The sequel to the bridge book of the year 1996.
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
- INTRODUCTION - THE MAKING OF A SEQUEL
- CHAPTER 1 - POINTS SCHMOINTS! REVISITED
- Mastering Points Schmoints!
- The Return of The Rule of 20
- Arlene Counts 'Em Up
- Do Experts Apply The Rule of 20?
- CHAPTER 2 - SIZING UP THE HAND
- The Truth About Honors
- The Real Truth About Distribution
- Take a Second Look
- Quick Tricks - Out of Fashion?
- She Does Not Go Both Ways
- The Good, the Fair...
- CHAPTER 3 - RESPONDER TAKES CENTER STAGE
- Predicting Responder's First Bid
- Zeroing in on 1NT Forcing
- Bergen Raises
- Drury - Anything but Dreary
- CHAPTER 4 - OPENER SPEAKS AGAIN
- Opener Rebids With Six-Four
- Lacking Restraint
- Opener's Obscure Rebid
- CHAPTER 5 - BRIDGE IS A PARTNERSHIP GAME
- Forcing or Not?
- Good Partnership Bidding
- To Rebid or Not to Rebid?
- After You Pass, Tread Lightly
- CHAPTER 6 - NOTRUMP BIDDING FOR THE MILLENNIUM
- 1NT - To Open or Not To Open?
- Secrets for Responding to 1NT
- Puppet Stayman Made Easy
- Crawling Stayman
- Thank You, Mr. Jacoby
- CHAPTER 7 - EXPLODING POPULAR MISCONCEPTIONS
- 3NT - Not Always a Shutout Bid
- A Major Misconception
- Supporting Opener's Minor Suit
- "Only Overcall With a Strong Suit" Oh Yeah?
- Who Should Declare? Who Cares!
- CHAPTER 8 - BIGGER MAY BE BETTER
- Open 2C - Count Your Tricks
- 2C and Beyond
- The Truth About Reverses
- Slam Bidding Made Easier
- CHAPTER 9 - WOMEN I HAVE KNOWN
- Enthusiastic Amateur Wears Glass Slipper
- The Ultimate Happy Ending
- That's No Bridge Player, That's My Wife
- Generation Gap
- CHAPTER 10 - BIDDING MORE WITH LESS
- Problematic Preempts
- After Partner's Weak Two-Bid
- Surviving the Preempt
- CHAPTER 11 - OBEYING THE LAW
- The Ten Commandments of The LAW
- Do You Know The LAW?
- Don't Think Twice - Bid 4S Over 4H
- CHAPTER 12 - COUNTING YOUR WAY TO THE TOP
- This Dummy Knows it All
- Junior Bids Up the Line
- Puzzle Solving
- CHAPTER 13 - OVERCOMING THE OPPOSITION
- Dear Marty
- Same Hand, Different Auction
- Seeking a Happy Medium
- CHAPTER 14 - THE BAD GUYS GO FIRST
- What's Your Call?
- DONT Miss This Tip
- Some Hands Get Better With Age
- Balancing Knowhow
- CHAPTER 15 - GOOD DOUBLES GO A LONG WAY
- The Negative Double Strikes Again
- Profiting When the Opponents Double
- Attacking After the Redouble
- CHAPTER 16 - DECLARING LIKE A CHAMP
- Slow Down, Partner
- Double Dummy
- Four of a Major: The Best Game in Town
- Overtake or Underachieve?
- Entries - The Name of the Game
- Winners Take Care of Their Losers
- Lose Early - Win Often
- CHAPTER 17 - DID YOU GET MY MESSAGE?
- My Kingdom for a Signal
- Counting on Partner's Count
- Scintillating Communication
- A Ten-Cent Signal With a Five-Cent Partner
- CHAPTER 18 - PASSING THE DEFENSIVE TEST
- A Good Uppercut is Hard to Find
- Some Instincts are Better Than Others
- A Shift in Time
- The Defense Rests
- CHAPTER 19 - THE LIGHTER SIDE
- Time for Trivia
- Competing With Myself
- For Bridge Players Only
- The Trouble With Doubles
- BRIDGE JARGON
- INDEX
- LEARNING WITH MARTY
word count: 44453 which is equivalent to 177 standard pages of text