 Foldaway Bidding boxes
£7.50
each
These bidding boxes fold flat when not in use.
They are available in green and red. Includes bidding box cards. Click
on the appropriate shopping cart button to select the colour(s) you require.
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 Standard Bidding boxes
£6.24 each
The most popular style used in clubs. Available in red. Includes bidding box cards.
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 Left-Handed Bidding boxes
£6.24 each
Special left-handed bidding boxes, available
in blue or orange. Click
on the appropriate shopping cart button to select the colour(s) you require.
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 Card Shuffler £15.99
Shuffles cards effortlessly! Postage
£2.50. Takes 1 x PP3 (9 volt) battery
(£4.50 if ordered together).
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 Card Holders
Keep your cards together. There is a choice
of two (see photo).
Curved Card
Holder £6.99
Piatnik Card Holder £5.99
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 Scorecards
We also have various types of scorecard. Pictured
are the sets of four scorebooks (red or green) for £7.75.
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Luxury Bridge Table £99.99
 A high quality wool baize table with mahogany frame and click lock action, folding wooden legs. Approx 30.5 inches square and 27 inches high. AVAILABLE FOR ORDER IN UK ONLY. Carriage £10.00.
Standard Bridge Table £49.95
 Click-lock action, metal legged table with a durable black plastic playing surface. Easy to open, close and store. Measures 33" / 83 cm square and 27" / 68.5 cm high. Over the years we have found it to be the sturdiest choice which is why it is so popular in clubs. AVAILABLE FOR ORDER IN UK ONLY. Carriage £10.00.
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 Navy
Blue Velvet Cloth (Suited) £39.99
With the four card suits in each corner. (Dry
Clean Only)
48" or 122cm square (picture shows one corner only)
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 Burgundy
Velvet Cloth (Suited) £39.99
With the four card suits in each corner. (Dry
Clean Only)
48" or 122cm square (picture shows one corner only)
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 Green
Velvet Cloth (Suited) £39.99
With the four card suits in each corner. (Dry
Clean Only)
48" or 122cm square (picture shows one corner only)
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 Plain
Burgundy Velvet Cloth (no suits) £19.50
(Dry Clean Only)
48" or 122cm square
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 Plain
Blue Velvet Cloth (no suits) £19.50
(Dry Clean Only)
48" or 122cm square
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 Plain
Green Velvet Cloth (no suits) £19.50
(Dry Clean Only)
48" or 122cm square
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 Card Shoe £29.99
Wooden card shoe, for dealing cards. Dimensions 24 cms
x 11 cms.
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White Suited Pen Set £14.99
Four white retractable
ball-point pens. Each pen exhibiting one of the four card suits. Comes with
black presentation box.
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 Teach Yourself Bridge Technique CD-ROM £21.99
- Interactive bridge program aimed at those who know how to play bridge but are looking to improve their bridge technique
- Ten major areas of declarer play (including, for example, Entry Management and Avoidance Play) are presented in David Bird's clear and entertaining style
- Each chapter contains an introduction to the topic followed by a series of problem deals
- The auction of each deal is briefly discussed (often with quiz questions), after which you can play the contract against the computer
- If your play is not correct, the computer will arrange for the defenders to defeat you. Then comes a card-by-card explanation of the correct play, again with quizzes
- Fun features: two chapters filled with the hilarious exploits of the nuns of St Hilda's Convent and the monks of St Titus Monastery. Again you can try to make the contracts yourself before seeing what happens in the story
- Also features some beautiful music and wonderful pictures with visual effects
- All the deals can be played in random order, so that you will not be alerted in advance as to the type of technique required
- Requires Windows 95 or later (incl. Vista) on a PC Pentium II (or equivalent) with at least 256MB of RAM. Will run on MAC using Virtual PC
- Produced by Arnhem Bridge Products
- Online demo of program: click here
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 Bridge Baron 19 £59.95
Play, Learn and
Compete with the Best!
