How to Play a Bridge Hand: 12 Easy Chapters to Winning Bridge by America's Premier Teacher [Paperback]

William S. Root (Author), Omar Sharif (Foreword)

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Publication Date: January 13, 1994

Neither for beginners nor for experts but for the 90 percent of players in between, How to Play a Bridge Hand includes more than 300 of bridge master William Root's favorite hands. Hailed by the American Bridge Teachers' Association as the "Book of the Year." Line drawings.

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Neither for beginners nor for experts but for the 90 percent of players in between, How to Play a Bridge Hand includes more than 300 of bridge master William Root's favorite hands. Hailed by the American Bridge Teachers' Association as the "Book of the Year." Line drawings.

Product Details

• Paperback: 320 pages
• Publisher: Three Rivers Press; First Edition edition (January 13, 1994)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0517881594
• ISBN-13: 978-0517881590
• Product Dimensions: 7.5 x 0.8 x 9.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #89,683 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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22 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Excellent - well written, August 29, 1996

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This review is from: How to Play a Bridge Hand: 12 Easy Chapters to Winning Bridge by America's Premier Teacher (Paperback)

Bill Root's How to Play a Bridge Hand is very well organized and very easy to follow - from how to play card combinations through operating a squeeze play. At the end of each of the twelve chapters there is a quiz of problem hands to solve. There is much to be learned from this book and I highly recommend it for the novice through advanced player. Winner of the American Bridge Teachers' Association book of the year award.

15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Covers every aspect of play, May 1, 2003

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Bob Simkins "Bob" (DOTHAN, AL USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: How To Play A Bridge Hand (Hardcover)

A splendid effort from Bill Root. Covers every aspect of play with tips on strategy, technique, and psychology. Covers suit combinations, communications, entries, trump control, ruffing, counting, card reading, squeezes, and end plays. 1990 Bridge Book of the Year.

13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Covers a lot in not much space, January 14, 2004

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David M. Lovin (Willow Spring, NC United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: How to Play a Bridge Hand: 12 Easy Chapters to Winning Bridge by America's Premier Teacher (Paperback)

As one who considers himself in the upper novice category of bridge playing, I find this book to be a great tool to learn various techniques for playing bridge hands. There is no bidding in the examples unless it is required for play decisions. There is also no discussion of defense. The book has 12 chapters which each feature an 8 hand quiz at the end. The quiz hands usually focus on the concept covered in the chapter, but also branch out into ideas covered in previous chapters. Basic techniques such as trump play, entries, end plays, and squeezes have their own chapters. As the forward points out, this book is not for rank beginners, nor will the expert get much out of it. For the other 90% of us, it's a great resource to have!