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• Cover
• Introduction
• About This Book
• Conventions Used in This Book
• Foolish Assumptions
• Icons Used in This Book
• Beyond the Book
• Where to Go from Here
• Part 1: Getting Started with Basic Notrump Play
• Chapter 1: Going to Bridge Boot Camp
• Starting a Game with the Right Stuff
• Ranking the Cards
• Knowing Your Directions
• Playing the Game in Four Acts
• Understanding Notrump and Trump Play
• Building Your Skills with Clubs, Tournaments, and the Internet
• Chapter 2: Counting and Taking Sure Tricks
• Counting Sure Tricks After the Dummy Comes Down
• Taking Sure Tricks
• Chapter 3: Using Winning Trick Techniques at Notrump Play
• Establishing Tricks with Lower Honor Cards
• Taking Tricks with Small Cards
• Chapter 4: Outsmarting Your Opponents at Notrump Play
• Slipping Lower Honors Past Higher Honors: The Finesse
• Cutting Communications: The Hold-Up Play
• Overtaking One Honor with Another
• Part 2: Playing the Hand in a Trump Contract
• Chapter 5: Introducing Trump Suits
• Understanding the Basics of Trump Suits
• Eliminating Your Opponents’ Trump Cards
• Noticing How Trump Suits Can Be Divided
• Counting Losers and Extra Winners
• Chapter 6: Creating Extra Winners to Discard Losers
• Establishing Extra Winners in the Dummy
• Finessing for Extra Winners
• Determining How to Make Your Contract with Extra Winners
• Chapter 7: Setting Up the Dummy’s Long Suit
• Turning Small Cards into Winning Tricks
• Setting Up a Long Suit through a Finesse
• Paying Attention to Long Suits in the Dummy
• Making a Grand Slam with Long-Suit Establishment
• Chapter 8: Getting Rid of Losers by Using the Dummy’s Trump Cards
• Using the Dummy’s Trumps to Your Advantage
• Knowing When to Trump in the Short Hand
• Saving Enough Trumps in the Dummy When Facing a Counterattack
• Steering Clear of Trumping Losers in the Long Trump Hand
• Part 3: Bidding for Fun and Profit
• Chapter 9: Starting with Bidding Basics
• Understanding the Importance of Bidding
• Surveying the Stages of Bidding
• Looking at the Structure and the Rank of a Bid
• Settling Who Plays the Hand
• Valuing the Strength of Your Hand
• Chapter 10: Making a Successful Opening Bid
• Working Through the Basics of Opening the Bidding
• Opening the Bidding with 12 to 20 HCP in Your Hand
• Opening the Bidding with 21 or More HCP
• Making a Preemptive Opening Bid with 6 to 10 HCP
• Chapter 11: Responding to an Opening Bid
• Knowing When You Can Respond to an Opening Bid
• Responding to a 1♣ Opening Bid
• Responding to a 1♦ Opening Bid
• Responding to a 1♥ Opening Bid
• Responding to a 1♠ Opening Bid
• Responding to a 1NT Opening Bid
• Responding with a Jump Shift
• Chapter 12: Rebidding by the Opener
• Knowing When to Rebid and When to Pass
• Rebidding After a One-Over-One Response
• Rebidding After a Two-Over-One Response
• Rebidding After a Limited Response
• Chapter 13: Rebidding by the Responder
• Becoming the Captain
• Rebidding After Your Limited Response of 1NT
• Rebidding After Your Partner Rebids 1NT
• Rebidding Notrump After Your Partner Shows Two Suits
• Raising Your Partner’s Second Suit with Four-Card Support
• Rebidding After Your Partner Repeats Her Suit
• Rebidding Your Long Suit
• Rebidding After a Two-Over-One Response
• Playing the Waiting Game
• Part 4: Forging Ahead with Advanced Bidding Techniques
• Chapter 14: Creating Interference: Defensive Bidding
• Getting Nasty with the Opposition: Overcalling
• Listen Carefully: Responding to Your Partner’s Overcall
• Chapter 15: Double Trouble: Doubling and Redoubling
• Putting Your Money Where Your Mouth Is: The Penalty Double
• Talking Back: Redoubling
• Taking a Chance on a Takeout Double
• Communicating Length: The Negative Double
• Chapter 16: Hitting Hard: Slam Bidding
• Getting to Know Your Slams
• Bidding Notrump Slams
• Bidding Slams at a Trump Contract
• Part 5: Playing a Strong Defense and Keeping Score
• Chapter 17: Defending against Notrump Contracts
• Making the Opening Lead against a Notrump Contract
• Playing Third Hand against a Notrump Contract
• Chapter 18: Defending against Trump Contracts
• Opening Leads against a Trump Contract
• Third-Hand Play against a Trump Contract
• Chapter 19: Playing Second Hand on Defense
• Playing Second Hand with Vision
• Defending with the Dummy on Your Right
• Defending with the Dummy on Your Left
• Chapter 20: Wrapping Up with Scorekeeping
• Understanding How Bidding and Scoring Are Intertwined
• Keeping Track of the Score in Four-Deal Chicago
• Not Making the Contract: Handling Penalties
• Keeping Score for Doubled Contracts
• Scoring Redoubled Contracts
• Part 6: Feeding Your Addiction to Bridge
• Chapter 21: Joining Bridge Clubs and the Tournament World
• Connecting with Your Local Bridge Club
• Playing in Novice Tournaments
• Advancing in the Tournament World
• Enjoying the Major Tournaments
• Chapter 22: Playing Bridge on Your Computer and Online
• Learning Bridge from Software Programs
• Surfing Bridge Websites
• Part 7: The Part of Tens
• Chapter 23: Ten Ways to Be a Better Bridge Partner
• Treat Your Partner Like Your Best Friend
• Tolerate Your Partner’s Errors
• Keep a Poker (Well, Bridge) Face
• Deal Well with Disaster
• Play Conventions You Both Want to Play
• Pick Up the Slack for a Weaker Player
• Own Up to Your Own Errors
• Offer Words of Encouragement
• Treat Your Partner the Same Whether You Win or Lose
• Know When to Have Fun
• Chapter 24: Ten Great Bridge Resources
• The American Contract Bridge League
• Your Local Bridge Club
• Adult Education Classes
• Your Local Library and Bookstore
• The Daily Bridge Column in Your Newspaper
• Bridge Magazines
• Bridge Software Programs
• The Internet
• Bridge Supply Sites
• Bridge Travel
• Appendix: Acol Bidding System
• Getting a Handle on Acol
• Opening 1NT (12 to 14 HCP)
• Opening the Bidding with a Suit at the One Level
• Opener’s Second Bid: The All-Important Rebid
• Responder’s Rebid, the Fourth Bid
• Wreaking Havoc with Preemptive Opening Bids
• Making Strong Two-Level Opening Bids
• Defensive Bidding
• Index
• About the Author
• Advertisement Page
• Connect with Dummies
• End User License Agreement