2011 Bridge Shop Catalogue

CATALOGUE

2011

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Contents

Bridge Tables 4

Bridge Cloths 5

Card Holders 5

Bridge Playing Software 6

Instructional Software 7-9

Ron Klinger DVDs 9

Featured Books for 2011 10-11

Bargain Bridge Books 12

Complete Book Guide 13-19

30 Recommended Books 20

Bridge Giftware 21-33

Luxury Games from Dal Rossi 34

Flippers, Cheat Sheets and Pamphlets 35-36

Bridge Supplies for Clubs and Home 37-39

Please note the prices listed in this catalogue include GST but not postage and handling. Furthermore, because of fluctuating exchange rates, some prices may be subject to change.

THE FAMOUS BRIDGE SHOP GUARANTEE We stand behind every item in this catalogue with our famous 100% no questions

asked guarantee. You must be completely satisfied or return your purchase within 30 days and your money will be refunded without question. When you have the best products, it’s easy to stand behind them.

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Bridge Tables

A. Deluxe Bridge Table This heavy-duty bridge table is made of solid timber with cast steel fold away legs. The ultra-soft velour top and beech wood trim make this an elegant piece of furniture as well.

Top - 900x900mm; Height - 690mm.

B. Standard Card Table Vinyl padded topped, with fold away timber legs, this smaller table doubles as an outdoor table.


C. Vinyl Bridge Table Larger sized table, with a vinyl padded top and cast steel fold away legs. A great budget option.


Card Holders

A: Winning Hand Card Holder $ 14.95 E: Handy Card Holder $ 12.95ea B: Curved Timber Card holder $ 14.95 F: Timber Card rack $ 13.95 C: Pocket Card Holder $ 3.95ea G: Black Curved Card Holder $ 15.95 D: Round card holder $ 3.95ea

$65

$245

$95

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Bridge Cloths

Elegant hand-sewn bridge cloths We stock a wide range of individually designed cloths (usually about 110cm sq.). Colours and styles are constantly changing. Contact us and we’ll try to match your needs. View the current range on our website www.bridgeshop.com.au.

Rubber-backed bridge mat.

75x75cms $50.00

Beautiful screen printed cotton bridge cloth

from France, in green or red

$135.00

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Bridge Playing Software NEW JACK 5 (CD) 7-time World Computer Bridge Champion

NEW IN VERSION 5 Interactive Professor Jack: The Professor will look over your shoulder and make helpful comments about your bidding

$100

and play on the spot. And he is flexible - at your command, Jack will comment about whatever aspects of your play that you specify. Bidding Contests: includes 100 bidding contests for you to try - compare your final contracts to those of many pairs that have bid the deals previously. More levels of playing strength: 100+ different levels, from weak to expert, with detailed options for fine tuning. More versatile deal profiles: Now you can specify almost any kind of deal that you may want to examine or practice, eg deals with 1NT openings, deals with wild distribution, etc. OTHER FEATURES OF JACK - Compose your own system card using 100 different conventions. Many built-in systems like

Standard American, Acol, 2/1 Game Force, Moscito, Polish Club and Precision. - Adjustable lead system and signalling methods. - Play Duplicate or Rubber. Hints during the auction and play. - Create your own tournaments. - Fast double dummy solver. Instantly shows you how many tricks can be made from any position.

Windows or Mac? If you’re a PC, then either Bridge Baron or Jack is suitable. But if you’re an Apple, then only Bridge Baron will work for you.

NEW BRIDGE BARON 21 (CD) the world’s most popular bridge game - Improved bidding and play from earlier versions. - Multiple system choices: Acol, Standard American, 5-card majors, 2/1 GF, Precision. - Get hints on bidding and play, undo bids and plays.

- Choice of over 130 bidding and defense conventions.

- Play Rubber, Duplicate and Chicago. - Double dummy defence feature. - 40 playing difficulty levels. - Deal generator to deal hands that meet your specifications.

$110 - 312 challenge hands designed by Easley Blackwood. - Compete in 46 bridge tournaments and receive scores based on the actual tournament results. - Play bridge matches of up to 16 boards with either IMPs, Board-a-Match or Total Points scoring.

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Instructional Software from Fred Gitelman BRIDGE MASTER 2000 - the key to better bridge

Bridge Master 2000 is the best software for improving your declarer play. It presents you with a series of instructional deals to play and you are always declarer. But the deals that you play are not randomly dealt - they are carefully constructed exercises designed to illustrate important declarer play techniques. If you take the correct line of play you will always make your contract. If you make any mistake as declarer, the programme will defend perfectly and defeat your contract.

New to bridge? Each deal is accompanied by an animated explanation of the correct line of play as well as the thinking process that leads to the solution. Includes 180 deals split into five difficulty levels, ranging from beginner to expert.

$110

Then you may prefer to try the Audrey Grant version of Bridge Master, with 126 hands specifically designed for improvers.

Instructional Software from Eddie Kantar

Interactive software that gives you a chance to try the questions, practice hands and tests. The animated diagrams make following the play of card combinations easier and a lot of fun. Eddie Kantar is one of the world’s most popular bridge writers and teachers, and his great sense of humour can convey concepts in a precise and easily understood manner. Each CD is based on the award winning book of the same name.

Modern Bridge Defense Topics include opening leads, signalling, second and third-hand play and discarding.

Advanced Bridge Defense Covers strategy, inferences, ways of counting the hand, developing extra trump tricks, false-carding and doubles.

Topics in Declarer Play Entry management, suit establishment, finessing, counting and endplays.

