Bidding Modern American Bridge

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Gazzilli simplifies awkward jump shift decisions

Written by Keith Schwols in Rockstar on Mon 30 March 2026. Tags: Gazzilli, ModernAmerican,

Those awkward decisions

Bridge is full of awkward decisions. Hand evaluation often ends up exactly in between two (or more) possible actions. With the Modern American system, we try to predetermine or eliminate those border cases as much as possible.

One frequent problem is that after you open 1 of …

Countering interference to our Colorado 2♣ opening

Written by Keith Schwols in ModernSPC on Tue 03 June 2025. Tags: ModernAmerican, SPC, Colorado2Club,

Opponents have interfered over our 2♣ opening bid, how should we proceed?

The 2 heart two-way no trump invitation

Written by Keith Schwols in ModernMinors on Tue 03 June 2025. Tags: ModernAmerican, ModernAmericanMinors, MacawDiamond,

A useful little gadget to make better invitations in no-trump after the opening unbalanced 1♦

The 2NT response to the unbalanced 1♦ opening bid

Written by Keith Schwols in ModernMinors on Tue 03 June 2025. Tags: ModernAmerican, ModernAmericanMinors, MacawDiamond,

We use the Two Heart Two Way NT invite to invite to No-Trump, but what about when you 13-15 HCP and interest in No Trump?

Range Ask versus 4-way Transfers

Written by Keith Schwols in ModernSPC on Sat 26 April 2025. Tags: Rockstar, ModernAmerican, SPC,

Today let's consider the benefits and disadvantages of two systems used to respond to opening 1NT (15-17HCP) bids. These systems are:

Range Ask and 4-way transfer

To review: Range Ask is bidding 2♠ with 8 or 9 HCP and No 4-card major. It 'asks' opening to bid 2NT or 3 …