- Features include:
- States a line of play for all claims
- Improved bidding agreement flexibility (set your own takeout-double level)
- Now draws negative inferences (gaining information not only about bids made, but also about bids not made)
- Seven new bidding conventions including Two-Way Drury, Multi-Landy, and Graded Ogust
- Increased feature set on the Macintosh New tournaments and new challenges
- You can now see what Bridge Baron is 'thinking' about, at higher levels of bidding and play
- At higher levels of bidding and play, while Bridge Baron is 'thinking', you can force it to bid or play immediately by clicking the 'Bid Now' or 'Play Now' button
- The option to choose among hand evaluation methods, such as long-suit point count or short-suit point count
- On the Mac, vastly improved user interface
- Improved bidding and play, including improved Two-over-One bidding, improved matchpoint-focused bidding and play when playing tournament deals at matchpoints, and more realistic double-dummy cardplay
- Bridge Baron can optionally alert and announce bids
- Greatly expanded and improved statistics
- Improved claiming by Bridge Baron, especially in notrump contracts
- Twelve new bidding conventions: Leaping Michaels, Kokish Relay, McCabe Adjunct, Snapdragon Doubles, Bart, Rosenkranz Redoubles, Mixed Raise Jump Cue-Bid Responses, various 3-level responses to 1NT, and Jacoby Transfer Superacceptances with Working Doubletons
- Bridge Tournaments, including the 2006 Cavendish at cross-IMPs
- 24 new Bridge Challenges have been added, totaling 240 problem deals in all
- Improved bidding and play
- Improved! Now choose to open 1NT with a 6-card minor or a stiff honor
- Improved! Now choose to play Puppet Stayman after 1NT, after 2NT, or both
- All 53 octillion (that’s 53 billion billion billion) bridge deals as possible random deals in Bridge Baron Improved double-dummy capabilities.
- Double-dummy and par-contract solvers
- SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS: Windows (English, German, and French only): 32 MB RAM, 100 MB hard drive space, Windows 95/98/2000/Me/NT4.0/XP/Vista operating systems. - Macintosh/iMac/MacOS (English and French only) : Universal Mac OS X application, requires OS X 10.4 or later
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 Jack - Version 4.0 £59.95
- Jack is by far the strongest and most versatile bridge program available.
- Jack is developed for bridge players by bridge players, paying special attention to ease of use.
- Jack offers a friendly user interface, with settings to vary almost anything, from different colours on the screen to large-print playing cards. It's up to you to determine Jack's looks.
- Top players from all over the world consider Jack their ultimate sparring partner, but beginners also enjoy, and benefit from, Jack. Professor Jack's analyses and tips after a deal can help learners improve.
- Jack's possibilities are almost endless. Jack can generate deals that fit your criteria, enabling you to practice favourite conventions or the play of specified contracts.
- A unique new feature is the virtual Jackbridge club. Start in a 'ladder' competition choosing your own level and vie for the championship.
- Jack provides endless hours of fun at bridge!
- System Requirements Windows 98 SE or later, Memory: 64MB, Hard Disk: 40MB, Video: 1MB SVGA. Pentium or AMD, minimum: 200MHz, recommended: 800MHz or more.
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 Blue
Chip Bridge (version 5) £64.99
Requires Windows XP or Windows Vista on a
PC Pentium II (or equivalent) with at least 256MB of RAM.
The program plays Acol (12-14 NT) and 5-card Majors
(15-17 NT). It supports a range of popular conventions, including Stayman,
Jacoby Transfers, Negative Doubles, Weak Twos, Trial Bids, Landy and Michaels.
The Bidding Tutor gives detailed instruction during the auction - the ideal
opportunity to learn and improve your game as you play! The Play Tutor offers
over 100 hints linked to actual play situations.
This program is suitable for players of all
standards.
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 Eddie Kantar Teaches
Modern Bridge Defense £39.99
From Master Point Press. Requires an IBM compatible
computer (PC) running Windows 95, 98 or NT, 10 MB free hard disk space,
8 MB RAM, and at least 800 x 600 screen resolution.
This is an interactive version of Kantar's
book of the same name, which was named 1999 Book of the Year by the American
Bridge Teachers Association. The topics covered (which include opening leads,
signalling, second and third-hand play, and discarding) are explained so
thoroughly that even experts will benefit from studying them. The animated
diagrams make following the play of card combinations or complete hands
easy - and you can repeat an example as often as you like.
