Bidding Modern American Bridge

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 …

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

East

♠ Q J 8 7 4

♥ A

♦ A Q 5 4 3

♣ 7 6

West

♠ A 6

♥ K J 6 2

♦ K T 9 6

♣ A T 2

The bulletin bidding system bids this with …