Synopsis: A proven
approach to winning. More Declarer Play the Bergen Way demonstrates
and illustrates the right way to think about the hand when dummy is tabled.
After reading this book, you'll be delighted when the tricks start rolling
in. One of the most popular bridge authors of our time, Marty Bergen,
Mr. POINTS SCHMOINTS explains:
How to give yourself an extra chance to make the hand, When to draw only
some of the opponents' trumps, How to win extra tricks with nines and
tens, What you need to know about suit combinations, How to keep the
dangerous opponents from ever getting in, When you must count winners
in a suit contract, How to creat entries when they are most needed, The
right time to throw a "loser on a loser" See excerpts from Marty's book:
From the Author
............................................................. 10
Bidding and Defense in This Book
.................................... 12
Chapter 1:
Drawing Trumps: All, Some, or None ............... 13
Chapter 2: Two
For the Price of One ................................ 23
Chapter 3:
Suit Combinations For Fun & Profit .................. 33
Chapter 4:
Life in Notrump ..............................................
47
Chapter 5:
Maximizing Your Entries
..................................
57
Chapter 6: To
Finesse, or Not to Finesse? .......................... 67
Chapter 7: The
Right Time to Finesse ............................... 77
Chapter 8:
YOU Can Execute an
Endplay .........................
87
Chapter 9:
Timing is Everything
.......................................
97
Chapter 10:
Surviving Bad Splits
.....................................
107
Chapter 11:
Sizing Up the Situation ................................. 117
Chapter 12:
Everyone Deserves A Second
Chance ...........
127
Chapter 13:
Counting Winners in Suit Contracts ............... 141
Chapter 14:
Good Guys, Bad Guys ................................. 151
Chapter 15:
When Not to Trump Your Losers .................. 161
More Good Stuff
Bergenisms
....................................................................
171
Glossary Plus
.................................................................
197
Highly Recommended
..................................................... 210
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