Bidding a Bridge Hand
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| Rating | : | 4.63 (763 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0486228304 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 254 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-10-25 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
"Very valuable insights, but not fully up-to-date" according to Mr. Ian C. Kemp. This is a great book to make you think a lot more about what you should be bidding and why rather than just following a system. Reese takes 75 situations of various types where finding the right bid is tricky and requires some thought and deduction about what partner and opponents might hold. It teaches a lot about hand valuaation. The snag is that it was originally published in 1962 and some of the examples have definitely been overtaken by modern bidding methods. For example, negative doubles are not covered (and provide a nice answer . "One of the best bridge books ever written!!!" according to Amazon Customer. Terrence Reese was a world class player and probably the greatest writer in the history of the game. Each chapter of the book shows you a bridge hand, and takes you through Reese's thoughts about what the hand is worth and what to bid next from the time he picks the hand up through the end of the bidding. At some point, he has a decisive choice to make. He discusses the options, the strengths and weaknesses of each one, what his choice is and why, and how he rates each of the alternatives. His style is conversational and entertaining, an
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