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FIRST20 DEALS  \nTONY SOWTERForeword by BOBBY WOLFF  \n# HOW TO PLAY BRIDGE\n\nFirst published 2000  \nTony Sowter 2000  \nISBN 0713482559  \nA CIP catalogue record for this book is availablefrom the British Library.  \nAll rights reserved.No part of this book may bereproduced,by any means,without prior permissionof the publisher.  \nPrinted in Singaporefor the publishers,  \nB.T.Batsford Ltd,9 Blenheim Court,Brewery Road,London N79NT  \nAmember of the Chrysalis Group plc  \nA BATSFORD BRIDGE BOOKSeries Editor:Tony Sowter  \n2  \nforeword by Bobby Wolff4  \n# introduction\n\n6  \nyour first rubber:deals 1-47  \nyour second rubber:deals 5-10  \n27  \nten more deals:deals 11-20  \n52  \nBridge is a game enjoyed by many millions ofplayers all over the world.  \nIn these days of rising commercial pressures,increasing leisure and greater longevity,bridge hasthe potential to break down social and ethnic barri-ers and to keep the wheels of the brain turning inboth the old and the young.Apart from that,bridgeat whatever level is a very inexpensive game;allyou need to play is a flat surface that the fourplayers can sit round with a pack of cards and,of course,an understanding as to how to playthe game.  \nIt is for these reasons that I am particularly pleasedto welcome the 'How to Play Bridge'series whichhas been specially designed to make the gameeasy to follow for beginners,no matter what theirage.I believe that you will find the whole serieswell presented and particularly easy to read.  \nIt is a curious fact,that over the years many of thegreat bridge authors have been British.Names likeVictor Mollo,Hugh Kelsey,Skid Simon and TerenceReese still figure prominently in the USA lists of thegreatest selling bridge books,so the fact that thisseries of books has been generated in Great  \nBritain comes as no real surprize.I happen to knowthat allthe authors have played bridge atInternational level so,in general terms,they should  \nknow what they are talking about.Furthermore,allof the books are based on the methods that areplayed allover the United States today.So,onceyou have learned,you should have little difficultyin getting a game whenever you want to.  \nI believe that after studying the 'How to PlayBridge'series you will not only be off to a goodstart,you will be totally enthralled by this greatgame.  \nBobby WolffDallas,TexasMarch 1997  \nintroduction  \nWelcome to the greatest game of them all.  \nThis book divides into three parts.In Your FirstRubber,you are shown all four hands right fromthe start of every deal.The idea is that you usethese four deals to give yourself a good idea as tohow the mechanics of the game work.Take out apack of cards and lay them out as shown in thehand diagram and then follow both the biddingand the play through.  \nThe next six deals comprise,Your Second Rubber.In many ways,from a technical point of view thesehands are easier than the first four deals howeveryou can only see the North and South hands tostart with,so planning the play might just be thatlittle bit harder.Once again,don't hesitate to use apack of cards to trace through all the action.  \nThe same format is maintained for Ten More Dealsbut this section introduces some slightly moreadvanced concepts in both bidding and play  \nGood luck.  \nA rubber is a set of deals which comes to an endwhen one of the partnerships has made two games.As it happens,Your First Rubber comprises the firstfour deals of this book.Unlike real life,you canactually see the location of all 52 cards in the pack.So,use a pack of cards to try and follow the play.  \nHere is the first deal:  \nDealer South.  \nNeither side vulnerable(No score)  \n752J104  \n◆ 853K754A Q10864AKJ3N752A96WQ76EJ942SA3Q1094 A9KQ83  \n◆ AK10J862  \nSouth's hand is much better than average.For thepurpose of evaluating just how strong the hand is,adopt the standard high card point system whichvalues an ace as four points,a king as three,aqueen as two 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