How Not to Lose at Spades,Used

Note: ALWAYS IN STOCK DIRECT FROM THE AUTHOR. If you would like a BRAND NEW CUSTOM AUTOGRAPHED copy, please see my listing in the Amazon Marketplace under the seller name karpubbooks. Just click on the 'new' books link above and it will take you right thereHaving received unsurpassed acclaim among the Spading community since its publication, the first edition of How NOT to Lose at Spades was the highest rated Spades book and a bestseller here at Amazon.This edition is even better, with expanded coverage of key topics, and lots of new material.Written by one of the most highly regarded Spades players on the Internet, How NOT to Lose at Spades identifies 80 common mistakes that players make which cause them to lose games that they could have won. Through the use of over 100 bidding and playing examples, the author shows readers how to avoid these mistakes, and in a very structured approach teaches readers how to think and play like a winning Spades player.The majority of readers see an immediate improvement in their game, and many readers order additional books for their regular playing partner(s) or friends.'How NOT to' is highly unique compared to other books on card theory. It is written in a simple and fun style, with the emphasis on humor and enjoyment of the game, rather than on complex diagrams, statistical theory, and technicalese.Through this unique approach, the author teaches readers how to 'think' when they play, as much as how to play, and it is this approach which is the key behind the book's popularity and success, and which has generated a loyalty among its readers which is rare indeed.Once you have read the book, you will probably think of the game very differently than you ever have before, and you just may wind up being rewarded in Spades.Readers have achieved the following results using the teachings in the book: ZSTOC (Zone TOC): WIN, ATLANTA, 2001 LIVE TOURNEY: WIN, LAS VEGAS, 2001 LIVE TOURNEY 'Main Event Cash Prize': WIN, ZONE CLUB CHALLENGE: 2ND and 3RD out of 114 teams, ZONE CLUB HONORS: (11 game tourney among the Zone's very best) WIN and 3RD Place, Igames TOC: WIN, ZONE CLUB CHALLENGE: WIN and 2ND Place out of 125 teams, 2003 ZONE Sweethearts Tournament: WIN and $1,000 Cash Prize!Do you know... the single most important consideration when playing Spades? the biggest mistake made in Spades? Hamlet's secret to successful bidding? the most powerful convention in the game of Spades? the 2 biggest mistakes players make bidding Nil? how to bid an Autowin? how to make a Faux Throw when playing a Nil hand? the Rule Of Four? how to bid the Prevent Defense? how to use the Potato Chip Attack? how to insure your pard's Nil with the Dormy Dare? when to go Undercover In A Miniskirt? when to use the Cover Charge, and when More is Less?If you don't want to lose at Spades, you need to know the answers to these questions, as well as how to use the other 100plus strategy and execution approaches described in this 220page book.Special note: The book is 8.5 by 11 inch format, with 14 point normal font.