{"product_id":"getting-into-the-bidding-a-bridge-toolkit-9781897106853","title":"Getting Into the Bidding: A Bridge Toolkit","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn the modern game, the majority of auctions are competitive, and every improving player needs to acquire the tools to handle this kind of bidding. This text covers the basic building blocks of competitive bidding (takeout and negative doubles, preempts, overcalls, competing over their notrump openings and dealing with competition over your own, forcing pass auctions, the Law of Total Tricks, and others). It describes a number of useful conventions and gadgets with which the reader needs to be familiar, and suggests other optional treatments for partnership discussion. Each chapter ends with reviews and quizzes, and the final chapter is a summary quiz covering all the material. This book will fill a major gap in bridge literature - most books on this topic are intended for expert-level players.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eTreble, Bill:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Bill Treble (Winnipeg, Canada) is an expert bridge player and two-time winner of the Canadian Open Pairs Championship. His wife Sue, a bridge teacher, wishes Bill would pay more attention to the excellent advice in this book.","brand":"Master Point Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50857019277586,"sku":"9781897106853","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_cc63379d-afeb-4584-949b-02aa4c5e3d98.jpg?v=1737517933","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/getting-into-the-bidding-a-bridge-toolkit-9781897106853","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}