Card Play Technique: The Art of Being Lucky (Batsford Bridge) [Paperback]

Nico Gardener (Author), Victor Mollo (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 30, 2003 | Series: Batsford Bridge

-- Presents practical guide for all levels

Card Play Technique is an indispensable volume for every bridge player's library, whatever their skill level of play.

Product Details

• Paperback: 384 pages
• Publisher: Batsford (June 30, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0713479167
• ISBN-13: 978-0713479164
• Product Dimensions: 8 x 4.9 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,018,328 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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34 of 34 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars THE best book on play technique, August 15, 2001

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Prasad Upasani (Southern California) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Card Play Technique: The Art of Being Lucky (Batsford Bridge) (Paperback)

This is the best book EVER written on declarer play AND defence. And the way the author deals with the same topic alternately from the point of view of declarer and defender makes this book that much more useful. Considering when it was written (more than 40 years ago - this is a reprint), I'm still amazed by how well this book is organized. Principles are explained clearly and illustrated beautifully with sample hands. Each chapter is followed by a quiz (do take the time to try and solve the problems). The presentation is concise, witty and informative at the same time. Very easy to read, and just as useful today as when it was first written. Almost every good player I know has read this book many times.

I must say this book puts to shame the only other comparable "classic", Watson's Play of the hand, which has a tendency to be long-winded. The difference here is that Victor Mollo is a genuinely great writer who knows how to entertain while teaching.

21 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars EXCELLENT, October 6, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: Card Play Technique: The Art of Being Lucky (Batsford Bridge) (Paperback)

If you buy only one bridge book in your entire life, this should be it. It is written with such skill and humor that it reads like a novel... not only will you learn a tremendous amount from this book, but you'll enjoy yourself in the process. The chapters alternate between Dummy Play and Defense, covering everything from promotion to grand coups. Players of all levels will benefit from reading (and rereading) this excellent book.

18 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent, easy to read, thorough; your play will improve, September 20, 1998

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[e-mail] (San Antonio, TX) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Card Play Technique: The Art of Being Lucky (Batsford Bridge) (Paperback)

Part of the fun of reading this excellent book is watching your own play improve just from reading. If you go a step further and use a deck of cards and deal out the hands, you will gain even more insight into the intricacies of the world's most difficult card game. The chapters of the book alternate: first a chapter on play of the hand, then a chapter on defense. The result is that there is a linkage between the two parts of the play, with one chapter demonstrating how to make a particular type of play and the next showing you how to thwart it. If you play bridge, you owe it to yourself to read this classic.