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The Art of Declarer Play Paperback – February 25, 2014

by Tim Bourke (Author), Justin Corfield (Author)
4.1 4.1 out of 5 stars 28 ratings
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2014 IBPA Master Point Press Book of the Year! From Master Point Press: "This year we had a plethora of terrific books to choose among for our Book of the Year. In another year, three of our other candidates might have won the award. However, this year, one book stood out from the rest. The Art of Declarer Play belongs in the ranks of Watson, Reese and Kelsey as one of the best books on declarer play ever written. If you buy only one bridge book this year, this should be the one." ADVANCED / EXPERT Anybody can make straightforward contracts. THE ART OF DECLARER PLAY is about how to handle the rest. If you already have a good grasp of declarer-play technique, the blocking and unblocking plays, the eliminations and the squeezes, then this is the book for you. Bourke and Corfield begin where most of the other books finish, and reveal what goes on inside the mind of an expert, explaining how to anticipate the likely distribution, how to use logic and visualization, how to listen to the cards, and many other ways to make ‘impossible’ contracts. By understanding the thought processes that lead to a successful strategy in the most challenging of contracts, you will be able to replicate them for yourself, and bid with the confidence that comes from expert-level declarer play. If you want your cardplay to improve out of all recognition, If you want to learn the secrets of expert-level technique, If you are not afraid to challenge yourself, Then read on…
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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform (February 25, 2014)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 388 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1494247259
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1494247256
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.15 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.98 x 0.8 x 9.02 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.1 4.1 out of 5 stars 28 ratings

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Richard09
5.0 out of 5 stars Very difficult, but very good.
Reviewed in the United States on September 4, 2015
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For advanced/expert players only, but very good if you can handle it. I love Tim Bourke's hands: even when getting them right is not easy, the reasons why a line is right are very logical and clearly explained. And this book tries to be much more than just a quiz book. He wants you to get into the expert routine of visualizing the play right to the very end, before playing from dummy at trick one. I admit I don't do that, but I'm going to start trying.
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Winston Hunag
5.0 out of 5 stars Definitely not an easy book to read but it is well written
Reviewed in the United States on January 29, 2015
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Definitely not an easy book to read but it is well written. Author already classified this is a book for 'advance' player.

I am sorry to see other 2 or 3 stars feedback due to the book is difficult. This is not fair to author, IMHO. I read one or two topics everyday and think through it. I enjoy to read the book, this not a book to finish quickly.
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4.0 out of 5 stars He liked that each hand was played out in 2 or ...
Reviewed in the United States on February 22, 2016
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I got this book for my godfather for Christmas. He is an avid bridge player, although he would not consider himself anything but an amateur. He loves to read bridge books and analyze the hands and strategies. This book, he said, was a little too advanced for him. It took him about 2 weeks to get through and understand each hand. He liked that each hand was played out in 2 or 3 different scenarios where the author shows different strategies based on what the defenders hold. Overall, he liked the book, but it is not his favorite bridge book, and definitely not for beginners.
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Charles Durrin
5.0 out of 5 stars A bridge book covering play for thinkers
Reviewed in the United States on February 17, 2017
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A bridge book covering play for thinkers.
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gail w
2.0 out of 5 stars tough book to understand
Reviewed in the United States on September 19, 2014
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very advanced theory of play. geared to the UK player and not
American Standard.
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GLF
3.0 out of 5 stars I am skeptical, but maybe it will grow on me…
Reviewed in the United States on August 23, 2020
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If you are looking for a learning guide, I submit this is an unlikely candidate. It is not that there is nothing to learn, it is that you have no logical structure and frankly repeatability is seriously limited because of the structure. If there is logical flow or the hands/solutions are grouped in meaningful batches, I have not yet noticed it.

There is NO index and there is NO table of contents. Should you read something you want to look back at, you best do something to help you find it later. This is a collection of 64 hands essentially used as puzzles. There is no doubt that the solutions are advanced or expert play candidates.

The bidding can be a bit odd. That could be helped with appropriate guidance (some sort of footnote). Some things are explained, and others left to you to sort out. I think it is fair to suggest that if you bid something that is akin to SAYC, you will be lost at times with the bidding. Since the bidding can influence your plan of the play, you are left to muddle through.

The narrative for play can be challenging to follow. Complete thoughts would be useful. “The only accurate play is to duck a club.” Now you have some context, but you have to figure out that they mean for you to lead a club from the dummy and duck. There are enough of these somewhat random thoughts that reading becomes tiresome.

As for being an IBPA Master Point Book of the Year, they are free to do whatever they choose. I submit that if you were influenced by this award and purchased the book in part because of the award – you might well not be prone to be so influenced again.
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John M. Ambrosi
5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
Reviewed in the United States on November 24, 2015
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Outstanding book for advanced player looking to move towards expert play
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Mary M. Schulz
5.0 out of 5 stars I am having a lot of fun guessing how to play the difficult hands
Reviewed in the United States on September 26, 2014
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I am having a lot of fun guessing how to play the difficult hands.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Great book
Reviewed in France on September 24, 2016
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This is a great book, starting where so many other books end. Hugh Kelsey would be proud of its authors :-)
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John Faben
5.0 out of 5 stars Definitely an Advanced/Expert book, and one of the best out there
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 6, 2015
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This is not only the best book on declarer play at this level that I've ever read, I think it is probably the only one, and I have a fairly large collection of bridge books. It's maybe in the same league as The Expert Game, but considerably more readable, or Adventures in Cardplay, but considerably more practical. At one point I found myself rejecting the "obvious" triple fratricide squeeze in favour of a simple squeeze based on the likely count - neither of which is a pay I'd ever be likely to find at the table.

Couple with the authors gentle humour "East would win the next club and a cash a couple of diamond tricks, to your considerable chagrin... since no-one likes to be considerably chagrined", and this both the most enjoyable and the most educational bridge book I've read this year.
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Amazon Customer Nerio Vakil
5.0 out of 5 stars Getting to the expert level
Reviewed in India on May 3, 2014
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One of the better books on declarer play. To improve any game, one needs to get in the expert's mind to figure out his thinking process. This is one book (besides Mike Lawrence's " How to read your opponent's cards") which does that.
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Printress Pauline
5.0 out of 5 stars A book for Bridge fans
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 10, 2017
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I bought this for my husband a Bridge fanatic of good standard. Always keen to improve his bridge or look at it from a new angle, I have seen him reading it and reading it frequently. He was very pleased with this gift.
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Anthony Moon
5.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 11, 2015
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The best book I've read on bridge since adventures in cardplay. Tim's great deals and a witty (but not strained) commentary are excellent. Could not recommend it more highly.
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