This unique collection of Bridge tips has been selected specifically for the improving player who still lacks experience in handling common problems in bidding, declarer, and defensive play. By working through the various exercises, the intermediate player will save countless hours and inestimable frustration in reaching expert status.

Learning from experience at the bridge table can be a slow and painful business. These 100 tips are designed to cover specific situations in bidding, play, and defense—problems that arise repeatedly in play. Those who apply themselves to the this outstanding book, now updated, will find their game lifted to a higher level. New Edition

A guide for the four million "social" bridge players who know the rules and can play a good hand, but who want to refine their skills and improve their understanding of the game. The tips range from the simple to the more advanced, and there are plenty of examples.

A collection of practice hands for the improving player range in difficulty from elementary to advanced and demonstrate logical solutions to a variety of problems

Teach Yourself VISUALLY™ Tricks. Trumps. Auctions. Contracts. Bridge is a challenging game, but you can quickly grasp its basics with this guide that shows how it's played. Teach Yourself VISUALLY Bridge covers everything from evaluating a hand and bidding it through playing the cards and scoring the results—guiding you play by play and trick by trick. With this book and with practice as declarer or defender, you"ll quickly be playing your bridge cards right. Maybe you"ll even make a slam—doubled, redoubled, and vulnerable! Concise lessons show you the keys to successful play and are ideal for quick review Text helps to de-mystify bridge rules, lingo, and traditions Each strategy or tactic is clearly explained Graphics help you visualize concepts and build your bridge skills Helpful tips provide additional guidance

Provides over five hundred bidding tips for intermediate bridge players to improve their game, explaining how to count tricks and be aggressive, and covering the first response, overcalls, takeout doublers, preempting, negative doubles, and related topics.