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Alert..........................................................................
26, 41, 43, 45, 46, 96, 187
Attitude
signal...................................................................
17, 168, 173-178, 187
Balancing.........................................................................................
75‑80, 187
Blackwood.....................................................................
119, 188, 189, 193, 194
Convention....................... 10, 27, 38, 40‑42, 46, 53, 54,
63, 66, 88, 176, 187‑202
Covering
honors.......................................................
113, 120, 133-135, 189, 198
Crossruff..................................................................
44, 125, 132, 146, 182, 189
Cuebid.................................................................
38, 41‑43, 50, 57, 58, 189, 194
Develop..................................................................
116, 126, 128, 162, 190, 191
Discard.................................... 95, 96, 112,
138-140, 151, 166, 168‑178, 190, 195
Draw trumps.......... 115, 118, 121-124, 126-132, 134, 135, 143,
146, 147, 163, 190
Duck......................................... 113, 117, 120,
130, 131, 133, 135, 173, 176, 190
Endplay..........................................................................
111, 126, 191, 192, 201
Entries.................... 84, 105, 112, 115, 118, 126,
129‑131, 155, 163, 174, 188, 191
Establish.................................................................
105, 123, 162, 163, 190, 191
Finesse.................. 7, 24, 36, 109, 110, 134, 135,
141‑143, 161‑163, 191, 192, 198
Fit.............................. 1, 41, 45, 46, 53, 61, 64, 65,
73, 75, 89, 103, 141, 187, 191
Forcing
bid......................................................... 9,
31, 32, 55, 92, 139, 192, 195
Forcing
game.........................................................................
146‑149, 183, 192
Fourth-best lead................................ 93, 96-98, 103,
156, 167, 185, 192, 198, 199
Fourth-suit game
forcing....................................................................
25-27, 192
Game forcing.................................................
26, 27, 58, 187, 192, 193, 195, 201
Garbage Stayman..............................................................................
13, 14, 192
Invitational bid......................................... 14,
25, 28, 31, 58, 64, 77, 119, 193‑195
Jacoby
transfer.................................................................
42, 142, 143, 193, 194
Jordan
2NT...........................................................................................
66, 193
Jump
shift......................................................................................
58, 193, 202
“Last is
best”..........................................................................
111, 191, 194, 200
Law of Total Tricks.............. 21‑23, 64‑66, 73, 74, 86, 87,
101, 150, 152, 194, 202
Lead-directing
double.......................................................................
69, 185, 194
Limit
raise.................................................................................
64, 66, 185, 194
Michaels cuebid..............................................................
38, 41, 42, 44, 188, 194
Misfit......................................................................................
5, 28‑31, 63, 195
Negative
double............................................................................
53‑56, 73, 195
Odd-even
discard...........................................................................
176‑178, 195
1NT opening bid............. 9, 10, 13-16, 20, 41-43, 80, 106,
108, 119, 184, 193, 200
1NT
overcall...................................................................
10, 71-74, 78, 193, 195
1NT rebid............................................. 9, 28,
32, 55, 99, 100, 114, 159, 188, 195
1NT response......................... 29, 30, 53, 58, 59, 72,
105, 122, 156, 179, 180, 195
Overcall............. 3, 10, 42, 50‑56, 67‑73, 77, 78, 159, 160,
190, 193‑195, 198, 202
Parity............................................................................................
169‑171, 196
Penalty double.................................... 7, 28, 37-40,
61, 73, 74, 148, 188, 190, 196
“Points, schmoints”......................................
1, 22, 64, 73, 86, 149, 159, 186, 196
Preempt........................ 37, 38, 48, 59, 64, 68, 78,
80‑92, 126, 152, 153, 196, 202
Preference......................................................
28, 31, 32, 164‑168, 176, 177, 196
Raises.................. 5, 9, 14-16, 21-23, 32, 46, 64‑66,
83-86, 93, 130, 139, 159, 192
194, 197, 199, 200, 202
Rebidding a
suit..................................................................
5, 25, 29, 31, 62, 197
Redouble........................................... 6, 39, 40,
61-64, 66, 72, 149, 188, 197, 199
Rule of
11.....................................................................
93, 96‑98, 126, 192, 198
Rule of
15........................................................................................
11, 12, 198
Rule of
20.......................................................................................
1‑4, 81, 198
Sacrifice.......................................................................
22, 38, 86, 117, 187, 198
Second hand
low.....................................................................
111, 155-157, 198
Sequence.................................................. 116,
156, 169, 180, 182, 192, 193, 199
Short
club......................................................................................
1, 5, 26, 199
Side
suit..........................................................................
111, 117, 126, 181, 199
Sign
off..........................................................................................
83, 193, 199
Singleton....................... 2, 8, 19, 29, 31, 50, 51, 61,
68, 69, 71, 188, 189, 199-201
Slam............................................... 15, 16, 27,
38, 89, 91, 92, 101, 110, 119, 120
123, 132, 183,
190, 191, 193, 194, 197, 200, 202
Spot
card...........................................................................
19, 97, 165, 177, 199
Squeeze..........................................................................
101, 137‑140, 200, 201
Stayman......................... 10, 13, 14, 16, 27, 32, 106,
188, 189, 192, 194, 196, 200
Stopper.........................................................
15, 25, 27, 49, 53, 72, 78, 195, 200
Suit preference
signal......................................................
164, 168, 176, 195, 200
Suit splits............................................ 89, 103,
115, 124, 132, 143, 146, 161, 199
Supporting partner...................... 9, 16, 46, 58, 64‑66,
69, 71, 73, 85, 86, 188, 200
Takeout double.......................................... 23,
45‑66, 69-72, 78-80, 190, 193, 200
Third-hand
play...........................................................
93‑95, 161, 187, 188, 200
2
opening.......................................................................................
38, 90, 201
Unbid
suit.............................................................
25, 52, 58, 107, 182, 183, 201
Unblock..........................................................................
105, 112, 117, 196, 201
Unusual notrump
overcall........................................................................
79, 202
Up the
line.................................................................................
5, 100, 172, 202
Uppercut.......................................................................................
152-154, 202
Void........................... 2, 29, 42, 43, 52, 86, 125, 137,
187, 189, 190, 197-199, 201
Vulnerability................................. 37, 65, 67, 69,
71, 81, 88, 90, 91, 148, 191, 202
Weak jump
overcall.................................................................................
78, 202
Weak jump
raise...................................................................
64, 65, 74, 130, 202
Weak
two-bid................................................................
82, 88‑92, 191, 201, 202
Yarborough..........................................................................................
150, 202
Contents
© Marty Bergen
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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