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Lessons and Conventions

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Essential Conventions you should know

Read those Articles and books will help to build up your foundation

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Bridge Description	Reference Convention Title	Author
25 Conventions	25 Conventions you should know	Barbara Seagram
52 Facts	52 Facts of Bridge Life	Eddie Kantar
Bergen Raises	Bridge with Patty Essentials: Bergen Raises	Patty Tucker
Bridge Rules	Bridge Rules	Various
Defend 1NT	Cappelletti; DONT; Landy+Transfer; MECKWELL; Woolsey;	Various
Defense bidding	2 suited overcalls; Unusual vs Unusual;	various
Doubles	Maximal X; Off-Shape X; Power X; Snapdragon X;	Various
Free Bids	Negative Free Bids; Positive Free Bids	Various
Gazzilli	Gazzilli convention
Inverted minors	Bridge with Patty Essentials: Inverted minors	Patty Tucker
Jordan 2NT	Jordan 2NT	Alan Truscott
Law of Total Tricks***	To Bid or Not to Bid	Larry Cohen
Losing Tricks***	The Modern Losing Trick Count	Ron Klinger
MacCabe	MacCabe
Mini-Maxi 2NT	Mini-Maxi 2NT
Spiral 2NT 3344	Spiral 2NT
Splinter	Mini Splinter; Splinter	Various
Strong Club Defense	CRASH; Mathe; Suction	Various
Two-Way Checkback	XYZ

Recommend books to read:

Eddie Kantar: Take All Your Chances I & II

Marty Bergen: To Bid or Not to Bid (The Law of Total Tricks)

Michael Lawrence: 1. The Complete Book on Overcalls in Contract Bridge
2. How to Read Your Opponents' Card
3. How to Play Card Combinations

Ron Klinger: 1. 100 Winning Duplicate Tips
2. The Modern Losing Trick Count

Note: www.abebooks.com is an online used bookstore, with lots of used bridge books to choose from or
go to Amazon for the recommended books

Last updated : Feb 8, 2023 02:58 EST

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