"At the Table"

[Sancho]

But is it a book worth reading?

Yes. Definitely. Even if you happen to disagree with some of Hamman's ideas about how bridge should be played (and they are certainly worth thinking about), that is only a small part of the book.

 

The chapters about his rubber bridge experience, the legendary Bermuda Bowls etc. are an extremely good read.

[Winstonm]

Being sidetracked from the main point of the book is to do a disservice to yourself when reading it; you miss the information from a most instructive book.

 

There are two great lessons in this book:

 

1) To become a bridge player, you simply must train yourself to stay focused and fixated on the tast at hand - solving the present problem; even harder, you must learn to wipe the last hand from your mind as soon as the score is recorded else you can never focus fully on the current problem.

 

2) Don't screw up the easy ones.