25 More Bridge Conventions You Should Know [Paperback]

Barbara Seagram (Author), David Bird (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 2003

A follow-up to the perennial best-seller, 25 Bridge Conventions You Should Know, which has sold almost 35,000 copies and has been translated into French, German and Japanese, and won the American Bridge Teachers' Book of the Year Award in 1999. This book uses the same successful format as its predecessor, and will appeal to those who liked the original so much.

Product Details

• Paperback: 192 pages
• Publisher: Master Point Pr (September 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1894154657
• ISBN-13: 978-1894154659
• Product Dimensions: 9.5 x 7.2 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 15.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #34,593 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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27 of 27 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Contents (I just got this book.), February 11, 2006

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Taiwanese "Curi's Dad" (TAIWAN, an independent country not belonging to fxxking China) - See all my reviews

This review is from: 25 More Bridge Conventions You Should Know (Paperback)

Section 1 Learn these first

Chapter 1 Cappelletti Defense to 1NT
Chapter 2 Flannery Two Diamonds
Chapter 3 Bergen Raises
Chapter 4 Responding to Three-bids
Chapter 5 Four-Suit Transfers
Chapter 6 Gambling 3NT
Chapter 7 D.O.N.T. Defense to a Strong 1NT
Chapter 8 Namyats


Section 2 More complicated

Chapter 9 More About Stayman
Chapter 10 Exclusion Blackwood
Chapter 11 Ingberman
Chapter 12 Weak Jump Shifts
Chapter 13 Support Doubles
Chapter 14 Fit-showing Jumps
Chapter 15 DOPI, ROPI and DEPO
Chapter 16 Puppet Stayman


Section 3 Sophisticated stuff

Chapter 17 Inverted Minor Raises
Chapter 18 Leaping Michaels
Chapter 19 The Forcing 1NT
Chapter 20 Ace-and-King (Italian) Cuebidding
Chapter 21 Unusual over Unusual
Chapter 22 SOS and other Redoubles
Chapter 23 Pick-a-slam 5NT
Chapter 24 Snapdragon Doubles
Chapter 25 Multi-colored Two Diamonds

27 of 27 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good overview of essential bidding conventions - but shallow, October 28, 2003

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Gerald Robie (Leesburg, FL USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: 25 More Bridge Conventions You Should Know (Paperback)

I suppose this book fulfills its purpose of providing an exposure to basic bidding conventions, and, from this perspective, its a good starting point. However, since it does cover so many conventions, the explanation and examples and not as in depth as a serious bridge player would like to see. I gave this book 4 stars because I think that it is a good reference book that should be in your bridge book library because it serves as a starting point for developing a bidding system. Serious players will want to go into more depth regarding the conventions that they decide to employ and should refer to other, focused books for comprehensive explanations.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Advanced Conventions, January 3, 2006

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S. P. Schwall - See all my reviews
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This review is from: 25 More Bridge Conventions You Should Know (Paperback)

Terrific reference book. Covers Forcing No Trump, responding to preempts, Snapdragon Doubles, Unusual v. Unusual, Puppet Stayman, 1430 RKC, Q bidding, and many others. The good thing about this book is that it covers ALL aspects of each convention, from the first bid to all follow-up bids and responses.