Thinking About Bridge: A thought-based approach to declarer play, defence and bidding judgement

About the Author Paul Mendelson has written for the theatre and television and is the author of eleven non-fiction titles concerning mind-sports such as bridge and poker, as well as being a crime novelist whose first novel, The First Rule of Survival, was short-listed for the CWA Golden Dagger Crime Novel of the Year in 2014. His second novel, The Serpentine Road, was long-listed for the same prize in 2015. Both have been translated into several languages and a television adaptation is already in preparation. Product Description There is such an abundance of hints, tips and advice available to bridge players that when faced with a particularly difficult problem, we find ourselves scrambling to remember that crucial solution. In this book, Paul Mendelson explains that when you stop trying to remember what to do, but simply think instead, the answers to expert problems become more apparent, accessible and easier to apply at the table. Packed with tips, examples, hands to study and practise at the table, system improvements, guidance for maximising your score at duplicate pairs, and innovations just for you, for your partnership and group of bridge friends, this book will improve every reader's game markedly. Following on from Control the Bidding and Winning Ways to Play Your Cards, Thinking About Bridge will reinforce some of the key elements of the game, whilst adding a new expert dimension on understanding to each discipline, making the game more enjoyable and your performance more successful. Book Description A thought-based approach to declarer play, defence and bidding judgement. From the Back Cover How to think as a bridge player, instead of trying to remember what to do, so that the answers to expert problems become readily accessible at the table Amidst an abundance of hints, charts and conflicting advice, it can be exhausting trying to remember what to do. In this book, bestselling bridge writer Paul Mendelson explains that when you stop trying to remember what to do and start to think instead, the answers to problems become more apparent, accessible and easier to apply. Packed with thinking tips, examples, hands to study and practise at the table, you can train your mind to approach each problem logically. System improvements, guidance for maximising your score at duplicate pairs, and innovations just for you, for your partnership and group of bridge friends, this book will improve every reader's game markedly. Following on from Control the Bidding and Winning Ways to Play Your Cards, Thinking About Bridge will reinforce key elements of the game, whilst adding a new expert dimension on understanding to each discipline, making the game far more enjoyable and your results more impressive.