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LEARN DECLARER PLAY FROM AN EXPERT This classic book, a bestseller for more than forty years, has been updated for this edition by Gail Greenberg, a frequent partner of Dorothy Truscott, and like her a World Champion. Dorothy had a unique ability to make complex bridge concepts simple to understand, and everything here, from the basics to the most complicated squeeze or endplay, is described in an interesting and easy-to-follow way. In addition to the technical material, the reader will also learn when and how to use deceptive tactics to give the opponents a chance to make mistakes. Each chapter has many sample hands to test and challenge the reader. Dorothy Hayden Truscott (1925-2006) was the top-ranked woman bridge player for many years. She won four World titles and twenty-eight National titles including the Life Master Pairs and the Blue Ribbon Pairs. She also came in second in the Bermuda Bowl and placed third in the World Open Pairs, the highest finish ever by a woman. Dorothy was a World Bridge Federation Grand Master, and was elected to the Bridge Hall of Fame in 1998. She is the author of the classic bridge book Bid Better, Play Better, and she co-authored several books with her husband Alan Truscott. Among her contributions to bridge theory are splinter bids and DOPI.
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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Master Point Press (January 4, 2013)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 280 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1554947804
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1554947805
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 13.3 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6 x 0.59 x 9 inches
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Melba P.
5.0 out of 5 stars Essential bridge book
Reviewed in the United States on September 13, 2023
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The book is more for intermediate level players. But I love owning this book, just because it’s written by Dorothy Truscott.
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Pearl B. Harrell
4.0 out of 5 stars good book
Reviewed in the United States on August 4, 2013
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I bought this book because it was highly recommended by the ACBL bridge magazine. The author wrote another book, which is also excellent, Bid Better, Play Better.
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Louise S S
5.0 out of 5 stars My No Trump Has Improved!! Yea!!
Reviewed in the United States on October 31, 2008
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Basic bridge at its best presented in a fun and easy to read format, order both of her books together. I learned so much when I read this book that I hadn't learned from my bridge lessons (the book the instructor used)and what I hadn't picked up in my 4 years since of playing bridge. She knows how to explain so that it makes sense on how to play the hand ~ and now it feels so good to be doing it the right way! ~~ Dorothy teaches about card combinations, reading the cards, playing both no trump and suit contracts. And now I know the safety play, end play and squeeze play tooooooo. ~~ This is a book that I need a refresher on periodically, so my copy is well used.
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Dustin Stout
5.0 out of 5 stars Great for Newer Players
Reviewed in the United States on January 19, 2011
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This is an excellent book if you are new to bridge. Quite possibly the best declarer book for a beginner-level player. Everything is explained in a simplistic concise manner. Truscott does a superb job of presenting good technique succinctly. This is not an easy task as many authors spend page after page with verbose technical jargon. Another hard thing to teach through a book is how to problem solve and think about a hand. Truscott I felt succeeds in giving the reader some tools for "solving" a hand as declarer. This is far more useful than just memorizing technique.

After reading this book and gaining some experience, try Mollo's Card Play Technique next.
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Brad Cal
3.0 out of 5 stars Proofed?
Reviewed in the United States on November 8, 2014
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Too many typos (12-card hands, for example) in this release.
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Steve Page (Consignment)
5.0 out of 5 stars Best book for declarer play for any level of bridge ...
Reviewed in the United States on July 20, 2016
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Best book for declarer play for any level of bridge player. I have given this book to life masters (experts) and they learn something in the first five pages. I have recommended this book to at least 10 players, all partners at one time or another. Great book.
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Linda C. Russell
4.0 out of 5 stars Four Stars
Reviewed in the United States on May 10, 2016
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Easy to understand and a great reference for intermediate players trying to improve their game.
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SoCal Gal
5.0 out of 5 stars This is a wonderfully well written book
Reviewed in the United States on November 28, 2014
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This is a wonderfully well written book. I am a newer player and all these techniques make complete sense to me. I have to read it a little bit at a time. When I finally finish it – I will definitely read it again. Thanks for such a great book.
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Kalrog
5.0 out of 5 stars This my favourite bridge book on declarer play
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 2, 2018
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This my favourite bridge book on declarer play. It gives you an option to lay 13 (in the 1st chapter - Suit Combinations) or 26 cards on the table and imagine you're playing it (that's how I went through the book and it was suprisingly comfortable) and then read the solution. It contains examples that appear often. I've read this book after taking few years break from bridge in order to surprise my partner with still a good declarer play and it has reminded me a lot of previously experienced.

