Commonly Used Conventions (ACBL Bridge)

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Customer Reviews:

Bridge Improvement Texts [Posted on 2006-01-04]
I took the ACBL Commonly Used Conventions Course and was very impressed with this text. I think it helped me understand and use the conventions that I had an interest in using. Great help with weak twos, strong clubs, transfers, Stayman and several others that I now play. I would recommend this and the More Commonly Use Conventions Book for negative doubles and additonal conventions.

Thanks from an Intermediate level player [Posted on 2006-03-14]
Without a doubt the most useful and readable bridge book I have used. What one learns by playing bridge with cronies is too often only partly right; Audrey Grant writes well, organizes her material in useful ways, and speaks with authority. She follows up with good examples, explains weaknesses in certain conventions, and is thorough. I will look forward to any other books she writes.

Excellent Presentation of Commonly Used Conventions [Posted on 2006-03-22]
Audrey Grant's books - like Commonly Used Conventions - are exceptional. They are best used in a bridge class/training session where an instructor can lead and help the student through the the basics of bridge learning. The value of Audrey Grant's books are that they present a system of bridge which has revolutionized modern bridge. Even Bridge players who have played for years, soon learn that their conceptions, learned from past experience, of even the most commonly used conventions have been in error or misapplied. Recommend the reader try to find a local bridge class with an experienced teacher.

Audrey Grant is Unquestionably The BEST Bridge Instructor [Posted on 2007-03-23]
If you are new to bridge I highly recommend purchasing all four of Audrey Grant books in the ACBL Series... CLUB, DIAMOND, HEART AND SPADE. She is unquestionably the best bridge teacher for a novice. In layman's terms she is able to explain and unravel the mysteries of bridge. If you begin with the club book and progress through the series as they increase in difficulty... club, diamond, heart and spade you will be able to teach yourself how to become proficient in bridge painlessly. Her books are written in lesson formats... and they are used by many people who instruct bridge classes i.e. adult ed. Buy one... I'm sure you'll add the other three to your library. I also highly recommend her "Bridge at A Glance" pocket guide which is a quick synopsis of bidding and the appropriate respones thereof. I bought many bridge books before I stumbled upon Audrey Grant and wish I had found her books first! Good luck!

the definitive list [Posted on 2008-07-27]
There are a lot of bridge books on the market. There are a lot of bridge books on the market that focus narrowly on conventions. If you play the Standard American style, you must own this book and its sequel, More Commonly Used Conventions.

This book covers all the basics. It goes much further, too. The conventions are covered in short steps with numerous examples about what to do at each stage at the bidding. That alone is enough to make it head and shoulders above the rest of the market. But Grant goes further -- she explains precisely what agreements a partnership must settle on, and then gives a range of plausible alternatives, some simple, some more complicated.

The layout of these books is also superb. The best feature is the exercises at the end of each chapter -- the questions are on the left page and the answers are on the right, and the spiral binding allows you to easily hide the answers while you're thinking about the questions. Even the examples are set apart from the explanations by enough space that allows you to use, say, a scrap private scoresheet from your last club game (folded in half, of course) to cover the explanations while you're reading.

Buy two.

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