The Contested Auction by Roy Hughes

Canadian expert Roy Hughes’ first book, Building a Bidding System, has become a must-read for expert pairs looking to develop effective constructive bidding methods. Now Hughes turns to the theory and practice of competitive auctions, a critical component of the modern game.

Beginning again by establishing what the bidding system needs to accomplish, Hughes goes on to discuss every type of contested auction, and recommends useful methods and agreements from which the reader can select. This is a state-of-the-art discussion, covering many topics in detail that have at best seen cursory treatment in print up to now.

Table of Contents:

The Nature of Contested Auctions
Towards a Complete Method
Intervening Against Opening Suit Bids
Problems of the Advancer
Competitive Problems of the Responder
Competitive Problems of the Opener
Low-Level Doubles - The Classic Approach
Low-Level Doubles - The Modern Alternative
Redoubles
Forcing Competitive Auctions
Non-Forcing Competitive Auctions
More on Intervening
Opening Preempts
The Effect of Artificial Bidding
Defending Against Nebulous Minors
Contention After Notrump Openings
Scrambling


Paperback; 336 pages; 2012