Master Point Press

Defense is the most difficult part of bridge, and for most players, the hardest part of defense is figuring out what kind of strategy they should be pursuing. In this book, the reader is shown...

Kantar's two-book series on Bridge Defense (Modern Bridge Defense and Advanced Bridge Defense) won an ABTA Book of the Year Award in 1999. This newer book addresses a more popular topic, using a...

The one-club sequences are powerful. Transfer auctions are valuable because they allow the partnership an extra step to exchange more information. Responder knows the extent of a major-suit fit very...

A New Approach to Bidding Transfer responses and relays in the context of a forcing club system have been gaining in popularity in Europe for some time. Now, however, some top American pairs are...

Twenty years ago world bridge champion Eddie Kantar distilled his bridge wisdom into a trilogy of books for the intermediate player. He believes that anyone who absorbs even a fraction of them will...

The instructive material in this book is presented in a novel way, as if the author is delivering a series of bridge lessons to a small group of enthusiasts. Occasionally, members of the audience ask...

Bridge Lessons for Aspiring players The instructive material in this book is presented in a novel way, as if the author is delivering a series of bridge lessons to a small group of enthusiasts...

Learning to play Canasta is fun, but it can also be challenging. This Ultimate Guide to Modern Canasta was designed by veteran instructors and founders of the Canasta League of America (CLA) and...

Beyond Roman Key Card Blackwood! Easley Blackwood introduced and developed the Blackwood Convention. Eddie Kantar then expanded the Blue Team's Roman Blackwood into the Roman Key Card Blackwood that...

Want to learn to play bridge? Let Mary Ann Dufresne and Marion Ellingsen get you started. You won't find a clearer, simpler presentation of the basic guidelines. Plus, the authors tell you all about...

Want to begin teaching bridge, but aren't sure where to start? This comprehensive and easy-to-follow teacher's manual was designed by the authors of We Love the Majors, Mary Ann Dufresne and Marion...

STEP-BY-STEP EXERCISES Teacher's Manual to accompany What Do These Bids Mean? Step-by-step exercises visualize everyone's hands from their bids only. No cards! Multiple possible Bids and Rebids show...

A Bidding Review for You and Partner In Book One, the opponents pass. You see only your South hand. Analyze partner's bids. What do they promise? Deny? Are they forcing? What cards and points are...

A Bidding Review for All Four Players A continuation of Book One. You see only your South hand. Visualize everyone's hands. What do their bids promise? Deny? Are they forcing? What cards and points...

Step-by-step exercises Teacher's manual to accompany What Does Partner Have? Book Two A continuation of Book One - now with all four players bidding. Step-by-step exercises visualize everyone's hands...

This collection of 100 problems features instructive deals that have appeared in David Bird's bridge columns over the past few years. The author has aimed to present problems that will give you a...

A unique over-the-shoulder look at the thought processes of one of the world's best players as Jeff Meckstroth takes the reader through the highs and lows of winning the Bermuda Bowl -- the world...

You began by learning to count points, but that only got you so far. Then, someone introduced you to a new idea, Losing Trick Count. Better in theory, sure. But how do you use it? A response shows at...

THE WINNING BRIDGE CONVENTIONS SERIES Competitive Bidding Bridge students quickly discover that basic bidding will only get them so far. To improve it is necessary to master a certain number of...

THE WINNING BRIDGE CONVENTIONS SERIES Competitive 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...

Bridge students quickly discover that 'basic bidding' will only get them so far. To improve it is necessary to master a certain number of bidding conventions, and be prepared both to play them and to...

Bridge students quickly discover that 'basic bidding' will only get them so far. To improve it is necessary to master a certain number of bidding conventions, and be prepared both to play them and to...

Bridge students quickly discover that basic bidding will only get them so far. To improve it is necessary to master a certain number of bidding conventions, and be prepared both to play them and to...

Bridge students quickly discover that basic bidding will only get them so far. To improve it is necessary to master a certain number of bidding conventions, and be prepared both to play them and to...

Bridge students quickly discover that basic bidding will only get them so far. To improve it is necessary to master a certain number of bidding conventions, and be prepared both to play them and to...

Bridge students quickly discover that basic bidding will only get them so far. To improve it is necessary to master a certain number of bidding conventions, and be prepared both to play them and to...

Duplicate bridge is a different game. It's true that you can get by if you play exactly the same way as you would in a home social game or a team match. Duplicate pairs is a highly competitive game,...

Marc Smith's original World Class, published in 1999, became a classic. This all-new edition features the world's best players of today discussing their lives, at the table and away from it - how...

Marc Smith's original World Class, published in 1999, became a classic. This is the second volume or an all-new edition, featuring many of the world's best players of the 21st Century. They discuss...

Are you tired of learning/teaching bridge from a cookbook? Tired of memorizing how many points you need to bid this or that? Do you have trouble determining if you have a minimum, medium or maximum...