About Ron Sutton
Written by Keith Schwols in Intro on Mon 01 January 2024. Tags: Rockstar, Intro,
I'm Ron Sutton, co-author of the the Modern American Bridge series
Opening Strong Hands and Competitive Bidding Conventions
Written by Keith Schwols in ModernSPC on Mon 01 January 2024. Tags: SPC, TRASH, TRAP, TransferAdvances,
We have covered opening 1 of a major bids (5+ card suit) with our new bidding conventions nonForcingNT, Extensile2♣, GameForce2♦ and Two Face 2♥, Compressed Bergen and others.
For minor suit opening bids we have covered the requirements for Taco Club and Unbalanced Diamond.
This section covers bidding Strong, Preemptive …
Intro to Rockstar
Written by Keith Schwols in Rockstar on Mon 16 January 2023. Tags: Rockstar, Intro,
Rockstar is a transfer based modern approach to bidding that addresses the weaknesses in 2/1 and Standard American biddings systems. We call the system Modern American and feel it is a successor to Standard American and a better alternative than adopting 2/1. It is a 5-card majors, strong …
Modern Bidding Box March 2022
Written by Keith Schwols in Rockstar on Tue 01 March 2022.
The Modern American Bidding Box
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Problem 1
North Deals, Vul: None
East
♠ A Q J T 5
♥ A 9
♦ K 5 4 2
♣ 6 4
West
♠ 9 4 3 2
♥ J 5
♦ A 7 3
♣ Q 9 7 5
BB auction: 1♠-2♠ (2♠ scores 11Mps …
Modern Bidding Box Febrary 2022
Written by Keith Schwols in Rockstar on Tue 01 February 2022.
The Modern American Bidding Box
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Problem 1
North Deals, Vul: None
East
♠ A K 6 5
♥ 8
♦ 4 2
♣ A J 9 8 7 5
West
♠ J T 4 3
♥ Q 6 3 2
♦ K Q 3
♣ K 4
BB 1♣-1♥; 1♠-3♠; 4♠ (4 …