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 Eddie
Kantar Teaches Advanced Bridge Defense £39.99
From Master Point Press. Requires an IBM compatible
computer (PC) running Windows 95, 98 or NT, 10 MB free hard disk space,
8 MB RAM, and at least 800 x 600 screen resolution.
This is an interactive version of Kantar's
book of the same name. The topics covered (which include strategy, inferences,
ways of counting the hand, developing extra trump tricks, false-carding,
and lead-directing doubles) are explained so thoroughly that even experts
will benefit from studying them. The animated diagrams make following the
play of card combinations or complete hands easy - and you can repeat an
example as often as you like.
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 Practice
Your Slam Bidding, CD-ROM £29.99
From Master Point Press. Requires an IBM compatible
computer (PC) running Windows, 10 MB free hard disk space, 16 MB RAM.
This CD-ROM is an interactive companion
to three books in the Practice Your Bidding series by Barbara Seagram
& Linda Lee: Jacoby 2NT, Roman Keycard Blackwood, and
Splinter Bids.
It includes:
- All the material, hands and quizzes from
the books;
- Interactive bidding
with a computer partner;
- Complete hand
diagram printouts for all examples (great for teachers!);
- Software that
will produce as many more practice hands as you want, and then bid them
with you.
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 Play Modern Bridge by Andrew Robson £19.99
Running time: over 3 hours. £1.50
(UK post), £3.00 (Overseas post)
Play Modern Bridge is a learning Bridge DVD. It is aimed at the less experienced and also those who have played for longer but who wish to update their approach.
In eight classes, Andrew Robson covers all the basic areas of the game. Each concludes with a concise "If you remember just three things", which can also be accessed separately.
The Classes are:
- Bidding as Opener
- Bidding as Responder
- Using Trumps
- Opening One No trump and Responding
- Card Play Techniques
- Overcalling
- Double
- Opening Leads and Defence
The key features of this unique product:
- Over three hours of quality teaching
- Live format - with four keen students learning at a table
- Graphical representation of the hands for clarity
- Easy to understand illustrative Flow Charts and Diagrams
- Ideal for learning - with repeat viewing freeze-frame, and summaries .
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 OPENING
LEADS 1 (DVD) - Ron Klinger £18.99
Running time approx 92 minutes. £1.50
(UK post), £3.00 (Overseas post)
Many a contract will make or
break due to the importance of the card you play to the first trick. Ron
Klinger will help you find "that killing lead" against both
a suit and no trump contract with or without your partner entering the
auction. Instead of just a single lesson, you can practise and revise
the areas covered again and again and be entertained at the same time.
Previously only available in
Australia, this DVD has been especially remade for the novice-to-intermediate
Acol (standard English) player. Ron Klinger is recognised as one of the
foremost bridge teachers and is a leading international player. He is
the author of more than fifty acclaimed bridge books that are on sale
throughout the world.
• DVD IS
PLAYABLE IN ALL REGIONS WORLDWIDE INCLUDING THE USA
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 OPENING
LEADS 2 (DVD) - Ron Klinger £18.99
Running time approx 87 minutes. £1.50
(UK post), £3.00 (Overseas post)
This DVD covers two intermediate
level topics:
- Leads against no-trumps:
When to avoid your normal long suit lead, which suit to chose when not
leading your longest, when to lead partner's suit and when to prefer
your own, the use of lead-directing doubles, leads against slams, how
to read their bidding and avoid the danger suits.
- Leads Against Suit Contracts:
How to find the great leads and avoid the abysmal ones, how to choose
from the in-between ranges, when is a singleton a good choice and when
is it poor, leading against slams, leading the opponent's suit and when
to choose a trump lead.
Each of these areas is illustrated
by examples and quizzes to test you as you go along.
• DVD IS
PLAYABLE IN ALL REGIONS WORLDWIDE INCLUDING THE USA
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 SIGNALS
AND DISCARDS (DVD) - Ron Klinger £18.99
Running time approx 87 minutes. £1.50
(UK post), £3.00 (Overseas post)
This DVD covers many vital areas
of defence. Should you encourage or discourage partner's opening lead?
When should you ask for a switch? How can you signal your honour card
holding?
