Bridge Cardplay: An Easy Guide 4 - Drawing Trumps
by David Bird & Marc Smith

Whether you are just setting out to discover the wonderful game of bridge, or have played for some time, your success will be limited without a sound understanding of the basic techniques of cardplay.

In this series, two of the game's top writers explain clearly the various cardplay skills that you will need. Every booklet contains six chapters - each ending with a short Quiz.

The topics covered in this third book, on Drawing Trumps, are:

• Drawing trumps immediately
• When you need to take ruffs
• When you need to take discards
• Establishing a suit before drawing trumps
• Techniques when drawing trumps
• Using entries in the trump suit

David Bird (Southampton, UK) is the world's most prolific bridge writer, with 150 bridge books to his name. Known for the clarity of his writing and explanations, he has won the American Bridge Teachers' Association Book of the Year Award a record nine times. His celebrated humorous fiction series, featuring the cantankerous Abbot, has run for over 45 years.

Marc Smith (Southampton, UK) is the author, with Barbara Seagram, of the world's best-selling bridge book in the past sixty years, 25 Bridge Conventions You Should Know. He has written many other bridge books and played successfully in several international championships. He is a popular online bridge teacher, conducting many classes at all levels of play.

Paperback, 52 pages, Master Point Press

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