{"product_id":"2940014956352","title":"The Rodwell Files, Part 2: Advanced Cardplay Maneuvers","description":"Eric Rodwell's contributions to bidding theory are well-known, but in these ground-breaking books he reveals for the first time his unique approach to the play of the cards.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFirst, he describes and explains the process for deciding on a line of play — using concepts such as +L positions, tightropes, trick packages and Control Units as well as exploring more standard themes such as counting winners, losers, and distribution. Included here too is a checklist of 'defogging questions' to get you back on track when your analysis gets bogged down. Then he moves on to a host of innovative ideas in cardplay, strategies and tactics that can be used by declarer or defenders, each one illustrated with real-life examples from top-level play. Many of these ideas will be new to anyone below the bridge stratosphere. Finally, under the heading 'DOs and DON'Ts', Rodwell talks about the mental side of the game: areas where players often go wrong in their approach to the problem at hand, areas that mark the key differences between an average player and a successful one.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe original 'Rodwell File', the collection of notes on which these books are based, has been in existence for more than twenty years, but it is only now that the author is prepared to allow his 'secrets' to become public knowledge.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIncluded in this volume:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePART 2 — ADVANCED CARDPLAY MANEUVERS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 5: Declarer Play\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Entry or K.O. Fly\u003cbr\u003eThe Entry Overtake\u003cbr\u003eThe Exposing Overtake\u003cbr\u003eThe Re-entry Unblock\u003cbr\u003eThe Chinese High Card Promotion\u003cbr\u003ePlaying High as Declarer\u003cbr\u003eThe Finesse through Safety\u003cbr\u003eThe Finesse through Danger\u003cbr\u003eThe Crossover Stopper\u003cbr\u003eThe Rodwellian Intrafinesse\u003cbr\u003eThe Intrasquash\u003cbr\u003eThe Sky Marshal Finesse\u003cbr\u003eThe Martellian Squash\u003cbr\u003eThe Speed of Lightning Play\u003cbr\u003eThe Notrump Fork\u003cbr\u003eCash and Thrash\u003cbr\u003eDucking Plays for Declarer\u003cbr\u003eBlock Ducking\u003cbr\u003eThe 322\/1\/6 Super Duck\u003cbr\u003eThe Trump Promotion Prevention Duck\u003cbr\u003eShortshake\u003cbr\u003eThe Running Suit Eradication Endplay\u003cbr\u003eThe Freeze-passing Endplay\u003cbr\u003eThe Lunar Menace Access Squeeze\u003cbr\u003eIntent to Deceive (the Lair Play)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 6: Defense\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGouging\u003cbr\u003eDays of Thunder\u003cbr\u003eSuit Suffocation Play\u003cbr\u003eProtecting a Minor Tenace\u003cbr\u003eThe Left Jab\u003cbr\u003eThe 007 Play — License to Kill\u003cbr\u003eRuffing Declarer’s Loser\u003cbr\u003eUnblocking for a Pusher\u003cbr\u003eThe Unblocking Concession\u003cbr\u003eMiddling\u003cbr\u003eThe Reese Play\u003cbr\u003eThe Morton’s Fork Concession\u003cbr\u003eThe Empty Signal\u003cbr\u003eCashing the Imputed Trump Ace to Ask for a Ruff\u003cbr\u003eClarifying the Lead of an Unsupported Honor\u003cbr\u003eBait-and-Switch\u003cbr\u003eOption-removing Pseudo-squeeze\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor the remaining volumes, look for the following titles:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Rodwell Files, Part 1: The Building Blocks\u003cbr\u003eThe Rodwell Files, Part 3: Defensive Strategies\u003cbr\u003eThe Rodwell Files, Part 4: The DOs and DON'Ts of Cardplay","brand":"Master Point Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47177659973872,"sku":"2940014956352","price":4.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940014956352_p0.jpg?v=1763617561","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940014956352","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}