Explains twenty-five bidding conventions, including the grand slam force, lead-directing doubles, negative doubles, new minor forcing, responsive doubles, reverse Drury, splinter bids, Stayman, takeout doubles, and weak two-bids.

Bridge at a Glance - Expanded Version - now with a glossary and pages dedicated to Duplicate and Chicago scoring. This is a quick reference guide of the material in Audrey Grant's award-winning Bridge Basics series. These summaries work in conjunction with her books which provide the reasoning behind these guidelines. This 37-page booklet fits right inside your convention card holder for easy reference. -- Publisher website.

The original Pocket Guide to Bridge has sold more than 30,000 copies since it was published in 2002. Thousands of bridge players have found it an indispensable and handy guide to bidding, something that can be tucked into a handbag or jacket pocket and easily used as a reference at the bridge table during lessons and practice games. This new version of the book uses the same user-friendly approach and features to explain the most important bidding conventions for players who use the ACOL system -which means essentially everyone in the UK and the Commonwealth countries.

"First published in the United Kingdom in 2011 by Thames & Hudson Ltd...London"--Colophon.

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