2/1 Game Force a Modern Approach

The 2/1 Game Force bidding system is an improvement over the Standard AmericanSystem that has been in effect and played by bridge players for many years. Theadvantage of the 2/1 system is that it allows the partnership to know that game is possiblewith only a single bid. In this book, I have tried to present the fundamental aspects of thebidding structure for playing a pure Two-Over-One Game Force system of bidding. In this book, I have tried to change behavior by presenting a series of bids geared towardthe 2/1 bidding structure that includes Bergen, Reverse Bergen, and Combined BergenRaises, inverted minor suit raises with crisscross and flip-flop, cuebidding, modifiedscroll bids, and many more methods not used in Standard American or Precision. In the fourth edition, the Minorwood Convention has been expanded and several variations of the Flannery Convention are included in this edition. I have added the Hello and SCUM conventionsused to interfer over strong notrumps and a Modified Landy convention designed tocompete over partnerships that employ a weak notrump bid. The Equal Level Conversion(ELC) double is discussed in Chapter 6 and additional material on slam bidding has beenadded to Chapter 3. The material on two-way new minor forcing and the GazilliConvention has been expanded upon in Chapter 1 and Jacoby transfers with a superacceptstructure has been added to Chapter 2. Finally, a new chapter that reviews the new Italian System of bids called Fantunes hasbeen included in this edition. The System has been modified to be in compliance with theGeneral Convention Chart.