Modern American Bridge Bidding

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 …

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Modern Bidding Box January 2022

Written by Keith Schwols in Rockstar on Sat 01 January 2022.

The Modern American Bidding Box

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Problem 1

North Deals, Vul: None

!{ew DN V0 NA SA6.HKJ62.DKT96.CAT2 SQJ874.HA.DAQ543.C76 NA}

The bulletin bidding system bids this with the sequence 1♠-2♦-3♦-3NT-4♥-4♠-4NT-5♥-5NT-6♦. It's interesting to note that neither …

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Modern American Bidding Box

Written by Keith Schwols in Rockstar on Sat 01 January 2022.

Bridge Bulletin - The Bidding Box

The monthly column in the ACBL bridge bulletin is a fun, regular feature. It focuses on the bidding choices made by expert players. Sometimes that results from different bidding systems/gadgets that experts adopt. Still, it mostly results from the choices experts make in difficult …

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