Eddie Kantar CDs - $65ea or buy all 3 for $160 (save $35)

$80

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Improve your game with World Champion Mike Lawrence COUNTING AT BRIDGE An interactive training programme designed for the intermediate player. Mike Lawrence guides you through the necessary thought processes and as you read the text, you are quizzed on what you should do and why. COUNTING AT BRIDGE 2 The sequel to Counting at Bridge continues in the same vein as Mike talks to you through many aspects of the game, concentrating on the processes of counting as it applies in the bidding, play and defense. Includes one hundred hands covering bidding, play and defense along with 25 special bidding quizzes to do with common but perplexing problems that frequently arise.

$65ea

or buy both for $100 (save $30)

PRIVATE BRIDGE LESSONS 1 AND 2 $65 ea or buy both for $100 Private Bridge Lessons 1: Unravels many mysteries surrounding card play techniques. Topics include Endplays, the Simple Squeeze, Safety Plays, Percentage Plays, Entries and Counting. Private Bridge Lessons 2: Moves on to discuss Trump Coups and other trump tricks, the Loser on Loser play, the Cross Ruff, Dummy Reversals, Squeezes, Endplays and more on Counting.

DEFENCE $65 Learn how good players take their tricks and why. With Mike Lawrence at your shoulder, you will see how to use the available information to solve more real life defensive problems.

TWO-OVER ONE GAME FORCE $65 A comprehensive discussion of the Two Over One System followed by a huge interactive quiz section that demonstrates 2/1 from opener's and responder's point of view. Also includes quizzes showing how to cope with competitive auctions. Plus numerous explanations of conventions that are optional but which Mike highly recommends you add to the system.

MIKE’s ADVICE $39.95 Mike's Advice offers 333 common but frustrating bidding problems. Possible answers to each question are considered. What makes one answer stand out from the others? Mike's Advice emphasises judgment and refers to conventions when one is appropriate. As much as possible, the bidding method used is standard bidding. Suitable for PC or MAC

Software to boost your bidding

$65

Interactive CDs of the six books in the Practice Your Bidding Series: Jacoby 2NT, Roman Keycard Blackwood, Splinter Bids, Stayman Auctions, Jacoby Transfers and Four-Suit Transfers. They include all the material, hands and quizzes from the books as well as interactive bidding with a computer partner and software that will produce as many practice hands as you want, and then bid them with you.

$65 PRACTICE YOUR SLAM BIDDING CD & PRACTICE YOUR NOTRUMP BIDDING CD

Buy both for $100

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Software to boost your play

PLANNING THE PLAY OF A BRIDGE HAND CD $65 The interactive CD-ROM based on the 2010 ABTA Book of The Year. You can play through all the examples onscreen, going through them as many times as you like in order to understand the principles involved. This course, starting from the basics, explains how to make a plan as a declarer. By the end, the user will be comfortable with slightly more advanced material, such as entry management and elementary counting.

THE REAL DEAL by LARRY COHEN Two CDs (Intermediate and Advanced), each with 60 ‘over-my-shoulder’ style deals from Cohen's popular column in Australian Bridge magazine. $39.95ea or both for $60

Master Classes software from Ron Klinger Lessons on important topics with lot of quizzes and exercises. Play practice hands on each topic with Ron’s over-the-shoulder commentary to help you understand the thought processes of an expert.

§ Declarer Play in Notrumps § Defence § Elimination Plays § Modern Losing Trick Count § Part Score Zone § Power of Shape § Rubensohl § Weak 2s and the Multi 2♦

DVDs from Ron Klinger 1. Tips on Bidding 2. Opening Leads 1 3. Opening Leads 2 4. Improve Your Hand Evaluation 5. Responder’s Strategy 6. Card Combinations for Declarer 7. Bidding over Pre-empts 8. Competitive Bidding 1 9. Competitive Bidding 2 10. Defensive Play 11. Signals and Discards 12. Advanced Bidding Technique

12 DVDs in the series

$39.95 ea

$99

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Featured Bridge Books for 2011 Owl, Fox and Spider

Krzysztof Martens $34.95 2010 Bridge Book of the Year.

How to develop expert deceptive capabilities. Martens presents a series of defensive problems and issues with a deep and analytical style.

The Hog Takes to Precision Victor Mollo $29.95

Now, for the first time, a whole series of lost Menagerie stories are available collected in book form. Victor Mollo is everyone’s favourite bridge humorist, and a genuinely new book from him is a real treasure.

Pocket Guide to Bridge Conventions

Barbara Seagram $14.95 A handy pocket summary of 25 popular conventions. From the same authors of the best selling and award winning 25 Bridge Conventions You Should Know (over 150,000 copies sold).

The Hands of Time Mark Horton $15.00

Each deal in this book has its own unique point of interest, be it a brilliant manoeuvre in the play or bidding, or something arising from the circumstances surrounding the deal or its consequences.

The Rodwell Files Eric Rodwell $34.95

World Champion Eric Rodwell reveals for the first time his unique approach to the play of the cards. Describes a host of innovative ideas in card play, strategies and tactics that can be used by declarer or defenders.

Deadly Defence Izdebski / Krzemien $34.95

Deals with opening leads (how to convey maximum information), defensive play when playing second hand, third hand and also when you are first to play to a trick, how to use signals more effectively and how to think on defence like an expert.

Camouflage Waiting Bids Krzysztof Martens $29.95

A discussion of how to use bidding tools efficiently - when to give the table accurate and revealing information, when to conceal it, and when to broadcast misinformation.

