Common Sense Bidding

Renowned bridge expert presents a complete guide to basic commonsense bidding using a logical easy-to-follow format. Covered in 18 chapters are: 1. How to value your hand, 1. Opening no-trump bids, 3. The stayman convention 4.Opening suit bids of one, 5. Responses to opening suit bids of one, 6. Rebids by the opening bidder, 7. Rebids by the responder, 8. Opening preemptive bids, 9. Opening suit bids of two, 10. Overcalls, 11. Takeout doubles, 12. Penalty doubles, lead-directing doubles, and rescue bids, 13. Balancing, 14. Bidding over preemptive bids, 15. Responses and rebids in competitive auctions, 16. Sacrifice bids, 17. Slam bidding, 18. The scoring and the strategy