Bridge For Dummies by Eddie Kantar (PDF)

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Bridge, as any player will tell you, is simply the best card game ever. It’s challenging—each hand presents a different set of conditions you must figure out and solve. It’s very social—you play with a partner and two opponents. And best of all—it’s fun. Bridge For Dummies, 2E gives you a step-by-step explanation of the fundamentals of the game in terms you can understand. It walks you through the different aspects of bridge, featuring real-life examples, so that you can feel comfortable with the basics before you ever start to play. And if you’re already experienced at the game, you’ll discover a wealth of tips and hints that can make you a better player. You’ll learn all about: The basics of nontrump play How to play the hand in a trump contract Bidding for fun and profit Taking advantage of advanced bidding techniques Playing a strong defense and keeping score Playing bridge on your computer Playing in bridge clubs and tournaments Where to find other great bridge resources This newly revised edition features an expanded section on playing bridge online, with updated web addresses and other resources, along with new information on the latest bidding techniques. For anyone from novice to pro wanting to learn bridge or learn techniques to improve their game, Bridge For Dummies, 2E makes an ideal partner!

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Editorial Reviews: Review “For the beginner or near-beginner, the revised Bridge for Dummies by Eddie Kantar is the best choice.” (The New York Times, December 16, 2006) From the Back Cover Find out how to strategize with your partnerHone your bridge skills and trump your opponents in no time!Bridge isn’t a game for wimps, but this helpful guide opens the door to understanding bridge with plenty of illustrated example hands, the latest bidding techniques, and an updated resources list. Bridge champion Eddie Kantar demystifies the strategies you need to succeed at this challenging game.Discover how toUnderstand bridge termsCount and take sure tricksStrategically rank, decode, and respond to bidsFind ways to double and redoubleKeep score using different stylesSearch for bridge resources About the Author Eddie Kantar, a transplanted Californian, is one of the best-known bridge writers in the world. He has more than 30 bridge books in print, some translated into 8 languages, and is a regular contributor to the Bulletin, The Bridge World, Bridge Today, and many other bridge publications. Eddie, a two-time World Champion, is highly regarded as a player and known as one of bridge’s great ambassadors. Eddie learned to play bridge at age 11. By the time he was 17, he was teaching the game to his friends. Eddie was so enthusiastic about bridge that he often took his bridge books to school, hiding them behind his textbooks so that the teachers couldn’t see him reading about bridge during class. At the University of Minnesota, where Eddie studied foreign languages, he taught bridge to pay his tuition. Eddie gained stature as a player by winning 2 World Championship titles and 11 North American Championships. His North American titles include wins in the Spingold Knockout Teams, the Reisinger Board-a-Match Teams, the Vanderbilt Knockout Teams, and the Grand National Teams. Eddie is a Grand Master in World Bridge Federation rankings and an ACBL Grand Life Master. Today Eddie is best known as a writer, and many of his books are considered classics. When not playing bridge or writing about the subject, he can be found playing paddle tennis (an offshoot of tennis) or bridge at the paddle tennis courts at Venice Beach (come and join the fun in either game). By the way, Eddie is the only person ever to have played in both a World Bridge Championship and a World Table Tennis Championship (he did better at bridge). Eddie was inducted into the Bridge Hall of Fame in 1996, the same year he was inducted into the Minnesota State Table Tennis Hall of Fame. Read more

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⭐For many years Alfred Sheinwold’s FIVE WEEKS TO WINNING BRIDGE was the ultimate one-volume bridge book, that would take a rookie to near-intermediate status. Because bidding conventions have evolved, FIVE WEEKS is no longer the reference standard, but this one comes close. Eddie Kanter can take a rank novice and teach bridge wisely and well. His bidding approach is a more modern, aggressive style (you bridge players will know that he advocates “five-card majors” and opening a hand with as few as 12 points, even 11 with a great suit) — that works for me, too. I enjoy this book. Now there’s a newer one, also by Eddie Kanter, but this volume can be had quite cheaply used.

⭐First of all, “Dummies” don’t try to learn how to play Bridge! Don’t look down your nose at this book. I am a beginner Bridge player. I took one 6-session course at a Senior Center, and was left pretty confused. This is one of the easiest to use Bridge books I have experienced. I like that it starts out explaining the Play before explaining the bidding. Most books do the opposite. I go back to it often, as I advance in experience. A very good reference book…a better choice for beginners than one of the many books written by other bridge experts. If you are serious about learning how to play bridge, buy this book, and take it slowly chapter by chapter, laying out the cards as shown in the diagrams.

