[42]

Sitting in the sun and doing nothing, I had the idea that it could be nice to make a collection of the most useful bridge tips. I know that there exist books like "100 winning bridge tips" by Ron Klinger and the BOLS tips (I have no idea whether there is a copyright on those tips...). I do not mean to copy all the tips out of the books, just find it interesting which tips the experts here would like to give the interested reader that may come in mind when you need one

There might be some sections like
a.) BIDDING (e.g. "When in doubt bid one more" )
b.) COMPETITION
c.) DECLARER PLAY
d.) DEFENCE
e.) PARTNERSHIP BEHAVIOUR
f.) a fun section with stupid tips like "The Q is always over the Jack", etc.

Perhaps it would be fine when there is only the collection of tips in 1 thread for each section (like the thread with the pure hands for the bidding poll) with a link to another thread where the tips are explained and discussed in details (because it would be too difficult to survey all in one).

What do you think about that??

Caren

[Al_U_Card]

Guess you just have to start a post for each of the sections and let the rest of us do the work........ie: "don't do declarer's work for him" (about breaking new suits) for instance

[42]

Before I do I wanted to know if it is a good or stupid idea...
C.

[P_Marlowe]

Hi,

reading "100 winning bridge tips" by Ron Klinger,
and to a lesser extend "50 winning bridge for duplicate"
is worth the money, if you have the chance to buy it,
the last time I bought it, 4-5 years ago, it was out of print,
but still in the stores.

With kind regards
Marlowe

[Al_U_Card]

I think that it would be a VERY worthwhile endeavor, particularly for our B/I friends as they would benefit most from the distilled (note I did not say "from a distillery") wisdom of most of the forum contributors

Just sifting thru some older threads can provide gobs of inciteful commentary....

[han]

42,

All of your recent threads have been very good, I'm sure that these will be too.

[CarlRitner]

P_Marlowe, on Oct 5 2005, 02:09 PM, said:

Hi,

reading "100 winning bridge tips" by Ron Klinger,
and to a lesser extend "50 winning bridge for duplicate"
is worth the money, if you have the chance to buy it,
the last time I bought it, 4-5 years ago, it was out of print,
but still in the stores.

With kind regards
Marlowe

Many of these tips books are available through my website, ACBL Library Books & Magazines which features thousands of used bridge books and magazines.

This website is sponsored by the ACBL, and the folks at Bridge Base permit me to tell you about it, although there is no business relationship between Bridge Base and myself. Please feel free to stop by and browse the lists for many used bridge book bargains.

Cheers,

Carl Ritner
http://www.carlritner.com

[kenberg]

After you make a mistake it is natural to be embarrassed, frustrated, in a hurry to go on to the next hand. Stop. There might be a way to recover. Even if not, there might be way to keep a setback from becoming a disaster. Of course it would be better to not make the mistake but time only flows forward.

I try, sometimes successfully, to follow my own advice.

Ken

[Aberlour10]

I try not to forget that my hands have always 26 cards

[hrothgar]

I've always been fond of my "Bols Bridge Tricks" collection

[luke warm]

never result the hand, especially if it reflects upon partner

[geller]

Bob Hamman's classic book, "At the Table," is loaded with good advice. Maybe the best one is: "don't screw up the easy ones." In other words, keep your concentration and don't mess up easy hands, so you can afford to get a hard problem wrong once in a while, which everyone does (just that guys like Hamman mess up a lot fewer times than most of us).

[42]

Good morning (at least here it is, 9.15 and sunny )!
Thank you for the replies. I will start some different threads now and look forward to many practical tips
Caren

[joker_gib]

42, on Oct 5 2005, 06:00 PM, said:

Sitting in the sun and doing nothing

I would like to be able to do the same !!

Alain

[42]

Alain, it was AFTER WORK
Caren