Can't recommend - it's not really updated for duplicate" according to Bluewater cruiser. I bought this as an ebook download elsewhere for a friend who wants to learn to play the duplicate version of bridge. The problem is the intro to the book says it's "updated" - but the updates are mostly footnotes that point to later add-on chapters. Modern duplicate bridge includes the Stayman 2 club bid asking a 1 NT opener for Can't recommend - it's not really updated for duplicate Bluewater cruiser I bought this as an ebook download elsewhere for a friend who wants to learn to play the duplicate version of bridge. The problem is the intro to the book says it's "updated" - but the updates are mostly footnotes that point to later add-on chapters. Modern duplicate bridge includes the Stayman 2 club bid asking a 1 NT opener for 4 card majors and the Jacoby transfer bids as a standard in bidding - this book covers responses to 1 NT openings without covering these - except for footnotes pointing to Chap 16 or where ever. Also, weak 2 opening bids are now standard - the old strong 2's are . card majors and the Jacoby transfer bids as a standard in bidding - this book covers responses to 1 NT openings without covering these - except for footnotes pointing to Chap 16 or where ever. Also, weak 2 opening bids are now standard - the old strong 2's are . 's are . "Just a note: the two classic introductory books mentioned in the review above are by Edwin ("Eddie") Kantar" according to Allen Smalling. as is BRIDGE FOR DUMMIES. Also IMHO while there are many introductory texts to bridge, the more recent ones tend to be the most useful. This includes BRIDGE IN THREE WEEKS as well.
Assuming no prior knowledge, this book takes the reader through learning bidding and cardplay in an easy series of short steps so that by the end, they can feel comfortable joining a social game or even venturing out to a local bridge club. Truscott's unique 'asset' method of hand evaluation is simple, and as numerous bridge teachers have found, it works!. A comprehensive, 3-week, day-by-day bridge course for the absolute beginner