Foundations of Modern American Bidding

Ken Lindsay

Foundations of Modern American Bidding is a description of the system I taught my daughter, Kathryn, when she moved to Hawaii. With this system, she was able to win a minor 4-section Open Imp Pairs event at a National tournament only eleven months after she started learning to play bridge. The Web Book will allow the user to read a concise description of the Foundation System, print a hard copy for reference, and then practice the System and test his understanding of it.
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The Table of Contents is shown below. Bidding Practice in Part II features many practice hands with comments showing the logic which leads to the selection of the proper call when (as frequently happens in real life, but not in most beginners' books) more than one call might reasonably be selected.

Table of Contents
Part 1: System Description A concise description of the System which the user can print out (using the Browser's print command) for reference
Availability?	Chapter	Description
Complete	Introduction	Who this book is for and why it was written
Complete	Convention Card	How to Describe the System Using ACBL's Convention Card
Complete	Hand Evaluation	Deciding how good (or bad) your hand is
Complete	Opening Bids	When and how to open the bidding
Revised	Major Suit Bidding	Bidding after our major suit opening bid
Revised	Minor Suit Bidding	Bidding after our minor suit opening bid
Complete	Notrump Bidding	Bidding after our 1NT or 2NT opening bid
Complete	Preemptive Bidding	Depriving the opponents of bidding space
Revised	Slam Bidding	How to reach good slams and avoid bad slams
Complete	Competitive Bidding	When we open the bidding and opponents compete
Complete	Overcalls	Showing a long suit when the opponents open the bidding
Complete	Takeout Doubles	Competing when the opponents open and you don't have a long suit
Complete	Showing Two Suits	When the opponents open and you have two long suits

Part 2: System Practice Using the LTC to determine the fit with partner.
Availability?	Chapter	Description
Complete	Visualization	Picturing the unseen hands, and why it's important.
Complete	Opening Bids	When and how to open the bidding
Complete	Major Suit Bidding	Bidding after our major suit opening bid
Revised	Minor Suit Bidding	Bidding after our minor suit opening bid
Complete	Notrump Bidding	Bidding after our 1NT or 2NT opening bid
Revised	Preemptive Bidding	Depriving the opponents of bidding space
Complete	Slam Bidding	How to reach good slams and avoid bad slams
Complete	Competitive Bidding	When we open the bidding and opponents compete
Complete	Overcalls	Showing a long suit when the opponents open the bidding
Complete	Takeout Doubles	When to Double, Responses, Rebids, & Defense vs the Double
Complete	Showing Two Suits	When the opponents open and you have two long suits

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