This book is the winner of the 2016 Beginner-Intermediate ABTA Book Award! Bridge success is the result of many factors talent, knowledge, experience, and, to a surprising extent, luck. But there are other, perhaps less obvious, factors that are well within your control, such as maintaining stamina, an even temperament, and concentration. What to focus on? Start with evaluating what your hand is worth as an auction develops. No supercomputer brain needed just an ability to add and subtract from 13 plus memory, deduction, and analysis. This book will help you become a better bridge thinker by exploring the nuances of hand evaluation. Good evaluation produces better judgment. The book's numerous problems and quizzes provide you with the opportunity to test that judgment and show off your bridge smarts.
Paperback: 140 pages: 2015
Augie Boehm has been a columnist for the American Contract Bridge League's Bridge Bulletin and a staff writer for The Bridge World for over 20 years. His path to bridge expertise began in 1961, when he won the first junior National Championship in Washington D.C. Augie has taught bridge in and around New York City spanning four decades. He is the author of 10 books, including Bridge Smarts, winner of the American Bridge Teachers Association 2016 Book of the Year Award, and currently conducts bridge seminars worldwide.
- Publication Date: 2015
- Page Count: 140
- ISBN:
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This book is the winner of the 2016 Beginner-Intermediate ABTA Book Award! Bridge success is the result of many factors talent, knowledge, experience, and, to a surprising extent, luck. But there are other, perhaps less obvious, factors that are well within your control, such as maintaining stamina, an even temperament, and concentration. What to focus on? Start with evaluating what your hand is worth as an auction develops. No supercomputer brain needed just an ability to add and subtract from 13 plus memory, deduction, and analysis. This book will help you become a better bridge thinker by exploring the nuances of hand evaluation. Good evaluation produces better judgment. The book's numerous problems and quizzes provide you with the opportunity to test that judgment and show off your bridge smarts.
Paperback: 140 pages: 2015
Augie Boehm has been a columnist for the American Contract Bridge League's Bridge Bulletin and a staff writer for The Bridge World for over 20 years. His path to bridge expertise began in 1961, when he won the first junior National Championship in Washington D.C. Augie has taught bridge in and around New York City spanning four decades. He is the author of 10 books, including Bridge Smarts, winner of the American Bridge Teachers Association 2016 Book of the Year Award, and currently conducts bridge seminars worldwide.
- Publication Date: 2015
- Page Count: 140
- ISBN: