Review: 25 Bridge Conventions You Should Know

25 Bridge Conventions You Should Know by Barbara Seagram
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

According to GoodReads, I first read this book in 2010. That seems reasonable, since I was playing a decent amount of bridge back then. The last time I was playing regularly was at least five years ago, but it's probably been longer.

This is a great introduction to a variety of bridge conventions. I really like the way they separate the conventions into the basic, advanced, and sophisticated conventions. I definitely didn't start including them in that order when I was first learning, though, since I was definitely trying to use FSF and NMF (mostly incorrectly) from almost the very beginning. The quizzes at the end of each section are a nice way to recap, and their explanations for those bids are really helpful.

I guess I wish there were some more comprehensive questions that aren't associated with a convention, since sometimes it's hard to recognize that a certain convention applies when you hadn't just finished reading about it.

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