"The Bridge Technique Series: Deceptive Card Play" by David Bird, Marc Smith

During the play of the hand, declarer and defenders both have opportunities to use the cards they play to conceal their exact holdings from the opposition. It is possible to disrupt defenders' signaling, to mislead the opponents about strength or weakness in a suit, and even to persuade the defense to give you information.


Short and full of practical examples, each book takes the reader through the most important aspects of card-play technique at bridge. Where appropriate, play is examined from the point of view both of declarer and defenders. Full of quizzes and chapter reviews, these award-winning books will also reinforce the bridge concepts you learn. At this price, what bridge player could stand not to have all twelve?
Intended for intermediate players, these books will eventually form a twelve-book series that takes the reader through the most important aspects of card-play technique at bridge. Each book is short and full of practical examples, and end-of-chapter quizzes reinforce the concepts. The series will appeal to beginners who are anxious to improve in stages, and to more experienced players who want to improve their knowledge of a specific aspect of card play.

CONTENTS
Chapter 1 Choosing the Correct Honor Card
Selecting from touching honors
Exceptions to ‘high from equals’
Encouraging or discouraging a cover
Making intermediate cards pull their weight
Key points
Quiz
Chapter 2 Disrupting the Declarer’s Signals
Disrupting attitude signals in notrump
Disrupting attitude signals in suit contract
Using honors to encourage a continuation
Holding up to discourage a continuation
Disrupting count signals
Disrupting suit preference signals
Hiding a spot card
Using the defenders’ count signals
Deflecting a ruff
Disrupting upside-down signals
Key points
Quiz
Chapter 3 Feigning Strength or Weakness
Feigning weakness to hide the location of losers
Feigning weakness to avoid a switch
Feigning strength to resolve a guess
Feigning strength to encourage a switch
Feigning length or shortness
Key points
Quiz
Chapter 4 Creating a Losing Option
Creating an imaginary loser
Phantom finesses
Pseudo-finesses
Slipping past an honor
Compacting the defenders’ trump tricks
Key points
Quiz