Another title in the best-selling '25' series, using the same popular format. Over the last fifteen or so years, the 2/1 Game Forcing bidding method has gained substantial popularity, but for various reasons it is not taught in beginner classes. This book is therefore designed for players who are familiar with Standard bidding and are interested in switching to the 2/1 method. It covers basic concepts as well as the differences between 2/1 and Standard auctions, and includes a discussion of more advanced ideas and conventions that fit particularly well with 2/1 methods. Existing books on this topic (notably by Max Hardy and Mike Lawrence) are too advanced and/or too technical for this level of player.

A 40-page manual to support the popular Learn Bridge in a Day? introductory seminar. Includes basics of point counting, opening, responding, scoring and play of the hand. Perfect for true beginners - fast, fun, fundamental.

Be Right by Not Doing Wrong The inimitable Professor Gaston Gitane-Gauloise demonstrates his unique Inverted Bridge Teaching Method, showing you by example what not to do in Bridge, thereby allowing you to improve your game by avoiding the commonplace (and some not-socommonplace) errors to which all are prone. In his humble and self-deprecating manner Professor GG-G wheezes his way into your bridge acumen, and improves it. MIKE DORN WISS is also the author of the acclaimed book Shadow in the Bridge World. Nowadays he divides his time between summers in Victoria, Canada and winters in Thailand, assiduously avoiding any hint of the snows under which he was weaned in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.

Learn the basics of Cross-ruffing, Endplays, Squeezes and Double Squeezes.

Workbook 1 is 30 hands to practice opening bids at the 1 level in major suits, minor suits, and no trump. Includes examples of distributional hands worthy of opening with lighter values. Workbook 2 is 80 hands to practice responding to 1 level opening bids in a suit - 20 consecutive hands for each suit open.

Your first steps in learning the techniques and mechanics of playing a bridge hand. Trumping, finessing, cross-trumping and establishing a long suit are some of the techniques you will learn.

With the publication of Sixpack, six keycard RKCB has come of age!

As soon you identify a double fit, don't ask for keycards - just "launch" and tell. In most cases, you can find out about keycards - all six - below the game level. Part I of the book lays out a set of basic rules for any casual partnership to apply quickly and easily. Part II gets more advanced and complex, but operates along the same principles. Apply Sixpack throughout your notrump structure and expand it to a wide range of standard bidding situations.

With many examples and four extensive quizzes for partners to practice the convention together, Sixpack gives the reader the experience and confidence to use the convention effectively at the table.

Duplicate bridge is a different game. It's true that you can get by if you play exactly the same way as you would in a home social game or a team match. Duplicate pairs is a highly competitive game, though, and few contestants are happy just to 'get by'. They want to win - not just once in a while but regularly! To be successful at duplicate pairs, you must adjust your bidding. You must know when to compete vigorously, taking a risk in doing so. You must also know when it is right to bid conservatively. You have to understand which contract to choose in various situations. In the play and defence you meet similar dilemmas. Should you risk the contract for a lucrative overtrick? Should you risk giving away an extra trick in defence, hoping that you can beat the contract? This is a book that every novice bridge player needs to read before that first pairs game at their local club.

A perfect addition to your 2/1 system, Two-Way Checkback allows you to differentiate between weak, invitational and strong hands. Replace New Minor Forcing with a more sophisticated tool.

This book takes the reader further along the path traversed by the acclaimed Card by Card. The author presents intriguing problems in declarer play and defense and follows them with comprehensive analysis, given with a light touch and the occasional entertaining diversion. The critics on other books by Roy Hughes: Building a Bidding System "Anyone who considers himself to be a serious student of the game will enjoy reading this book and learn plenty in the process." - Fred Gitelman Card by Card - Further Adventures at the Bridge Table "Hughes writes with a gentle authority that endears him to readers and I can thoroughly recommend this book to players at or seeking to attain a high level of play." - Julian Pottage Canada's Bridge Warriors: Eric Murray and Sami Kehela "This is a great look at a great career. Highly recommended." - Bridge Magazine The Contested Auction "Hughes has written one good book after another, covering all aspects of the game." - The Bridge World Roy Hughes lives with his wife and two children in Toronto, Canada. Two of his books have won the International Bridge Press Association's Book of the Year award. His other pursuits include chess, classical music and astronomy.

