THE COMPLETE BOOK ON BALANCING IN CONTRACT BRIDGE This revised and expanded edition examines bridge auctions where the opponents bid something and you have the opportunity to either let them have it or to balance. The cost of not balancing can be huge, but you must weigh the cost of passing against the cost of bidding and getting a bad result. Lawrences discussion of hand evaluation and planning a balancing auction goes beyond generic rules. Hundreds of examples help you develop judgment