Transfer and Shape bidding after opponents open a strong NT or strong 1♣ (precision) hand.
We value keeping the overcaller as captain of the auction in competive auctions. The transfer request allows that option.
Overcaller bids 1 below the suit intended to show; a transfer request; to show a competitive …
Opening with 11 HCP
Using our deal generation program, we see that roughly 80% of the times we open a hand 1♣, it is in the first category (11-14 HCP and balanced). You might be wondering about our opening range including 11 HCP. We are not requiring all 11 HCP …
I'm Keith Schwols.
I started playing bridge in college, but didn't really take to bridge until I retired in 2016. I'm currently a Gold Life Master with the ACBL. I have a passion for 'tweaking' bridge bidding. The result was developing a system I'm calling Modern American. Contract Bridge is …
In Modern American bidding we follow the best practices of Standard American and 2/1 bidding. We open hands with 12-21 HCP and 5 or more cards in a major with 1 of that major.
It is in the responses to opening 1 of a major that Modern American shines …
In Modern American bidding, we define the minor suit openings to be more restricted than Standard American or 2/1 bidding systems.
Opening 1♣ shows 1 of 2 types of hands: - A balanced hand with 12-14 HCP (and no 5 card major). It may as few as 2 clubs in …