Download or read book The Complete Book on Takeout Doubles written by Mike Lawrence and published by Master Point Press. This book was released on 2012 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A revised re-issue of a classic bridge textbook, generally regarded as the definitive guide to the oldest (and most useful) convention in the game - the takeout double."--Publisher description.
Download or read book The Complete Book on Takeout Doubles written by Mike Lawrence and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Complete Book on Balancing in Contract Bridge written by Mike Lawrence and published by Baron Barclay Bridge Supplies. This book was released on 2013-01-16 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This revised and expanded edition examines bridge auctions where the opponents bid something and you have the opportunity to either let them have it or to balance. The cost of not balancing can be huge, but you must weigh the cost of passing against the cost of bidding and getting a bad result. Lawrence's discussion of hand evaluation and planning a balancing auction goes beyond generic rules. Hundreds of examples help you develop judgment
Download or read book Complete Guide to Passed Hand Bidding written by Mike Lawrence and published by Master Point Press. This book was released on 2011-10-15 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A major contribution to bidding theory, easy to understand and fun to read at the same time" -- Publisher description.
Download or read book 25 Bridge Conventions You Should Know written by Barbara Seagram and published by Master Point Press. This book was released on 1999 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explains twenty-five bidding conventions, including the grand slam force, lead-directing doubles, negative doubles, new minor forcing, responsive doubles, reverse Drury, splinter bids, Stayman, takeout doubles, and weak two-bids.
Download or read book Takeout Doubles written by Mike Lawrence and published by . This book was released on 2018-03-15 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Larry Teaches Doubles written by Larry Cohen and published by . This book was released on 2013-03-13 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Larry Cohen teaches Doubles (and Redoubles) in contract bridge bidding. Many examples/quizzes.
Download or read book Double Awesome Chinese Food written by Margaret Li and published by Shambhala Publications. This book was released on 2019-02-05 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Wildly inventive Chinese-American home cooking from the siblings behind Boston’s acclaimed Mei Mei restaurant. Too intimidated to cook Chinese food at home but crave those punchy flavors? Not anymore. Put down that takeout kung pao chicken and get in the kitchen! Full of irresistible recipes that marry traditional Asian ingredients with comforting American classics and seasonal ingredients, Double Awesome Chinese Food delivers the goods. The three fun-loving Chinese-American siblings behind the acclaimed restaurant Mei Mei take the fear factor out of cooking this complex cuisine, infusing it with creativity, playfulness, and ease. Take the Double Awesome: flaky scallion pancakes stuffed with two oozy eggs, sharp cheddar, and garlicky pesto; could there be anything better? Ridiculously delicious and unexpected dishes like Cranberry Sweet and Sour Stir-fried Pork and Red Curry Frito Pie will become new staples for your cooking lineup. Throw a hands-on dumpling-making party and let your friends decide whether to serve them chewy and pan-seared or crackly and deep-fried. Packed with pro-cooking tips, sauces to amp up any meal, sustainable sourcing advice, and over 100 delicious recipes, this book is your ticket to making the Chinese food of your dreams any night of the week.
Download or read book Competitive Bidding in Modern Bridge written by Edgar Kaplan and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Inferences at Bridge written by Marshall Miles and published by Master Point Press. This book was released on 2002 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: To be successful, a bridge player has to think like a detective, tracking down the distribution of the unseen hands. Although many players are oblivious to them, the tell-tale clues are there, just waiting to be noticed. They are there, just waiting to be noticed. They are there in the auction and in the opening lead. Every time a defender plays a card, declarer receives information. Similarly, everything that declarer does can be turned to advantage by alert defenders. There is even vital intelligence to be gained by thinking about what a player does not do! In this book, you will learn where to look for these clues, and more importantly, how to draw the correct inferences from them. From there, it is only a short step to making bids and plays based on those inference, and thereby becoming a much better player.
Download or read book Winning Contract Bridge written by Edgar Kaplan and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 2010-06-17 with total page 468 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bridge.
Download or read book Bridge written by Barbara Seagram and published by Master Point Press. This book was released on 2000 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A follow-up book from the author team that produced the award-winning and best-selling 25 Bridge Conventions You Should Know. Aimed at the same novice/social player audience as their first book, this new title deals with competitive auctions in which the opponents have opened the bidding. This is the most complex area of bridge bidding, and has never up to now been dealt with comprehensively in a book that is understandable for non-experts.
Download or read book To Bid Or Not to Bid written by Larry Cohen and published by Master Point Press. This book was released on 2002 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: To bid or not to bid -- the perennial dilemma in competitive auctions. The easy answer to the question lies in the correct use of the Law of Total Tricks. The LAW has been part of bridge literature since the 1950s, but it was in this book that Larry Cohen brought it to the attention of the majority of bridge players. Still the most lucid explanation of the LAW ever published, this is a book that every bridge player needs to own, to read, to re-read, and to study in order to improve their results.
Download or read book Competitive Bidding in the 21st Century written by Marshall Miles and published by Master Point Press. This book was released on 2000 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this book, Miles addresses the complex arena of competitive bidding methods for the more advanced player. He discusses current thinking, and recommends methods which will continue to be playable as bridge enters its second century. This book will appeal to fairly serious players only. There are two earlier books on this topic by the same author, 5 and 10 years old respectively, and therefore superseded by this new work.
Download or read book Audrey Grant s Better Bridge written by Audrey Grant and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This book tells you everything you need to know about the most widely accepted bidding methods. Read about the secrets of hand evaluation that can dramatically improve your game. Learn how to describe your hand to partner so that the partnership can find its way to the best contract. Discover new concepts that keep the bidding conversation straightforward. You'll be confident when you go to your next bridge game because you'll have the solid foundation needed to handle any bidding sequence."--Back cover
Download or read book How to Play Card Combinations written by Mike Lawrence and published by Devyn Press Bridge Library. This book was released on 2006-03 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 52 hands presented as problems. Discusses the proper way to play each combination. Each hand concludes with further analysis.
Download or read book Audrey Grant s Better Bridge written by Audrey Grant and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
