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1 Winning BRidge ConvenTions ResPonsive doubles And snapdragon doubles Patty Tucker An Honors ebooklet from Master Point Press

2 Text 2014 Patty Tucker All rights reserved. Honors Books is an imprint of Master Point Press. All contents, editing and design (excluding cover design) are the sole responsibility of the author. Master Point Press 331 Douglas Ave. Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5M 1H2 (416) ISBN: (PDF) (EPUB) (MOBI) Editing: Patty Tucker, Shaleen Baze and Frances Davis Layout: Natalie Hynson Cover Design: Olena S. Sullivan/New Mediatrix

3 ebooklets on Competitive Doubles Takeout Doubles Negative Doubles Responsive Doubles and Snapdragon Doubles Balancing Doubles and Re-opening Doubles Support Doubles Maximal Doubles These booklets may be purchased as a single volume in digital or paper format under the title Competitive Doubles, one of eight books in Patty Tucker s Winning Bridge Conventions Series.

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5 Winning BRidge ConvenTions ResPonsive doubles And snapdragon doubles Patty Tucker An Honors ebooklet from Master Point Press

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7 Responsive Doubles

8 Competitive Doubles

9 Responsive Doubles

10 Competitive Doubles

11 The Winning Bridge Conventions Series Competitive Doubles (Print / ebook) Takeout Doubles Negative Doubles Responsive Doubles and Snapdragon Doubles Balancing Doubles and Re-opening Doubles Support Doubles Maximal Doubles Conventions after a Notrump Opening (Print / ebook) Stayman Jacoby Transfers Texas Transfer Smolen Four-Suit Transfers Three-level Responses to a 1NT Opening Bid Three Spades over 2NT Lebensohl Conventions after a Major Suit Opening (Print / ebook) Bergen Raises Help Suit Game Tries Splinter Bids 1NT Forcing Jacoby 2NT Drury

12 Competitive Bidding (Print / ebook) Weak Two Bids Preemptive Bidding Michaels Cuebid Unusual 2NT Sandwich NT Unusual vs. Unusual Cuebidding in Competitive Auctions Good/Bad 2NT Conventions Useful with Strong Hands (Print / ebook) 2NT Rebid by Opener Jump Shift Reverses Strong 2 Convention and 2 Waiting Cuebidding Controls Gerber and Blackwood Conventions Useful with 2/1 (Print / ebook) 1NT Forcing Inverted Minors Two-Way Checkback Fourth Suit Forcing 2/1 Review Hands Slam Bidding Conventions (Print / ebook) Serious 3NT Cuebidding Controls Roman Key Card Blackwood Kickback Key Card Defensive Carding & Opening Leads (Print / ebook)

13 INTERMEDIATE Responsive Doubles and Snapdragon Doubles Bridge students quickly discover that basic bidding will only get them so far. If they really want to improve, it is necessary to master a certain number of bidding conventions, and be prepared both to play them and play against them. This ebooklet covers Responsive Doubles and Snapdragon Doubles. PATTY TUCKER (Dunwoody, Georgia) is an ABTA Master Bridge Teacher and cofounder of Whirlwind Bridge and Atlanta Junior Bridge. Her success at the bridge table culminated in her victory in the 2000 Baldwin Flight A North American Open Pairs with long-time bridge partner KevinCollins. Patty and Kevin were married in An Honors ebooklet from Master Point Press

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