5 Weeks To Winning Bridge

580 Pages·1964·75.966 MB·English

by  Alfred Sheinwold

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WHAT YOU CAN LEARN IN 35
DAYS WITH THIS PRACTICAL
HOME-STUDY COURSE
23 Keeping the dangerous opponent
off lead
24 When to draw trumps
25 How the experts count
26 Planning your play
27 Watch your entries
28 Expert plays (safety and throw-in
plays, the trump coup, and
squeezes)
29 What to lead
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30 Defensive rules and when to
break them
31 Deceptive play
32 Third review and self-testing
quizzes
33 Modern bidding conventions
(including the Italian systems)
34 Manners, morals, and laws
35 Final review
When your course is over, you st—ill may not be
able to win a world championship but if you do
your part faithfully, you can expect to play a
better game consistently^ confidently, and often
quitevictoriously.
OTHER BOOKS BY THE AUTHOR
How to PIdy Winning Bridge
(Coauthor Edgar Kaplan)
101 Best Card Games for the Family
First Book of Bridge
Second Book of Bridge:
The Play of the Hand
Third Book of Bridge:
How to Bid and Play in
Duplicate Tournaments
Fourth Book of Bridge:
How to Improve Your Game
Short Cut to Winning Bridge
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*Pocket Book of Bridge Puzzles #4
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College he became interested in bridge and after his graduation in 1933
he joined the legendary Ely Culbertson as a technical editor.
He returned to bridgeafter serving as Chief Code and Cipher Expert for
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Commission, the high court of bridge, his syndicated column appears in
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CONTENTS
Howto Use This Book xiii
if You Have Never Played Bridge Before xv
The Pack xv Rubber xxlll
Choosing Partners ,xvl Vulnerability xxiil
TThhee SBheugfifnlnei,ngCuotfaPnldayDeal ..xxvviil DouTrbilcekd PaonidntsRedoubled xxlll
Winning a Trick xvii Overtricks xxiv
The Bidding xviii Undertrick Penalties xxiv
Doubles and Redoubles xix ' Honors .xxv
Scoring xxi Slams xxv
Game and Part Scores xxii Unfinished Game or Rubber.xxvl
I. Bidding Without Opposition
1st DAY:
How to Value Your Hand
The Point Count 3 Dummy^s Points 8
How Points Are Used 4 Defensive '"Points" 9
Whose Hand Is It? 5 Quick Tricks 9
Good and Bad Points 6 Playing Tricks 10
Declarer's Points 7 The Effect of the Bidding ...10
2nd DAY:
The Versatile One-Bid 11
When to Bid 12 Two 5-Card Suits 19
Fourth-Hand Bids 15 A 5-Card Suit and a 4-Card
Which Suit to Bid 16 Suit 21
TWwhoen6-iCsaradSuSiutitsBiddable? ...1178 TThwroee4-4C-aCradrdSuSiutists 2223
A 6-Card Suit and a 5-Card In Short 24
Suit 19
3rd DAY:
How to Handle Your Notrumps .25
The Basic Rules 25 Responding to One Notrump .35
Distribution 26 The Stayman Convention ....36
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Opening with Two or Three Bids 38
Notrump 31 Rebids by the Opener 39
What, to Do with In-Between In Short 39
Hands 32
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4th DAY:
Responding to the Opening Bid ..40
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5th DAY:
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Rebids Where Judgment Begins
After a Single Raise 59 After a One-over-One
After a Double Raise in a Response 64
Major Suit 60 After a Two-over-One
After a Triple Raise in a Response 67
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Notrump 61 Accepting an Invitation 73
After a Response of Two Tips on Rebidding 74
Notrump 63
6th DAY:
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Two-Bids Strong and Weak 75
Requirements for a Strong Responding to a- Weak
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7th DAY:
How to Bid Your Slams 89
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The Gerber Convention 97
8th DAY:
First Review and Self Testing Quizzes
1st Through 7th Days 109
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II. Competitive Bidding . Ill
9th DAY;
Bidding with a Part Score 112
Your Part Score 112 Mild Skim Tries 118
The Expanded Notrump ..113 Trapping the Enemy 120
Playable Suits 114 Opponents' Part Score 121
Semi-Forcing Bids 115 Light Overcalls and
Opening Two-Bids 116 Takeout Doubles 121
^it Raises 117 In Short 123
Jump Takeouts 117
10th DAY:
Overcalls 124
Points or Tricks? 125 Weak Jump Overcalis 133
Risk Versus Gain 126 Responding to the Weak
The Rule of 500 Points 127 Jump Overcall 134
Requirements for When Silence is Golden ....135
Overcalling 128 Overcalls in Notrump 136
Responding to an Overcall ..129 Free Bids 136
Jump Overcalls 132 Free Rebids 139
Strong Jump Overcalls 132 In Short ••••140
nth DAY:
Doubling for Takeout 141
Takeoutor Penalty Double? .142 When Not to Double •••••.151
Requirements for a Takeout In Short ..153
Double 147
12th DAY:
After a Takeout Double 154
The Doubler's Partner 155 The Opening Bidder 166
Responding in Notrump ..157 After Partner Passes ....167
Free Responses 157 After Partner Raises ....167
After a Redouble .158 After Partner Redoubles ..167
The Penalty Pass 159 After Partner Bids a
Rebids by the Doubler .....161 New Suit 168
Opening Bidder's Partner ...164 In Short ••.168
13th DAY:
Shutout Bids .169
Risk Versus Gain 170 Responding toaShutoutBid .177
Shutout Bids of Defending Against Shutout
Three or More .173 Bids .181
Examples of Shutout Bids ..175 In Short 182
The Case Against Strong
Three-Bids 176
14th DAY:
When to Sacrifice ...182
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Bidding 184 Bid or Double? .190
How Much Will You Be Set? 185 The Forcing Pass .192
Encouraging a Sacrifice ....187 In Short .193
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15th DAY:
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Penalty Doubles Low Contracts 193
Light Doubles 195 In Short 203
Doubling into Game 201
16th DAY:
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Penalty Doubles High Contracts 204
Game Doubles 204 Slam Doubles 214
Counting Tricks Other Lead-Directing
for a Double 207 Doubles 215
Inferential Doubles 209 In Short 217
Doubles of Three Notrump ..211
17th DAY:
Reopening the Bidding 218
Bid or Double? .219 Reopening After a Raise ...224
Responding to a Reopening The Unusual Notrump ... ..226
Bid Non-Fit Auctions
Opening Bidder's Rebids .. .222 In Short
18th DAY:
Second Review and Self-Testing Quizzes
9th Through 17th Days 229
III. The Play of the Cards 231
19th DAY:
Simple Finesses 232
The Principle of the Two-Way Finesses ..240
Finesse 232' Finessing Against the Jack ..241
Finessing Against the Ace ..234 Double Finesses 242
Finessing Against the King ..235 Triple Finesses 243
When to Lead High 237 Finessing an Opponent's
Finessing Against Lead 244
the Queen 238
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