Play or Defend Julian Pottage $12.00

An unusual problem book where the reader is shown all four hands and asked whether declarer or the defence should prevail with best play. A great challenge for the improving player.

Imagination Krzysztof Martens $34.95

Discusses the commonly held perception that imagination is not necessary to play bridge that lingers among some bridge players. How to expand your capabilities to think in different ways and handle new situations.

Bridge at the Breakfast Table Paul Thurston $29.95

A collection of some of Thurston’s best and most interesting articles taken from his newspaper column - includes great tips, bridge deal oddities, and just plain interesting hands and stories.

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Featured Bridge Books for 2011

Take All Your Chances 2 Eddie Kantar $29.95

Kantar presents another set of play problems for improving players. Again, the theme is not just finding a good line of play but to combine as many possible lines as possible to optimise your chances of making the contract.

Reese on Play Terence Reese $29.95

A re-print of one of the all-time classics. Reese reveals what counts in play and defence and shows the reader how to join the ranks of the experts. This is a book that every improving bridge player must own.

Play These Hands with Me Terence Reese $29.95

Re-print. This is the book that introduced the 'over-the-shoulder' approach to describing bridge hands. Follow the thought processes of an expert through the bidding and play of many fascinating hands.

Play Bridge with Reese Terence Reese $29.95

Re-print. Terence Reese was one of the top declarers of all time. In this book he is able to convey to the bridge reader his thoughts while he plays various hands, with some of the successful results seeming almost like magic.

Deadly Endplay Ken Allan $32.95

A murder mystery with a bridge twist! The 'deadly endplay' of the title relates to a deal that comes up in a local club game, and also refers to how the murder - if it was a murder - was committed.

Defensive Signalling at Bridge David Bird $32.95

Bird begins by discussing the real purpose of defensive signalling, and the basic kinds of signals available. He then recommends a complete set of signalling agreements, and analyses some hands in the light of these agreements.

The Mysterious Multi Mark Horton $29.95

The first comprehensive book on the Multi 2♦ convention. Also discusses alternative uses for the opening major-suit two-bids as well as devoting a substantial amount of space to defenses against the Multi.

Bridge Mix Paul Holtham $29.95

Think Douglas Adams with a dash of Victor Mollo, and get ready for a wild ride! Whether you look at this as a novel, or as a linked series of short stories, it’s from a brilliantly imaginative new writer of bridge fiction.

2010 World Bridge Series Brian Senior $60.00

A comprehensive coverage of the pairs and team events from the 2010 World Bridge Series held in Philadelphia.

25 Bridge Conventions You Should Know

Barbara Seagram $32.95 Over 150,000+ copies sold. Discusses 25 common and useful conventions. You are shown how they can fit into standard bidding methods. Includes loads of quizzes.

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Bargain Bridge Books

Further Bargains! Get 5 Books for the Price of 4! Buy any 5 books on this page and receive the cheapest title free

The Bridge Bum

RRP $34.95

For Love or Money

RRP $32.95

Four Suit Transfers

RRP $15.95

The Hands of Time

RRP $29.95

Play or Defend

RRP $19.95

Leading Questions

in Bridge RRP $29.95

Bridge Problems for a New Millennium

RRP $19.95

Murder at the Bridge Table RRP $32.95

Duplicate

Bridge at Home RRP $32.95

Frank Stewart’s

Bridge Club RRP $29.95

How to Play Bridge with Your Spouse

RRP $29.95

Modern

Constructive Bidding RRP $32.95

I Shot My

Bridge Partner RRP $29.95

Jacoby

Transfers RRP $15.95

Roman Keycard

Blackwood RRP $15.95

Jacoby 2NT RRP $15.95

Master Class RRP $29.95

The Simple Squeeze

RRP $19.95

The Setting Trick

RRP $29.95

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ANNOTATED HAND RECORDS I Love This Game Auken $ 32.95 Romance of Bridge, The Jayaram/Ghassem $ 29.95 Win the Bermuda Bowl with Me Meckstroth/Smith $ 34.95 2001 World Bridge Championship Book Senior $ 40.00 2002 World Bridge Championship Book Senior $ 40.00 2005 World Bridge Championship Book Senior $ 60.00 2009 World Bridge Championship Book Senior $ 60.00 2010 World Bridge Series Senior $ 60.00

BIDDING AND PLAY Better Rebidding with Bergen Bergen $ 15.95 More Points Schmoints! Bergen $ 39.95 Points Schmoints! Bergen $ 39.95 Understanding 1NT Forcing Bergen $ 15.95 Advanced Bridge Browne $ 16.95 Improver’s Bridge Browne $ 16.95 Intermediate Bridge Browne $ 16.95 Better Bidding for Improving Players Dick $ 20.95 Common Bidding Mistakes Dick $ 24.95 Bridge with Bells and Whistles Dufresne/Ellingsen $ 29.95 Bridge Master vs Bridge Amateur Horton $ 29.95 Human Bridge Errors (Vol 1 of ∞) Kleinman/Straguzzi $ 29.95 Guide to Better Bridge Klinger $ 22.95 Judgement at Bridge Lawrence $ 22.95 It’s Your Call Miles $ 32.95 Why You Lose at Bridge Simon $ 24.95 Bridge in 3 Weeks Truscott $ 19.95