THE WINNING BRIDGE CONVENTIONS SERIES Competitive Bidding Bridge students quickly discover that basic bidding will only get them so far. To improve it is necessary to master a certain number of bidding conventions, and be prepared both to play them and to play against them. Each of the books in this series covers a number of useful conventions, explaining them carefully along with numerous examples and quizzes to help the reader understand what is being learned. Included in this book: Weak Two Bids, Preemptive Bidding, Michaels Cuebid, Unusual 2NT, Sandwich NT, Unusual vs. Unusual, Cuebidding in Competitive Auctions and Good/Bad 2NT. PATTY TUCKER (Dunwoody, Georgia) is an ABTA Master Bridge Teacher and co-founder of Whirlwind Bridge and Atlanta Junior Bridge. Her success at the bridge table culminated in her victory in the 2000 Baldwin Flight A North American Open Pairs with long-time bridge partner Kevin Collins. Patty and Kevin were married in 2006.

120 hands to practice opener's rebid after responder has made a forcing, unlimited response. Divided into two sections - when opener has a fit with responder and when he does not. Focuses primarily on auctions at or below game.

200 hands to practice opener's rebid after responder has limited his hand by raising opener's suit or bidding no trump. Focuses primarily on auctions at or below game level - appropriate for beginners.

Bridge students quickly discover that basic bidding will only get them so far. To improve it is necessary to master a certain number of bidding conventions, and be prepared both to play them and to play against them. Each of the books in this series covers a number of useful conventions, explaining them carefully along with numerous examples and quizzes to help the reader understand what is being learned. Included in this book: Forcing NT, Inverted Minors, Two-Way Checkback, Fourth Suit Forcing and 2/1 Review Hands. PATTY TUCKER (Dunwoody, Georgia) is an ABTA Master Bridge Teacher and co-founder of Whirlwind Bridge and Atlanta Junior Bridge. Her success at the bridge table culminated in her victory in the 2000 Baldwin Flight A North American Open Pairs with long-time bridge partner Kevin Collins. Patty and Kevin were married in 2006.

Bridge students quickly discover that 'basic bidding' will only get them so far. To improve it is necessary to master a certain number of bidding conventions, and be prepared both to play them and to play against them. Each of the books in this series covers a number of useful conventions, explaining them carefully along with numerous examples and quizzes to help the reader understand what is being learned. Included in this book: Stayman, Jacoby Transfers, Texas Transfers, Smolen, Four-Suit Transfers, Three-level Responses to a 1NT Opening Bid, Three Spades over 2NT and Lebensohl. PATTY TUCKER (Dunwoody, Georgia) is an ABTA Master Bridge Teacher and co-founder of Whirlwind Bridge and Atlanta Junior Bridge. Her success at the bridge table culminated in her victory in the 2000 Baldwin Flight A North American Open Pairs with long-time bridge partner Kevin Collins. Patty and Kevin were married in 2006.

Inverted Minor Raises, a valuable competitive bidding concept, allow responder to accelerate auctions when holding five or more trumps and a weak hand.

Bridge students quickly discover that basic bidding will only get them so far. To improve it is necessary to master a certain number of bidding conventions, and be prepared both to play them and to play against them. Each of the books in this series covers a number of useful conventions, explaining them carefully along with numerous examples and quizzes to help the reader understand what is being learned. Included in this book: Opening Leads, Attitude, Count, Suit Preference, Rule of Eleven, Present Count, 3rd Hand Play, 2nd Hand Play, Logic/Communication/Intuition and Review Hands. PATTY TUCKER (Dunwoody, Georgia) is an ABTA Master Bridge Teacher and co-founder of Whirlwind Bridge and Atlanta Junior Bridge. Her success at the bridge table culminated in her victory in the 2000 Baldwin Flight A North American Open Pairs with long-time bridge partner Kevin Collins. Patty and Kevin were married in 2006.