Modern Bridge Conventions

Modern bridge conventions have revolutionized the game of bridge. Any bridge expert will tell you that the standard methods devised in the thirties and forties are antiquated and much inferior to those now available. Here, in a clear, easy-to-follow fashion, experts Bill Root and Richard Pavlicek cover in detail more than fifty of the most practical bridge conventions in use in America today. They present their material in a unique format, so players of every ability may readily understand the conventions appropriate to their level. Each convention is assigned a complexity rating, indicated by a number of stars: One-star conventions, for all players, include such familiar names as Stayman, Jacoby Transfer Bids, Weak Two-Bids, Negative Doubles, Limit Major Raises (with Splinter Bids!), Blackwood, and more. Two-star conventions, for experienced partnerships, include Inverted Minor Raises, Michaels Cue-Bid, Responsive Doubles, Astro, Invitational Cue-Bid, and more. Three-star conventions, for tournament players with very experienced partnerships, include Lebensohl, Fourth Suit Forcing, New Minor Forcing, Invisible Cue-Bids, Competitive Doubles, and more. In addition, the authors provide information on Alert Procedures, How to Fill Out Convention Cards (a topic often neglected), Skip-Bid Warnings, Ethics and Proprieties, and How to Build a Partnership. A glossary, which also serves as an index, lists more than 250 popular conventions, treatments, and systems.Pavlicek, Richard is the author of 'Modern Bridge Conventions' with ISBN 9780517884294 and ISBN 0517884291.