Welcome. My name is Michael Lawrence. Contract bridge player, author, and teacher. Rather than tell you all about my qualifications, I will say that I have the required experience and background to present this site. The following is what you will find here: About Michael Lawrence - Biography, credentials and contact info. Products - A variety of bridge related retail items ranging from bridge books to bridge software. Articles - Previously published and unpublished bridge articles and bridge hands. Links - Other bridge sites and resources. Counting at Bridge Two, Bidding, Play, and Defense The original Counting at Bridge came out in 1996 and was an immediate success. The sequel shows another one hundred hands using counting principles in play and defense and it also has something special. It discusses bidding. Not necessarily conventions although some of them come up. The emphasis is on bidding judgment. Read more... IT'S HERE! I Fought The Law Of Total Tricks Mike Lawrence and Anders Wirgren. Two players from the USA and SWEDEN met on the Internet and went from playing a bit of bridge to writing about it. It took a long time for two sides of the ocean to finalize this book but it has been done and I have it. Read more...   SOMETHING SPECIAL! A Free Bridge Site: www.bridgeclues.com I have been working with Leonard Lidstrom and Anne Lund, two players from California, to set up a bridge site which offers two interactive bridge columns daily. The hands cover bidding and either play or defense and they are changed daily. The price for this site is the best possible, free, and it will stay that way. You are invited to visit Bridgeclues daily where you can read the two columns and try to answer the questions that come with them. The Jan, 2004 edition of the ACBL Bulletin has a story about this site under my byline. If you are a bridge player who enjoys going online, this should be one of your mandatory places to visit. The hands and information is good but you have to be sure to visit daily because each hand is online for one day only. This is a very nice gift from Leonard and Anne. The bridge world should take advantage of it. I hope you will come for a visit. There are now five programs available for the Mac. Counting at Bridge Private Bridge Lessons, Volume One Private Bridge Lessons, Volume Two Defense Two Over One System IMPORTANT - Due to changes in the Mac operating systems, these Mac programs will not run on OS 10 or later. These programs were created to feel a need for Mac bridge players but Mac changed it all when they came out with OS10. It is not feasible to upgrade these programs at this time. They will run on OS9 or on a Mac that includes CLASSIC. These are the same award winning programs that were created for the PC. Now, Mac users have access too. See the PRODUCTS link for information. CRUISING My next trip with Go Away Travel is leaving Galveston in late February, 2008 and it is just about sold out. For anyone planning ahead, Go Away Travel has two additional cruises scheduled for early 2009. Jan 11-18, 2009 leaves from Galveston on the Royal Caribbean Voyager of The Seas. It will travel through the Western Caribbean. If this is anywhere near the popularity of the one that is coming up next month, we will have over 35 tables of bridge. It is almost like playing in a sectional at sea. Add in the daily bridge lectures and you will have plenty of chancse to learn and win points. May 3-10, 2009 leaves from Los Angeles on the Royal Caribbean Mariner of The Seas. It will include stops in the Mexican Riviera and will feature daily lectures and two sessions of bridge on most days. Learn and win at sea. If you need additional information about these trips or about any other bridge events planned by Go Away Travel, visit Best Bridge at Sea. Happy travels, wherever you choose to go.

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