Complete Book on Hand Evaluation in Contract Bridge [Paperback]

Mike Lawrence (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 25, 1983

How to refigure your assets as the bidding proceeds.

Product Details

• Paperback: 194 pages
• Publisher: Baron Barclay Bridge (June 25, 1983)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0939460270
• ISBN-13: 978-0939460274
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.4 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #680,895 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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25 of 25 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Which is more valuable, an ace or a queen?, March 24, 2000

By 

Edward J. Williams (Dearborn, Michigan USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Complete Book on Hand Evaluation in Contract Bridge (Paperback)

This book is superb; the author's thoughts flow through my mind during every auction, competitive or not. He discusses in detail, for example, when a holding of xxx in a suit opened by opponents is terrible, neutral, or mildly positive. The studious reader will understand why a hand which opened 1 Spade with xxxxxx in spades improves vastly more than a hand which opened 1 Spade with KQJTx when partner raises Spades vigorously (in Lawrence's words, "Beware the short stubby suit.") Attention to the principles carefully explained and extensively illustrated (sometimes the same hand is given with half a dozen different auctions to explain evaluation niceties) by Lawrence will vastly reduce your phantom sacrifices, -800s when dummy hit with "all the wrong cards," and +1370s which delight your teammates, who were -630 defending 3NT at the other table when their opponents never looked for a minor-suit slam.

23 of 25 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Go beyond counting your points., February 24, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Complete Book on Hand Evaluation in Contract Bridge (Paperback)

Many players think there's little more to hand evaluation than counting points. This suits me fine when those players are my opponents. But when one of them is my partner, I wish he or she had read this book.

Mike Lawrence has written quite a few bridge books, and most are quite good. This is one of the best. It's clear, concise, and replete with stuff that makes sense when you see it, but that you may not have thought of yet. What more could you ask for?

13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Which is more valuable, an ace or a queen?, March 24, 2000

By 

Edward J. Williams (Dearborn, Michigan USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Complete Book on Hand Evaluation in Contract Bridge (Paperback)

This book is superb; the author's thoughts flow through my mind during every auction, competitive or not. He discusses in detail, for example, when a holding of xxx in a suit opened by opponents is terrible, neutral, or mildly positive. The studious reader will understand why a hand which opened 1 Spade with xxxxxx in spades improves vastly more than a hand which opened 1 Spade with KQJTx when partner raises Spades vigorously (in Lawrence's words, "Beware the short stubby suit.") Attention to the principles carefully explained and extensively illustrated (sometimes the same hand is geven with half a dozen different auctions to explain evaluation niceties) by Lawrence will vastly reduce your phantom sacrifices, -800s when dummy hit with "all the wrong cards," and +1370s which delight your teammates, who were -630 defending 3NT at the other table when their opponents never looked for a minor-suit slam.