Patty Tucker

Winning Bridge Conventions: Conventions Useful with Strong Hands Patty Tucker

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 play against them. Each of the books in this series covers a number of useful conventions, explaining them carefully along with numerous examples and quizzes to help the reader understand what is being learned. Included in this book: Strong Hands, Reverses, Jump Shifts, 2NT Rebids by Opener, Strong 2C and 2D Waiting, Cuebidding Controls, Gerber, Blackwood and Practice Hands. PATTY TUCKER (Dunwoody, Georgia) is an ABTA Master Bridge Teacher and co-founder 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 Kevin Collins. Patty and Kevin were married in 2006.