Tao Of Bridge: 200 Principles To Transform Your Game And Your Life

by Brent Manley

Overview

Whether you are a new or longtime bridge player, you know that bridge can serve as a metaphor for life itself. The Tao of Bridge, by Gold Life Master Brent Manley, shows you how to adapt the principles of playing this classic game to face challenges at home, at work, and in everyday situations.

You will be transformed by these life lessons:

• Fate rewards those with the most determination
• Visualizing success can be key to attaining it
• First moves can affect everything to come
• Well-timed boldness is priceless

The Tao of Bridge helps you garner more victories in life-as well as at the game table!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781440518867
Publisher:	F+W Media
Publication date:	11/10/2004
Sold by:	SIMON & SCHUSTER
Format:	eBook
Pages:	272
File size:	2 MB

About the Author

Brent Manley is the editor-in-chief of The Bridge Bulletin, the bridge magazine with the world's largest circulation published by the American Contract Bridge League. He has been on the staff of the magazine since 1989 and has been editor since 1997. A tournament bridge player since 1975, his master point holdings put him in the top five percent of tournament players. He has written extensively about the game for more than a decade and edited most of the world's best-known bridge writers. He lives in Memphis, Tennessee.

Table of Contents

	Introduction	ix
Chapter 1	A Game Unlike Any Other	1
Chapter 2	The Cards in Your Hand	7
Chapter 3	Bidding-The Language of Bridge	15
Chapter 4	The Opening Bid-Getting in the First Shot	26
Chapter 5	Talking Back to Partner-Keeping the Conversation Going	39
Chapter 6	To Pass or Not to Pass	48
Chapter 7	It's a Bidder's Game	58
Chapter 8	The Tools You Use-Conventions That Have Nothing to Do with Meetings	67
Chapter 9	Counterattacks-When the Opponents Fire the First Shot	75
Chapter 10	Situational Strategy-When the "Wrong" Move Can Be Right	85
Chapter 11	Taking Risks	93
Chapter 12	Tricks-The Essence of the Game	102
Chapter 13	Numbers to Know	114
Chapter 14	Protect Your Assets	123
Chapter 15	Counting-Unlocking the Door to Your Tricks	130
Chapter 16	Be a Squeezer	143
Chapter 17	On the Defensive	151
Chapter 18	Seeing Things-The Art of Visualization	159
Chapter 19	Working on Your Game	167
Chapter 20	Strategies for Rubber Bridge and Teams	174
Chapter 21	Strategies for Pairs	181
Chapter 22	Tricks of the Trade	189
Chapter 23	Gaining a True Understanding of Bridge	200
Chapter 24	Developing Your Style	207
Chapter 25	Bad Habits-Always Leave Home Without Them	213
Chapter 26	Keeping Your Mind in the Game	220
Chapter 27	Partnership Care	231
Chapter 28	Growth Patterns	242
Chapter 29	Honor the Game	251