The Rodwell Files

[barmar]

I've been reading it off and on since I bought it last summer, and I'm getting close to the end (I'm in the chapter on leading into dummy's tenace). I'm also finding it tough. My difficulty is similar to the books on squeezes: they tell how to execute the clever plays, but it's still mostly left as an exercise for the reader to figure out WHEN they need to come up with these brilliancies. I guess there aren't many easy rules you can offer -- what makes these players so good is that they're able to visualize the hand and figure out "we're only beating the contract if partner has X, and if he does I need to do Y."

[WGF_Flame]

I'm reading it too, not in the middle yet, I think its a great book, but I agree its far from an easy read especially if you try not to be lazy and think of every problem before you read the solution.

very happy i bought it.

[neilkaz]

I don't think that there's a single person who posts here other than top WC who've seen this stuff before it was published who won't benefit from this book which may be the best book ever written on card play for advanced players.

 

If I open the book 3 times to random pages I almost always learn something new or get something important reinforced.

 

Oh and many of us may have to do some work to better understand some of this....so don't be lazy and get a deck of cards if needed and construct the diagrams if you can't follow Eric's idea(s).