Ken Eichenbaum is honored and pleased to announce that his new book, Winners, Losers, and Cover Cards, will be the first book released by Masterpoint Press through its new Honors Ebook series. The book will release sometime early next week and will be found at http://www.ebooksbridge.com/.
From the back cover:
You began by learning to count points, but that only got you so far. Then, someone introduced you to a new idea, Losing Trick Count. Better in theory, sure. But how do you use it? A response shows at least 6 high-card points, but how many losers? How many of these mysterious ‘cover cards’? What’s the range? Plus, something just seems wrong with the whole thing! How can A 3 2 be just as good as Q 3 2? That cannot be right!
Counting Goren high-card points is much easier, and is a very reasonable gauge for bidding square hands. When things start to get distributional, however, you know that you need a better way to evaluate your hand. The concept of winners, losers, and cover cards really seems to be the right path, allowing you to escape from counting points into the world of counting TRICKS!
In Winners, Losers and Cover Cards, Ken Eichenbaum reveals not only the secrets an expert would use to better evaluate the real power (or weakness) of your hand, but also how to use this knowledge to your advantage in a myriad number of ways. The author explains a fresh take on popular conventions and treatments, within the context of real auctions facing you at the table, and introduces novel methods, allowing you to maximize the benefit of your new understanding.
About Ken
- Ken Eichenbaum
- Columbus, Ohio, United States
- Emerald Life Master in ACBL. Bridge Author. Books: Winners, Losers and cover Cards (2010); Bridge Without a Partner (1993 and 2nd Ed. TBA); Keys to Winning Defense (2nd Ed. 2010); What Do I Bid Now? (1999). Articles: Sandwiches With Condiments (With Ken Rexford, Bridge World, 2003). Plays: The Wizard of Odds (1978); Annie Count Your Trumps (1984). Bridge Teacher and Guest Lecturer. Professional Bridge Player. keichenbaum@insight.rr.com
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Congratulations, Ken. For those who are reading this post, I was pleased to provide a Foreword to this new book. Ken Eichenbaum's book is quite impressive, and a great read for anyone wanting to improve their bidding methods and JUDGMENT. In all of my years playing bridge, I have never known anyone to have a more uncanny ability to "feel" an auction and to know what to do right more often than seems possible. In this book, Ken Eichenbaum reveals many of his secrets. This book teaches the methods and thinking that anyone from intermediate to advanced could and should use to convert their game to expert-level judgment.
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