Bidding Modern American Bridge

Modern American Bridge Bidding

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We have restrictions when opening 1NT, 1 of a Major and 1♦ promises an unbalanced hand. That means the remaining opening hands will be opened 1♣.

Those cases would be:

Opening 1♣ is a core bid in Modern American. It is not the garbage, last-choice bid that Standard and 2/1 relegate it 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 as few as 2 clubs in …