⭐Great book for beginners! It is clear, concise and full of humor, making it fun to read, as well as easy to comprehend. It is very well organized and progresses logically from the basics to all you need to know. The rules and conventions included are The Standard American System (new since the Goren days) and are consistent with American Contract Bridge League (ACBL) standards. In this system, distribution points are counted only after partners have agreed on a suit, which is fully explained in the book. I bought the first edition of Eddie Kantar’s “Dummies” book when I retired 9 years ago and took up bridge again after a 25-year break, needing a refresher course and upgrade from the Goren years to modern bridge. As an intermediate player, I value it as a reference in case of forgetfulness… This 2nd edition has improved diagrams and other updated information. Highly recommended for beginners and beyond . . . Another excellent book by this author: “Eddie Kantar Teaches Topics in Declarer Play at Bridge.”

⭐Bridge can be a hard game to learn, and the lessons can be painfully learned, and one asks, what the heck am I putting myself through this for? Eddie Kantar makes it fun and funny. I totally laugh out loud at certain parts. He explains the difference between counting winners and losers (very different process, and nobody explains it better than he does). Chapter headings like, “Subtracting your way to stardom,” or repeating the principle, “When attacking an unequally divided suit, play the high equal honors from the short side first.” Just to show you what might happen if you forget that rule, he plays out the hand, first warning the reader to clear the children out of the room, this isn’t going to be pretty. The text is peppered with humor and makes learning the game as fun (maybe more?) as the game is. I am so indebted to this book for instilling the right attitude in me. Thanks Eddie Kantar!

⭐I am also new to bridge, and have also tried several other books on the subject. The three that I tried previously started with covering hand evaluation and bidding. By the time I get to the sections on “Responding to Responses at No Trump”, I was getting lost. Kanter’s approach is just the opposite. He teaches the mechanics of playing the hand first, THEN teaches how to evaluate the hand and bid. This is a great approach because once you learn how the play should be done, you are in a much better position to understand WHY you should evaluate and bid the way a hand demands you should. I’ve only studied the first 65 pages or so, but can already see a dramatic improvement in my bidding and my play. I can’t wait to continue to study this great book.Overall, a terrific approach to teaching this great game. I can’t wait to read some of Kanter’s other books as well.Addendum: I continue to read and carefully study the chapters on play which preceed the chapters on bidding. There is lots of great material here. Don’t let the “For Dummies” title fool you. This is a great book by a great teacher.Addendum 2: Here I am 6 months after buying this book, and am I glad I did. I’m playing online regularly, and am gearing up for my first NABC in July! I’m still a novice, and there is a tremendous amount of learning and practice ahead, but this book has been a tremendous first step. I think that of all the beginner books that I’ve read on ANY subject, this has been the best in terms of preparing me for the next level.

⭐This book provides easy to follow instructions on the fine art of playing bridge. I had a limited knowledge of the game and found this tutorial exceptionally easy to understand. It will continue to be a good reference for all time.

⭐I already knew the basics of the rules of Bridge and purchased this book to have a better foundational understanding of the game. I have been very happy with my purchase, for several reasons:–It was a good price–It is well organized into various topics–It is fun to read; the author is humorous and has an engaging style–There are examples given for each topic–There is helpful information given in the later chapters about more resourcesThis book gave me the confidence to teach two friends how to play Bridge, especially by being able to give a high-level overview of bidding; I printed off the online resource and kept the book handy when we played. I highly recommend the book (and the game!).

⭐Bit boring

⭐I’ve tried a number of books on Bridge, but this is by far the easiest to understand. No previous knowledge is ‘assumed’ so it really takes you through the basics – which is exactly what I want (and need!)

⭐This was purchased to add to my bridge library. Its a good quick reference tool but only for beginners the first few chapters are very basic.

⭐I haven’t got all the way through this book as yet, but seems to be very useful. Took a while to arrive, but glad it came in the end.

⭐Absolutely no use to me. Doesn’t even mention Acol which is the convention everybody plays by here in Ireland.

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