
                 BRIDGE IS MY GAME
               The Lessons of a Lifetime
                     Charles H.Goren
                     with Jack Olsen
    MR.BRIDGE offers a unique inside look at his lifetime of high-level
    play and an 8-step approach to simpler winning that is fun

    * bolder bidding
    * table tactics and tricks of trade
    * offensive strategy
    * successful communication

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                 BRIDGE IS MY GAME
               Lessons of a Lifetime
                 By Charles H.Goren
                    with Jack Olsen

               A hancellor Hall BOOK
               Cornerstone Library
               New York


                   
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                 Reprinted 1972


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               CONTENTS

         1   Free yourself of fads and gimmicdks                9

             Advice to a young bridge player                   10
             "Tell me, do you play bridge?"                    12
             Know Thyself                                      14
             Virtuosity goes unrewarded                        16
             There are four sides to bridge table              18
             Always, there's the exception                     22

         2   A plan for bolder, better biddingks               25

             How to be a swashbuckler                          26
             The winning way is the simple way                 28
             The hand only you can play                        29
             The use - and dangers - of the short-club           
               convention                                      31

         3   Succesful communicationer biddingks               35

             When modesty is the best policy                   36
             Are you giving away your secrets?                 38
             "I told you not to look at your hand."            41
             Who should play the slam?                         42

         4   Getting the best result posible                   45

             What to do with an immoderate partner             46
             The right bid ... but the wrong partner           48
             Bridge, too, has its bullies                      50
             My first, unforgettable game with Ely Culbertson  53

         5   The double: triumph, fun ... and trouble          57

             If you cannot double, you cannot win              58
             When not to doublebut the wrong partner           59
             The special situation of the powerhouse double    60
             Strange holdings and how to spot them             64
             The beauty of the probing double                  67

         6   Doubling as offensive strategy                    73

             How to handle an overcaller                       74
             The odds will be in your favor                    76
             Slam doubles and the victimized doubler           82
             The other side of the coin                        85

         7   The obstacle course of conventions                91

             "Explain 'em to yourselves!"                      92
             Are we speaking the same language?"               93
             Some classic lapses of communication              95
             The less you assume, the further ahead you'll be  97
             The Goren system revealed                         99
             The one no-trump opening: can it ever fail?      101
             Aren't we forgetting something?                  102

         8   Tricks of my trade                               105

             Play the cards, not the rules                    106
             A lesson in deception                            108
             Finesses I have known                            112
             My short cut to the count                        115
             The subtle art of playing blind                  118

         9   Table tactics of a game for four                 125

             Bridge is one part psychology                    126
             You can find profit in a poor partnership        128
             A spesial kind of demon: the tyrant              130
             Three rules of the road                          134
             When everything depends on the anonymity of
             your hand                                        136
             The case of the missing card                     138
             He who hesitates ...                             140 
             The rapid-fire man                               142

        10   Reflections on a lifetime                        145

             The Quizzes                                      153

             Quiz 1                                           155
             Quiz 2                                           160
             Quiz 3                                           165
             Quiz 4                                           171
             Quiz 5                                           176
             Quiz 6                                           181
             Quiz 7                                           186