There are also many examples
on signalling when declarer leads a suit how to signal when discarding.
Guidelines are given on what to discard and what to keep, and how to recognise
which suit to retain.
Advanced signalling methods
such as reverse signals and suit preference discards (McKenney Discards)
are mentioned and how to use each of these methods.
.• DVD IS PLAYABLE IN ALL REGIONS WORLDWIDE INCLUDING THE
USA
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 TIPS
ON BIDDING (DVD) - Ron Klinger £18.99
Running time approx 92 minutes. £1.50
(UK post), £3.00 (Overseas post)
There are many bidding situations
which players find difficult. Whether its an opening bid, a response or
a rebid. Ron Klinger clearly and effectively explores the options of accurately
expressing your hand type and point strength to partner.
The advice given will certainly
enhance your bidding skills and provide enormous insight into the thought
processes of a master player. Instead of just a single lesson, you can
practise and revise the areas covered again and again. A collection of
examples and exercises makes learning quick, easy and entertaining all
at the same time.
.• DVD IS PLAYABLE IN ALL REGIONS WORLDWIDE INCLUDING THE
USA
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 DEFENSIVE
PLAY (DVD) - Ron Klinger £18.99
Running time approx 87 minutes. £1.50
(UK post), £3.00 (Overseas post)
Are you a polished defender?
If your defence can stand improvement, this DVD will help you to defeat
more contracts. Declarers will have to treat you with greater respect
in future.
The topics covered include
how to defend in second seat and in third seat, how to deduce partner's
holding in a suit from the card played and how to recognise the basic
defensive card combinations.
Advanced areas are not omitted,
such as "surround plays", how to recognise when a switch is
essential and how to find the correct card when a shift is indicated.
.• DVD IS PLAYABLE IN ALL REGIONS WORLDWIDE INCLUDING THE
USA
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 IMPROVE
YOUR HAND VALUATION (DVD) - Ron Klinger £18.99
Running time approx 87 minutes. £1.50
(UK post), £3.00 (Overseas post)
This DVD provides ten rules
to assist you in valuing your hand accurately. When should you upgrade
your hand, when should you downgrade it? Do you appreciate the power of
10's, the value of honours supporting honours? When should you depreciate
your honours to zero? The DVD tells you how to use bidding by the opposition
to reappraise your holdings.
The Losing Count: The final
section covers the use of that marvellous valuation tool, the losing trick
count. It details precisely when to use the LTC and when to avoid it,
how it operates, how to assess partner's losers and much more. Each area
is amply illustrated by examples and quizzes. You can practise and revise
the areas covered again and again and be entertained at the same time.
.• DVD IS PLAYABLE IN ALL REGIONS WORLDWIDE INCLUDING THE
USA
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 CARD
COMBINATIONS FOR DECLARER (DVD) - Ron Klinger £18.99
Running time approx 92 minutes. £1.50
(UK post), £3.00 (Overseas post)
This DVD shows you how to make
the most out of the cards you have been dealt and how to play many recurring
combinations to your best advantage. Having learnt the rules you will
be shown situations when they can be fashioned to your advantage.
The areas covered include when
you should finesse, when you should play for the drop, when to take a
first round finesse for the queen, how to guard against a bad break, when
to sacrifice a trick for safety and how to keep one particular opponent
off lead.
This is known as declarer technique
but the DVD also shows you how to exercise judgment and when to depart
from the usual principles.
.• DVD IS PLAYABLE IN ALL REGIONS WORLDWIDE INCLUDING THE
USA
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 COMPETITIVE
BIDDING 1 (DVD) - Ron Klinger £18.99
Running time approx 87 minutes. £1.50
(UK post), £3.00 (Overseas post)
The style of today's bidding
is far more competitive than a generation ago. This DVD covers the vital
areas of defensive bidding in which you have to be proficient.
This 80-minute private lesson
covers when to overcall, when to use a takeout double, how to resolve
the choice between overcall or double, how to use jump overcalls, how
to show the very strong hands and when to double in preference to a 1NT
overcall or a jump overcall.
The DVD also deals with replying
to an overcall or a double by partner, when to bid at the cheapest level,
when to give a jump reply and when to prefer no-trumps.
