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25 Bridge Conventions You Should Know (B. Seagram & M. Smith) Bestseller!
Pocket Guide to Bridge (by B. Seagram & R. Lea)
Barbara Seagram's Revised Bridge Cheat Sheet   $10.00
Beginning Bridge (by B. Seagram & L. Lee) New!
Roman Key Card Blackwood (Eddie Kantar)
25 Ways to Compete in the Bidding (B. Seagram & M. Smith)
25 Ways to Take More Tricks as a Declarer (B. Seagram & David Bird)
25 Ways to be a Better Defender
Stayman Auctions (B. Seagram, L. Lee, & A. Stark)
Jacoby Transfers (B. Seagram, L. Lee, & A. Stark)
Four Suit Transfers (B. Seagram, L. Lee, & A. Stark)

25 Bridge Conventions You Should Know Bestseller!

by Barbara Seagram & Marc Smith ($19.95 CAD)

"It doesn't get any better ..."
-- Eddie Kantar

BARBARA SEAGRAM is the former owner and operator of Toronto's oldest bridge studio. Each year, she teaches over one thousand students to enjoy bridge. She has been awarded Master Teacher status by the American Contract Bridge Teacher's Association.

MARC SMITH writes monthly columns for Bridge and Bridge PLus magazines in Britain and for the OKbridge Spectator on the Internet. He occasionally writes for the ACBL Bridge Bulletin and is an expert bidding forum panelist for numerous magazines. Among his recent books are World Class (1999), Countdown to Winning Bridge (1999, with Tim Bourke), and the Bridge Technique series (with David Bird).

The topics covered in this book include:
Balancing
Blackwood & Gerber
Cuebid Raises
Control-showing Cuebids
Fourth-Suit Forcing
Grand Slam Force
Help Suit Game Tries
Jacoby & Texas Major-suit Transfers
Jacoby 2NT as a Major-suit Raise
Landy 2C over an Opponent's 1NT
Lebensohl after a 1NT Opening is Overcalled
Lead-directing Doubles
Michaels Cuebids & Unusual Notrump
Negative Doubles
New Minor Forcing
Ogust Responses to Weak Two-Bids
Responsive Doubles
Reverse Drury
Reverses
Roman Key Card Blackwood
Splinter Bids
Stayman
Takeout Doubles
Two Clubs Strong Artificial Opening
Weak Two-Bids

Pocket Guide to Bridge

by Barbara Seagram & R. Lee

Do you need a quick hint about what to bid? Do you know what you are supposed to lead from KJ10x? Do you remember what a reverse is?

If you answered yes to any of these questions, then this handy reference book is for you!

Barbara Seagram's Bridge Cheat Sheet

by Barbara Seagram ($10.00 CAD)

This is a detailed summary of bidding that you can keep on your lap and refer to as you play! You can't live without it. Revised Fall '08.

Beginning Bridge Fall 2008 - New!

Barbara Seagram & Linda Lee ($21.95 CAD)

This book is based on the material that Barbara Seagram uses in her own classes to introduce hundreds of new players to the game every year. Suitable for both classes and for readers learning on their own, it will take new players to the point where they can enjoy a social game with friends or begin to explore their local bridge club.

Roman Key Card Blackwood

Eddie Kantar

Do you want to bid more good slams and fewer bad ones?
Everyone today plays Roman Keycard Blackwood - or at least they THINK they do! This fourth edition of the only comprehensive book on RKB covers not only the basics, but also the cutting-edge ideas that can improve your slam bidding dramatically.

These include:
- Why you should play 1430 and 3014 RKB
- The important extensions of RKB (The Queen-Ask, the Specific King Ask, and Specific Suit Asks)
- Responding to RKB with a void
- ELB - asking for keycards with a void
- RKB in notrump auctions
- RKB in minor suit auctions

In this book, you'll find everything you need: clear explanations of the many aspects of RKB with hundreds of carefully-annotated example hands and summaries at the end of each chapter. Finally, there is a set of sixty hands for you to bid with your favourite partner, and which you may then compare with Eddie's suggested auctions.

