Better Bridge for the Advancing Player: An Introduction to Constructive Thinking at the Bridge Table

I came across thsi sleeper at the Library. I had never seen it recommended by any Bridge players or book lists. I figured it would be some outdated crap and I'd skim it and return it the next day. Fortunately I was greatly mistaken. 1. The book has 90 generally very good to excelelnt problems. 2. The problems test various aspects of deductive reasoning such as: a - placing cards based on missing HCP b - drawing inferences about the hand shapes based on the bidding c - counting out the hand d - drawing inferences from discards 3. the problems also test your declarer play technique. How to play a suit, safety plays, how to protect against a bad lie of the cards, timing, trump control. 4. Table presence / putting yourself into your opponents shoes. Asking yourself "What do the opponents know about my hand" or "why did they do that" Its a great unknown book, highly recommended.

I came across thsi sleeper at the Library. I had never seen it recommended by any Bridge players or book lists. I figured it would be some outdated crap and I'd skim it and return it the next day. Fortunately I was greatly mistaken. 1. The book has 90 generally very good to excelelnt problems. 2. The problems test various aspects of deductive reasoning such as: a - placing cards based on missing HCP b - drawing inferences about the hand shapes based on the bidding c - counting out the hand d - drawing inferences from discards 3. the problems also test your declarer play technique. How to play a suit, safety plays, how to protect against a bad lie of the cards, timing, trump control. 4. Table presence / putting yourself into your opponents shoes. Asking yourself "What do the opponents know about my hand" or "why did they do that" Its a great unknown book, highly recommended.