Improve Your Slam Bidding (Master Bridge Series)

If you plan to read this book, make sure your partner is reading it as well. Practice and thoroughly discuss all the sequences, along with some "new" third round asking bids sequences. It will take time, patience and discipline to enjoy this 2012 book. Anything written by Ron Klinger is worth the price. There is some memorization involved when it comes to bidding grand slam hands. You MUST study, practice and constantly review with a regular partner if you are to be successful at the bridge table. Good ideas for tournament players at the Intermediate and Advanced level.

I have the earlier Ron Klinger book "Understanding slam bidding": this 2012 book replaces it. There are some further evolutions in approaches to slams included now. Gerber is still not Ron's favourite convention although he has relented a touch: he now recommends Gerber after 2nt openings and not just 1nt openings as before! I am a fan of Ron's style of presentation having learnt using his red beginner's book, then the blue, then the silver, the aqua........ so I am confortable with this book. Ron's beginner system is Acol, 4 card majors and weak NT. Reading this slam book it may not matter how you open the bidding so much, but users of other systems may feel less at home than Acol users.