Modern American Bridge Bidding

Category: Rockstar

Opening 11 HCP hands

Written by Keith Schwols in Rockstar on Thu 06 June 2024. Tags: Competitive, Rockstar,

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 …

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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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Rockstar Bridge developed by Ron Sutton and Keith Schwols