BIDDING CONVENTIONS Uncontested Auctions Bergen $ 24.95 Benjamin Twos Browne $ 12.95 Bridge Conventions in Depth Granovetter $ 39.95 Mysterious Multi, The Horton/van Cleeff $ 29.95 Roman Keycard Blackwood Kantar $ 34.95 Bid Better, Much Better Klinger $ 16.95 Conventions, Defences, Countermeasures Klinger $ 32.95 Five Card Major Stayman Klinger $ 19.95 Bridge Conventions for You Klinger/Kambites $ 25.95 Opening Two Bids Marston/Hughes $ 9.95 Camouflage waiting bids Martens $ 29.95 World of Transfers Martens $ 29.95 Cuebidding at Bridge Rexford $ 32.95 25 More Conventions You Should Know Seagram/Bird $ 32.95 Jacoby 2NT Seagram/Lee $ 8.00 Jacoby Transfers Seagram/Lee $ 15.95 Pocket Guide to Conventions Seagram/Lee $ 14.95 Roman Keycard Blackwood Seagram/Lee $ 8.00

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BIDDING CONVENTIONS (cont) Splinter Bids Seagram/Lee $ 15.95 Stayman Auctions Seagram/Lee $ 8.00 25 Bridge Conventions You Should Know Seagram/Smith $ 32.95 Four-Suit Transfers Seagram/Stark $ 8.00 The Weak Notrump Stark $ 29.95

BIDDING SYSTEMS Standard Bidding with SAYC Downey/Pomer $ 29.95 Two Over One Game Force Hardy $ 29.95 Helms to HELLO Helms $ 19.95 Building a Bidding System Hughes $ 29.95 Extra Length Transfer Bids Martens $ 24.95 Martens System, The Martens $ 29.95 Modern Constructive Bidding Miles $ 16.00 25 Steps to Learning 2/1 Thurston $ 32.95

COLLECTIONS OF COLUMNS Bergen’s Best Bridge Tips Bergen $ 15.95 Bridge Player's Bedside Book Forrester $ 12.00 Master Class Gitelman $ 15.00 Best of Bridge Today Digest Granovetter $ 29.95 Hands of Time Horton $ 15.00 For Love or Money Horton/Senior $ 15.00 100 Winning Bridge Tips Klinger $ 29.95 100 Winning Duplicate Tips Klinger $ 29.95 Northern Lights Lee/Lee $ 32.95 Around the World in 80 Hands Mahmood/Burn $ 32.95 Playing with the Bridge Legends Shenkin $ 34.95 Bridge at the Breakfast Table Thurston $ 29.95

COMPETITIVE BIDDING Lebensohl Convention Complete Andersen $ 14.95 Following the Law Cohen $ 29.95 To Bid or Not to Bid Cohen $ 34.95 Complete Book of Overcalls Lawrence $ 32.95 Winning Decisions in Competitive Bidding Marston $ 12.95 Competitive Bidding in the 21st Century Miles $ 33.95 25 Ways to Compete in the Bidding Seagram/Smith $ 32.95

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DEFENSE Bergen for the Defense Bergen $ 29.95 Defensive Signalling at Bridge Bird $ 29.95 Defending NoTrump Contracts Bird/Bourke $ 18.95 Defending Suit Contracts Bird/Bourke $ 18.95 Leading Questions in Bridge Brock $ 29.95 Deadly Defense Izdebski/Krzemien $ 34.95 Deadly Defense Quiz Book, The Izdebski/Krzemien $ 34.95 Advanced Bridge Defense Kantar $ 39.95 Modern Bridge Defense Kantar $ 39.95 Killing Defence at Bridge Kelsey $ 34.95 More Killing Defense at Bridge Kelsey $ 32.95 Calf Martens $ 34.95 Guide Dog 1 Martens $ 39.95 Guide Dog 2 Martens $ 39.95 Opening Lead Martens $ 29.95 Owl, Fox and Spider Martens $ 34.95 Tiger and Fly Martens $ 34.95 Setting Trick, The McCance $ 12.00 Defend These Hands with Me Pottage $ 29.95 Matchpoint Defense Priebe $ 29.95 Thinking on Defense Priebe $ 29.95 Positive Defense at Bridge Reese $ 10.00 25 Ways to Be a Better Defender Seagram/Bird $ 32.95 Partnership Defense in Bridge Woolsey $ 24.95

The Ron Klinger Better Bridge Pack Guide to Better Bridge $22.95 Guide to Better Card Play $22.95 Guide to Better Duplicate Bridge $22.95

Buy all three for $55.00

FICTION & NOVELS Deadly Endplay Allan $ 32.95 I Shot My Bridge Partner Granovetter $ 12.00 Murder at the Bridge Table Granovetter $ 12.00 Bridge Mix: Chocolate-covered contracts Holtham $ 29.95 Richelieu Plays Bridge MacKinnon $ 34.95 Samurai Bridge MacKinnon $ 32.95 Bridge Behind Bars Pottage/Smith $ 32.95 Deadly Hold up Priebe $ 29.95 Double Elimination: A Bridge Mystery Priebe $ 32.95 Takeout Double Priebe $ 32.95 Bridge at the Enigma Club Winkler $ 29.95

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$32.95ea

HAND EVALUATION Hand Evaluation: Points, Schmoints Bergen $ 15.95 To Open or Not to Open Bergen $ 15.95 Larry Cohen's Bidding Challenge Cohen $ 29.95 Improve Your Bidding Judgment Kimelman $ 29.95 No-Trump Zone Kleinman $ 29.95 Cue Bidding to Slams Klinger $ 9.95 Modern Losing Trick Count Klinger $ 19.95 Practical Slam Bidding Klinger $ 10.95 Power of Shape Klinger $ 32.95 When to Bid, When to Pass Klinger $ 26.95 Complete Book on Hand Evaluation Lawrence $ 23.95 Language of Bidding (Strong or Weak NT) Marston $ 26.95 Hand Evaluation Bidding Decisions Martens $ 29.95

