BOOK 2
BRIDGE is not just a card game — it is a way of thinking.
Take your bidding to the next level.
This book provides a comprehensive and carefully structured guide to INTERMEDIATE bidding, while introducing the essential conventions and methods used by ADVANCED and EXPERT players.
This is the SECOND volume in a FIVE-BOOK SERIES designed as a complete training program in the SAYC (Standard American Yellow Card) bidding system. Each volume builds on the previous one, allowing readers to progress step by step from the fundamentals of bidding to the advanced conventions used in competitive Bridge.
Each situation is illustrated with numerous examples in which the auction sequences are analyzed, considering as many as possible of the responses from the OPENER, the RESPONDER, and the OPPONENTS.
At the end of each chapter, you will find a TEST with many exercises and a thorough analysis of the correct answers.
The Five-Book Series
Book 1: Fundamentals for Beginning Players.
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Book 3: The most relevant topics related to the 1NT and 2NT Openings, as well the
X-Y-Z, and X-Y-1NT.
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Book 4: The Two-Over-One Game Forcing System.
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Book 5: A Complete Forcing 1NT System over Major-Suit Openings.
Whether you are strengthening your intermediate skills or preparing to master advanced bidding techniques, this book provides the knowledge and confidence needed to continue your Bridge education.
ROBERTO NEWMAN is an expert Bridge player for over 50 years, creator of a teaching methodology successfully applied to students from beginner to advanced level.
CHAPTER 1 GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF BIDDING
CHAPTER 2 NOTRUMP BIDDING
CHAPTER 3 ROMAN KEY CARD BLACKWOOD (RKCB)
CHAPTER 4 GERBER
CHAPTER 5 FOURTH SUIT FORCING
CHAPTER 6 JUMP BIDS
CHAPTER 7 PREEMPTIVE OPENINGS
CHAPTER 8 TWO-OVER-ONE GAME FORCING
CHAPTER 9 BALANCED 18-19 HCP HANDS
CHAPTER 10 TWO-SUITED OPENINGS
CHAPTER 11 THIRD-AND FOURTH-SEAT OPPENINGS
CHAPTER 12 DRURY
CHAPTER 13 JUMP OVERCALLS
CHAPTER 14 RESPONSES TO OVERCALLS
CHAPTER 15 MICHAELS CUE BID & UNUSUAL NOTRUMP
CHAPTER 16 NEGATIVE DOUBLE
CHAPTER 17 DEFENSE AGAINST AN OVERCALL
CHAPTER 18 TWO-WAY MINOR FORCING - X-Y-INT
CHAPTER 19 2NT OPENING
CHAPTER 20 2♣ OPENING
CHAPTER 21 CAPPELLETTI
CHAPTER 22 DEFENSE AGAINST AN OVERCALL A 1NT OPENING