Edwin (Eddie) Kantar ebooks

Edwin (Eddie) Kantar ebooks Eddie is a two-time World Champion, winning eleven National Championships, and earning over 11,000 Master Points. He is in the American Contracts Bridge Hall of Fame as well as the Minnesota Table Tennis Hall of Fame. He has authored more than 30 books, including Bridge for Dummier, and his books have been translated into eight different languages. Eddie has more than earned the title of World Bridge Federation Grand Master. http://www.lybrary.com/index.php?manufacturers_id=185 Copyright © 2008 Lybrary.comBridge For DummiesBridge made easynow updated with 25 percent new and revised information
Bridge is among the worlds most popular card games, with 60 million players around the globe. But its also tricky to learn and play. This fun and easy guide delivers just what novices need to get up to speed on bridge rules, bidding strategies, game play, and scoringplus tips and techniques to help intermediate players improve their games. This revised edition has been reorganized to make it even more accessible and features super-clear all-new illustrations, expanded coverage of online bridge, information on the latest bidding techniques, and updated listings of Web and other resources.
Eddie Kantar (Santa Monica, CA) is a member of the Bridge Hall of Fame, a two-time world bridge champion, and a 13-time North American champion. He is the author of many popular bridge books and a frequent host on bridge cruises.http://www.lybrary.com/bridge-dummies-p-684.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/bridge-dummies-p-684.htmlSun, 31 Aug 2008 00:00:00 EDT Test Your Play volume 2In Test Your Play volume 2 the hands from Eddie Kantar's widely acclaimed and popular series of declarer play problems are presented in inter-active format. Each of the 114 hands contained in the program gets played out as the user is quizzed on what card should be played to mostly every trick. Kantar explains the reasoning behind the plays as the hand progresses. At the end of each hand Kantar summarizes the key lesson points to the deal.
 
This software has state of the art graphics and has been designed to make your learning experience as easy and enjoyable as possible. Everything on the screen is "over-sized" to help those with vision problems. The user can customize the screen colors and various aspects of how bridge hands are displayed. There is extensive online help.
 
System requirements 
PC with Windows operating system, 3 MB free hard disk space, CDROM drive, at least 800x600 screen resolution.http://www.lybrary.com/test-your-play-volume-p-632.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/test-your-play-volume-p-632.htmlSun, 31 Aug 2008 00:00:00 EDT Play and Defend with Eddie KantarFrom his series, A New Approach To Play and Defense, Vol. 2, Eddie Kantar presents you with 100 problems, 50 on play and 50 on defense. Although you do not play the actual cards, he quizzes you on the plays you should make and then explains what your thinking should be and why. Each problem hand ends with a number of key pointers in summary.
 
The 100 problems are matched in that after playing the first 25 hands, you then get to defend them. If you play the hand properly, you will always make the contract. In the replay on defense, a card or two will be switched or an error made by declarer so that you can defeat the same contract if you defend properly. The point of this is that if you remember what you had to do to make the contract, you should be able to work out what you need to do to defeat the contract. And the opposite is true, so for the next set of 25 hands, you begin on defense and then declare the matched hand. Play and defense are not that dissimilar.
 
This software has state of the art graphics and has been designed to make your learning experience as easy and enjoyable as possible. Everything on the screen is "over-sized" to help those with vision problems. The user can customize the screen colors and various aspects of how bridge hands are displayed. There is extensive online help.
 
Eddie Kantar is one of the most popular bridge writers and teachers ever. He has a great sense of humor and can convey concepts in a precise and easily understood manner.
 
System requirements 
PC with Windows operating system, 3 MB free hard disk space, CD ROM drive, at least 800x600 screen resolution.http://www.lybrary.com/play-defend-with-eddie-kantar-p-631.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/play-defend-with-eddie-kantar-p-631.htmlSun, 31 Aug 2008 00:00:00 EDT Defensive TipsThis is a completely revised edition of Kantar's 1994 bestseller. The best defensive tips you will ever find are in this ebook.
<ul>
<li>Don't compound a crime. If you, or more likely your partner, have made an error, do not lose your cool. Many contracts can still be beaten after one defensive error, seldom after TWO.
<li>The speed of the play may be a clue to declarer's problem. When playing a 4-3 trump fit, play usually slows to a crawl.
<li>Do not take your eye off the ball by focusing all of the attention on one suit to the exclusion of the entire hand.
<li>When declarer leads a side suit from dummmy in which declarer's length is known, do NOT give count.
<li>Keep your singletons and doubletons in the middle of your hand. Some players watch where your cards come from.
<li>Don't even think of leading a trump when the opponents are in the throes of a misfit.
<li>If it is CLEAR dummy has a void, underleading an ace in that suit usually works. However, if dummy turns up with a singleton and declarer has the king, don't call and don't write.
<li>If partner makes a daring underlead and you find yourself unexpectedly on play, chances are partner has a side suit void.
<li>Versus suit contracts, tend to make discards from length, particularly KNOWN length.
<li>No matter how badly your lead or partner's lead has turned out, no faces!
</ul>
And over 500 more tips to improve your play.
 
1st edition 1994; revised 2007; 270 pages.http://www.lybrary.com/defensive-tips-p-591.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/defensive-tips-p-591.htmlSun, 31 Aug 2008 00:00:00 EDT A Treasury of Bridge TipsThis is a new completely revised 3rd edition of Kantar's classic. This ebook is not meant for beginners, nor is it aimed at experts - it is directed at players somewhere between these extremes who would like to improve their game substantially. Bonus tips remind you to count tricks, not points when preempting, and that the player who makes a preemptive bid is not the player who takes the sacrifice. You will also learn such valuable tips as how to be agressive in the bidding with fitting hands.
 
You will learn a whooping 540 tips and the card symbols are set in color to make reading even more pleasurable.
 
1st edition 2002; revised 3rd edition 2007; 149 pages.http://www.lybrary.com/treasury-bridge-tips-p-458.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/treasury-bridge-tips-p-458.htmlSun, 31 Aug 2008 00:00:00 EDT Take Your TricksOver 550 Declarer play tips you can take to the bank.
 
Acclaimed bridge expert Eddie Kantar offers valuable warm-up tips along with card combinations and safety plays. This ebook focuses on the "play of the hand". Its non-controversial tips were written for almost any player beneath "expert" who genuinely desires to improve his or her game. After reading this book, you will start making more contracts and you will be convinced your bidding has been improved - and you may be right.
 
1st edition 2002; this electronic edition 2006; 168 pages.http://www.lybrary.com/take-your-tricks-p-396.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/take-your-tricks-p-396.htmlSun, 31 Aug 2008 00:00:00 EDT The Forcing PassThis book is the outgrowth of a series of articles on the "forcing pass" which Eddie wrote for the American Contract Bridge League Bulletin, appearing from June 1982 through June 1983. He completely reworked and revised it in 2006.
 
While these articles were appearing, Eddie took special note of hands on this subject. As he was dealing with uncharted territory, it is not too unusual that he has altered many of his original opinions. Eddie is now satisfied that a partnership utilizing the methods advocated in this work will have a decided advantage over a partnership which has no understandings. Eddie knows that just talking them over with his regular partner, Billy Eisenberg, has given them a better feel for the game.
 
1st edition, 1983; 2nd revised edition 2006; 61 pages.http://www.lybrary.com/forcing-pass-p-375.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/forcing-pass-p-375.htmlSun, 31 Aug 2008 00:00:00 EDT