I would say the book is for everyone who is Beginner/Intermediate/Advanced because the book is very rich and explanations are easy to understand. I think the book fits best for intermediate players but also an ambitious beginner who knows all the rules can make enormous progress in cardplay but should maybe stop reading after first 4 chapters at first and digest when and how to finesse before learning how to avoid finessing (endplays). Each chapter's content is arranged in order of difficulty starting with easiest techniques and i think there's also a value in how the book is sorted into chapters where certain techniques are identified and given a name.

1st part of the book - called Elementary (I have slightly changed some chapter names to highlight the topic): Chapter 1 - Suit Combinations (here you are not trying to remember how to play card combinations, it's mostly helping you to learn defining what is the exact distribution or layout you need. (but everybody thinks differently), It often says something like - You are hoping to make 3 tricks in this suit. How do you play? or - Is there any way to make 2 tricks? (maybe Ax doubleton ^_^) or - You cannot afford to lose any tricks in this suit. What is your only chance? And at the end are 7 combinations on "To Finesse Or Not to Finesse". Chapter 2 - Safety Plays (beautiful chapter, it probably starts with something like ducking the first trick of your AK7654 opposite 32 because you have 0 entries into dummy playing notrump and hope for 3-2 ^_^), Chapter 3 - Notrump techniques, Chapter 4 - Suit contract techniques.

2nd part - called Advanced: Chapter 5 - Endplay, Chapter 6 - Reading the cards, Chapter 7 - More advanced techniques in a suit contract (like dummy reversal, trump endplay, ...), Chapter 8 - Squeeze play, Chapter 9 - The gentle art of deception, Chapter 10 - What are the odds?

3rd part - 41 Problem hands with a score scale - I haven't done these yet ^^

I definitely recommend it to somebody who wants to have a nice declarer play book and wants to slowly but surely improve or maybe prepares to read something more difficult like The Rodwell Files.
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Bzg
5.0 out of 5 stars Bridge Play
Reviewed in Canada on January 18, 2014
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An excellent old book revamped by a modern expert.
Don't be put off by its antiquity. The play of the cards was well known at the time this was written, and play has not changed.
Read a different book if you need help with bidding - bidding has changed a lot.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Good book for novice and intermediate bridge players
Reviewed in Canada on September 8, 2013
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This is a reprint with some slight modifications. "We largely eliminated the bidding sequences and revised the opening lead selection to Ace from Ace-King against suit contracts through the four level but we left the card play entirely intact. The reason for this is that Standard American bidding and defensive carding signals in 2013 are much different than in 1969 when Dorothy first published." Jo-Anne Willman, Edmonton
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Alice G.
4.0 out of 5 stars Très bon livre
Reviewed in France on October 18, 2013
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Livre pour bridgeurs très expérimentés. Si on ne l'est pas, il vaut mieux commencer par lire l'autre livre de Dorothy Hayden Truscott : "Bid better, play better" qui est un trésor, une vraie caverne d'Ali-Baba. Le langage de l'auteur est toujours clair, direct, imagé, avec des phrases plutôt courtes, ce qui rend ses livres appréciables par tout bridgeur ayant de bonnes notions d'anglais.
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Jorundur Thordarson
5.0 out of 5 stars For every bridgeplayer
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 2, 2013
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Dorothy was a geniuos. The first few chapters she walks hand in hand with the beginner and gradually takes him/her to highest levels. I have not read the newest edition, the bidding has been updated in order to fit better to newer bidding sequences. The beginner should read this book over and over again. And gradually we have a new advanced player!
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