HUMOUR & WHIMSEY Celestial Cardplay Bird $ 32.95 Somehow We Landed in Six Notrump Bird $ 32.95 Saints and Sinners Bird $ 29.95 Out of Hand and Off the Fairway Buttle $ 19.95 Right Through the Pack Darvas/de V.Hart $ 29.95 Go Ahead, Laugh! Goodwin $ 29.95 Classic Kantar Kantar $ 32.95 Kantar on Kontract Kantar $ 32.95 Principle of Restricted Talent Kleinman/Straguzzi $ 29.95 Bridge Player Who Laughed Klinger $ 8.95 Hog Takes to Precision, The Mollo $ 29.95 Doubled and Venerable Reese /Bird $ 29.95 Naked Bridge Player Silver $ 29.95 Study in Silver, A Silver $ 19.95 Bridge - The Silver Way Silver/Bourke $ 29.95 Cut for Partners Simon $ 19.95 How to Play Bridge with Your Spouse Teukolsky $ 15.00 North of the Master Solver’s Club Vine $ 29.95

25 Bridge Conventions You Should Know 25 Bridge Myths Exposed 25 More Conventions You Should Know 25 Steps to Learning 2/1 25 Ways to Be a Better Defender 25 Ways to Compete in the Bidding 25 Ways to Take More Tricks as Declarer

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HISTORY & BIOGRAPHY Canada's Bridge Warriors Hughes $ 34.95 Story of an Accusation Reese $ 39.95 World Class Smith $ 34.95 The Bridge Bum Sontag $ 18.00 Great Bridge Scandal Truscott $ 39.95 Lone Wolff Wolff $ 34.95

MATERIAL FOR NEWCOMERS Beginners’ Bridge Browne $ 12.95 Introduction to Declarer’s Play Kantar $ 19.95 Introduction to Defender’s Play Kantar $ 19.95 Bridge Basics Klinger $ 15.95 Bridge for Children Klinger $ 10.95 All About Notrumps (Strong or Weak NT) Marston $ 16.95 Introduction to Bridge (Strong or Weak NT) Marston $ 16.95 Barbara Seagram's Beginning Bridge Seagram/Lee $ 32.95

MATHEMATICS Bridge Probability & Information MacKinnon $ 29.95 Expert Bridge Simplified Rubens $ 32.95

MEMORY Better Bridge with a Better Memory Klinger $ 24.95 Improve Your Bridge Memory Klinger $ 24.95

PLAY Declarer Play the Bergen Way Bergen $ 29.95 25 Bridge Myths Exposed Bird $ 32.95 Bridge Endplays for Everyone Bird $ 32.95 Bridge Squeezes for Everyone Bird $ 34.95 Off Road Declarer Play Bird $ 29.95 Planning NoTrump Contracts Bird/Bourke $ 18.95 Avoidance Play Bird/Bourke $ 18.95 Deceptive Plays Bird/Bourke $ 18.95 Elimination Plays Bird/Bourke $ 18.95 Endplays and Coups Bird/Bourke $ 18.95 Entry Management Bird/Bourke $ 18.95 Planning in Suit Contracts Bird/Bourke $ 18.95 Reading the Cards Bird/Bourke $ 18.95 Safety Plays Bird/Bourke $ 18.95 Simple Squeeze Bird/Bourke $ 10.00 Deceptive Card Play Bird/Smith $ 14.95 Eliminations and Throw-Ins Bird/Smith $ 14.95 Entry Management Bird/Smith $ 14.95 Reading the Cards Bird/Smith $ 14.95 Tricks with Finesses Bird/Smith $ 14.95 Tricks with Trumps Bird/Smith $ 14.95 Misplay these Hands with Me Horton $ 32.95

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Teachers ! Ask about our discounts on selected texts by Ron Klinger , Paul Marston & Derrick Browne

PLAY cont. Bridge Magicians, The Horton/Kielbasinski $ 34.95 Card by Card Hughes $ 32.95 Take All Your Chances at Bridge Kantar $ 32.95 Take All Your Chances at Bridge 2 Kantar $ 29.95 Topics in Declarer Play Kantar $ 38.95 Adventures in Card Play Ottlik/Kelsey $ 45.00 Guide to Better Card Play Klinger $ 22.95 Improve Your Declarer Play at Notrumps Klinger $ 29.95 Bridge to Inspired Declarer Play Laderman $ 32.95 Bridge to Simple Squeezes, A Laderman $ 29.95 How to Play Card Combinations Lawrence $ 25.95 How to Read Your Opponents’ Cards Lawrence $ 23.95 Encyclopaedia of Card Play Techniques Levé $ 49.95 Bridge Squeezes Complete Love $ 37.95 Principles of Card Play Marston $ 24.95 Imagination Martens $ 34.95 Practical Aspects of Declarer Play Martens $ 39.95 Virtual European Championships 1 Martens $ 34.95 Virtual European Championships 2 Martens $ 34.95 Inferences at Bridge Miles $ 16.00 Card Play Technique Mollo/Gardiner $ 36.95 Easier Done than Said Paranjape $ 19.95 Challenge Your Declarer Play Pottage $ 10.00 Clues from the Bidding Pottage $ 29.95 Bridge Problems for a New Millennium Pottage $ 10.00 Play or Defend Pottage $ 24.95 Play Bridge with Reese Reese $ 34.95 Reese on Play Reese $ 33.95 Extra Edge in Play Reese/Pottage $ 29.95 Positive Declarer Play in Bridge Reese/Pottage $ 10.00 Breaking the Rules Rigal $ 22.95 Rodwell Files, The Rodwell $ 34.95 How Good is Your Bridge? Roth $ 32.95 Bridge World's Test Your Play Rubens $ 19.95 25 Ways to Take More Tricks as Declarer Seagram/Bird $ 32.95 Planning the Play of a Bridge Hand Seagram/Bird $ 32.95 Bid Better, Play Better Truscott $ 24.95 Watson’s Play of the Hand at Bridge Watson $ 34.95

