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25 Ways to Take More Tricks as Declarer Part 1 of 3

Name: 25 Ways to Take More Tricks as Declarer Part 1 of 3
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By: David Bird & Barbara Seagram

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25 Ways to Take More Tricks as Declarer Part 1 of 3: The Basics includes: Foreword Introduction Chapter 1 The Simple Finesse Chapter 2 Ruffing Losers Chapter 3 Establishing a Suit Chapter 4 Discarding Losers Chapter 5 The Hold-Up Play at Notrump Chapter 6 Other Types of Finesse Chapter 7 Safety Plays Within One Suit Glossary About the Book Join master bridge teachers Barbara Seagram and David Bird as they first show you the basic building blocks: finesses, hold-up plays, establishing a suit, making extra tricks with ruffs, and setting up discards. Then move on to learning how to make a plan at the start of each hand, how to count the opponents' hands and then use that information, and how to keep a dangerous opponent from getting the lead. Finally you'll be ready for more advanced techniques that you may think are beyond you: safety plays, dummy reversals, eliminations and throw-ins. Loaded with good, easy-to-understand advice, along with chapter-end quizzes, key-point summaries and a glossary of technical bridge terms, this book is sure to help you become a better declarer, and a popular partner. For the remaining parts look for these titles: 25 Ways to Take More Tricks as Declarer Part 2 of 3: Working to a Plan 25 Ways to Take More Tricks as Declarer Part 3 of 3: The Fine Points For the complete book see the following title: 25 Ways to Take More Tricks as Declarer

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David Bird

David Bird (Southampton, UK) is the world's most prolific bridge writer, with 150 bridge books to his name. Known for the clarity of his writing and explanations, he has won the American Bridge Teachers' Association Book of the Year Award a record nine times. His celebrated humorous fiction series, featuring the cantankerous Abbot, has run for over 45 years.

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Barbara Seagram

Barbara Seagram (Toronto, Canada) 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 200,000 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, Danish and German.

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