Playing winning bridge requires the use of:
- Bidding conventions and agreements which provide advantages in finding the optimal contract
- Hand evaluation to determine the correct value of the hand
- Declarer play techniques which gain tricks
- Optimal opening leads
- Signaling to indicate preferred suit leads
- Other defense techniques
Those requirements plus details of why and how to use them are provided in Play Winning Bridge. The book also discusses the difference between IMP and Matchpoint games and the adjustments required to the bidding and play.
Play Winning Bridge provides the comprehensive advice needed to help intermediate, experienced and many advanced players quickly improve their game and results so that they can win at the club level and at the player's bracket in tournaments.