Julian Y. Pottage (born 1962) is a British contract bridge player, writer and teacher, who studied mathematics at Trinity College Cambridge. He is also well known as a collector of bridge problems, and writes a monthly problem column in Britain's Bridge Magazine. He has written or co-authored 26 books on bridge, including Bridge Problems for a New Millennium and The Extra Edge In Play with Terence Reese (1913-1996). He also co-edited the recent second edition of Clyde E. Love's Bridge Squeezes Complete. His book Play or Defend? won the International Bridge Press Association's 2004 Book of the Year Award. Pottage is from Basingstoke.
As a player, Pottage has participated in several national and international events, notably winning the Pachabo and Tollemache double in 1999. He lives in Wales in the United Kingdom.
Title | Published | Co-author |
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Art of Psychic Bidding, the | 2003 | Peter Burrows |
Back through the Pack | 2006 | |
Bridge Behind Bars | 2008 | Nick Smith |
Bridge Player's Companion, the | 2006 | |
Bridge Problems for a New Millennium | 2001 | |
Clues from the Bidding at Bridge | 1990 2005 | |
Defend or Declare | 2012 | |
Defend These Hands with Me | 2006 | |
Easy Guide to Defensive Signals at Bridge | 2005 | |
Extra Edge in Play at Bridge | 1994 2005 | Terence Reese |
Golden Rules for Rubber Bridge Players, the | 2005 | |
Golden Rules of Competitive Auctions, the | 2003 | Marc Smith |
Golden Rules of Constructive Bidding, the | 2002 | Marc Smith |
Golden Rules of Declarer play, the | 2001 | Marc Smith |
Golden Rules of Defence, the | 2000 | Marc Smith |
Golden Rules of Opening Leads, the | 2004 | |
Great Deal of Bridge Problems, a | 2007 | |
Little Book of Bridge Secrets | 2012 | |
Masterpieces of Declarer Play | 2001 | |
Masterpieces of Defence | 2002 | |
More Hocus Pocus | 2002 | Erwin Brecher |
Play or Defend | 2003 | |
Positive Declarer Play at Bridge | 1986 2005 | Terence Reese |
Positive Defense at Bridge | 1985 2005 | Terence Reese |
Why You still Lose at Bridge | 2013 | |
Win the Big Match | 2004 |