The Elusive Masterpoint

by Carl Vancelette

Overview

That's what you'll say as you read Carl Vancelette's tale(s) of his life in bridge, and his attempts to achieve competence, achieve Life Mastership, and simply stop making the same errors over and over. He'll make you laugh. (He may make you cry.) He'll teach you some fundamental lessons in a painless way.

About the Author:
Carl Vancelette has taught bridge in New Hampshire and owns the Dover, New Hampshire, Duplicate Bridge Club

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781587761591
Publisher:	Vivisphere Publishing
Publication date:	12/01/2006
Pages:	256
Product dimensions:	5.90(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.80(d)

Table of Contents

The Early Days     1
Welcome To Duplicate     3
The Bridge Gods     6
The Fine Art of Balancing     10
Doin' The Boards     14
In Pursuit of the Elusive Cookie     17
Think     21
Bridge is For the Bold     24
The Virtue of Silence     27
Necessity     31
Eine Kleine Bridge Talk     34
The People     37
Captain Bic and The Lessons of Bridge and Life     40
Playing For Average With Jim     43
Sheila     46
Sheila's Revenge     49
She's Back!     52
The Bidding     55
Understandings     57
A Round With The Expert     61
Down The Middle     64
Reputations     68
Key Card For Key Largo     71
Pressure     74
The Fix     77
Interference     80
The Best Game - Part I     83
The Best Game - Part II     86
A Walk on the Wild Side - Part I     89
A Walk on the Wild Side - Part II     92
A Walk on the Wild Side - Part III     96
"X" Is For Double- Part I     100
"X" Is For Double - Part II     104
"X" Is For Double - Part III     107
A Game of Errors     110
Concentration     113
Greed     116
The Law     119
Look Back In Anger     122
The Accident     125
Declarer Play     128
Showin' off     129
A Bridge Player At Risk     132
Elementary, My Deal Watson     135
Squeeze Please!     138
The Migraine Squeeze     141
Fear of Finessing - Part I     145
Fear of Finessing - Part II     148
The Finesse Counselor-A Return Visit     151
Don't Be Late     154
The Little Trump That Could     157
The Thinker     160
Safety First     162
Thin Ice     165
A Little Help     167
Not Norm     170
Duck     173
The Fine Art of Balancing     176
A Game of Inferences - Part I     179
A Game of Inferences - Part II     183
A Game of Inferences - Part III     187
The Field     191
Defense      194
Upperclassmen     196
Uppercut City     199
Entries - Part I     202
Entries - Part II     206
Rules     209
Sometimes a Great Notion     213
Fear     217
Ace and Patience     220
Tournaments     223
The Flight C Blues     225
Playing Up - Part I     228
Playing Up - Part II     231
The Other Table     234
In the Cards     238
Success     241
The Black Hole - Part I     242
The Black Hole - Part II     245
The Black Hole - Part III     249
Comeuppance     253