Take All Your Chances at Bridge [Paperback]

Eddie Kantar (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 2009

Selecting the best line of play in a bridge hand as declarer is not easy. Most novices know something about basic odds and percentages, and can often find a line that offers a reasonable chance of success. However, the expert will skilfully combine options, so as to take advantage of more than chance. Rather than putting all his eggs in one basket, he will 'stay alive', squeezing out every extra chance. In this book of intermediate bridge problems, Eddie Kantar shows the reader how to do this - there is always a line of play that will allow you take all your chances, and bring home your contract.

Editorial Reviews

Review

Reviewed by Brent Manley

Big bargain

Would you pay 20 cents for a lesson from Eddie Kantar? How about 100 lessons at 18.5 cents each? It's a deal any aspiring player should covet.

The lessons in question are contained in Kantar's new book, Take All Your Chances at Bridge, an excellent text for players who want to take more tricks as declarer.

The 100 problems are laid out in sets of four on facing pages, with the solutions on the following four pages. Kantar gives each problem a thorough analysis, adding tips - on odds, technique and other expert "secrets" - at various spots throughout the book.

Kantar is perennially the Bridge Bulletin's most popular columnist, and he has been writing for newer players for decades. His new book, as with all of his writing, has lots of his wry humor, and there are even a few funny stories to add to the reading pleasure. --The Bridge Bulletin, February 2010

About the Author

Eddie Kantar is a world champion, a member of the Bridge Hall of Fame, and one of the world's most popular writers and teachers. His books for advancing players include Modern Bridge Defense and Topics in Declarer Play.

Product Details

• Paperback: 166 pages
• Publisher: Master Point Pr (November 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1897106556
• ISBN-13: 978-1897106556
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 6 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #133,542 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #53 in Books > Humor & Entertainment > Puzzles & Games > Bridge

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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Teaching Book, June 20, 2010

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Godfrey P. Oakley, Jr. (Atlanta) - See all my reviews
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This is Kantar at his best. You are given a hand without the answer, just the question. After thinking about the hand and planning the play or trying to find the winning line, there is a one page discussion of the hand. This is a wonderful way to learn. I keep re reading them, like I keep redoing the hands that are on the Lawrence CDs hoping that I learn to recognize the issues in them. When I can get more of them (and recognize them at the table) I will be a better bridge player. Just ordered a new copy for my wife's birthday present.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The best book on declarer play, April 13, 2010

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HONG SUP HAHN "Pi Hahn" (KOREA) - See all my reviews

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I have about 150 bridge books and read many of them.
But I think this book "Take All Your Chances at Bridge"
by Eddie Kantar is the best book, not just one of the best,
on "declarer play". My thinking is this book is highly
recommeneded for intermdiate and advanced bridge players.

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Collection of Bridge Hands, Limited Instruction, August 28, 2010

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Richard Osborne - See all my reviews
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The book contains a collection of 100 bridge hands and asks you to plan your play. Then it shows you what you should have done. It is analogous to having 100 daily newspaper bridge columns. The examples are challenging. There is a sprinkling of percentages shown in many of the examples on the chances. The book does not explain how to calculate these percentages on your own. The book only minimally generalizes the examples into categories. I find this bottom-up approach to be lacking. Unless I happen to have the exact same hand in a bridge game (and remember it), I have not been taught how to evaluate bridge hands that I will face. If you are like me and want a top-down teaching method, then this is not the book for you.