25 Ways to Compete in the Bidding

by Barbara Seagram & Marc Smith ($19.95 CAD)

"You are holding a winner in your hands; just make sure you get one in your partner's hands as well."
-- Eddie Kantar

BARBARA SEAGRAM is the former owner and operator of Toronto's oldest bridge studio. Each year, she teaches over one thousand new students to enjoy bridge. She has been awarded Master Teacher status by the American Contract Bridge Teacher's Association.

MARC SMITH writes monthly columns for Bridge and Bridge PLus magazines in Britain and for the OKbridge Spectator on the Internet. He occasionally writes for the ACBL Bridge Bulletin and is an expert bidding forum panelist for numerous magazines. Among his recent books are World Class (1999), Countdown to Winning Bridge (1999, with Tim Bourke), and the Bridge Technique series (with David Bird).

The topics covered in this book include:
Simple Suit Overcall
Raising Partner's Suit
Responding To Overcalls Without Support
Overcalls That Show Two Suits
Jump Overcalls
Takeout Doubles at the One Level
Responding to a Takeout Double
Later Bidding After a Takeout Double
Other Takeout Double Situations
Notrump Overcalls
RHO Bids Over a 1NT Overcall
Competing over 1NT
Doubling 1NT
Conventional Defenses to 1NT
Takeout Doubles of Weak Two Bids
Overcalling Weak Two Bids
Bidding Over 3-Level Openings
Bidding Notrump Over a Preemt
Bidding Over Other Preempts
Balancing - General Principles
Other Balancing Auctions
Forcing Passes
Locating Stoppers for Notrump
The Law of Total Tricks
Hand Evaluation

25 Ways to Take More Tricks as a Declarer

by Barbara Seagram & David Bird ($19.95 CAD)

This book deals with the play of the cards as declarer, perhaps the most important part of the game.

As usual in the '25' series, basic ideas on the strategies and tactics available to declarer are covered comprehensively in the early part of the book, while in later chapters, more advanced players will find ideas and topics that challenge their own understanding of the game.

25 Ways to be a Better Defender

by Barbara Seagram ($21.95 CAD)

Defense is the hardest part of playing bridge, but that doesn't mean that it's impossible to learn.

In the final book of the bestselling '25' series, the authors explain how to make a plan as a defender: how to work out from the auction and play what declarer probably has, and which of the strategies available to defenders is likely to be successful. Opening leads, signaling and discarding are all covered in this basic guide to a vitally important topic.

Stayman Auctions

by Barbara Seagram, Linda Lee, and Andy Stark ($10.00 CAD)

Part of the popular Practice Your Bidding Series.
Each book in the series in in paperback format, 72 - 80 pages.

With these handy little books, you can:
- Learn a new convention, or extend your knowledge of it
- Learn and practice by yourself using the unique quiz format
- Practice with your partner using the specially selected sample hands, and compare your results with the recommended auctions

Jacoby Transfers

by Barbara Seagram, Linda Lee, and Andy Stark ($10.00 CAD)

Part of the popular Practice Your Bidding Series.
Each book in the series in in paperback format, 72 - 80 pages.

With these handy little books, you can:
- Learn a new convention, or extend your knowledge of it
- Learn and practice by yourself using the unique quiz format
- Practice with your partner using the specially selected sample hands, and compare your results with the recommended auctions

Four-Suit Transfers

by Barbara Seagram, Linda Lee, and Andy Stark ($10.00 CAD)

Part of the popular Practice Your Bidding Series.
Each book in the series in in paperback format, 72 - 80 pages.

With these handy little books, you can:
- Learn a new convention, or extend your knowledge of it
- Learn and practice by yourself using the unique quiz format
- Practice with your partner using the specially selected sample hands, and compare your results with the recommended auctions