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The Right Way to Play Bridge: Complete Reference to Successful Acol Bidding and the Key Principles of Play - For Improving Players (Right Way S.) (Paperback)

by Paul Mendelson (Author)
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  • Paperback: 192 pages
  • Publisher: Elliot Right Way Books (3 Jan 1998)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0716020289
  • ISBN-13: 978-0716020288
  • Product Dimensions: 19.8 x 12.4 x 2 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 167,227 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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This book assumes that you are intent on improving your bridge at a social, or competitive, level. Clear examples expose the detail of modern Acol bidding. From these you learn to plan and reassess your campaign step-by-step and calculate with precision who holds which cards. You also discover when to obstruct with bluff and bombast and more.

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The Standard Work on Bridge
This book assumes that you are intent on improving your bridge at a social, or competitive, level. Clear examples expose the detail of modern Acol bidding. From these you learn to plan and reassess your campaign step-by-step and calculate with precision who holds which cards. You also discover when to obstruct with bluff and bombast, how to pinpoint best leads and steal the best contracts, and ways to think strategically under pressure.

Unique at-the-table charts - designed to foster partnership understanding used appropriately at home, club or class - summarise key bids.

Paul Mendelson is the bridge correspondent for the ‘Financial Times'. He is a keen tournament competitor, having been National Schools' Champion, as well as the youngest ever captain of a winning Devonshire Cup Team. His first love remains Rubber Bridge however, which he plays successfully all over the world.

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17 of 17 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars The best book on bridge you will find, 13 Mar 2006
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I bought The Right Way to Play Bridge because my new partner did and it seemed sensible that we work from the same book. I now own a copy of every book this guy has written.

I had owned Basic Bridge by Ron Klinger for some 12 years (!) already but had never managed to plough far enough into it to gain any real understanding. With The Right Way to Play Bridge I was a reasonable player literally within weeks.

Mendelson's writing is first-class. He builds steadily from the basics, in a logical and clear manner, internally cross-referencing topics so that you soon begin to grasp not just the facts but the whole basis of the Basic Acol system. Over the table this helps enormously because you don't need to recall discrete bits of infomation, you apply your understanding.

This is not a bridge workbook, but a very readable introduction to all aspects of the game. Mendelson gives just enough examples to clarify his points and has an uncanny knack of anticipating all your questions.

The book says it's for improvers, but you actually don't need any prior knowledge so I wouldn't bother with Mendelson's Bridge for Absolute Beginners. My advice, if you're interested in learning the game, is to buy two copies of this book, one for you and one for your partner of course, and to use no other until you know absolutely everything in it. Then buy two copies of the superb Control the Bidding, by the same author, which will take your game firmly into the intermediate level. Mendelson also offers Play Your Cards Right, focusing on card play alone, to bring it all together.

These three books are fully complementary and consistent and at such a low cost are, in my opinion, clearly the best way into the game.

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14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Easy reading, simple explanations, keep it handy!, 8 Nov 2001
By A Customer
An excellent guide to bidding. Easy to read and simple to understand. Mine is constantly by my side whilst playing bridge online.

Quick at-the-table bidding guides are provided, assisting there and then!

The friend that sent me this book, wrote "Happy Bridging, just to make sure we are singing off the same sheet". I'm still singing....

Another book by the same author is brilliant alongside this one. 100 Tips For Better Bridge by Paul Mendelson - another easy reader with simple explanations.

Maria.

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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars HIGHLY readable, 18 May 2000
Highly readable and easy to understand. Not only instructs WHAT you should do but WHY you should do it which makes remembering the rules so much easier. Quite the best in its class.
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3.0 out of 5 stars Good, but concentrates more on bidding than play
Like all Mendelson's books, this is clear and well-written, and excellent value for money in the Right Way format. However, a couple of words of warning. Read more
Published 15 months ago by Mr. Ian C. Kemp

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent for learning the game (though knowledge of the very basics is assumed)
If you want to learn how to play, and already know the very basics (that there is an auction, then you play for tricks etc), then this book is excellent. Read more
Published on 14 Mar 2007 by Crazy Andy

5.0 out of 5 stars Best book to improve your play
I've read a lot of bridge books but this one stands out from the rest. Like the author's book on bidding - Control the Bidding - this book quickly shows you how to... Read more
Published on 23 Mar 2006 by Mrs. C. Harris

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