Bidding

by Audrey Grant

Fun and easy way to learn the game of bridge. Focuses on bidding.

322 pages, Paperback

First published January 25, 1990

Reviews

[Kelly (Maybedog) · Rating 5 out of 5]

My partner and I temporarily joined a bridge club in college and this was the book they gave us. We sucked, the book didn't.

[Matthew · Rating 5 out of 5]

I read this book after already have been playing bridge for three years. The book is the first in a series and is written for the beginner and assumes you know nothing about bridge. And yet, even for me, I picked up some tips and insights that will improve my game immediately (assuming my partner also picks them up!). I would recommend this to anyone who wants to learn or does play bridge.

[Charlie Devlin · Rating 3 out of 5]

A good overview on most of what you need to play bridge.

[Miramira Endevall · Rating 4 out of 5]

VERY good book. The two cautions are that the book *really* begins at the beginning with the assumption that the reader has never played cards and doesn't even know what the suits are, and that all of the discussion about responses to 1NT and 2NT openings completely disregard the use of the Stayman and Jacoby conventions. Hubby and I got so frustrated with the latter that we skipped chapters entirely and went straight to the "special" chapters in the following book on said conventions.

However, we still learned a lot and hubby and I are definitely using this book to arbitrate our bidding miscommunications as we work out our partnership agreements. :-)

[William Herbst · Rating 4 out of 5]

I think this is an excellent instructional series on Bridge and this volume is the best of the lot. It has received some criticism from those who say the method of bidding that it teaches is out of date in contemporary competitive play. I am not qualified enough to have an opinion on this but it seems to be a valid criticism from the perspective of stronger players whom I know.

[W Michael · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great book; clear introduction to both bidding and the basics of playing your game. The only reason I gave it 4 stars is that I know it's now been superseded by a new edition.