Bridge Basics 2: Competitive Bidding [Paperback]

Audrey Grant (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 28, 2006

Covers the concepts needed when both sides are bidding for the contract. It introduces preemptive opening bids, overcalls and takeout doubles.

Product Details

• Paperback: 230 pages
• Publisher: Baron Barclay Bridge; 2nd edition (March 28, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0939460912
• ISBN-13: 978-0939460915
• Product Dimensions: 8.6 x 5.5 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #8,947 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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24 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A great way to acquire skills, and bring skills up-to-date, April 19, 2008

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Allen Smalling "Constant Reader," (Chicago, IL United States) - See all my reviews
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The field of bridge is full of wise old savants and we should listen to them and read their work. But if anyone is entitled to carry the bridge banner into the 21st Century, it must be Audrey Grant. Her BRIDGE BASICS 1, pre-requisite for this book, is good and sound -- and believe it or not, she spends a fair amount of time on telling people when NOT to bid. Newbies have to know that.

And in this one, BRIDGE BASICS 2: COMPETITIVE BIDDING, Grant still teaches us kindly when not to bid. Under her system you might indeed miss a part-score once in a while; but once you've got a good hand and some rapport with partner -- or are in a position to torment you opponents -- this is a full-speed-ahead, friendly and very informative bridge book. The best bridge books struggle to impart wisdom, or perhaps better said informed judgment, instead of limiting themselves to "the rules," and this one is very good for that.

I can heartily recommend BRIDGE BASICS 2: to anyone who loves to play bridge, whether the at-home type or the duplicate club type. I wish there were more up-to-date books like this. Perhaps in the not-too-distant future Ms. Grant will put her BRIDGE BASICS series into an omnibus volume.

13 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Keeping Current with Duplicate Bridge Bidding, May 12, 2007

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Marilyn Levy (Georgetown, TX) - See all my reviews
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I learned a lot from this book; there is much information to be studied and digested. It is especially helpful for those who have been away from playing duplicate for a while. The title of the book, Competitive Bidding, says it all.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Bridge Basics 2 - Competitive Bidding by Audrey Grant, April 16, 2009

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James R. O'flaherty - See all my reviews
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Bridge is a difficult card game to learn. I have books 1 & 2 and both are written in a very inderstandable way in a step by step format. There are also many examples that aid in comperhension.