I'm Keith Schwols.
I started playing bridge in college, but didn't really take to it 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 a system I call Modern American. Contract Bridge is over …
In Modern American bidding, we follow Standard American and 2/1 bidding best practices. We open hands with 12-21 HCP and 5+ cards in a major, with 1 of that major.
It is in the responses to opening 1 of a major that Modern American shines as an improvement to …
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 have as few as 2 clubs and …
I'm Ron Sutton, co-author of the Modern American Bridge series
We have covered opening 1 of a major bid (5+ card suit) with our new bidding conventions: NonforcingNT, Extensile2♣, GameForce2♦ and Dual-Range 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 and …