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Timing and Communications (Card Play Made Easy) (Vol 4)

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I very much like Klingers 4 volume set Card Play Made Easy.
The books are concise, with good illustrative problems, and have lots of well designed quizzes. At the end of the book is a long quiz testing all the material.

Not only do the problems test the subject matter they also test overall card play technique. For example:
Lets say the problem is one of entries, with the reader focusing on one or two suits. Lets say a third suit contains AKxxx opposite Jx. The book solution reminds the reader to first play the Ace to see if the Queen drops. Its very unlikely, but if you get into good habits all these extra 1%, 2%, 3% chances add up. Sometimes two or more of these extra chances occur in a hand. Using correct technique costs nothing and may help you make an extra contract one in 20 - 30 times, without having to know advanced techniques, such as double squeezes.

Unlike the Bridge Technique series by David Bird, these small books pack a huge number of well designed problems into a small space. (perhaps 150 problems vs. Birds 36) They are far better value for the money than the Bird books.