The Basic American Bidding System is a contract bridge book for beginners and for social players who need to brush-up on basic bidding skills prior to tackling modern bidding methods. It features 5-card major suit opening bids, strong twos, and some basics of Forcing and Non-Forcing Stayman, Blackwood, Gerber, and few other things designed to form the framework for further study.
Chapter 1: Ya Gotta Start Somewhere
Whist
Blind Whist
Dummy Whist (Whist with a Twist)
And Away We Go -- Bridge!
The Basis of Bidding
Bidding
Point Count
Quick Tricks
Opening Bid Requirements
Chapter Quiz
Chapter 2: Responding to Opening Bids
About the Bidding Ladder
And Now Something Completely Different -- No Trump
Counting Points As Responder
The Fit's the Thing
Responding to a Major Suit Opening Bid
Responding with a Fit
Responding Without a Fit
Responding to a Minor Suit Opening Bid
Hand Evaluation Ranges
Chapter Review
Chapter 3: Rebids
The Most Important Bids In Bridge
Limit Bids
The Forcing Principle
Who's Captain?
Re-evaluating
On with the Rebid
Responder's Rebid
Tie It Together Now
Chapter 4: No Trump
Opening Bids of 1NT
Basic Responses to a 1NT Opening Bid
If You Can Bid 'Em, You Can Play 'Em
Try These
A Little Defense
Now Try These
When Your Balanced Hand is REALLY Big
The Gerber Convention (Abridged)
Your No Trump Bidding Mid-Term Exam
The Stayman Convention
Basic Stayman
Stayman Over Interference
More Stayman
When the Opponents Don't Cooperate
When They Double
When They Interfere In Other Ways
When They Interfere After You Have Bid Stayman
Chapter 5: Keeping Score
For Fun and Profit
Rubber Bridge Scoring
Duplicate Bridge Scoring
4-Deal Bridge
Chapter 6: Big Hand Bidding and Preemptive Bidding
Landing The Big Ones
The Jump Shift
The Reverse
The Strong Two Opening Bid
Responding and Rebidding
The Blackwood Convention
4NT -- Is It Blackwood???
Interference
Preemptive Opening Bids
Responding to Preempts
When the Enemy Preempts
Chapter 7: Positional Tactics
Third Hand Opening
Responding to Third Hand Openings
Fourth Seat Opening Bids
Opening Light in 1st and 2nd Position
Balancing
Some Words of Wisdom from Bob
General Guidelines at The One Level
Balancing Over a No Trump Bid
Balancing at Higher Levels
Time to Practice
Responding to Partner's Balancing Action
Chapter 8: Competitive Bidding--Where the "Rubber" Meets the Road
When They Open
Overcalls
The Sandwich Seat
Jump Overcalls
Responding To Partner's Suit Overcall
Overcaller's Rebid
Responding to Partner's No Trump Overcall
Takeout Doubles
Basics of Takeout Doubles
When The Hands Get Tougher
Odds and Ends
Responding to Partner's Takeout Double
Rebids by Takeout Doubler
The Flip Side: When Opponents Enter Our Auction
Bidding Over a Takeout Double
When the Opponents Overcall With a Suit
When They Overcall In No Trump
A Little Work to Tie It Together
Chapter 9: Basic Declarer Play and Defense
Declarer Play
Planning
Counting
A Few Tidbits
Defense
Opening Leads
Third Hand Play
Second Hand Play
Chapter 10: The Next Steps
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