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PROBLEMS & QUIZZES Matchpoint Tricks Axelsen/Dam $ 19.95 Bergen’s Best Bridge Quizzes Bergen $ 15.95 Hocus Pocus Brecher $ 29.95 Focus on Hocus Pocus Brecher/Roth $ 32.95 More Hocus Pocus Brecher/Pottage $ 29.95 Patrick Jourdain’s Problem Corner Jourdain $ 32.95 Frank Stewarts Bridge Club Stewart $ 15.00

SUMMARIES OF BIDDING SYSTEMS Pocket Guide to 2/1 Thurston $ 14.95 Pocket Guide to ACOL Bridge Horton/Seagram $ 14.95 Pocket Guide to Bridge Seagram/Lee $ 14.95 Pocket Guide to SAYC Downey/Pomer $ 14.95

TOURNAMENT BRIDGE My Favorite 52 Cohen/Lee $ 32.95 Duplicate Bridge At Home Horton/Gitelman $ 12.00 Guide to Better Duplicate Bridge Klinger $ 22.95 Matchpoints Woolsey $ 30.95

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BOOKS FOR

DIRECTORS

Duplicate Decisions Greenburg $ 29.95 Duplicate Bridge Direction Groner $ 28.95 Bridge Director’s Companion Harris $ 44.95 Director's Quick Reference Companion Harris $ 17.95 Director is Called McIlrath $ 9.95 Handbook of Movements + Scoring McKee $ 10.95 Laws of Duplicate Bridge - 2007 (PB/HC) WBF $ 24.95

DIRECTORS ESSENTIAL PACK 2007 Laws + Director is Called + Bridge Director’s Handbook

30 Recommended Books FOR BEGINNERS Guide to Better Bridge by Ron Klinger (p 13) Introduction to Bridge by Paul Marston (p 17) Intro to Declarer's Play by Eddie Kantar (p 17) Intro to Defender's Play by Eddie Kantar (p 17) FOR INTERMEDIATE PLAYERS Better Bidding for Improving Players

by Ross Dick (p 13) Bid Better, Play Better by Dorothy Truscott p19 Hand Evaluation by Mike Lawrence (p16) How to Read Your Opponents' Cards

by Mike Lawrence (p 18) Judgment at Bridge by Mike Lawrence (p 13) Language of Bidding by Paul Marston (p 16) Points Schmoints by Marty Bergen (p 13) 25 Ways to be a Better Defender

by Barbara Seagram David Bird (p 15) FOR ADVANCED PLAYERS Matchpoints by Kit Woolsey (p19) Modern Losing Trick Count by Ron Klinger (p 16) To Bid or Not to Bid by Larry Cohen (p 14) Modern Constructive Bidding

by Marshall Miles (p 14)

PLAY OF THE HAND Card Play Technique by Victor Mollo (p 18) Guide to Better Card Play by Ron Klinger (p 18) Play of the Hand by Louis Watson (p 18) Principles of Card Play by Paul Marston (p 18) 25 Ways to be a Better Declarer

by Barbara Seagram (p18) DEFENSE Adv. Bridge Defense by Eddie Kantar (p 15) Modern Bridge Defense by Eddie Kantar (p 15) Partnership Defense by Kit Woolsey (p 15) DUPLICATE STRATEGY AND CONVENTIONS 25 Bridge Conventions You Should Know

by Barbara Seagram (p 14) Bridge Conventions in Depth

by Matthew Granovetter (p 13) Guide to Better Duplicate by Ron Klinger (p 19) Two-Over-One Game Force by Max Hardy p 14 FOR ALL PLAYERS Right Through the Pack by Robert Darvas (p 16) Why You Lose at Bridge by SJ Simon (p 13)

Normally $45.85, buy all 3 for $37.00

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Pens and Pencils

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A: Crazy Pens $2.95ea or $10 set of 4 E. Card Rubbers $ 0.95ea or $ 3.50 set

B: L’Plume enamel pen (refillable) $ 10.95 F: I Love Bridge Pen (black or red barrel)$ 2.95

Gift set of 4 pens $ 40.00 G. Gold pencils $ 1.25ea or $ 12 dozen

C: Half-pencil (natural, white or yellow) 50c H. White suit pencils $ 1.25 ea or $ 12 dozen

