American Bridge Teachers Association Book
of the Year Award winner
It doesn't take long before beginning bridge players want to know more
about bidding systems, and especially about conventions. Even social players are usually keen
to add a few choice gadgets to their bidding arsenal. Here 25 basic conventions and treatments
are carefully explained, and the reader is shown how they can fit into standard bidding
methods. Each section ends with a summary chart as well as a self-quiz to ensure that the
concepts are understood.
Translated Editions of 25 Bridge Conventions You Should
Know
25 Bridge-konventionen, die Sie kennen
sollten
(German Edition)
by: Barbara Seagram & Marc Smith
25 Bridge Conventions You Should Know
(Japanese Edition)
by: Barbara Seagram & Marc Smith
Critics' Viewpoint
"A reader who knows next to nothing about the convention being explained will leave each chapter thinking he or she can play it. It doesn't get any better than that."
- Eddie Kantar
"The best I've seen - complete, but not overwhelming"
- American Bridge Teachers Association
"First class, and interesting to read - not at all conventional!"
- BRIDGE PLUS magazine
"A very useful book"
- Southern California Bridge News
"Lucid explanations for important bidding tools"
- Denver Post
Barbara Seagram (Toronto, Canada) for many years ran one of the largest and
most successful bridge clubs and bridge schools in N. America. After
selling the club in 2007, she now concentrates solely on teaching and
organizing her popular bridge cruises. An ABTA Master Teacher, Barbara has
been involved in many of MPP's most successful titles, most notably '25
Bridge Conventions You Should Know'. With more than 100,000 copies in print
in English alone, this book is the bestselling bridge title since Charles
Goren was writing in the 1950s. It has been translated into Japanese, French
and German.
Marc Smith is an expatriate Englishman now based in Singapore. A regular
contributor to bridge magazines, and author of a number of books, he is
best-known as an author of the most successful bridge book of the last
half-century, '25 bridge Conventions You Should Know', which he co-wrote
with Barbara Seagram
Date Added: by L. Shafer, Silver Spring, MD
It is very hard to find a bridge book that won't leave dents in your forehead (when they hit you in the head as you fall asleep). For that reason, never get a hard cover bridge book. Not only is this ...
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