.• DVD IS PLAYABLE IN ALL REGIONS WORLDWIDE INCLUDING THE
USA
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 PLAY
BRIDGE WITH ZIA (DVD) £16.99
Running time 100 minutes. £1.50
(UK post), £3.00 (Overseas post)
Learn to play bridge with Zia
Mahmood, arguably the world's No 1 player. Zia and his co-presenter Michele
Handley, the young England Ladies Internationalist, take away a lot of the
mystique surrounding bridge and make it accessible to beginners. Learn about:-
Bidding - Zones - Conventions - The No Trump World - Declarer Player - Defence
- Opening Leads - Discard - Signals - Ducking - How to be a Winner. Also
many hints for experienced players who want to improve their. And tips and
words of advice from Zia's friend Omar Sharif • DVD
IS PLAYABLE IN ALL REGIONS WORLDWIDE INCLUDING THE USA
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 Bridge
with Ron Klinger: Tips on Bidding (Video) £16.99
Running time approximately 92 minutes. Suitable for
novice to intermediate Acol players.
There are many bidding situations which players
find difficult. Whether it's an opening bid, a response, or a rebid, Ron
Klinger clearly and effectively explores the options of accurately expressing
your hand type and point strength to partner. The advice given will certainly
enhance your bidding skills and provide enormous insight into the thought
process of a master player. Instead of just a single lesson, you can practice
and revise the areas covered again and again. A collection of examples and
exercises makes learning quick, easy and entertaining all at the same time.
Ron Klinger is recognised as one of the foremost bridge teachers and is
a leading international player. He is the author of more than 20 acclaimed
bridge books (see our book section, below).
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 Bridge
with Ron Klinger: Improve your Hand Valuation (Video) £16.99
Running time approximately 92 minutes. Suitable for
novice to intermediate Acol players.
This video provides 10 rules to assist you
in valuing your hand accurately. When should you upgrade your hand; when
should you downgrade it? Do you appreciate the power of 10s, the value of
honours supporting honours? When you should depreciate your honours to zero?
The video tells you how to use the bidding by the opposition to reappraise
your holdings. The final section covers the use of that marvellous valuation
tool, the losing trick count. It details when to use the losing trick count
and when to avoid it, how it operates, how to assess partner's losers and
much more. Each area is amply illustrated by examples and quizzes: you can
practice and revise the areas covered again and again and be entertained
at the same time. Ron Klinger is recognised as one of the foremost bridge
teachers and is a leading international player. He is the author of more
than 20 acclaimed bridge books (see our book section, below).
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 Bridge
with Ron Klinger: Opening Leads 1 (Video) £16.99
Running time approximately 92 minutes. Suitable for
novice to intermediate Acol players.
Many a contract will make or break due to the
importance of the card you play to the first trick. Ron Klinger will help
you find that 'killing lead', against both a suit and a no-trump contract,
with or without your partner entering the auction. Instead of just a single
lesson, you can practice and revise the areas covered again and again and
be entertained at the same time. Ron Klinger is recognised as one of the
foremost bridge teachers and is a leading international player. He is the
author of more than 20 acclaimed bridge books (see our book section, below).
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 Bridge
with Ron Klinger: Card Combinations for Declarer (Video) £16.99
Running time approximately 92 minutes. Suitable
for novice to intermediate Acol players.
This video shows you how to make the most out of the
cards you have been dealt, and how to play many recurring combinations to
your best advantage. Having learnt the rules, you will be shown situations
when they can be fashioned to your advantage. The areas covered include
when you should finesse, when you should play for the drop, when to take
a first round finesse for the queen, how to guard against a bad break, when
to sacrifice a trick for safety and how to keep one particular opponent
off lead. This is known as declarer technique but the video also shows you
how to exercise judgement and when to depart from the usual principles.
Instead of just a single lesson, you can practice and revise the areas covered
again and again. A collection of examples and exercises makes learning quick,
easy and entertaining all at the same time. Ron Klinger is recognised as
one of the foremost bridge teachers and is a leading international player.
He is the author of more than 20 acclaimed bridge books (see our book section,
below).
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'OMAR SHARIF TALKS BRIDGE'
Pro Bridge 3000 £99.99