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Winning demands control of the bidding. Before a card is played you must fight for the high ground or hustle your opponents beyond their safe level. Pro-active and fearless but not reckless, you must judge every last auction nuance and, terrier-like, destroy your opponents' communication and confidence whilst enhancing your own. Dodge their snares, resist their ploys but win the high stakes by forcing them to gamble - yourself delivering their misfortunes - and by your willingness to bet on certainty. Whether you are a masterpoint hunter at congresses or an afternoon rubber bridge player, Paul Mendelson's entertaining, thoroughly accessible and incisive text guides you, sharpens your zest and wills you to win.
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Paul Mendelson is the author of companion volumes Bridge for Complete Beginners and The Right Way to Play Bridge, the leading book for the improving player, and bridge correspondent of The Financial Times. He began by winning the National Championships and now writes and lectures worldwide.
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25 of 25 people found the following review helpful:
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New concepts (to me) - and very well explained,
By Roger (Solihull, UK) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Control the Bidding: The Right Way to Secure the Battleground in Bridge (Paperback)
I play every week at a club. I thought that myself and my partner had quite a comprehensive system, but I was concerned that the opposition interfered with us more than we did with them.
So I bought a book by Marshal Miles which showed as the best-seller in Amazon UK on competitive bidding. It was useless. It is so illogical in parts, that I wonder if they screwed up the print run, and got paragraphs out of sequence! Read my review elsewhere. I happened to see Paul Mendelson's book in a book shop (Bad news, Amazon). By the time I'd left the shop with it, I was clear the our partnership could make big strides. Now I've read it all, I'm ready to take on the world. I'm even going to treat my partner to a copy (Good news, Amazon). It's THAT good. It contains simple concepts, such as: . Competitive bidding is based more on distribution than points . The team who hold the spades are at a considerable advantage . If you or your partner doubles, then each of you can be very clear about the meanings of subsequent bids . and many, many more Each of these are explained very clearly, the page presentation is good, and everything is very logical. Most of it sinks in first time. It's for budding intermediates - not experts - but it's brilliant. At its price it is tremendous value. Later ----- (But read Mike Lawrence if you think you're an expert).
33 of 34 people found the following review helpful:
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Stunning,
This review is from: Control the Bidding: The Right Way to Secure the Battleground in Bridge (Paperback)
My bridge library currently runs to about 150 volumes (sad or what?) and I rate this book one of the best. It is aimed at intermediate level players looking to improve their competitive bidding. Written in an easy didactic style with lots of examples (not dissimilar to e.g Klinger/Kambites) it contains lots of material I haven't come across elsewhere very lucidly explained. For example lots of books discuss the unassuming cue bid in response to partner's overcall: this is the first to explain to me a system of replies when my overcall was not a minimum. All the material is presented in enough detail to allow immediate usage of various conventions without further study - assuming your partner agrees! Furthermore the price is significantly lower than many rivals.All in all a great buy. I for one will be looking for other books by this author.
12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:
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The best book for improvers on competitive bidding,
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This review is from: Control the Bidding: The Right Way to Secure the Battleground in Bridge (Paperback)
Competitive bidding is rather neglected in most bridge books, even those which concentrate on bidding. It requires a significantly different approach to unopposed bidding; less of a science, more of a battle, and requires clear principles to be laid down because there are so many possible sequences with both sides bidding. Paul Mendelson's book does this admirably. My current bridge partner introduced it to me. I had been playing regularly for over 10 years but learnt several key new things from this book, for example judging how high to compete, and the power of the spade suit in competitive auctions, and our results have improved noticeably since I read it. It is also more fun as one gets into the auction more often rather than having to pass meekly, even when opponents hold the majority of points. Some of the methods are quite aggressive and would not work well with random rubber bridge partners or beginners, but it is controlled aggression for a purpose and with a regular partner at improver level upwards, should work well. This is especially the case in duplicate bridge, where going down in a partscore can give a complete "top" if the opponents have a makeable contract - the gain is much less in rubber or teams. Key principles such as the Law of Total Tricks/Trumps are explained well and give the strategic understanding which underpins the detailed methods. It also includes ways to cope when opponents interfere after you have opened (e.g. negative doubles) and Weak Twos which obstruct them getting into the auction. It is written in a clear, entertaining and often humorous style, in my view even better than Mendelson's other books. Outstanding value for money as well.
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