D: Easygrip Queens Pen $ 3.95

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Fashion Accessories

A: Travel Aid (14x23cm) $ 49.95 D. Mini Wallet (15x10cm) $ 29.95

B: Envelope Bag (16x28cm) $ 39.95 E: Eyeglass Case $ 19.95

C: Cosmetic Case (16x24cm) $ 26.95 F. Mini Agenda $ 34.95

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Fashion Accessories

A: Bridge Socks (up to a Men’s Size 9.) $12.95 D: Black Card Scarf $ 19.95

B: Super long stocking stocks $ 12.95 E: Las Vegas socks $ 12.95

C: White Card Scarf $ 19.95

F: Fashion clutch bag (14x23cm) $ 29.95 H: Suits pouch (12x16cm) $ 9.95

G: Aces zipper purse (10x16cm) $ 7.95

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Party Supplies

A: Balloons $ 1.50 H Cocktail picks (12) $ 3.95

Pack 20 Cartoon Cocktail Napkins $ 8.95 B. Multitasking is holding your cards in one

hand… and a cocktail in the other C. A good bridge mix includes four nuts D. At our age, BRIDGE is the only way we’ll

get to 4 clubs in one night

I: Cocktail napkins (16) $ 4.95

J: Round Plastic Serving Tray $ 8.95

K: Paper cups (8) $ 4.95

L: Paper bowls (8) $ 6.95

E: Cocktail stirrers (12) $ 6.95 M: Dinner plates (8) $ 5.95

F Luncheon napkins (16) $ 5.95 N: A woman’s place napkins (30) $ 7.95

G Suit symbol napkins 25 for $ 3.95, 50 for $ 6.50, 100 for $ 10.95

O: Rectangular Plastic Serving Tray $ 8.95

Key Rings

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Party Tallies

Bridge Tea-towels - $14.95

Bridge for Beginners A Woman’s place Queen of Hearts The Hidden Side of Bridge The Wrecker Ten Commandments for Bridge

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Playing cards from Piatnik

Piatnik double deck $ 37.95

Piatnik bridge sets $ 39.95 includes 2 decks and 1 scorer

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More playing cards

KEM all-plastic playing cards For over 60 years, unmatched quality and guaranteed perfection have made KEM the most desired playing cards in the world. $70.00 per double deck

Monogrammed Cards

& Rubber Bridge Scorers

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Greeting Cards - $5.95

Last Chance A Full House Strip Bridge Bridge Game

Bridge Baby cards - $1.95ea or $10 for 6-mixed

You mean you

opened on that? Partner… we’re

down again! I forgot we

were vulnerable ! Don’t you have

any spades at all?

A good peek is better than

trying a finesse.

Doubled… redoubled…and two extra tricks !

That’s enough! I simply don’t

want to hear any more about it.

I can’t remember how many

trumps are out.

We made it ! I thought we were

playing no trump ! I hope this

finesse works… I have a count of 18…I think.

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Other assorted greeting cards - $1.95

Paper Stuff

Bridge Food

Shapes Cookie Cutter $19.95

Other popular Gift items

Bridge Cushions Ideal to support your back or whack your partner for his latest blunder. Concussion-proof cushions in two colours. - $15.00 ea

Ice-cube Tray $7.95

Ideal for when you are dealt those hot hands…

Harlequin gauntlets $14.95

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Bridge Posters and Prints

The Saturday Evening

Post

$15ea or $40 set 3.

Delightful A3 prints taken from vintage (1948, 1950, 1962) covers from the iconic Saturday Evening Post. Artwork by Norman Rockwell (centre) and Constantin Alajálov (left, right).

The Card Players by Paul Cézanne (1890) Presented as an A3 print - $15.

Bridge like it used to be played! A3 prints by famed British artist Leonard Raven-Hill (c.1932). $15ea or $50 set 4.

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Golf equipment - exclusive to The Bridge Shop

Golf Balls

Singles - $5.95 ea Bridge Tees

Regular 50c, Jumbo $1

Australian Bridge Magazine Australia’s national bridge magazine. 6 packed editions per year - $59.

Other bridge gifts

His or Her Aprons $25.95 (two styles)

1000 piece Jigsaw $29.95

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Playing Card Boxes

A. Chinese Floral card box, assorted colours $25.95

B. Metallic card box with 2 decks of cards $34.95

C. Leather twin box, assorted colours $39.95 D. Vintage Golfers card box with 2 decks of cards $39.95

E. Upright Timber double card box with brass inlay suit symbols $22.95

F. Las Vegas card box with 2 decks of cards $39.95

G. Timber double card box with glass top and brass inlay suit symbols $22.95

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Mugs & Cups

$17.95 (china only)

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Luxury Games from Dal Rossi

The Dal Rossi range of games - made of rare wood, artisan designed and magnificently crafted is coveted by game connoisseurs the world over as the benchmark in quality games.

A: Mystical Dragon Pewter Chess $ 265 I: Isle of Lewis Pewter Chess Set $ 195

B: Chess Set (40cm) with drawers $ 195 J: Medieval Pewter Chess Set $ 295

C: Medieval Chess Set $ 195 K: Mah-jong + deluxe Oak Case 29cm $ 110

D: Roulette Wheel (33cm) $ 195 L: Timber Playing Card Box + cards $39.95

E: Chess set (95mm pieces), 2 drawers $ 265 M: Trad. Staunton Pewter Chess Set $ 225

F: Chess, Backgammon, Checkers Set $ 225 N: Mah-jong + Deluxe Oak Case 53cm $ 225

G: Chess pieces in box $ 95 O: Backgammon Set (38cm) $ 95

H: Classic Chess set with drawer $ 345

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Flippers and Cheat Sheets

Paul Marston A. Strong NT Cheat Sheet $ 11.95

C. Weak NT Cheat Sheet $ 11.95

Ron Klinger

H. Modern Losing Trick Count Flipper $ 14.95

F. Memory Aids & Useful Rules Flipper $ 14.95

I. 20 Great Conventions Flipper $ 14.95

G. Opening Leads Flipper $ 14.95

D. Fast Fact Finder for the Acol System $ 7.95

Derrick Browne B. Five-Card Majors Flipper $ 6.50

E. Modern Standard Flipper $ 6.50

Pamphlets by Ron Klinger - $2.20 ea 1NT:2♣ Benjamin Twos Competitive Bidding Cue Bidding to Slams Doubles Multi Twos

