mike777 Posted August 7, 2005 Report Share Posted August 7, 2005 Many boring forum topics lately. Hopefully this can stir some hot debate. For your bridge life please recommend one book and one simple BOL's type tip. Only one of each! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luke warm Posted August 7, 2005 Report Share Posted August 7, 2005 v. mollo's 'the art of being lucky' and one i was reminded of again today, don't ask partner to do something you can do yourself Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pigpenz Posted August 7, 2005 Report Share Posted August 7, 2005 Clyde Love....squeezes and endplays Do what the Rabbi says Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keylime Posted August 7, 2005 Report Share Posted August 7, 2005 I like the tip about underleading J-x/Q-x. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winstonm Posted August 7, 2005 Report Share Posted August 7, 2005 Master Play by Terrence Reese. The Intra-finesse. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Double ! Posted August 7, 2005 Report Share Posted August 7, 2005 All 52 Cards by Marshall Miles. Master Play a very close 2nd. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike777 Posted August 7, 2005 Author Report Share Posted August 7, 2005 Many boring forum topics lately. Hopefully this can stir some hot debate. For your bridge life please recommend one book and one simple BOL's type tip. Only one of each! Lawrence: How to read the Opponents' CardsHamman: Learn to build a mental picture of the opponents' shape and high cards. I think I see a theme :P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the hog Posted August 7, 2005 Report Share Posted August 7, 2005 Geza Ottlick "Adventures in Card Play." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarlRitner Posted August 7, 2005 Report Share Posted August 7, 2005 Alfred Sheinwold, "Five Weeks To Winning Bridge" It is not enough to take all of your tricks; try to take some of the opponents, too. Not sure, but that might be Freddie as well Cheers, CarlACBL Library Book Sale Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
helene_t Posted August 8, 2005 Report Share Posted August 8, 2005 Kelsey's "Winning card play". Bols tip: Spend less time participating in on-line political debates, find a more healthy spare time activity, such as playing bridge. (Got this advice from my psychiatrist). Sorry if it's off-topic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Double ! Posted August 9, 2005 Report Share Posted August 9, 2005 This wasn't a BOL's tip, but I remember reading an article in BW many (MANY!) years ago that was titled something like, "Not If You're An Expert". In this article, the author provided a series of bidding and play hands where a supposedly expert player made some strange or "different" bid or play when many would normally make a fairly straight-forward bid or play, expected partner to read it correctly while in actuality distorting some aspect of his/her holding, and consequently obtained a poor, in some cases, absurd result. The author then suggested a "normal" bid or play (defensive) that the vast majority of knowledgeable or expert players would have made, asked whether or not these bids or plays wouldn't be what one would expect, and answered/ concluded each example with the statement, "not if you're an expert!" The tongue-in-cheek theme of this obviously sardonic article was the idea that "expert" bid or play is not something more esoteric than normal bridge, and that one had no one to blame but oneself when it blew up in one's face (so to speak). Wish I could provide some actual examples, but I suspect that the message is fairly clear. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chamaco Posted August 10, 2005 Report Share Posted August 10, 2005 Bridge book: anything by Reese Bols tip: When you have a 2-way tenace position, finesse through the opponent you dislike most, at least you will have the satisfaction of not losing the trick to him/her (by Klinger/Kambites) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whereagles Posted August 14, 2005 Report Share Posted August 14, 2005 Robson/Segal's "Partnership bidding". One of the few COHERENT competitive books around. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheoKole Posted August 14, 2005 Report Share Posted August 14, 2005 Counting at Bridge and Private Bridge Lessons by Mike Lawrence Tip: A player who can't defend accurately should try to become declarer (or dummy). ;) Quote: Declarer to Dummy: Where is the hand that you had during the bidding? :blink: Theo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
candybar Posted August 14, 2005 Report Share Posted August 14, 2005 Book: Hand Evaluation by Brian Senior :) Book: Complete Book of Opening Leads by Easley Blackwood ;) (Sorry, I couldn't decide between them) :o Tip: If you know you are going to go down, make sure your partner is playing the hand. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArcLight Posted August 14, 2005 Report Share Posted August 14, 2005 >Book: Complete Book of Opening Leads by Easley Blackwood Of the books I've read on opening leads (Mike, Lawrence, Hugh kelsey, Robert Ewen, Easley Blackwood) I'd rate the Blackwood book dead last by a large margin. It was mainly about using the rule of 11. If you liked Blackwoods books, you will love the others. Ewens is a good one to start with. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
candybar Posted August 14, 2005 Report Share Posted August 14, 2005 >Book: Complete Book of Opening Leads by Easley Blackwood Of the books I've read on opening leads (Mike, Lawrence, Hugh kelsey, Robert Ewen, Easley Blackwood) I'd rate the Blackwood book dead last by a large margin. It was mainly about using the rule of 11. If you liked Blackwoods books, you will love the others. Ewens is a good one to start with.What I liked about that book, admittedly when I was young and learning, was that it is actually more about defensive strategies. It did more for my defense than any other single book I've ever read, not so much on opening leads per se, but on thinking about which defensive strategy was right for which hand. It happened to be the book that worked best for me. By the way, I didn't realize we were critiquing these suggestions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pclayton Posted August 15, 2005 Report Share Posted August 15, 2005 Book: Killing Defense by Kelsey. Don't know enough about the BOLs tips to recommend any. The only tip I'd give anyone is just count the hands. It sounds simple enough, but we get bogged down in themes and forget this simple aspect. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chamaco Posted August 15, 2005 Report Share Posted August 15, 2005 >Book: Complete Book of Opening Leads by Easley Blackwood Of the books I've read on opening leads (Mike, Lawrence, Hugh kelsey, Robert Ewen, Easley Blackwood) I'd rate the Blackwood book dead last by a large margin. It was mainly about using the rule of 11. If you liked Blackwoods books, you will love the others. Ewens is a good one to start with. Talilking about opening leads, Tony Sowter's book is a very good one. It explains rather clearly and concretely how to diagnose situations when you need an attacking lead or a passive leads. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al_U_Card Posted August 15, 2005 Report Share Posted August 15, 2005 Bridge Conventions Complete, by Amalya Kearse. Gave me a reference point for system discussions with new pards. "When partner errs, remember that if he is doing it on purpose then you are the one who made a mistake." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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