Paperback, 224 pp., ISBN 1-894154-22-3
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A follow-up book from the author team that produced the award-winning and best-selling 25 Bridge Conventions You Should Know.

Aimed at the same novice/social/intermediate player as their first book in the award-winning '25' series, this new title deals with competitive auctions in which the opponents have opened the bidding. This is the most complex area of bridge bidding, and never, until now, has it been dealt with comprehensively in a book that is understandable by non-experts.

Barbara Seagram owns and manages one of the largest bridge schools in Toronto, where she teaches hundreds of students every year to enjoy bridge. She has been awarded 'master teacher' status by the American Bridge Teachers Association. Her other books include 25 Bridge Conventions You Should Know, and Pocket Guide to Bridge.

Englishman Marc Smith writes monthly columns for both BRIDGE and BRIDGE PLUS as well as for the OKBRIDGE SPECTATOR. He is an expert bidding forum panelist for numerous magazines, as well as at Bridge Forum on the Internet. He lives near Southampton, UK. His other books include The Bridge Technique Series with David Bird, 25 Bridge Conventions You Should Know with Barbara Seagram, Countdown to Winning Bridge with Tim Bourke, World Class, and Win the Bermuda Bowl With Me (with Jeff Meckstroth).

"No longer are you going to sit there like a bump on a log and let the opponents bid on merrily to their best contract. You are about to become a feared opponent. If this were Las Vegas, Barbara and Marc would have hit the jackpot - twice. You are holding a winner in your hands, just make sure you get one in your partner's hands as well."
- Eddie Kantar

25 Bridge Conventions You Should Know won the 1999 ABTA Shirley Silverman award for best student book. Some quotes from reviews:

"The best I've seen - complete, but not overwhelming"
- American Bridge Teachers Association

Kantar's foreword reads "I have just read a very good bridge book". I could not put it better myself.
- Australian Bridge

"First class, and interesting to read - not at all conventional!"
- BRIDGE PLUS magazine

"A very useful book"
- Southern California Bridge News.

"Lucid explanations for important bidding tools"
- Denver Post

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