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  • An Entry, an Entry

    My Kingdom for an Entry

    This little word is vital in every bridge player’s lexicon in it’s entirety, and especially important is the final syllable- TRY. A clear understanding of this topic should be one of the top priorities of every bridge player. When the dummy comes down, both the declarer and the defenders should be thinking about entries. Declarer is planning the transportation between the hands while the defenders ... Read more

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  • “Second Hand High, Third Hand Not so High”

    No Rules, Just Right

    “Second hand low” and “third hand high” are adages we learned in Bridge 101 along with others like “cover an honor with an honor” and “always return your partner’s suit.” These so-called rules will get you by, but they won’t see you very far. Second hand must become familiar with certain basic positions to try to foil declarer’s plans, often by playing second hand high. Likewise, many contracts ... Read more

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  • More TRICK ONE

    Getting Off To A Good Start

    Bridge is a game of mistakes. It’s not a matter of being brilliant; the expert players never make basic mistakes that the good player does occasionally. Yes, sometimes there is a deal where the expert makes a brilliant play. But what often separates the expert from non-expert players is their play at Trick One, then trying to decide how to continue. So often it’s already too late. The key to the ... Read more

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  • TO WIN OR NOT TO WIN

    The Art of The Duck

    One of the most frequently encountered problems in bridge is knowing when to win, when to duck. A player may need to hold up a winner to hamper the enemy communications or concede a trick to facilitate his own. But there are no steadfast rules one can fall back on. Each deal is different; so much depends on the particular setting. In this book studying the example deals either as the declarer or a ... Read more

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  • THEME RECOGNITION

    Vol #1 : A KEY TO BETTER DECLARER PLAY

    The dummy comes down. Have you seen this deal before? Probably; not this exact deal but likely the same type of deal. There are only so many themes in bridge, second suits, crossruffs, squeezes, and others. Recognizing the underlying theme, either as the declarer or a defender, will guide you to the correct line of play.There are many variances and after studying the deals in this book, you will ... Read more

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  • THEME RECOGNITION

    Vol #2: A Key to Better Defensive Play

    The dummy comes down. Have you seen this deal before? Probably; not this exact deal but likely the same type of deal. There are only so many themes in bridge, second suits, crossruffs, squeezes, and others. Recognizing the underlying theme, either as the declarer or a defender, will guide you to the correct line of play. There are many variances and after studying the deals in this book, you will ... Read more

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  • IMPROVING YOUR TIMING

    For Declarers And Defenders

    Timing is everything. Playing a bridge hand, either as declarer or defender is often difficult enough. But in addition, knowing when to do whatever it is you are supposed to do adds another perspective to the game. Card play includes recognition of deal types that can guide you to the best plan. This book examines which of the tasks you hope to accomplish must be done when. Whether you declare or ... Read more

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  • TO RUFF OR NOT TO RUFF

    That Is the Question

    To ruff or not to ruff. The question seems so easy. To draw trumps promptly or is there something else to do first? Declarer has so many options. Ruff in dummy, a ruffing finesse, a crossruff, a dummy reversal, even a trump coup or scoring a trump ‘en passant’. And preventing the opponents from obtaining ruffs. What about the defenders? Should they be the ones to draw trumps? Can they spin straw ... Read more

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  • SIMPLE SQUEEZES

    MADE SIMPLE

    Squeezes. Just the word strikes fear into the heart of many bridge players. But simple squeezes are actually quite simple. The single or simple squeeze accounts for 90% of squeezes and 90% of this book deals with simple squeezes. If you wish to become more than just a mediocre bridge player mastering the techniques of basic simple squeeze play is a must. In any session of bridge of twenty or so ... Read more

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  • Solving the Mystery of the Redouble

    More often than any other calls in bridge, redoubles produce confusion. When they do, the resulting disasters are more catastrophic than any others. Many doubles originally treated as penalty have been supplanted by conventional doubles. So also many "business" redoubles, originally used to quadruple the stakes, have been diverted to other uses. In this book we shall show you how to tell the ... Read more

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  • I, Radiologist, and the Evolution of Medicine in ‘West’ West Broward County, Florida

    This is a true story. A young radiologist, fresh out of training, starts working in south Florida but has difficulty establishing himself in a practice. Finally, working alone in west Broward county, he sees the vast empty spaces, west of what is currently considered west. Knowing the future must lie west, the doctor becomes an entrepreneur and starts to push medicine to where now only cows walk. ... Read more

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  • Suit Preference

    The Abused and Misused Signal

    SUIT PREFERENCE SIGNALS If there was ever an area in bridge that resembles walking thru a mine field this is it. No topic causes more confusion and arguments than suit preference signals. “Partner, I played a deuce. Why didn’t you switch to a club?” is heard everywhere all the time. Most signals in bridge are attitude and some are count. At the end of the line are suit preference signals. And yet, ... Read more

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