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CHAPTER 8 -
AFTER THE DOUBLE
57
Searching For
Signs of
Life
57
The Goal After
Redouble is to Kick
Butt! 61
How Do I
Support Thee? Let Me Count the
Ways 64
CHAPTER 9 -
COMPETITIVE BIDDING -
LIKE FOUR PEOPLE BOXING
67
Overcalls: If
the Suit Fits, Bid
It 67
Stand Tall
After a 1NT
Overcall
72
Do You Know
Your Balancing
Basics?
75
CHAPTER 10 -
PREEMPTS FOR FUN
AND PROFIT
81
Sock It To 'Em
With an Opening
Three-Bid 81
Responding to
Preempts is a
Cinch
83
The Weakest
Weak Two-Bid Ever
Made 88
Why Not Have a
Grand Old
Time
90
CHAPTER 11 -
THE RULE OF 11:
CAN YOU SUBTRACT?
93
Partner Leads
Fourth Best — What
Next? 93
Declarer
Passes the
Test
97
CHAPTER 12 -
DON'T BE STUMPED
WHEN PLAYING NOTRUMP
99
Not a Good
Declarer, But What a Great
Dummy 99
Are You Guilty
of Premature
Grabbing? 102
If You Don't
Have Entries, You Ain't Got
Nothing 104
A Record That
Will Never Be
Broken
106
CHAPTER 13 - SOME PLAYERS
DO IT WITH FINESSE
109
Hold That
Finesse
109
Take
Everything in
Sight
113
I Never Met a
Five-Card Suit I Didn't
Like 114
Finesses Do
Have Their Day in the
Sun 116
How Low Can
You
Go?
119
CHAPTER 14 -
TRUMPS ARE WILD
121
Charting Your
Trump Course
121
Drawing
Trumps: Count on Your Opponents
122
Dummy's Ruff
Can Be
Smooth
124
Drawing Trumps
First is Often the
Worst 126
Maneuvering
Trump Entries Like a
Virtuoso 129
It is Not
Illegal to Count Winners in a Suit
Contract 132
CHAPTER 15 -
DECLARER'S TRICKS AND TRAPS
133
Help Your
Opponents Take the
Bait
133
Some Expensive
Advice
136
Life is
Pleasing When You Start
Squeezing 137
Is Bridge a
Mathematical
Game?
141
CHAPTER 16 -
DEFENSE:
DO A LOT WITH A LITTLE
145
Force Declarer
to Trump —
Absolutely!
145
Hustler's
Delight
148
An Artist With
a Small
Canvas
150
Do You Believe
in
Magic?
152
CHAPTER 17 -
THE DEFENSE NEVER RESTS
155
When to Say No
to Second Hand
Low
155
You Be the
Judge
158
If Declarer
Smart, Defender
Not
162
Give Partner
the
Signal
164
CHAPTER 18 -
DISCARDING:
THROW LOSERS, KEEP WINNERS
169
Give to
Charity But Keep
Parity
169
Accentuate the
Negative
173
Improve Your
Discards — Even the
Odds 176
CHAPTER 19 -
OPENING LEADS: STOP, LOOK, AND LISTEN 179
Lead Trumps
When You Are Not in
Doubt 179
A Good Lead is
All You
Need
182
Watson, I Just
Got a
Lead
183
Nervous But
Game
186
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