stryker@dicomed.UUCP (Donald James Stryker) (06/14/85)
Can anyone recommend a good book on playing the cards? I got bitten by the bridge bug a few months ago and have been avidly playing since. The last few weeks my partner and I have been 'taught a lesson' at a local duplicate bridge center, i.e. last place... but we'll get our revenge. I also would be interested in any comments on duplicate strategy as opposed to rubber strategy. Last night my partner and I decided to take risks on just about every board, the result being a few top boards and a bunch of bottoms, but not much in between. How do you judge which hands are good for risk-taking and which should be played close to the vest? Lets hear it from all you card fiends out there!
woods@hao.UUCP (Greg Woods) (06/18/85)
The ultimate book on play of the cards is Louis H. Watson's "Play of the Hand at Bridge", for everything from basic strategies to squeezes and coups. This book was written eons ago, but most everything in it still applies today. There is an updated version out now in paperback (edited and modernized by Sam Fry, Jr.) Most of what this book has in it is useful no matter what kind of bridge you play. For a complete duplicate background, you could supplement this book with something specifically oriented towards playing duplicate. --Greg -- {ucbvax!hplabs | allegra!nbires | decvax!noao | harpo!seismo | ihnp4!noao} !hao!woods CSNET: woods@NCAR ARPA: woods%ncar@CSNET-RELAY