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Just Show Me How to Play Bridge: An Illustrated Beginner's Guide to Bidding, Playing the Hand, Scoring & Winning Your First Game
Paperback
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Aug 11 2026
Pages: 50
Weight: 0.18
Height: 0.10 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Bridge looks complicated. It doesn't have to be.
If you've ever watched people play bridge and wondered how they seem to understand a secret language of bids, tricks and points, this book is for you.
Just Show Me How to Play Bridge teaches contract bridge from the very beginning, assuming you know absolutely nothing.
No unexplained jargon. No jumping ahead. No pages of conventions before you understand what a bid actually means.
Instead, you'll learn bridge one simple step at a time.
Inside you'll discover:
- How a bridge table, partnership and deal actually work
- What a trick is - and how you win one
- How to count High Card Points quickly and accurately
- When to open the bidding - and when to pass
- How Standard American five-card-major bidding works
- What 1NT really tells your partner
- How to respond to your partner's opening bid
- How to find a major-suit fit
- How Stayman and Jacoby Transfers work
- How declarer, dummy and defenders play the hand
- How to follow suit and use trumps
- How bridge scoring works without making it complicated
- What game, slam and vulnerability actually mean
- The most common beginner mistakes and how to avoid them
Most importantly, you won't just read the rules.
You'll use them.
Throughout the book you'll find practical bridge hands, bidding situations and step-by-step exercises where you decide what you would bid before checking the answer and explanation.
Every answer explains not only what to bid, but why.
The book teaches a clear beginner version of modern Standard American bridge using five-card majors and a strong 15-17 point 1NT opening.
Whether you're learning so you can finally join friends at the bridge table, returning to the game after many years, or simply want somebody to explain bridge without making it unnecessarily difficult, this book was written for you.
No jargon. No lectures. Just show me how.
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