Negative Doubles Opening Leads Roman Keycard Blackwood Transfers over 1NT 10 Great Conventions 12 More Great Conventions

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Pamphlets by Derrick Browne - $2.00 ea

2♣ Checkback Stayman 5-card Standard Benjamin Twos Bergen Raises Etiquette etc Jacoby 2NT Laws of Bridge Leads

Michaels Cue Bids Multi 2♦ and RCO Twos Negative Doubles Roman Keycard Blackwood SAYC Splinters Transfers Unusual NT

Pamphlets from the Future Champions Series - $1.50 ea Introduction to the Point Count The 1NT Opening Bid Major-Suit Opening Bids and Responses Minor-Suit Opening Bids and Responses Strong Opening Bids The Bidding Messages

Overcalls and Takeout Doubles Introduction to Declarer Play Introduction to Card Combinations Introduction to Defensive Play Introduction to Opening Leads

Buy all 11 for $12.00

Pamphlets from the Championship Bridge Series - $2.15 ea 1. Popular Conventions 13. More Popular Conventions 25. Popular Systems 1 2. The Blackwood Convention 14. Major Suit Raises 26. Popular Systems 2 3. The Stayman Convention 15. Swiss Team Tactics 27. Lebensohl 4. Jacoby Transfer Bids 16. Match Point Tactics 28. New Minor Forcing 5. Negative Doubles 17. Overcalls 29. Minor Suit Raises 6. Weak Two Bids 18. Balancing 30. Sacrifices 7. Defense vs Strong 1♣ 19. The Weak No Trump 31. Is it Forcing? 8. Killing Their No Trump 20. One No Trump Forcing 32. 2♣:Strong, Artific & Forcing 9. Splinter Bids 21. Flannery 33. Slam Bidding 10. Michaels Cue Bid 22. Drury 34. Counting 11. The Unusual No Trump 23. Doubles 35. Squeeze Play 12. Opening Leads 24. Opening Pre-empts 36. Modern Defensive Signals

Buy any 12 for $1.95ea Buy all 36 for $63.00

Booklets by Marty Bergen - $12.95ea

24 page booklets on 1. Bergen Raises 2. Hand Evaluation 3. Modern Doubles

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Bridge Supplies for Clubs and Home

Each pad 100 x 110mm

Silent Bidding Pads Each block contains 500 double sided sheets. Qty Price per pad 1-29 blocks $ 6.90 ea 30-59 blocks $ 5.90 ea 60-89 blocks $ 5.20 ea Over 90 blocks $ 4.80 ea

Travelling Score Sheets Blocks of 100 sheets for MP pairs. Printed with N/S pair numbers (form T1) or unnumbered (form T2).

Qty Price per pad 1-35 blocks $ 4.50 ea 36-74 blocks $ 4.10 ea 75+ blocks $ 3.60 ea

BUY IN BULK AND SAVE $$$

ABF System Cards

Qty Simple Standard 1-99 $0.30 ea $0.50 ea 100+ $0.20 ea $0.30 ea

Grimaud plastic coated cards ideal

for club use.

Qty Price per deck 1-11 decks $ 4.50 ea 12-31 decks $ 4.30 ea 32-95 decks $ 4.10 ea 96+ decks $ 3.90 ea

Plus a selection of bar coded cards suitable for all dealing machines from $3.85 per deck

Plus specially designed timber

bidding pad holders from $9.50

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Teams Score Sheets Blocks of 100 sheets in white or yellow.

Qty Price per pad 1-4 blocks $ 7.00 ea 5-9 blocks $ 6.50 ea 10+ blocks $ 6.00 ea

Table Numbers Available in red or blue. Numbered from 1-16 or blank. Cello-glazed on thick cardboard. Duplicate bridge scores on reverse side.

$1.95 ea


Boards Super Plus boards in nine different colours. Easy to stack, dealer and vulnerability clearly marked. Loose boards $4.50 ea Set of 32 $120 Set of 36 $130

Wallets Sets of 8 ($25) or 16 ($49.50) plastic wallets in a wide range of colours. Numbered either 1-8, 1-16 or 17-32.

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Rubber Bridge Score Pads

Rubber bridge pads, sold singly ($4.85)or in packs of 4 with pencils ($22.95, or monogrammed for $28.95)

Bidding Boxes NEO bidding box in a range of colours $60 set of 4 boxes, discounts for larger quantities

Pocket Bidding box

$55 set of 4


Instant Duplicate Computers Handy laminated cards with all possible duplicate scores plus IMPs.

Qty Price 1-19 cards $0.95 ea 20-99 cards $0.75 ea 100+ cards $0.60 ea

Movement Cards We can create any Howell or Individual movement cards you need. Please ring for a quote.

How to shop at The Bridge Shop Visit our store at 182 Penshurst Street Willoughby (just 10 minutes north of the Sydney CBD).

Call us:

02 9967 0644 or 1800 252 491 (freecall)

Write to us: PO Box 429 Willoughby NSW 2068

Email us: [email protected]

Shop securely at: www.bridgeshop.com.au

Documents

2011 Bridge Shop Catalogue